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So to Speak podcast: Is there a campus free speech crisis?

Nico Perrino

March 27, 2018

Is there a campus free speech crisis? On this episode of So to Speak: The Free Speech Podcast, Nico is joined by ��֭��’s Will Creeley and Samantha Harris to discuss this simmering question.

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“” by Jeffrey Adam Sachs

“” by Matthew Yglesias

“” by Sean Stevens and Jonathan Haidt

“White House forum discusses free speech on campus” by Robert Shibley/��֭��

“Gallup/Knight survey sheds light on changing student attitudes about free speech” by Nico Perrino/��֭��

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