Lukianoff is a free speech advocate and an attorney, the kind who’s willing to defend all comers, left or right. But he was scared to go to UVU. Some believe, after all, that Charlie Kirk was murdered because he exercised his free speech. Still, Lukianoff went, because he wanted to grieve with the students who’d seen Kirk’s shooting and the mayhem that followed, and because he believes in free expression that much. He joins us to reflect on what he told those students, how he’s thinking about attacks on free speech around the country, and why he thinks it remains vitally important for the future of the nation.
You can listen to Greg Lukianoff’s Oct. 30, 2025, lecture at Utah Valley University here.
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Greg Lukianoff | He’s an attorney, the president and CEO of the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression, and an author. His most recent book, co-authored with Nadine Strossen, is “The War on Words: 10 Arguments Against Free Speech—and Why They Fail.” [Amazon|Bookshop]