Podcast Episodes

Project 2025, Six Months Later

Episode 1181

OA1181 - In this episode recorded almost exactly six months into the Trump administration, we check in on the progress of the Heritage Foundation’s infamous playbook to remake every part of the feder…

Published on 3 weeks, 3 days ago

Why the Whole Alligator Alcatraz Thing Is Somehow Worse Than It Sounds

Episode 1180

OA1180 - We begin with some much-needed reminders that good things are still happening and the rule of law is still (mostly) holding on before turning to a recent Trump executive order on homelessnes…

Published on 3 weeks, 6 days ago

NYTimes lets awful Harvard Law prof lie his ass off for some reason

Episode 2

VR2 - Vapid Response Wednesday returns live on video for another round of bad-faith legal takes from the American right’s leading--well, let’s just go with “minds.”

We begin with a quick check-in on …

Published on 4 weeks, 1 day ago

LEARY V. US (1969): Turn On, Tune In, and Drop Everything You Thought You Knew About Timothy Leary

Episode 1179

OA1179 - Dr. Timothy Leary is best remembered today as the Harvard psychologist who told America to “turn on, tune in, and drop out” with psychedelics in the 1960s. But did you know that “the High Pr…

Published on 1 month ago

Entrenched Power Hates It When Actual Progressives Are in Office

Episode 1178

OA1178 - Our conversation with former San Francisco DA Chesa Boudin continues with a closer look at the accomplishments of his term, what progressive prosecutors can realistically expect to be able t…

Published on 1 month ago

Alan Dershowitz tries to pull a literal "nothing to see here" on Epstein

Episode 1

VR1 - Welcome to Vapid Response Wednesday! Rather than explaining law in the news as we have for years on Rapid Response Friday, Thomas, Lydia, and Matt are going on the offensive in this live video …

Published on 1 month ago

Chesa Boudin Grew up Visiting His Parents in Prison. He Later Became San Francisco DA.

Episode 1177

OA1177 - We are excited to welcome former San Francisco District Attorney Chesa Boudin for the first half of this unique two-part interview! Chesa is a very notable representative of the “progressive…

Published on 1 month ago

The Trump-Epstein Legal Breakdown You Didn't Know You Needed

Episode 1176

OA1176 - Six years after his death in a filthy Manhattan jail cell, Jeffrey Epstein’s disgusting ghost is now haunting Donald Trump--his former “best friend” of more than a decade. What are the “Epst…

Published on 1 month, 1 week ago

T3BE78: Following the Interpleader

Professor Heather Varanini has brought us our next question as we study for the Bar Exam!

 If you'd like to play along with T3BE, here's what to do: hop on Bluesky, follow Openargs, find the post tha…

Published on 1 month, 1 week ago

PORN LAW: When Your Kink Is Strict Scrutiny but the Court Only Goes Intermediate

Episode 1175

OA1175 - How much of a restriction on your First Amendment rights is it to have to upload an ID to access an adult website? That is the question at the heart of Free Speech Coalition v. Paxton, the S…

Published on 1 month, 1 week ago