Counterweight Podcast
1) FSF Ep. 40: Every Memory Has a Soundtrack: Music, Listening, and Free Speech | Shaka Mitchel
"The other side of the free speech coin is listening well." Shaka Mitchell, senior fellow at the American Federation for Children and creator of the Come Together Music Project, believes we've "forgot...Show More
2) FSF Ep. 39: "I Am Charlie”: Free Speech After Witnessing Charlie Kirk's Murder | Carob Marcelle Bartholomew
"Is this going to be in my neck or in my back? And will it be fast?" Those were Carob Marcelle Bartholomew's thoughts as she lay on the ground during Charlie Kirk's assassination listening for bullets...Show More
3) S5 E29 | The Bullying Pulpit: Practice what You Preach or Preaching to the Choir
This week Ryan Tsapatsaris is back and joins Elizabeth for discussion about bullying behaviors. A recent study of Middle and High School aged participants revealed that bullied students admitted to a...Show More
4) FSF Ep. 38: Celebrating the Declaration: Free Speech & Liberty’s Reset Button | Scott Schiff
"If you can't state the truth, you can't really pursue it either." Scott, project coordinator with the Atlas Society and partner with the Free Society Coalition, left his comfortable career in financi...Show More
5) S5 E28 | Mental health and the Second Amendment
This week the Dissident's Podcast highlights our partner, Prosocial Workers, ProSocial Podcast. ProSocial Workers executive director and ILV senior advisor Matt Watson invites licensed clinical social...Show More
6) S5 E27 | Face Off: Exploring Neural Symmetry in Political Affiliation
This week Mike Burke is back and joins Elizabeth for discussion about the neuroscience of polarized attitudes. A recent article suggests that regardless of which side of the political aisle we inhabi...Show More
7) S5 E26 | Don't get on the Banned-Wagon: Recent Trends in Library Censorship
This week Elizabeth is joined by librarian and frequent contributor, Pamela Hayes-Bohanan who, in anticipation of Banned Books Week, gives us the latest news on attempts to remove books from our libra...Show More
8) FSF Ep. 37: Free Speech and Being “That Person You Hate” | Kofi Montzka
"I'm that person you hate." That's what attorney and activist Kofi Montzka says when coworkers start ranting about conservatives—and it stops them in their tracks. After being told she couldn't speak ...Show More
9) S5 E25 | Viewpoint Diversity Adversity: The Conundrum Between Balance and Obscurity
This week Elizabeth is joined by Mark Horowitz. We discuss two very different articles about viewpoint diversity. In one (unpublished) paper the authors examined thousands of college course syllabi fo...Show More
10) FSF Ep. 36: Honoring Charlie Kirk – Standing Up for Free Speech
In this urgent and unplanned episode of Free Speech Forward, hosts Joia and Chris respond to the shocking assassination of Charlie Kirk on September 10, 2025—the most horrific attack on free speech on...Show More