# Tech Policy Podcast Tech policy is at the center of the hottest debates in American law and politics. On the Tech Policy Podcast, host Corbin Barthold discusses the latest developments with some of the tech world's best journalists, lawyers, academics, and more. Page: Feed: --- ## [438: I Hosted 157 Episodes and All I Got Was This Stupid Digital Censorship](http://podcast.techfreedom.org) _2026-06-25 · TechFreedom_ Corbin is signing off as host. To mark the occasion, he and new host Ari Cohn go on one final super rant about the state of social-media and AI regulation. Links: Supreme Court to Hear Violent Video Game Case (https://tinyurl.com/y969cv6r) India’s Republic of Uncles (https://tinyurl.com/22xbx668) Save Us, Digital Cronkite! (https://tinyurl.com/35sess4r) [Listen](https://cdn.simplecast.com/media/audio/transcoded/139f7bdd-49f7-427e-9e38-ca6f1e93f51d/f13f55de-516b-46b3-b4a2-9f057f21ad71/episodes/audio/group/ea8025bd-f038-44c1-91c3-4290293de39c/group-item/099c7fad-01eb-4197-89c6-ce03bcde95bc/128_default_tc.mp3?aid=rss_feed&feed=WSi6AvnS) ## [437: Data Centers Are Good, Actually](http://podcast.techfreedom.org) _2026-06-04 · TechFreedom_ Judge Glock (Manhattan Institute) joins the show to discuss the past, present, and future of data center construction in the United States. Links: The Surprising Heart of the Data-Center Boom [Listen](https://cdn.simplecast.com/media/audio/transcoded/139f7bdd-49f7-427e-9e38-ca6f1e93f51d/f13f55de-516b-46b3-b4a2-9f057f21ad71/episodes/audio/group/7f381129-4ca9-4eed-bfab-d8e93e0703b4/group-item/16f95c57-92d1-400b-b9ab-012b4bfb7c6a/128_default_tc.mp3?aid=rss_feed&feed=WSi6AvnS) ## [436: The Future of Space Exploration](http://podcast.techfreedom.org) _2026-05-26 · TechFreedom_ Dr. Mekhi Dhesi is a space industry executive at Slingshot Aerospace and a space communicator. She joins the show to discuss orbital mechanics, rocket science, black holes, the Fermi paradox, and more. Follow her on Instagram @cosmic\_mekhi! [Listen](https://cdn.simplecast.com/media/audio/transcoded/139f7bdd-49f7-427e-9e38-ca6f1e93f51d/f13f55de-516b-46b3-b4a2-9f057f21ad71/episodes/audio/group/0a94738c-7271-4751-99b8-4e8eb2275428/group-item/03c846a6-9a57-4253-8f7c-d57e732eea4e/128_default_tc.mp3?aid=rss_feed&feed=WSi6AvnS) ## [435: Live: The Perennial Urge to Censor New Technology](http://podcast.techfreedom.org) _2026-05-13 · TechFreedom_ Host Corbin Barthold heads to New York to speak at FIRE’s Free Speech Future event series. The panel features Kmele Foster (The Fifth Column), Nico Perrino (FIRE), and Prof. Christopher Ferguson (Stetson University). Links: Free Speech Future: Episode III – Cycles of Censorship: Emerging Technologies Free Speech Future [Listen](https://cdn.simplecast.com/media/audio/transcoded/139f7bdd-49f7-427e-9e38-ca6f1e93f51d/f13f55de-516b-46b3-b4a2-9f057f21ad71/episodes/audio/group/10925089-8480-46f4-a8f9-9725b9720e66/group-item/5b14831b-d3fe-4711-8ad1-a7c05bf76ca8/128_default_tc.mp3?aid=rss_feed&feed=WSi6AvnS) ## [From the Vault: Algorithmic Amplification](http://podcast.techfreedom.org) _2026-04-28 · TechFreedom_ From January 9, 2022 (Episode 310): Daphne Keller discusses her paper “Amplification and Its Discontents” with Corbin Barthold and Ari Cohn. Links: Amplification and Its Discontents: Why Regulating the Reach of Online Content Is Hard Tech Policy Podcast 389: The Rise of the Compliant Speech Platform [Listen](https://cdn.simplecast.com/media/audio/transcoded/139f7bdd-49f7-427e-9e38-ca6f1e93f51d/f13f55de-516b-46b3-b4a2-9f057f21ad71/episodes/audio/group/5571178d-a465-478d-8f4b-01cc1073d9ce/group-item/8c308c89-9c53-4a5b-9d1c-306a8f566fbe/128_default_tc.mp3?aid=rss_feed&feed=WSi6AvnS) ## [434: The Free Speech Recession](http://podcast.techfreedom.org) _2026-04-14 · TechFreedom_ Jacob