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Hello! It's 2018 and Your Right to Vote Has Been Canceled
Episode 8
Jess and Imani explain which states are trying to prevent you from voting, why the Department of Justice went from helping to hurting, and how this all might play out in the courts in 2018.
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Published on 7 years, 9 months ago
'The Handmaid’s Tale' Is Coming to Life
Episode 7
In this episode, Jess and Imani talk with Rewire's Jenn Stanley and Sofia Resnick about their new audio documentary, "Marching Toward Gilead: The Rise of American Theocracy."
This two-part documentar…
Published on 7 years, 10 months ago
Bakers and Bare Breasts Will Determine the Limits of Free Speech
Episode 6
Jess and Imani discuss protected speech, expressive conduct, going topless as protest speech, and whether or not you can refuse to bake a cake for a same-sex couple and call it "free speech." They al…
Published on 7 years, 11 months ago
Eggs Are Not People and Your Sperm Is Not Sacred
Episode 5
Jess and Imani dive into the laws that define the concept of a person and how Congress and President Donald Trump are trying to sneak the anti-choice concept of "personhood" into everything from the …
Published on 7 years, 11 months ago
Beckett Lansbury and Ally Sheedy on How to Be a Better Ally to Trans People
Episode 4
Jess and Imani are joined by Ally Sheedy and her son Beckett Lansbury, a Title IX activist who is also transgender. Beckett explains why asking someone for their pronouns is important, why he decided…
Published on 8 years ago
How the 14th Amendment Protects Your Freedom to Get Laid
Episode 3
Jess and Imani discuss how a few key clauses in the Constitution are being deployed in new lawsuits to fend off the latest attacks on sexual rights and the Affordable Care Act's birth control benefit…
Published on 8 years ago
The Government Can Make Me Say WHAT?
Episode 2
Whether you're a doctor in a private room with a patient or a football player kneeling during the national anthem, legal precedents defining your speech rights are being debated and established all t…
Published on 8 years, 1 month ago
Four Ways Neil Gorsuch Could Ruin Your Life
Episode 1
In the inaugural episode of Boom! Lawyered, Jessica and Imani discuss the opening of the Supreme Court term and the big decisions on the horizon. With newly-added Justice Neil Gorsuch, the Court may …
Published on 8 years, 1 month ago
Coming 9/21: Boom! Lawyered
Coming on Thursday, 9/21: the premiere episode of Rewire Radio's new podcast, Boom! Lawyered. Every other week, Jess Pieklo and Imani Gandy deliver entertaining and helpful legal analysis for resista…
Published on 8 years, 2 months ago