Podcast Episodes

Just How Bad Were the Oral Arguments Re: Presidential Immunity?

Episode 1028

Episode 1028

Can a former President of the United States be prosecuted for trying to overturn a democratic election? The Supreme Court just spent two hours and forty minutes (!) hearing a case in whi…

Published on 1 year, 7 months ago

Your Guide to The People v. Trump

Episode 27

As the first week of the first criminal trial of a former President in U.S. history wraps up, we prepare for our special coverage of People v. Trump by stepping back to remember how we got here. Why …

Published on 1 year, 7 months ago

The Trump Trial Is On, and Lordy There Are Transcripts!

Episode 1026

Episode 1026

The transcript is in! The first official written record from the first trial of a former President in U.S. history was just released hours before recording, and we dig in for a first loo…

Published on 1 year, 8 months ago

Did The Supreme Court Just Make Protest Illegal In 3 States?

Episode 1025

Episode 1025

Today we take on two law stories the media have been getting wrong recently.

1) Did the Supreme Court just "end the right to protest in three states"? We go beyond the headlines to bette…

Published on 1 year, 8 months ago

Trump's Criminal Trial Is Moving Right Along!

Episode 1024

Episode 1024

We have a jury! The preliminaries are nearly complete in the first criminal trial of a former president in US history, and we take this opportunity to review what we know so far about th…

Published on 1 year, 8 months ago

T3BE Week 10! Disappearing Wallets and Fake Philanthropy

Episode 10

Last week's answers, this week's questions!

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Published on 1 year, 8 months ago

11 Years Ago Today, A Brutal Act of Terror

Episode 1023

April 15th marks two significant events in US history: the 11th anniversary of Tamerlan and Dzhokar Tsarnaev's bombing of the Boston Marathon, and the first day of jury selection in  the first crimin…

Published on 1 year, 8 months ago

Arizona Republican Party Like It's 1864

Episode 1022

Episode 1022

Courts in Arizona and Florida have both ended abortion rights in very different (but both terrible) ways this month. Did Arizona actually resurrect a 160-year law passed decades before i…

Published on 1 year, 8 months ago

T3BE Week 9! Prescription Negligence and Breach of Contract

Episode 9

As usual, we've got last week's answers and this week's questions! Some fun and tricky ones...

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Published on 1 year, 8 months ago

RERELEASE: Immigrant Workers Died Repairing Bridge Named After Slaveholder

Episode 1021

Hey folks, due to an annoying technical glitch, I'm just re-releasing this episode. This was some weird backend problem with our hosting. The file looks completely fine everywhere that I can see, but…

Published on 1 year, 8 months ago