Mchangama and Jeff Kosseff discuss their fantastic new book, The Future of Free Speech . Links: The Future of Free Speech: Reversing the Global Decline of Democracy's Most Essential Freedom [Listen](https://cdn.simplecast.com/media/audio/transcoded/139f7bdd-49f7-427e-9e38-ca6f1e93f51d/f13f55de-516b-46b3-b4a2-9f057f21ad71/episodes/audio/group/14d97834-bd0e-4436-a09a-a42f1ffb316f/group-item/f68904ac-d4f8-420c-8b11-6855af2e31c6/128_default_tc.mp3?aid=rss_feed&feed=WSi6AvnS) ## [433: AI and the First Amendment](http://podcast.techfreedom.org) _2026-04-07 · TechFreedom_ TechFreedom’s Corbin Barthold, Santana Boulton, and Andy Jung discuss whether AI promotes free speech, why AI outputs are protected free expression, why Anthropic should win its First Amendment lawsuit against the Department of War, and much else besides. Links: AI + 1A: Why the First Amendment Protects Artificial Intelligence Don’t Ban Kids From Using Chatbots Heaven’s Gate—How and When It May Be… [Listen](https://cdn.simplecast.com/media/audio/transcoded/139f7bdd-49f7-427e-9e38-ca6f1e93f51d/f13f55de-516b-46b3-b4a2-9f057f21ad71/episodes/audio/group/233ad9cc-5dc7-4197-8d99-42e9d5dd51ae/group-item/70964b06-e8ca-43f4-b38b-b74469038ffa/128_default_tc.mp3?aid=rss_feed&feed=WSi6AvnS) ## [432: Live: The New Frontiers of Speech](http://podcast.techfreedom.org) _2026-03-23 · TechFreedom_ Our host, Corbin Barthold (TechFreedom), speaks on a panel at State of the Net with Joel Thayer (Digital Progress Institute) and Ashkhen Kazaryan (The Future of Free Speech), and Luke Hogg (Foundation for American Innovation). They discuss how the First Amendment should work in a world of algorithms and AI. Links: AI + 1A: Why the First Amendment Protects Artificial Intelligence (Corbin’s new… [Listen](https://cdn.simplecast.com/media/audio/transcoded/139f7bdd-49f7-427e-9e38-ca6f1e93f51d/f13f55de-516b-46b3-b4a2-9f057f21ad71/episodes/audio/group/33e936a3-a7fa-4b38-9e17-2db9e9c0d10e/group-item/8e2de368-18fd-4f5a-80d1-215b3a4fd79c/128_default_tc.mp3?aid=rss_feed&feed=WSi6AvnS) ## [431: Barrett’s Moody Concurrence: Oddly Popular, Wholly Wrong](http://podcast.techfreedom.org) _2026-03-09 · TechFreedom_ Host Corbin Barthold (TechFreedom) deconstructs Justice Barrett’s surprisingly influential concurrence in Moody v. NetChoice . Or: Why the First Amendment protects algorithms and AI. Links: Moody v. NetChoice The Post-human First Amendment Tech Policy Podcast 286: How Algorithms Can Fight Extremism Tech Policy Podcast 414: Beware the Butlerian Jihad [Listen](https://cdn.simplecast.com/media/audio/transcoded/139f7bdd-49f7-427e-9e38-ca6f1e93f51d/f13f55de-516b-46b3-b4a2-9f057f21ad71/episodes/audio/group/f1996ac0-a987-4af7-91e7-2ca7920fa780/group-item/839c880a-e8e9-4304-9018-c2edd260bb7b/128_default_tc.mp3?aid=rss_feed&feed=WSi6AvnS) ## [Crypto Payments, No Custody (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/3jwDT0dw5Uhc) _2026-03-09 · **Sponsored**_ Send crypto to merchant wallets via API with real-time updates and automatic fees. ## [430: Social Media on Trial](http://podcast.techfreedom.org) _2026-02-26 · TechFreedom_ A landmark bellwether trial in Los Angeles is testing whether Instagram and YouTube can be blamed for teen addiction and mental health problems. Clay Calvert (American Enterprise Institute) and Corbin Barthold (TechFreedom) review the many problems with letting plaintiffs’ lawyers demagogue social media platforms in front of a jury. Links: Social Media Addiction Lawsuits: The Deceptively Flawed… [Listen](https://cdn.simplecast.com/media/audio/transcoded/139f7bdd-49f7-427e-9e38-ca6f1e93f51d/f13f55de-516b-46b3-b4a2-9f057f21ad71/episodes/audio/group/81a50e90-b721-4658-b6c1-f9892c8715ad/group-item/75b493c1-2231-47bb-a20a-9b036f8054c1/128_default_tc.mp3?aid=rss_feed&feed=WSi6AvnS)