Podcast Episodes

Who Is the Lady Trying to Upend Disability Law?

Episode 270

Buckle up, y’all—we have a doozy for you today.

This week, Imani and Jess get into the Supreme Court oral arguments in A.J.T. v. Osseo Area Schools. It was supposed to be a narrow education rights cas…

Published on 4 months, 2 weeks ago

The First Amendment Is Being Rewritten in Real Time

Episode 269

School libraries are not indoctrinating kids with “LGBTQ+ ideology”—I know that, you know that, we know that.

But conservatives love pretending they don’t.

This week, Jess and Imani get into Mahmoud v.…

Published on 4 months, 3 weeks ago

What's Happening to Kilmar Abrego Garcia Could Happen to Any of Us

Episode 268

Editor's note: This episode was recorded on April 16, 2025.

The Trump administration’s lawlessness is hard to exaggerate—and especially so in the case of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, who the White House admi…

Published on 5 months ago

Boom! Buzzkilled Live from D.C.

Episode 267

This week, Jess and Imani join Lizz Winstead and Moji Alawode-El of Feminist Buzzkills live from The Black Cat in Washington, D.C. for a rowdy takedown of the latest abortion case to reach the Suprem…

Published on 5 months, 2 weeks ago

Trump’s Attacks on Law Firms, Lawyers, and the Law

Episode 266

President Donald Trump famously has a… strained relationship with the law, to say the least. His first term saw numerous legal challenges to attempted policies—not to mention his two impeachments. 

No…

Published on 5 months, 4 weeks ago

David S. Cohen and Carole Joffe on Abortion ‘After Dobbs’

Episode 265

We have a treat this week—more attorneys! Law professor David S. Cohen and sociologist Carole Joffe join the pod to talk about their newest book, 'After Dobbs.'

They chat with Jess and Imani about the…

Published on 6 months ago

Republicans Walk Back Their Attacks on Disabled People… Sort Of

Episode 264

We’re sweating! We’re hyperfixating! Because a bunch of conservative attorneys general have filed a lawsuit trying to weaken or eliminate Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act, which served as a prec…

Published on 6 months, 1 week ago

Answering Your Burning Questions

Episode 263

You asked, we answered! On a special Q&A episode of Boom! Lawyered, Jess and Imani answer listener questions. They cover everything from what could happen if fetal “personhood” becomes enshrined into…

Published on 6 months, 3 weeks ago

‘Wellness Farms’ Could Soon Be Coming to a Town Near You

Episode 262

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was confirmed and sworn in as the secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. And almost immediately, Trump fired off another executive order establishing a “…

Published on 6 months, 4 weeks ago

The Trump Administration Is Coming for Your Access to Contraception, Abortion, and… Dildos?

Episode 261

Abortion, and dildos, and porn, oh my! 

No but actually, there’s a dusty old law on the books that could unravel reproductive health access for years to come—the Comstock Act. And it’s just waiting fo…

Published on 7 months ago