Podcast appearances and mentions of Mike Godwin

We explore how censorship is impacting institutions — from universities to law firms to the Maine House of Representatives. Timestamps:  00:00 Intro 01:40 Federal government cuts Columbia's funding 16:57 Updates on the Mahmoud Khalil case 27:01 Ed Martin's Georgetown letter 34:59 Trump targeting law firms 55:01 Maine House censure of Rep. Laurel Libby 01:03:37 Outro Guests: - Will Creeley, FIRE's legal director - Conor Fitzpatrick, FIRE's supervising senior attorney - Lindsie Rank, FIRE's director of campus rights advocacy  Enjoy listening to the podcast? Donate to FIRE today and get exclusive content like member webinars, special episodes, and more. If you became a FIRE Member through a donation to FIRE at thefire.org and would like access to Substack's paid subscriber podcast feed, please email sotospeak@thefire.org. Show notes: - “DOJ, HHS, ED, and GSA announce initial cancelation of grants and contracts to Columbia University worth $400 million” U.S. Department of Justice (2025) - HHS, ED, and GSA follow up letter to Columbia. U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, U.S. Department of Education, U.S. Government Services Administration (2025) - “Columbia yields to Trump in battle over federal funding” The Wall Street Journal (2025) - “Advancing our work to combat discrimination, harassment, and antisemitism at Columbia” Columbia University (2025)   - “Columbia caves to feds — and sets a dangerous precedent” FIRE (2025) - “ED, HHS, and GSA Respond to Columbia University's Actions to Comply with Joint Task Force Pre-Conditions” U.S. Department of Education (2025) - “FIRE demands answers from Trump admin officials on arrest of Mahmoud Khalil” FIRE (2025) - “Brief of Amici Curiae in Support of Petitioner's Motion for Preliminary Injunction - Khalil v. Joyce” FIRE (2025) - “​​We will be revoking the visas and/or green cards of Hamas supporters in America so they can be deported.” Secretary of State Marco Rubio via X (2025) - “‘ICE proudly apprehended and detained Mahmoud Khalil, a radical foreign Pro-Hamas student on the campus of @Columbia University. This is the first arrest of many to come.' President Donald J. Trump” The White House via X (2025) - “WATCH: White House downplays stock market declines as ‘a snapshot'” PBS NewsHour (2025) - “Secretary Rubio's remarks to the press” U.S. Department of State (2025) - “Mahmoud Khalil. Notice to appear.” Habeeb Habeeb via X (2025) - “Alien and Sedition Acts” National Archives (1798) - Ed Martin's letter to Georgetown Law Dean William Treanor. (2025) - Dean Treanor's response to Ed Martin. (2025) - “Trump, Perkins Coie and John Adams” The Wall Street Journal (2025) - “Suspension of Security Clearances and Evaluation of Government Contracts” The White House (2025) - “Addressing Risks from Perkins Coie LLP” The White House (2025) - “Addressing risks from Paul Weiss” The White House (2025) - “Lawyers who anger the Feds face new penalties by decree” The CATO Institute (2025) - “Today, President Donald J. Trump agreed to withdraw his March 14, 2025 Executive Order regarding the Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP law firm (‘Paul, Weiss'), which has entered into the following agreement with the President…” President Trump via TruthSocial (2025) - “Head of Paul, Weiss says firm would not have survived without deal with Trump” The New York Times (2025) - “House resolution relating to the censure of Representative Laurel D. Libby of Auburn by the Maine House of Representatives” Maine House of Representatives (2025) - “Maine's censure of lawmaker for post about trans student-athlete is an attack on free speech” FIRE (2025) - “Maine State Rep. Laurel Libby disagreed with biological males competing in women's sports, and now, the Maine State House is censuring her.” Sen. Kennedy via X (2025) - “The open society and its enemies” Karl Popper (1945) - “Cyber rights: Defending free speech in the digital age” Mike Godwin (1995)

Does a cat stand on two legs or four?  The answer to that question may tell you all you need to know about the government involving itself in social media content moderation. On today's show, we cover the latest tech policy developments involving the Federal Communications Commission, Federal Trade Commission, AI regulation, and more.   Guests: - Ari Cohn, FIRE's lead counsel, tech policy. - Adam Thierer, a resident technology and innovation senior fellow at the R Street Institute   - Jennifer Huddleston, a technology policy senior fellow at the CATO Institute   Timestamps: 00:00 Intro 01:30 Section 230 06:55 FCC and Section 230 14:32 Brendan Carr and “faith-based programming” 28:24 Media companies' settlements with the Trump 30:24 Brendan Carr at Semafor event 38:37 FTC and social media companies 48:09 AI regulations 01:03:43 Outro   Enjoy listening to the podcast? Donate to FIRE today and get exclusive content like member webinars, special episodes, and more. If you became a FIRE Member through a donation to FIRE at thefire.org and would like access to Substack's paid subscriber podcast feed, please email sotospeak@thefire.org.   Show notes: “Seeing reports that the FCC plans to take a vague and ineffective step on Section 230 to try to control speech online…” FCC Commissioner Anna M. Gomez via X (2025) “Federal Communications Commission Chair Brendan Carr taking first steps in eroding key legal protection enjoyed by Big Tech” New York Post (2025) Section 230 text “Federal Communications Commission” Brendan Carr via Project 2025 (2022) “Bless Ron Wyden and his steady defense of Section 230. He is absolutely right: 230 is a pro-competition law.” Adam Kovacevich via X (2025) “If Google is looking to block faith-based programming on YouTube, they are doing a really really bad job at it…” Adam Thierer via X (2025) “I have received complaints that Google's @YouTubeTV is discriminating against faith-based programming…” Brendan Carr via X (2025) “FCC's Carr defends broadcast probes, slams social media ‘threat'” Semafor (2025) “Petition for rulemaking of the national telecommunications and information administration” National Telecommunications and Information Administration (2020) “FCC Chair Brendan Carr taking first steps in eroding key legal protection enjoyed by Big Tech” New York Post (2025) “Big Tech censorship is not just un-American, it is potentially illegal…” FTC Chair Andrew Ferguson via X (2025) “Federal Trade Commission launches inquiry on tech censorship” FTC (2025) “Moody v. NetChoice” (2024) “The FTC is overstepping its authority — and threatening free speech online” FIRE (2025) “Wave of state-level AI bills raise First Amendment problems” FIRE (2025) “AI regulatory activity is completely out of control in the U.S…” Adam Thierer via X (2025)   “Cyber rights: Defending free speech in the digital age” Mike Godwin (1995) “Greg Lukianoff testimony before the House Judiciary Committee, February 6, 2024” FIRE (2024) “Technologies of Freedom” Ithiel de Sola Pool (1984)

