Will R at Weblogg-ed points to a post by Steve Sloan: Who gave me permission? Sloan has been banned by his university from including his students in his podcasts. Here's part of his response:

Who gave me permission to speak to students? Who gives me permission to broadcast my ideas to the world? Who gave me permission to talk about what I do and to open up about what I see both in my job and in the rest of my life?

I did. I have officially given myself permission to talk about where I work and what I do because that is where I work and what I do. I want the people I work with and work for to see what I do and know what I am thinking.

UPDATE (see comment below) Steve reports Crisis averted.