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Aug 24, 2017

Is requiring someone to have a license to call themselves a certain type of professional — like a psychologist — a violation of freedom of speech? In this episode, we talk to Mary Lou Serafine, who made that argument in front of the Fifth Circuit, and won. 


Aug 15, 2017

In this episode, we discuss the events that transpired at the white supremacist rallies in Charlottesville. How should we balance hateful messages and threats to public safety against the rights to free speech and free assembly?


Aug 11, 2017

Every day, journalists place themselves in peril to bring people the news.  Austin Tice is a journalist who has been held hostage in Syria for the past five years.  On the eve of Austin's 36th birthday and the fifth anniversary of his disappearance, we talked to his mother, Debra Tice. 


Aug 3, 2017

Journalists are supposed to serve as "watchdogs" on the government. But how do they get access to the information they need to do that? In this episode, we talk to Buzzfeed lawyer Nabiha Syed about "freedom of information" laws with --which are often the secret to learning government secrets.