If you like what we're doing and want to support the show, please consider making a donation on Ko-Fi. Funds we receive will be used to upgrade equipment, pay hosting fees, and help make the show better.https://ko-fi.com/mappingthezoneIf you enjoyed our discussion, please check out the following media that relates to these chapters:Films/TV: The Thin Man; In the Toilet (fan made song)Books/Authors: Thomas Pynchon's Silicon Alley by Mike Godwin, The Thin Man by Dashiell HammettAs always, thanks so much for listening!Email: ⁠mappingthezonepod@gmail.com⁠Twitter: https://twitter.com/pynchonpodInstagram:https://www.instagram.com/mappingthezonepodcast/

Today I spoke with Mike Godwin! Mike is a freelance journalist who focuses on defence and security matters in Eastern Europe and the caucuses as well as NATO. He's a combat veteran of the United States Army and currently lives in Tbilisi, Georgia, where he runs his own journalism and OSINT platform.You can find Mike on:WebsiteInstagramTelegramTwitterLinkedInWe spoke aboutMike's experience in the US ArmyHis life as a journalist in GeorgiaSouth Ossetia and Abkhazia How Partisanship influences journalism The importance of on-the-ground experience The Role of Caucuses in the Ukrainian invasion Importance of having a life outside of your work The Grey Dynamics Podcast is available on all major platforms!SpotifyApple Podcast Google PodcastAmazon Podcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It's been a month and a half since NXT changed from the Black and Gold brand and went from 1.0 to 2.0??? There's the dye, new sets, new stars and Italian gimmicks. Shaunie and Mike delve deep to explore the past month of the infancy of the new brand, and they add the cherry on top by adding their predictions to this Tuesday's Halloween Havoc! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Cultuurhistorische podcast met centraal thema. Deze week vertelt Maaike over het liefdesleven van Percy Bysshe Shelley. Facts en checks: # De Franse stad Biches wordt geschreven zonder 't'. Er is dus sowieso geen verwarring mogelijk met de Engelse benaming voor 'vrouwelijke hond'. # De eerste experimenten met elektriciteit à la pootjes van insecten laten bewegen vonden al plaats in de 18de eeuw. Het is vermoedelijk dat soort bezigheden dat Percy Bysshe Shelley had. # De wet van Godwin is vernoemd naar Mike Godwin die in 1990 een aforisme bedacht dat luidt: "Naarmate online-discussies langer worden, nadert de waarschijnlijkheid van een vergelijking met de nazi's of Hitler tot 1." Dit heeft een link met de zogenaamde Reductio ad Hitlerum-drogreden waarbij men stelt dat 'Hitler X was dus X slecht is'. Hitler was bijvoorbeeld een groot hondenliefhebber en vegetariër ergo ...

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Shaunie and Mike give you the rundown and their predictions for what could be the biggest show in AEW history! Including the return to the ring of CM PUNK! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

A match of the year, three new champions, a suitable possible swan song for the black and gold brand. Hopefully not but ya never know. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Cena vs Reigns, Edge vs Rollins, and a disgusting 27 second controversy. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Walter/Dragonuv,The UE Explode, will there be a new NXT Champion --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Tag team wrestling is one of the purest forms of wrestling, it can tell stories better than most, and those who have perfected the craft are in the top echelon of wrestling! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Punk to AEW, Bryan leaving WWE, One Kross gets buried another becomes a super hero champion. All this and more in this News Dump! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

John Cena returns, a new Women's champion. Edge collides with Reigns, who climbed the ladder to call themselves mr/Ms money in the bank. Also live updates on Goldberg, Keith Lee and MORE!!! Follow the podcast on Twitter @InWrasslin and share this podcast with your friends and hey wouldn't trouble ya to give the thing a listen by going to the link in my bio! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Today shaunie and Mike rundown and simultaneously trash on WWE's recent exhibition into hell and no we're not talking about there creative. ZING! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

This really isn't the worst takeover but hey you fell for it. Lol wait please stay this is a great episode with Shaunie and Mike talking a range from the IYH PPV to Kevin James in the greatest movie of all time HERE COMES THE BOOM!!!!! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

So much stuff to cover over the last couple of weeks in wrasslin Shaunie and Mike...ie take you through it all and give you the added bonus of their NXT Takeover IYH predictions!!! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

A 62 year old man flys, a champion crowned, blood spilled, a d a man gets cheered for putting his hands... in his pockets. Hear the review of all this and more when Shaunie and Mike talk AEW DoN 2021! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

After a chaotic week it was only right to get all the news out of the way and five deep into what was one of the biggest newsworthiness week in the history of professional wrestling!!! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

