Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchAparna Chandra, "Court on Trial: A Data-Driven Account of the Supreme Court of India" (India Viking, 2023)
Episode 207
The Indian Supreme Court was established nearly seventy-five years ago as a core part of India's constitutional project. Does the Court live up to th…
2 years, 8 months ago
Traci Cipriano, "The Thriving Lawyer: A Multidimensional Model of Well-being for a Sustainable Legal Profession" (Routledge, 2023)
Episode 211
Traci Cipriano's book The Thriving Lawyer: A Multidimensional Model of Well-Being for a Sustainable Legal Profession (Routledge, 2023) is based on an…
2 years, 8 months ago
Kashmir Hill, "Your Face Belongs to Us: A Secretive Startup's Quest to End Privacy as We Know It" (Random House, 2023)
Episode 355
New York Times tech reporter Kashmir Hill was skeptical when she got a tip about a mysterious app called Clearview AI that claimed it could, with 99 …
2 years, 8 months ago
The Civic Bargain: A Conversation with Josiah Ober on Ancients and Moderns
Episode 85
Amidst increasing acrimony and political strain, many worry that democratic governance has an expiration date. To answer these concerns, Josiah Ober …
2 years, 8 months ago
Dylan C. Penningroth, "Before the Movement: The Hidden History of Black Civil Rights" (Liveright, 2023)
Episode 409
A prize-winning scholar draws on astonishing new research to demonstrate how Black people used the law to their advantage long before the Civil Right…
2 years, 8 months ago
Laura F. Edwards, "The People and Their Peace: Legal Culture and the Transformation of Inequality in the Post-Revolutionary South" (UNC Press, 2009)
Episode 674
Do individuals have the right to “keep and bear” arms? Do “the people” have any collective rights to public safety? Now that the United States Suprem…
2 years, 8 months ago
Megan MacKenzie, "Good Soldiers Don't Rape: The Stories We Tell About Military Sexual Violence" (Cambridge UP, 2023)
Episode 311
Sexual violence is a significant problem within many Western militaries. Despite international attention to the issue and global #MeToo and #TimesUp …
2 years, 8 months ago
Kristin Surak, "The Golden Passport: Global Mobility for Millionaires" (Harvard UP, 2023)
Episode 310
Our lives are in countless ways defined by our citizenship. The country we belong to affects our rights, our travel possibilities, and ultimately our…
2 years, 8 months ago
James Greenwood-Reeves, "Justifying Violent Protest: Law and Morality in Democratic States" (Routledge, 2023)
Episode 198
Was the use of violence on January 6th Capitol attacks legitimate? Is the use of violence morally justified by members of Extinction Rebellion or Jus…
2 years, 8 months ago
Diana Rickard, "The New True Crime: How the Rise of Serialized Storytelling Is Transforming Innocence" (NYU Press, 2023)
Episode 110
The New True Crime: How the Rise of Serialized Storytelling Is Transforming Innocence (NYU Press, 2023) by Dr. Diana Rickard examines how serialized …
2 years, 8 months ago