In our first bite size bonus episode, Nerd from the Future explains the concept of academic tenure. Tenure refers to an employment protection offered by many colleges and universities that is meant to uphold professors' intellectual freedom of thought. We explain where this concept came from, how tenure is professionally achieved, and the variety of historical factors undermining its effectiveness. Most importantly, we explain why everyone should be concerned with the decline in tenure protections, because if our most well trained professional thinkers can't speak their minds in public, then no one can.