BLOOD. GUTS. CRASH PADS. Wait strike that last one. Shaunie and Mike lead you through a night of brutality as they recap when the Inner circle met the Pinnacle in the match beyond! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Cages path of dominance, the elite trying too hard, an awesome parlay to pave a path of destruction to next weeks blood and guts and the Moro we've all been waiting for, Shaunie and Mike talk you through all the excitement of AEWs weekly 2 hours of fun! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Did you notice when it suddenly became okay not to say goodbye at the end of a text message conversation? Have you responded to work emails solely using ?? Is ~ this ~ your favorite punctuation mark for conveying exactly just how much you just don’t care about something? Welcome, Internet Person—you’re using a different kind of English from the previous generation. But these conversational norms weren’t set on high, and how they evolved over the past decades of Internet usage tells us a lot about how language has always been created: collaboratively. Or, as Internet linguist Gretchen McCulloch puts it, “Language is humanity’s most spectacular open source project.” She joins us to analyze the language we use online and off—how it got this way, where it’s going, and why it’s a good thing that our words are changing so quickly. This episode originally aired in 2019.Go beyond the episode:Gretchen McCulloch’s Because InternetRead her Resident Linguist column at Wired, formerly at The Toast (you may remember reading about the grammar of doge, perhaps? Much wow) or catch up on the Lingthusiasm PodcastPhone calls have been supplanted by text messages—will voice texting be next? Or are the people using voice texting pointing out a fundamental lack, in language or keyboard support?Inevitably, Godwin’s Law states, “as an online discussion continues, the probability of a reference or comparison to Hitler or Nazis approaches 1.” Read creator Mike Godwin’s explanation for why he created his counter-meme, and why, in the case of actual fascists, calling someone a Nazi is well within the norms of discoursePeruse the LOLCat Bible or the Creepypasta Wiki, deemed worthy of archive by the Library of Congress (file under folklore)If all these memes confuse you, you can always find your footing at Know Your MemeTune in every week to catch interviews with the liveliest voices from literature, the arts, sciences, history, and public affairs; reports on cutting-edge works in progress; long-form narratives; and compelling excerpts from new books. Hosted by Stephanie Bastek. Follow us on Twitter @TheAmScho or on Facebook.Subscribe: iTunes •

Did you notice when it suddenly became okay not to say goodbye at the end of a text message conversation? Have you responded to work emails solely using ?? Is ~ this ~ your favorite punctuation mark for conveying exactly just how much you just don’t care about something? Welcome, Internet Person—you’re using a different kind of English from the previous generation. But these conversational norms weren’t set on high, and how they evolved over the past decades of Internet usage tells us a lot about how language has always been created: collaboratively. Or, as Internet linguist Gretchen McCulloch puts it, “Language is humanity’s most spectacular open source project.” She joins us to analyze the language we use online and off—how it got this way, where it’s going, and why it’s a good thing that our words are changing so quickly. This episode originally aired in 2019.Go beyond the episode:Gretchen McCulloch’s Because InternetRead her Resident Linguist column at Wired, formerly at The Toast (you may remember reading about the grammar of doge, perhaps? Much wow) or catch up on the Lingthusiasm PodcastPhone calls have been supplanted by text messages—will voice texting be next? Or are the people using voice texting pointing out a fundamental lack, in language or keyboard support?Inevitably, Godwin’s Law states, “as an online discussion continues, the probability of a reference or comparison to Hitler or Nazis approaches 1.” Read creator Mike Godwin’s explanation for why he created his counter-meme, and why, in the case of actual fascists, calling someone a Nazi is well within the norms of discoursePeruse the LOLCat Bible or the Creepypasta Wiki, deemed worthy of archive by the Library of Congress (file under folklore)If all these memes confuse you, you can always find your footing at Know Your MemeTune in every week to catch interviews with the liveliest voices from literature, the arts, sciences, history, and public affairs; reports on cutting-edge works in progress; long-form narratives; and compelling excerpts from new books. Hosted by Stephanie Bastek. Follow us on Twitter @TheAmScho or on Facebook.Subscribe: iTunes •

It was a sad and frustrating day as WWE in their highest grossing year released 10 super talented stars in a excuse of budget cuts. Shaunie and Mike talk and lead you through the history and possible future of each star and wish them all the best of luck. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

I know it's late and it's long but believe me it's worth it, as Shaunie and Mike take you through the wild adventure that was wrestlemania 37 nights 1 + 2 --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

This week on The Knight Tube, Stephen Knight (@Gspellchecker) welcomes comedian and writer David Baddiel (@Baddiel). On this episode they discuss David's new book ‘Jews Don't Count', which takes a look at the double-standards when it comes to anti-Semitism. Watch the video version on Youtube: https://youtu.be/yO3yUz6FdZ8 0:00 Intro 3:09 Start of interview 3:32 The meaning of ‘Jews Don't Count' 5:54 Far-right anti-Semitism 7:17 Being “on the right side of history” and reaction to the book 9:19 Forms of anti-Semitism and conspiracy 14:17 Batley blasphemy row and “what about the Jews?” response to unrelated issues 19:06 ‘Godwin's Law'* (*Coined by Mike Godwin, not Stephen Godwin). 19:58 On throwing the word ‘Nazi' around and holocaust comparisons. 22:24 ‘Soft-core Holocaust denial' 23:38 Tackling weighty and intellectual issues as a comedian. 26:55 Jewish comedy and emancipation via comedy 29:24 The debate over casting minority characters from the relevant minority group. 34:35 Avoiding the culture wars 36:12 “The truth is always complex” and Twitter V real life. 37:42 The words ‘Jew' and ‘Jews'. 41:14 Jeremy Corbyn's Labour party and anti-Semitism. 46:50 Ignorance of (and sharing of) anti-Semitic imagery 51:45 The left's preoccupation with the Israel/Palestine conflict 57:06 Roald Dahl, cancellation & separating the art from the artist 1:01:59 David's potential next book on atheism and Richard Dawkins Support the podcast at http://www.patreon.com/gspellchecker Also available on iTunes, Stitcher, YouTube & Spotify. Buy the book ‘Jews Don't Count': https://amzn.to/2O9zS9a Roald Dahl blog: https://www.gspellchecker.com/2016/09/roald-dahl-failed-on-free-speech-and-threw-salman-rushdie-to-the-mob/

