🔗Go to https://sponsr.is/hypnozio_unherd and use our code UNHERD15 to grab 15% off your first subscription with Hypnozio. 📰 Subscribe to UnHerd today at: https://bit.ly/3Qdkd5y UnHerd's Freddie Sayers meets Greg Lukianoff. Watch it on the UnHerd website: https://unherd.com/watch-listen/americas-new-free-speech-crisis/ Listen to the podcast: https://plnk.to/unherd?to=page Advertise on UnHerd @ zoe.white@unherd.com UnHerd's Freddie Sayers talks to Greg Lukianoff, president of the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression (FIRE), about a new report revealing that 2025 has officially surpassed 2020 as the worst year on record for campus censorship and scholar sanctions. Despite the Trump administration’s campaign promises to restore free expression, Lukianoff details a disturbing shift where the political right has adopted the very cancel culture tactics it once decried, led by government officials who are now directly intervening to investigate, defund, and even deport students for controversial speech. From the fallout of the Charlie Kirk assassination to the use of executive orders to ban student groups, they explore why the new wave of state-sponsored retaliation is creating a chilling effect across American universities. Follow UnHerd on social media: Twitter: https://twitter.com/unherd Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/unherd/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/unherd/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@unherdtv //TIMECODES// 00:00 - 00:58 - Intro 00:58 - 04:57 - Trump’s Promises, FIRE’s 2025 Report & Findings 04:57 - 07:02 - Introducing Greg Lukianoff 07:02 - 09:17 - Sponsor 09:17 - 14:37 - Censorship Trends & The Charlie Kirk Assassination 14:37 - 20:23 - Government Censorship, DEI, and Book Bans 20:23 - 24:20 - The Israel-Palestine Issue and Campus Free Speech 24:20 - 30:34 - Visa Holders, Two-Tiered Free Speech, 30:34 - 32:05 - Free Speech Activism and the Chilling Effect 32:05 - 37:21 - Financial Pressures, Global Comparison: US vs. UK/EU 37:21 - 44:48 - UK/EU Free Speech Cases and Threats to Liberalism 44:48 - 48:39 - Urgency for Fierce Liberalism & Closing Remarks 48:39 - 49:52 - Outro #UnHerd #FreeSpeech #Trump