# press freedom (audio feeds) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 2 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover press freedom. Page: Feed: --- ## [Ep. 279: Legendary lawyer Michael Tigar on juries, free speech, and the trial of John Peter Zenger](https://sotospeakpodcast.com/p/ep-279-legendary-lawyer-michael-tigar) _2026-08-07 · Nico Perrino · So to Speak: The Free Speech Podcast_ What do the Berkeley Free Speech Movement, the Chicago Eight, and John Peter Zenger have in common? [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/210204376/02e891f4baad935321680f9e8f7c70c6.mp3) ## [“Cuba: The Capital of 21st Century Communism”](https://anahflaster.substack.com/p/cuba-the-capital-of-21st-century) _2026-07-31 · Ana Hebra Flaster · CubaCurious_ State Dept. report warns that Cuban spycraft, influence building & foreign intervention is long-standing, strategic, and fueling subversive movements in U.S. and abroad. ## [Ep. 278: The Trump admin wants to change how scientific research is funded w/ Catharine Young, Evan Morris, and Ryne Weiss](https://sotospeakpodcast.com/p/ep-278-the-trump-admin-wants-to-change) _2026-07-29 · Nico Perrino · So to Speak: The Free Speech Podcast_ The feds want to implement new rules to combat waste, fraud, and abuse in research grants — so why is the research community throwing up red flags? [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/208978699/2ba4f1bc7328376ae7cdfa8f04d039a5.mp3) ## [Cubans have lost much more than can be seen.](https://anahflaster.substack.com/p/cuba-a-country-that-forgot-what-it) _2026-07-24 · Ana Hebra Flaster · CubaCurious_ The real deterioration in Cuba isn't its crumbling walls. It's the diminishing expectations Cubans have of themselves and each other, writes Yoani Sánchez. Also, the cost of a doubting diaspora. ## [FIRE Monthly Member Webinar - July 2026](https://sotospeakpodcast.com/p/fire-monthly-member-webinar-july-3d5) _2026-07-22 · Nico Perrino · So to Speak: The Free Speech Podcast_ Obscenity, foreign censorship, social media, academic freedom, age verification technology, and more! [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/208109282/8e39428a66e0845fac3a9de59de45199.mp3) ## [“You will not take away my dream."](https://anahflaster.substack.com/p/you-will-not-take-away-my-dream) _2026-07-17 · Ana Hebra Flaster · CubaCurious_ —Cuban activist Amelia Calzadilla, responding to regime's attempt to coerce her by harassing her elderly parents. ## [Ep. 277: Ada Palmer on the history of censorship from the Renaissance to AI](https://sotospeakpodcast.com/p/ep-277-ada-palmer-on-the-history) _2026-07-15 · Nico Perrino · So to Speak: The Free Speech Podcast_ Why do people censor? What makes censorship succeed or fail? And what can centuries of censorship teach us about today’s free speech battles? [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/207059201/3ee91de42bee5d4b9af70966d26976a6.mp3) ## [UN issues urgent action over famous Cuban political prisoner’s forced disappearance](https://anahflaster.substack.com/p/un-issues-urgent-action-over-famous) _2026-07-10 · Ana Hebra Flaster · CubaCurious_ 5th anniversary of 11J historic protests triggers arrests/A young activist and her mother are charged for recording their repressor's actions/Residents in Regla resort to rare public defiance. ## [On this Independence Day I'll be thinking of Cuba's political prisoners.](https://anahflaster.substack.com/p/on-this-independence-day-ill-be-thinking) _2026-07-03 · Ana Hebra Flaster · CubaCurious_ Fidel's political prisoner experience was like being "on a beach"—as he wrote in one letter. Maybe that's all we need to know about what life was like in Cuba before the 1959 revolution. ## [Ep. 276: Book banning’s trial of the century w/ Anthony