How Virginia Campuses Flunked Free Speech Rankings

The Daily Signal

News, Government, Politics, Daily News

4.6 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 25 September 2025

⏱️ 27 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

The other day we published an abstract of the Virginia Universities’ ranking in the latest report from the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression. Today we catch up with Sean Stevens, Chief Research advisor at FIRE to get into HOW the schools get ranked and what can be learned from the higher ranked ones. Keep Up With The Daily Signal Sign up for our email newsletters:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ https://www.dailysignal.com/email⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Subscribe to our other shows: The Tony Kinnett Cast: ⁠https://megaphone.link/THEDAILYSIGNAL2284199939⁠ The Signal Sitdown: ⁠https://megaphone.link/THEDAILYSIGNAL2026390376⁠ Problematic Women:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠https://megaphone.link/THEDAILYSIGNAL7765680741⁠ Victor Davis Hanson: ⁠https://megaphone.link/THEDAILYSIGNAL9809784327⁠ Follow The Daily Signal: X:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠https://x.com/intent/user?screen_name=DailySignal⁠ Instagram:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ https://www.instagram.com/thedailysignal/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Facebook:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ https://www.facebook.com/TheDailySignalNews/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Truth Social:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ https://truthsocial.com/@DailySignal⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ YouTube:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/dailysignal?sub_confirmation=1⁠ Subscribe on your favorite podcast platform and never miss an episode. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	Ready to launch your business? Get started with the commerce platform made for entrepreneurs.
0:04.8	Shopify is specially designed to help you start, run and grow your business with easy customizable themes that let you build your brand.
0:12.4	Marketing tools that get your products out there. Integrated shipping solutions that actually save you time.
0:17.4	From startups to scaleups, online, in person, and on the go. Shopify is made for
0:22.8	entrepreneurs like you. Sign up for your $1 a month trial at Shopify.com slash setup. Thanks for listening to this bonus episode of the Daily Signal podcast.
0:41.0	I'm your host, Joe Thomas, Virginia correspondent for The Daily Signal.
0:45.4	Before we dive into today's interview, I want to thank you for tuning in today.
0:50.1	If you're a first-time listener, The Daily Signal, brings you fact-based reporting and conservative commentary on politics, policy, and culture.
0:58.9	And I hope you join our band of regular listeners to our podcast.
1:03.2	If you enjoy the show, please subscribe and also take a moment to rate and review us wherever you get your podcast.
1:10.1	You can find additional content at
1:12.2	DailySignal.com. Now, let's get started with today's conversation right after this.
1:18.6	There are some things you should always check, like the hygiene rating on your local takeaway,
1:24.8	the setting on your razor, and whether the party actually is fancy dress.
1:29.7	The other thing you should check is your Experian credit report, especially if you're looking
1:34.5	to borrow money. It lets you understand what lenders see so you can increase your chances of
1:39.7	getting the best deals. It's dead easy to check it and completely free. See it in seconds. Download the
1:47.0	Experian app today. We told you about the scorecard, the annual scorecard that comes out from
1:54.0	the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression. Fire.org is where you find them.
2:00.9	And Sean Stevens is on with us from Fire.
2:03.4	One of the folks worked on that paper.
2:07.7	And thank you for taking a little time out with us.
	...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from The Daily Signal, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of The Daily Signal and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.