A huge week in pro wrestling The NWA RETURNS, NJ CUP, FAST LANE FALL OUT, KO AND SAMI FEUD BEGINS. All this and more gets covered in today's episode with Mike Godwin. You can find this podcast on any podcast platform or the link in bio! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

On this episode we return after a week absence to give you all the happenings in the world of wrasslin, we discuss the HOF 2021 inductees not to mention the week in wrasslin, a new segment called A brief history on discusses Buddy Rogers run as the first WWWF champion. All this and more is discussed by Mike and Shaun!!!! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Sorry I know it's a bit late but trust me it's worth it. As Shaunie and Mike talk all about AEWs first PPV of 2021 AEW Revolution, and I'll tell you they start off 2021 with a...BANG! BAW HAHAHAHA! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Today Shaunie and Mike make sure that the schedule for the pod is all nice and Dandy, doing the weekly on a Saturday because Revolution is on its way! In this edition of the weekly we discuss, the year end awards from the observer, The secret HOF a worthy AEW signee, and of course LASHLEY LASHLEY LASHLEY!! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

It's a double header on today's episode of the wrasslin weekly. As not only do we discuss Cole's turn, Moxs death sentence, and LASHLEYs dominance but we have our monthly RAWQ to get into as well!!! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

A huge night for WWE a as they embark on the Road to Wrestlemania but after the huge implications set on that fateful Chamber night what will this years Mania look like. Shaunie and Mike return to the pod to tell you just that and MORE. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

What a historic episode for SITW a the first of hopefully many Wrasslin Weekly and what a week to pick right before the ROYAL RUMBLE, let's see what these boyz have to say about the news the week and the face painted criminal team of Darby Allin and STIIINGGG!!! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

THE BOYZ ARE BACK! For another review of the WEDNESDAY NIGHT WARS... on a Friday, alright it's a day late what else would you expect from this podcast. NXT began their Dusty Rhodes tag team classic as AEW finishes off their New Year special with New Years Bash Night 2. What a saucy battle hear all about it and more, from these two boneheaded marks!!! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

For Fran --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Today we lost an absolutely amazing talent one of the best big men in the world of professional wrestling a revolutionary performer who could never be duplicated, in the midst of anguish me and Mike try to give tribute and a needed distraction by dedicating a RAWQ to Brodie Lee, although this was a very difficult episode to make, we were able to have fun in a very tough time. We discussed Random A$$ Wrasslin Questions in the best way we could and we're able to give out Year end awards, I hope to put out an entire episode just about Brodie and his contributions to the wrestling business and the world. Thank you Brodie.

RUSH VS BRODY. JONATHAN GRESHAM VS THE WORLD and of course DANHAUSEN being well DANHAUSEN find out what went down in Ring Of Honors last PPV aid the year!!! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

From Clair Lynch to Racism in wrestling Shaunie and Mike hit all the topics in a new segment geared to wander certain random A$$ questions surrounding Wrasslin --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Takers final farewell, brand supremacy, gobbledygooker, and vertigo are the topic of today's session as me and my trusted colleague and amazing friend Mike Godwin review this wild Survivor Series 2020. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

MOX VS EDDIE KENNY VS PAGE FTR VS YOUNG BUCKS and much more for shaunie and Mikie to review --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

https://www.pauljorion.com Élection présidentielle américaine. Non Biden et Trump ce n'est pas pareil. Non l'Amérique n'est pas loin. Mike Godwin et les points Godwin.

AEW, NXT HALLOWEEN HAVOC NXT UK with a special highlight of WALTER VS DRAGANUV for the UK TITLE!!!! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Today Shaunie is outshined by his much more interesting and professional co-host and special guest MIKE GODWIN as they review HIAC 2020, big matches, big surprises and of course OTIS!!!! Follow Mike on insta at: https://instagram.com/themikegodwin?igshid=pkuiv91k5k9o --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Stephen Harrison & Omer Benjakob chat with Mike Godwin, the creator of "Godwin's Law." Godwin was the former General Counsel of the Wikimedia Foundation and was the first staff attorney hired by the Electronic Frontier Foundation. He is candid about what early internet founders got right...and what they failed to predict. 

COVID-19 has thrust old questions about privacy into the spotlight, often with new and different framing, and raised the big question of whether our conception of privacy needs to change entirely in the midst of a pandemic. On this week's episode, we're joined by reporter, analyst and investor Esther Dyson to discuss the challenging ethical quandaries raised by the pandemic. Also, as a bonus, Dyson (who is a former founding chair of ICANN) takes a moment at the beginning to respond to our recent episode with Mike Godwin.

We're back! It's been a while since the last podcast, for obvious reasons, but today we've got a new episode following up on something we discussed with Mike Godwin in January: the Internet Society's proposed sale of the .org domain registry. That deal has since been cancelled, and some groups including the EFF assert that it showed ISOC can't be trusted to handle the registry, so this week Godwin joins us again to discuss what happened in more detail.