Aycock](https://sotospeakpodcast.com/p/ep-276-book-bannings-trial-of-the) _2026-06-30 · Nico Perrino · So to Speak: The Free Speech Podcast_ Book bans aren’t new. Long before today’s battles over library shelves, a school district on Long Island found itself at the center of a constitutional fight that would reach the U.S. Supreme Court. [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/204332896/73f971281e20b1a3ef0f83381d495bd1.mp3) ## [Ultra-Quiet Business Mini (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/XIWuLOtwz4Fw) _2026-06-30 · **Sponsored**_ Compact business mini, ultra-quiet for focused work. ## [Inside "the land of the enemy."](https://anahflaster.substack.com/p/inside-the-land-of-the-enemy) _2026-06-26 · Ana Hebra Flaster · CubaCurious_ A recently arrived Cuban, full of gratitude and admiration for America, urges us to listen to average Cubans, not the "upper caste" of elites. ## [FIRE Monthly Member Webinar - June 2026](https://sotospeakpodcast.com/p/fire-monthly-member-webinar-june-0cb) _2026-06-22 · Nico Perrino · So to Speak: The Free Speech Podcast_ Academic freedom, DEI mandates, AI liability, Bible verses on Pride hats, dangerous speech, and more! [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/203094713/bf2731dcc32a0ecd67f6a7fb1bc59509.mp3) ## [Happy Día de los Padres](https://anahflaster.substack.com/p/happy-dia-de-los-padres) _2026-06-21 · Ana Hebra Flaster · CubaCurious_ Thoughts on old Cuban padres, hope—and canaries. ## [Historic EP vote condemns Cuban regime’s abuses, demands sanctions against leaders, release of 1,281 political prisoners](https://anahflaster.substack.com/p/historic-ep-vote-condemns-cuban-regimes) _2026-06-19 · Ana Hebra Flaster · CubaCurious_ A mother blames regime for activist son’s murder / Cubans ridicule communist party’s “new” reforms / Officials fine rancher 5-years’ salary for grazing herd on idle state land. ## [Ep. 275: Stress-testing the limits of the First Amendment w/ Chaz Stevens](https://sotospeakpodcast.com/p/ep-275-stress-testing-the-limits) _2026-06-17 · Nico Perrino · So to Speak: The Free Speech Podcast_ He says Satan loves the First Amendment. What does that mean? [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/202446241/de60036fc36953abaa601d67e3ab5175.mp3) ## [“Cuba is going through the worst wave of repression in recent decades," rights groups say.](https://anahflaster.substack.com/p/cuba-is-going-through-the-worst-wave) _2026-06-12 · Ana Hebra Flaster · CubaCurious_ “The international community cannot continue to look the other way,” —Javier Larrondo, President, Prisoners Defenders. ## [Ep. 274: Financial censorship: how banks silence speech w/ Rainey Reitman](https://sotospeakpodcast.com/p/ep-274-financial-censorship-how-banks) _2026-06-10 · Nico Perrino · So to Speak: The Free Speech Podcast_ Money makes the world go round. But for some speakers, banks serve as a choke point for sharing their message. [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/201357727/2d316135dfb4011d5fc427acffba556f.mp3) ## [Cuba “won’t last another week,” analyst warns.](https://anahflaster.substack.com/p/cuba-wont-last-another-week-analyst) _2026-06-05 · Ana Hebra Flaster · CubaCurious_ Experts predict another countrywide uprising like 2021’s 11J\*—and the same brutal repression that followed. ## ["They force you to go . . . You can't say no."](https://anahflaster.substack.com/p/they-force-you-to-go-you-cant-say) _2026-05-29 · Ana Hebra Flaster · CubaCurious_ The regime is wasting the country's resources on tributes to itself—and forcing citizens to attend, average Cubans say. ## [Ep. 273: Debating Super PACs and campaign finance w/ Larry Lessig and Paul Sherman](https://sotospeakpodcast.com/p/ep-273-debating-super-pacs-and-campaign) _2026-05-27 · Lawrence Lessig · So to Speak: The Free Speech Podcast_ The price tag for American elections keeps climbing. The 2024 presidential election was the second most expensive race ever at $5.5 billion. Now, the 2026 midterms are projected to set a new record. [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/199462016/04fa858287d2a73a2e95def4b4b350ad.mp3) ## [Ask the crowd: AI or not (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/NaC3GtH1hLy1) _2026-05-27 · **Sponsored**_ Get a transparent verdict from verified humans via web, RSS, or API. ## [“Authorized to destroy.”](https://anahflaster.substack.com/p/authorized-to-destroy) _2026-05-22 · Ana Hebra Flaster · CubaCurious_ —Cuban military command to MiG pilots locked into Brothers to the Rescue plane in 1996. FAA transcript. ## [Ep. 272: FIRE Monthly Member Webinar - May 2026](https://sotospeakpodcast.com/p/ep-272-fire-monthly-member-webinar) _2026-05-15 · Nico Perrino · So to Speak: The Free Speech Podcast_ Shouting down speakers, UCLA free speech, heckling, AI, doxxing, cancel culture, and more! [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/197904215/39343af426eb815a4325eecf41416970.mp3) ## [Cuba out of oil, accepts $100m in US aid it had declined.](https://anahflaster.substack.com/p/cuba-out-of-oil-accepts-100m-in-us) _2026-05-15 · Ana Hebra Flaster · CubaCurious_ A NYT op-ed tells regime’s story, not Cubans’. The latest example of Cubasplaining\* sees a reformist regime that doesn’t exist. ## [Cuba 2nd worst in Americas for press freedom, Nicaragua wins 1st.](https://anahflaster.substack.com/p/cuba-2nd-worst-in-americas-for-press) _2026-05-08 · Ana Hebra Flaster · CubaCurious_ Reporters Without Borders (RSF) finds more than half of world in “difficult” or “very serious” press freedom conditions, worst findings in 25 years. ## [Survey says . . . 96% of Cubans want political change. ¡Ahora!](https://anahflaster.substack.com/p/survey-says-96-of-cubans-want-political) _2026-05-01 · Ana Hebra Flaster · CubaCurious_ Also: Regime violates 16-year-old political prisoner’s rights, flouts laws / Cuban beekeepers accuse state of nonpayment, honey productivity in decline. ## [“After a week, no one will even remember you.”](https://anahflaster.substack.com/p/after-a-week-no-one-will-even-remember) _2026-04-24 · Ana Hebra Flaster · CubaCurious_ —Activist Anna Bensi recalling secret police agent's threats, coercion. ## ["A free Cuba. That is still my dream."](https://anahflaster.substack.com/p/a-free-cuba-that-is-still-my-dream) _2026-04-17 · Ana Hebra Flaster · CubaCurious_ —Malnourished, abused political prisoner at completion of five-year sentence for sedition and "disrespect." ## [When life gives Cubans "limones," they create lemon soufflés](https://anahflaster.substack.com/p/when-life-gives-cubans-limones-they) _2026-04-10 · Ana Hebra Flaster · CubaCurious_ What if Cubans’ proven resourcefulness could be aimed at productive endeavors—instead of foraging for food, evading the secret police? ## [Cuba to “free” 2010 prisoners—but beatings, arrests, disappearances are rising](https://anahflaster.substack.com/p/cuba-to-free-2010-prisonersbut-beatings) _2026-04-03 · Ana Hebra Flaster · CubaCurious_ Criminals who “challenged authority”—shorthand for political crimes—won't benefit from regime’s “humanitarian gesture.” ## [Meet Claude, an AI assistant (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/t4q30QGbrSmf) _2026-04-03 · **Sponsored**_ Chat with Claude at claude.ai — a conversational AI assistant. ## [7 years for writing 2 words: "How long?"](https://anahflaster.substack.com/p/7-years-for-writing-2-words-how-long) _2026-03-27 · Ana Hebra Flaster · CubaCurious_ Regime shows no signs of mercy / International leftists spark outrage / Why do foreign interviewers go easy on Cuban diplomats?