The Future of Free Speech

Advisory Opinions

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🗓️ 14 October 2025

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Live from Vanderbilt University, Sarah Isgur and David French speak at the Global Free Speech Summit about the threats to the First Amendment across the country and what Republicans can do about it. The Agenda:—Ball State University employee fired after Charlie Kirk Facebook post—Has NYU learned its lesson? (Apparently not)—The Trump administration, Apple, and speech vs. conduct—Conor Friedersdorf: What Republicans Can Do If They Really Want to Protect Free Speech—David coming out against well-rounded children Advisory Opinions is a production of The Dispatch, a digital media company covering politics, policy, and culture from a non-partisan, conservative perspective. To access all of The Dispatch’s offerings—including access to all of our articles, members-only newsletters, and bonus podcast episodes—click here. If you’d like to remove all ads from your podcast experience, consider becoming a premium Dispatch member by clicking here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Advisory Opinions is presented by Pacific Legal Foundation, suing the government since 1973.
0:07.0	Ready?
0:08.0	I was born ready.
0:11.0	I was born ready. Welcome to advisory opinions.
0:27.2	I'm Sarah Isgar.
0:28.1	That's David French.
0:29.0	And today we are at the Global Free Speech Summit 2025, brought you by Vanderbilt University and the future of free speech.
0:36.4	And what will we be discussing? Free speech,
0:39.1	of course, the problems and potential solutions. David and I weigh in on it all coming up.
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1:23.4	your hometown. Yeah, global free speech summit. I always say all roads do eventually lead to
1:29.8	Nashville. It's everybody gets here eventually. It's a great city, a very happy city growing.
1:37.6	Just don't go downtown anymore. I had to push my way through five bachelorette parties just to get in here.
1:43.9	It's literally stunning. Before the pandemic, I could be flying into Nashville, and I guarantee you
1:49.0	half the time I was landing as the plane would hit the ground, the Bachelorettes would start screaming.
1:55.3	Yeah.
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