Remember that summer when the internet was one Distracted Boyfriend after another—that flannel-shirted dude rubbernecking at a passing woman, while his girlfriend glares at him? Everyone had their own take—the Boyfriend was you, staring directly at a solar eclipse, ignoring science. The Boyfriend was youth, seduced by socialism, spurning capitalism. The Boyfriend could be anyone you wanted him to be.    We think of memes as a uniquely internet phenomenon. But the word meme originally had nothing to do with the internet. It came from an evolutionary biologist who noticed that genes weren’t the only thing that spread, mutated, and evolved. Want to stay up to speed with all thing Science Diction? Sign up for our newsletter. Guest:  Gretchen McCulloch is an internet linguist. For some fun, check out her book, Because Internet, and her podcast Lingthusiasm. She’s also appeared on Science Friday. Footnotes And Further Reading:  For an academic take on memes, read Memes in Digital Culture by Limor Shifman. Read The Selfish Gene by Richard Dawkins. Check out the first time the word meme appeared in an internet context, in Mike Godwin’s 1994 Wired article called “Meme, Counter-meme.” Credits:  Science Diction is written and produced by Johanna Mayer, with production and editing help from Elah Feder. Our senior editor is Christopher Intagliata, and we had story editing help from Nathan Tobey. Our theme song and music are by Daniel Peterschmidt. We had fact-checking help from Michelle Harris. Special thanks to the entire Science Friday staff.

Remember that summer when the internet was one Distracted Boyfriend after another—that flannel-shirted dude rubbernecking at a passing woman, while his girlfriend glares at him? Everyone had their own take—the Boyfriend was you, staring directly at a solar eclipse, ignoring science. The Boyfriend was youth, seduced by socialism, spurning capitalism. The Boyfriend could be anyone you wanted him to be.    We think of memes as a uniquely internet phenomenon. But the word meme originally had nothing to do with the internet. It came from an evolutionary biologist who noticed that genes weren’t the only thing that spread, mutated, and evolved. Sign up for our newsletter, and stay up to speed with Science Diction.  Guest:  Gretchen McCulloch is an internet linguist. For some fun, check out her book, Because Internet, and her podcast Lingthusiasm. She’s also appeared on Science Friday. Footnotes And Further Reading: For an academic take on memes, read Memes in Digital Culture by Limor Shifman. Read The Selfish Gene by Richard Dawkins.    Check out the first time the word meme appeared in an internet context, in Mike Godwin’s 1994 Wired article called “Meme, Counter-meme.” Credits:  Science Diction is written and produced by Johanna Mayer, with production and editing help from Elah Feder. Our senior editor is Christopher Intagliata, and we had story editing help from Nathan Tobey. Our theme song and music are by Daniel Peterschmidt. We had fact-checking help from Michelle Harris. Special thanks to the entire Science Friday staff.

This week, we welcome Dug Song, Co-Founder and General Manager of Duo Security at Cisco, to discuss the vision and culture behind Duo Security, and talk about his journey from when he began his start in Information Security! In our second segment, we welcome Mike Godwin, Distinguished Senior Fellow at R Street Institute, to talk about Digital Rights and Privacy! In the Security News, Microsoft Security Shocker As 250 Million Customer Records Exposed Online, the NSA Offers Guidance on Mitigating Cloud Flaws, Multiple Vulnerabilities Found in AMD ATI Radeon Graphics Cards, Brazil prosecutes Glenn Greenwald in an attack on press freedom, and Cybersecurity Lessons Learned from 'The Rise of Skywalker'!   Show Notes: https://wiki.securityweekly.com/PSWEpisode636 Visit https://www.securityweekly.com/psw for all the latest episodes!   Visit https://securityweekly.com/acm to sign up for a demo or buy our AI Hunter! Follow us on Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/securityweekly Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/secweekly

This week, we welcome Dug Song, Co-Founder and General Manager of Duo Security at Cisco, to discuss the vision and culture behind Duo Security, and talk about his journey from when he began his start in Information Security! In our second segment, we welcome Mike Godwin, Distinguished Senior Fellow at R Street Institute, to talk about Digital Rights and Privacy! In the Security News, Microsoft Security Shocker As 250 Million Customer Records Exposed Online, the NSA Offers Guidance on Mitigating Cloud Flaws, Multiple Vulnerabilities Found in AMD ATI Radeon Graphics Cards, Brazil prosecutes Glenn Greenwald in an attack on press freedom, and Cybersecurity Lessons Learned from 'The Rise of Skywalker'!   Show Notes: https://wiki.securityweekly.com/PSWEpisode636 Visit https://www.securityweekly.com/psw for all the latest episodes!   Visit https://securityweekly.com/acm to sign up for a demo or buy our AI Hunter! Follow us on Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/securityweekly Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/secweekly

Paul, Doug and Tyler interview Mike Godwin about the creation of the EFF, why it was created and how he became involved, some of the first cases taken on by the EFF, Godwin's Law, the right to repair, freedom of speech, and much more! Visit https://www.securityweekly.com/psw for all the latest episodes! Show Notes: https://wiki.securityweekly.com/PSWEpisode636

Paul, Doug and Tyler interview Mike Godwin about the creation of the EFF, why it was created and how he became involved, some of the first cases taken on by the EFF, Godwin's Law, the right to repair, freedom of speech, and much more!  Visit https://www.securityweekly.com/psw for all the latest episodes! Show Notes: https://wiki.securityweekly.com/PSWEpisode636

