Views on First
“Views on First” is the Knight First Amendment Institute’s flagship podcast. Each season, we invite leading legal scholars, practitioners, tech policy experts, and others to join us in conversations about some of the most pressing First Amendment issues in the ever-shifting expressive landscape of the digital age.
“Views on First: Season 1” won a 2024 Anthem Award Silver Medal and 2023 Signal Listener’s Choice Award and a Signal Silver Medal.
Podcasting since 2023 • 23 episodes
Views on First
Latest Episodes
Extended Preview: “The Bully’s Pulpit: Trump v. The First Amendment”
Cristian Farias, host of the new podcast by the Knight Institute, “The Bully’s Pulpit: Trump v. The First Amendment,” shares his goal for the show: “to chronicle in real time the coordinated, unprecedented assault by the president of the United...
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A Preview of “The Bully’s Pulpit: Trump v. The First Amendment”
The Knight Institute is launching a new podcast on May 16, with new episodes every Friday. Look for “The Bully’s Pulpit: Trump v. The First Amendment” wherever you get podcasts. “The Bully’s Pulpit” will follow the Trump administration’s assaul...
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Speech & the Border E5: The Free Speech Costs of Banning TikTok
From the first Trump administration to the Biden administration, the fight to ban TikTok has cut across conventional partisan and ideological lines. In this episode, host Ramya Krishnan explores the ban as an affront to our First Amendment righ...
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Season 3
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Speech & the Border E4: Spyware—The Authoritarians' Favorite Tool
It's not new for repressive governments to go after journalists. What is new is the ease with which they can do so — by turning journalists’ own phones against them. Host Alex Abdo explores the pernicious commercial spyware industry, and how re...
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Season 3
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Speech & the Border E3: Singled Out & Searched
Citizen or not—anyone can be searched at the border. Border agents may search messages, photos, and other intimate data on your personal phone, tablet, or other devices. Host Ramya Krishnan hears from documentary filmmaker Akram Shibly about hi...
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Season 3
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Episode 3
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