web01.fireside.fm Thu, 21 May 2026 23:11:35 -0500 Fireside (https://fireside.fm) Circumscription - Episodes Tagged with “#Freespeech #Academicfreedom #Law” https://circumscription.fireside.fm/tags/%23freespeech%20%23academicfreedom%20%23law Tue, 11 Nov 2025 05:00:00 -0500 Much of what gives life meaning, continuity, and order is the act of setting boundaries. Much of what gives you a clear sense of who and what you are is a clear sense of who and what you're not. This is a podcast about drawing such lines. It's about the processes involved in setting and maintaining boundaries, but also stretching and crossing them. We explore questions about boundaries and identity in three areas: religion, foreign policy, and constitutional law. en-us episodic Where We Set The Limits Michael Sargent Much of what gives life meaning, continuity, and order is the act of setting boundaries. Much of what gives you a clear sense of who and what you are is a clear sense of who and what you're not. This is a podcast about drawing such lines. It's about the processes involved in setting and maintaining boundaries, but also stretching and crossing them. We explore questions about boundaries and identity in three areas: religion, foreign policy, and constitutional law. no self, identity, religion, faith, constitutions, constitutional law, foreign policy Michael Sargent profsargent@gmail.com Episode 10: The Cloth of Protection https://circumscription.fireside.fm/10 1082ad72-8c9d-45d8-9760-838dfb3c563a Tue, 11 Nov 2025 05:00:00 -0500 Michael Sargent full Michael Sargent A discussion of academic freedom with law professor David Rabban. 57:45 yes <p>This episode features a discussion of academic freedom with <a href="https://law.utexas.edu/faculty/david-m-rabban/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">David Rabban</a>, the Dahr Jamail, Randall Hage Jamail, and Robert Lee Jamail Regents Chair in Law, and Distinguished Teaching Professor in the University of Texas at Austin School of Law. Previously, he served as counsel, and then general counsel, to the AAUP (American Association of University Professors), and he has chaired its committee on academic freedom and tenure. In his teaching and research, he focuses on free speech, academic freedom, higher education and the law, and American legal history. His most recent book (published in 2024) is <a href="https://www.hup.harvard.edu/books/9780674291058" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"><em>Academic Freedom: From Professional Norm to First Amendment Right</em></a>.</p> <p><strong>OTHER LINKS</strong><br> <a href="https://youtu.be/Z0O9abefZp8?si=0E_d2_OUbDn5CtLK" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">--CBS News interview with MIT professor Alan Lightman</a><br> <a href="https://www.aaup.org/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">--Homepage for the American Association of University Professors (AAUP) website</a><br> <a href="https://www.aaup.org/NR/rdonlyres/A6520A9D-0A9A-47B3-B550-C006B5B224E7/0/1915Declaration.pdf" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">--AAUP's 1915 Declaration of Principles on Academic Freedom and Academic Tenure</a><br> <a href="https://www.aaup.org/sites/default/files/1940%20Statement.pdf" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">--AAUP's 1940 Statement of Principles on Academic Freedom and Tenure</a><br> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brandenburg_v._Ohio" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">--Wikipedia entry on <em>Brandenburg v. Ohio</em></a></p> <p><strong>MUSIC CREDITS (all songs from Free Music Archive, and each song carries the "cc by" license)</strong><br> --"The Trail," by Unheard Music Concepts<br> --"Pleasure," by Haunted Me<br> --"Breath," by Kirk Osamayo<br> --"Caress me to sleep," by rui Special Guest: David Rabban.</p> academic freedom, free speech, law This episode features a discussion of academic freedom with David Rabban, the Dahr Jamail, Randall Hage Jamail, and Robert Lee Jamail Regents Chair in Law, and Distinguished Teaching Professor in the University of Texas at Austin School of Law. Previously, he served as counsel, and then general counsel, to the AAUP (American Association of University Professors), and he has chaired its committee on academic freedom and tenure. In his teaching and research, he focuses on free speech, academic freedom, higher education and the law, and American legal history. His most recent book (published in 2024) is Academic Freedom: From Professional Norm to First Amendment Right.

OTHER LINKS
--CBS News interview with MIT professor Alan Lightman
--Homepage for the American Association of University Professors (AAUP) website
--AAUP's 1915 Declaration of Principles on Academic Freedom and Academic Tenure
--AAUP's 1940 Statement of Principles on Academic Freedom and Tenure
--Wikipedia entry on Brandenburg v. Ohio

MUSIC CREDITS (all songs from Free Music Archive, and each song carries the "cc by" license)
--"The Trail," by Unheard Music Concepts
--"Pleasure," by Haunted Me
--"Breath," by Kirk Osamayo
--"Caress me to sleep," by rui

Special Guest: David Rabban.

]]> This episode features a discussion of academic freedom with David Rabban, the Dahr Jamail, Randall Hage Jamail, and Robert Lee Jamail Regents Chair in Law, and Distinguished Teaching Professor in the University of Texas at Austin School of Law. Previously, he served as counsel, and then general counsel, to the AAUP (American Association of University Professors), and he has chaired its committee on academic freedom and tenure. In his teaching and research, he focuses on free speech, academic freedom, higher education and the law, and American legal history. His most recent book (published in 2024) is Academic Freedom: From Professional Norm to First Amendment Right.

OTHER LINKS
--CBS News interview with MIT professor Alan Lightman
--Homepage for the American Association of University Professors (AAUP) website
--AAUP's 1915 Declaration of Principles on Academic Freedom and Academic Tenure
--AAUP's 1940 Statement of Principles on Academic Freedom and Tenure
--Wikipedia entry on Brandenburg v. Ohio

MUSIC CREDITS (all songs from Free Music Archive, and each song carries the "cc by" license)
--"The Trail," by Unheard Music Concepts
--"Pleasure," by Haunted Me
--"Breath," by Kirk Osamayo
--"Caress me to sleep," by rui

Special Guest: David Rabban.

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