Éste es el episodio 92 de 3 Cosas Que Ayer No Sabía, el del lunes 20 de enero de 2020. 01. La Ley de Godwin Ley de Godwin fue formulada por el sociólogo Mike Godwin en 1990 y establece que a medida que una discusión se alarga se hace más probable que alguien establezca una comparación con Hitler o con el nazismo. Aquí lo contaba @PrincipiaMarsupia en Twitter: https://twitter.com/pmarsupia/status/1218503400637247488 02. Selma Lagerlöf La primera mujer en ganar el premio Nobel de literatura fue la escritora sueca Selma Lagerlöf (1909), una activa militante por los derechos de las mujeres que llegó a convertirse en una referente de la defensa de los derechos humanos y la igualdad. Algunas de sus obras fueron: La leyenda de Gösta Berling (1891), Jerusalén (1902) y El maravilloso viaje de Nils Holgersson (1906): https://amzn.to/2NJp1iu 03. Pan marciano Un consorcio de empresas belga está desarrollando el proyecto SpaceBakery con el que investigan cómo cultivar trigo en un ecosistema cerrado, carente de atmósfera que podría ser la solución para alimentar a las personas que viajasen a Marte. No obstante, el proyecto tiene también el objetivo inmediato de producir de forma más sostenible y proporcionar una alimentación estable a quienes viviremos en la tierra. Lo he descubierto gracias a la newsletter de mixx.io y aquí puedes leer más al respecto: https://www.puratos.es/es/blog/Elaborar-pan-en-Marte Despedida: Suscríbete a este podcast en cualquier plataforma y no te olvides de dejarme alguna review o comentario, ¡que siempre ayuda! A mí me encuentras en Twitter por @almajefi. Escríbeme y cuéntame qué te parece este podcast y, por qué no, enséñame cosas nuevas. Con dió.

We're back! It's been a lull over the holidays and we've gone a while without new podcast episodes, but now we've got several lined up for the coming weeks — and today we kick things off with a very interesting discussion. Many of you probably know about the controversy and concern over the Internet Society's sale of the .ORG domain registry to a private equity firm, but one prominent defender of the deal is ISOC trustee Mike Godwin, and today he joins us to explain his reasoning and try to convince Mike that the sale is a good idea.

Did you notice when it suddenly became okay not to say goodbye at the end of a text message conversation? Have you responded to work emails solely using 😃? Is ~ this ~ your favorite punctuation mark for conveying exactly just how much you just don’t care about something? Welcome, Internet Person—you’re using a different kind of English from the previous generation. But these conversational norms weren’t set on high, and how they evolved over the past decades of Internet usage tells us a lot about how language has always been created: collaboratively. Or, as Internet linguist Gretchen McCulloch puts it, “Language is humanity’s most spectacular open source project.” She joins us to analyze the language we use online and off—how it got this way, where it’s going, and why it’s a good thing that our words are changing so quickly.Go beyond the episode:Gretchen McCulloch’s Because InternetRead her Resident Linguist column at Wired, formerly at The Toast (you may remember reading about the grammar of doge, perhaps? Much wow) or catch up on the Lingthusiasm PodcastPhone calls have been supplanted by text messages—will voice texting be next? Or are the people using voice texting pointing out a fundamental lack, in language or keyboard support?Inevitably, Godwin’s Law states, “as an online discussion continues, the probability of a reference or comparison to Hitler or Nazis approaches 1.” Read creator Mike Godwin’s explanation for why he created his counter-meme, and why, in the case of actual fascists, calling someone a Nazi is well within the norms of discoursePeruse the LOLCat Bible or the Creepypasta Wiki, deemed worthy of archive by the Library of Congress (file under folklore)If all these memes confuse you, you can always find your footing at Know Your MemeTune in every week to catch interviews with the liveliest voices from literature, the arts, sciences, history, and public affairs; reports on cutting-edge works in progress; long-form narratives; and compelling excerpts from new books. Hosted by Stephanie Bastek. Follow us on Twitter @TheAmScho or on Facebook.Subscribe: iTunes • Feedburner • Stitcher • Google Play • AcastHave suggestions for projects you’d like us to catch up on, or writers...  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Happy Fourth of July! Your pop culture legal team are back to look into the films of Steve Rogers aka Captain America. His role in the Marvel Cinematic Universe is usually as the moral center but how does he fair as a law-abiding citizen? Sarah and Meredith dive into how much medical information Cap should have received before taking the super soldier serum; if Bucky Barnes' brainwashing works towards an insanity defense; and the necessary types of superhero classification that would be needed for the Sokovia Accords. Also is one of our hosts a secret mutant?!? They are joined by attorney Mike Godwin, who works at the R Street Institute and is famous for "Godwin's Law" which states: "As an online discussion grows longer, the probability of a comparison involving Nazis or Hitler approaches 1."   --Leave any questions you have for the duo in the comment section at TheArtImmortal.com --Leave a review on iTunes so more people can find the show and learn their fictional rights.     Artwork by Meredith Rose Opening music by Adam Lord Edited by Austin Lugar   Sarah and Meredith will be back to discuss the legality of Home Alone.

We chat with Mike Godwin of R Street Institute and Electronic Frontier Foundation about regulating social media and more. Coshosted by Josiah Neeley of R Street Institute and Doug McCullough of Lone Star Policy Institute. Produced by Ray Ingegneri.

The reaction against the ever-growing amount of information collected by tech giants has led to proposals ranging from self-regulation to strict GDPR-style privacy, and even the potential break-up of larger companies. But could treating tech companies as information fiduciaries — creating a legal obligation to be trustworthy in their use of our data — help solve this privacy problem? Ash is joined by Jack Balkin, Knight professor of constitutional law and the First Amendment at Yale Law School and founder Yale’s Information Society Project,  and Mike Godwin, senior fellow of technology and innovation at the R Street Institute. For more, see Balkin’s work on the subject (law review article, website, Balkinization blog), and Godwin’s book, The Splinters of our Discontent.

The topic of what (if anything) to do with Facebook was hardly fading from public discourse anyway, but it received a bump when co-founder Chris Hughes called for the company to be broken up. This week, we've got two returning guests on the podcast with plenty to say on the subject — UN Special Rapporteur on freedom of expression David Kaye, and famed internet lawyer Mike Godwin — to discuss the many sides of the Facebook question.

