Sorry, wokies. Guess we have to close up shop. Bill Maher and The New York Times have said that the Left needs to moderate. Thomas guides us through the ridiculous source material that takes this position and we get plenty of debunks along the way!

Also, chime in: Should we do a recurring Bill Maher segment? And: Is Maher Thomas's arch nemesis?

Of course we barely scratched the surface, so we'll be back soon with additional parts on this one!

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Logan was an out trans man serving children of servicemembers overseas as their pediatrician until the Trump Administration targeted trans folks in the military. Now that Logan has safely discharged, we're honored to have him join us to talk about the entire experience.

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Professor Josh Fernandez was accused of soliciting students for violent activities because of an antiracist club he helped start on his community college campus, and his administration investigated him for a year and a half.

• The Hands That Crafted the Bomb: The Making of a Lifelong Antifascist

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We return for an update to our ACTUAL-THREATS-TO-FREE-SPEECH series for our 100th episode! Lydia shares what's been happening with the various cases we discussed in Episodes 98 and 99, and then she walks us through some "highlights" from Auburn University's Turning Point USA event that seemed to be in the middle of the termination of one of our cases.

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Part 2 in our Kirk's Free Speech series. The cases of teachers being suspended, investigated, and/or terminated based on their comments about Charlie Kirk never seem to dry up. We continue our examination of some of these instances.

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Part 1. We dive headfirst into stories in which a teacher's First Amendment rights appear to have been violated. It seems clear to us how wrong this all is after reading the complaint, but how will these cases play out in court?

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A few weeks ago, Lydia and Thomas did an episode on the steps of the California Capitol for California Freethought Day, highlighting the differences between a fake free speech professor-story and a real one. This juxtaposition sparked a research effort to dig into more of these cases, some of which will be featured in the following episodes.

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FOLKS. Oklahoma Superintendent Ryan Walters is GONE. Lydia breaks down the final few things he pushed before he abruptly resigned with 15 months still left in his term, the bizarre happenings of that resignation and where he's headed next, and finally, what we've learned in the aftermath.

• This Is Ground Zero in the Conservative Quest for More Patriotic and Christian Public Schools, Jennifer Smith Richards/ProPublica (10/22/2025)

• Fox25's Wendy Suares Attempts to Question Walters After His Resignation Announcement

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