Last week, we published a series of posts by Mike Godwin looking at Our Bipolar Free Speech Disorder And How To Fix It (check out part one, part two, and part three). But with a topic like this, there's always more to dig into, so this week we've got Mike Godwin joining the podcast to take a closer look at his ideas about free speech in the digital era.

While I was in Washington DC recently, I recorded an interview with attorney and author Mike Godwin, he of Godwin's Law fame.We spoke about Godwin's Law, of course, as well as nationalism, concentration camps, human rights, privacy, the fragility of democracy, Ronald Reagan, Donald Trump, libertarianism, Australia's My Health Record, and more.Full podcast details at:https://stilgherrian.com/edict/00080/Episode noteds at:https://pinboard.in/u:stilgherrian/t:edict00080?sort=title

Last Friday on Techdirt, we posted video from the World Hosting Days, in which Mike Masnick sat down for a talk with Mike Godwin — a.k.a. the originator of "the Streisand Effect" meeting the creator of "Godwin's Law". As promised, we've got the audio from the event for this week's podcast, so if you haven't watched the video (or you just want to revisit it) tune in for a fun discussion about the history and changing meaning of these now-famous terms. Watch the video: https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20170915/16541938217/when-godwins-law-met-streisand-effect.shtml

Singer, songwriter, musician... but besides that Mike Godwin is an entertainer. He plays to an audience most nights of the week like he has been on stage all his life. Mike's brand of music is storytelling, with strong harmonies and the influences of greats like the Eagles and Springsteen. In his "Backstage Hall Pass" interview Mike shares about growing up with music in his house, his move to Nashville, a new band in the works and his home base for entertaining, Tootsies Orchid Lounge! 'Mom's' was the original name of Tootsie's Orchid Lounge, Tootsie Bess bought Mom's in 1960. She credits a painter with naming Tootsie's. She came in one day to find that he had painted her place orchid...thus the name Tootsie's Orchid Lounge. Famous early customers were Kris Kristofferson, Faron Young, Willie Nelson, Tom T. Hall, Hank Cochran, Mel Tillis, Roger Miller, Webb Pierce, Waylon Jennings, Patsy Cline and many more. Performers at the Opry would sometimes sneak out the side door and grab a drink at Tootsie’s between sets. In 1992, local businessman Steve Smith reinvested in Tootsies and is credited for part of the revitalization of downtown Nashville. Today, Tootsies is an international destination visited by locals and tourists alike. Tootsie’s is known for having the best local musicians like Mike and as a haven for some the world’s most popular acts. You truly never know who you may see on one of Tootsie’s three stages or hanging out on the rooftop patio! As an additional bonus segment we bring Melissa Mickelson back to the program to give us an inside view into the Country Crossings Music Festival where she took the stage in front of thousands. Take a listen to the latest in our series of "Backstage" musical journeys and as always you can subscribe to all of our podcasts on our homepage @hallarounbdtownradio.com.

This week's episode is brought to you by Visionary Magnets, the refrigerator poetry magnets that turn your boring old kitchen appliances into the substrate for woke invocations, tantric pillow talk, and other occult goofery. Support their Kickstarter and "enlighten your fridge" today! Or tomorrow. Subscribe to Future Fossils on iTunes Subscribe to Future Fossils on Stitcher Join the Future Fossils Facebook Group This week is part one of a special double-length episode with Jon Lebkowsky, founder of EFF-Austin – one of the unsung heroes of Internet culture, whose tale stretches through the earliest web communities and reads like a list of landmark moments in the history of digital rights and culture. http://weblogsky.com/ https://twitter.com/jonl https://www.facebook.com/polycot/ https://www.well.com/conf/inkwell.vue/topics/495/Bruce-Sterling-and-Jon-Lebkowsky-page01.html We talk about the early days of hacking in the Wild West of the 1990s, how the World Wide Web has changed since then, and the promises and perils of the Internet in the 21st Century. It’s a winding tale of pseudonymous keyboard-slingers and federal raids, roleplaying game empires and sci-fi visionaries, centered on the unsuspecting hippie cowboy outpost of Austin, Texas, Once Upon A Time. Enjoy this special conversation on the history of the Internet we know today, and a snapshot of the hopes and fears of life online in the dawn of our digital era… TOPICS: - The threat of Internet-empowered fascism and “participation mystique” (or maybe worse, a corporate plutocracy) eroding rational civil discourse and the dignity of the individual - The problems with “Net Neutrality” and how it makes more sense to focus on “The Freedom to Connect” - Connectivity vs. Interdependence (OR) Networks vs. Buddhism - Does the Noosphere already exist, and we’re just excavating it? - The History of Electronic Frontier Foundation-Austin and how it was connected to the secret service’s raid of legendary role-playing game designer Steve Jackson (GURPS) - The hilarious, troubled Dawn Age of e-commerce before secure web browsing - Jon’s work with a Gurdjieff group and his encounters with esoterica as an editor of the Consciousness subdomain for the last issue of the Whole Earth Review - Cybergrace, TechGnosis, and Millennial concerns about the mind/body split in the first Internet and our need to humanize technology with whole-body interfaces and MOVEMENT - Embodied Virtual Reality & Other Full-Sensory Immersive Media - Cory Doctorow’s new novel Walkaway as a banner book for the maker movement and a new form of cyber-social-liberation. - The movement of political agency back into city-states in a digital era - “On the Internet, no one knows you’re a dog.” - Shaping the future of wireless infrastructure in the early 00s of Austin - Getting our values right before we imprint the wrong ones into superhuman AI - Putting together diverse conversation groups to solve “wicked problems” - New forms of participatory open-source politics suited for an internet age SOME OF THE PEOPLE & STUFF WE MENTIONED: Whole Earth Provisions, Whole Earth Review, The WELL, Whole Foods, William Gibson, Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, Hakim Bey, William Irwin Thompson, Alien Covenant, Terminator, John Perry Barlow, Mitch Kapor, Mike Godwin, Bruce Sterling, Clay Shirkey, WIRED Magazine, Fringeware, RoboFest, Heather Barfield, Neal Stephenson, Terence McKenna, Church of the Subgenius, Mondo 2000, Erik Davis, GI Gurdjieff, The National Science Fiction Convention, Rudy Rucker, Greg Bear, Jon Shirley, Jennifer Cobb, Robert Scoville, Greg Egan, Ernest Cline, Octopus Project, The Tingler, Honey I Shrunk The Kids (Ride), Charles Stross, Glass House, Rapture of the Nerds, Cory Doctorow, Alan Moore, Project Hieroglyph, Arizona State University, Jake Dunagan, Plutopia Productions, The Digital Convergence Initiative, Chris Boyd, South By Southwest, Boing Boing, Make Magazine, Dave Demaris, Maggie Duval, Bon Davis, DJ Spooky, Forest Mars, OS Con, RU Sirius, Shin Gojira, Open-Source Party, JON LEBKOWSKY QUOTES: “The Noosphere can certainly have pathologies…” “The Internet was originally a peer-to-peer system, and so you had a network of networks, and they were all cooperating and carrying each other’s traffic, and so forth. And that was a fairly powerful idea, but the Internet is not that anymore. The Internet has, because of the way it’s evolved, because it’s become so powerful and so important and so critical, there are systems that are more dominant – backbone systems – and those are operated by large companies that understand how to operate big networks. That’s really a different system than the system that was originally built.” “SO FAR we’ve managed to keep the Internet fairly open…the absolute idea of net neutrality might not be completely practical.” “Science fiction is a literature of ideas, but a lot of those ideas do not manifest in exactly the way that they did in the book.” “I don’t have a real high level of confidence that anybody understands exactly what the fuck is going on.” “You couldn’t get a consumer account to get access to the Internet at that time. And in fact I think the first companies to do that were here in Austin.” “At the time, we were the only game in town for internet stuff…” “One thing I learned was, if you’re at the very cutting edge, it’s hard to make money.” “There are a lot of people who aren’t in touch with themselves internally. Because it’s hard. It’s hard to do that.” “I know that that’s sort of the goal in VR development: to give you a fully immersive experience where you’re really in a completely other reality, like in the Holodeck. But, you know. I’m still dealing with THIS reality. I don’t want another one.” “In an online community, people are always itching for ways to get into real human proximity with one another. They’re always looking for ways to meet.” “That’s my idea of what works now: is to have events that are experiences, you know, versus people just like, going to movies, or watching television, or going to a concert and watching a band play.” “I keep thinking that we won’t be able to solve our problems with bureaucracy or the kind of governance structures that we’ve been living with, but I look around me and see people who are doing just fine, and doing great work, and living their lives…and I’m sort of feeling hopeful and a little bit confident that those people will step up and do what they need to do to make things work, even if our so-called elected officials aren’t doing it.” See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Episode 9 in the Fish-Tale Radio Series is focused on the 4th Annual Grouper Grapple Fishing Tournament that was held at Fish-Tale Marina on August 12 and 13, 2016! The entire weekend was a huge success and the Marina would like to thank the tournament organizer, Brian Peachey along with the Freedom Alliance for bringing this incredible event to our backyard!  In this excellent episode, Fish-Tale Radio Host, Captain Scott Hall interviews Marina Owner Al Durrett about our involvement in many charity events, “Pepper” Ailor of the Freedom Alliance joins us to talk about their organization, former U.S. Marine, Scott Kruchten shares an incredible story of survival and patriotism, and Musical Guests, Connor Myers and Mike Godwin talk about their journey from Nashville to Fort Myers Beach to entertain our participants and guests. We also go into the water with our “Gone Fishin’ ” Segment where Fish-Tale Captains, Alex Dolinski and Neil Eisner take the mic for some fishing reports and their part in the tourney.  Don’t forget you can subscribe to Fish-Tale Radio on I-Tunes and get notified of new episodes as soon as they post to the web!  Email us at fishtaleradio@thefishtalemarina.com     The post Fish-Tale Radio “Grouper Grapple 2016” appeared first on Fish Tale Marina.

Whether in school, in public, or in the online community, we have all experienced bullies and negative attention.It's no secret that not everyone is going to agree with everything that you have to say...People are always going to have their opinions, and they do not always express them in the most pleasant way.Today, James and Claudia talk about how to deal with negative energy... and the best practices to avoid unwanted and unnecessary stress.You'll find out what the "24-Hour" rule is and how you can put it to use in your own life...Plus, don't miss out on a special segment with Mike Godwin, author of Cyber Rights: Defending Free Speech in the Digital Age... find out what Mike has to say about hate in the online community.

Show #10 Hour 2 | Guests: Mac McClelland of Mother Jones, Mike Godwin of Godwin's Law, Peter Olney of ILWU, Gotta Laff of Political Carnival | Show Summary: Angie sits down with Mac McClelland of Mother Jones, Mike Godwin creator of Godwin's Law, and Peter Olney Organizing Director for ILWU to talk about the internet and privacy in the workplace. Once again, we start the top of the hour with political humor from Angie's demented sidekick Buttercup (GottaLaff).

An early adopter of computer culture, Mike Godwin noticed in online discussions an abundance of glib comparisons to Hitler and the Nazis. In response, he coined Godwin's Law, a modern adage intended to promote more thoughtful dialogue.