Today's extra-long episode contains your guide to all of the developments involving Paul Manafort over the past week. What does it all mean and what can we expect next? Listen and find out!
We begin, however, with a brief update on Episode 247 now that the Department of Defense ...
2019-03-15 03:13:28 +0000 UTC
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2019-03-15 02:00:01 +0000 UTC
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Today's episode is inspired by a law student listener question about a recent Thomas Takes The Bar Exam hypothetical, and takes a deep dive into the wonderful and wacky world of res ipsa loquitur. What does that even mean? You'll have to listen and find out!
We be...
2019-03-12 03:43:38 +0000 UTC
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It was a nailbiter, but Thomas eventually got this one right, giving him a current score of 68-for-117 (58.1%).
2019-03-10 21:00:00 +0000 UTC
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Today's extra-long episode contains your guide to the Congressional Investigations, and specifically the 81 document requests sent out by Rep. Jerry Nadler to various Trump-related individuals and entities in connection with the Democratic Congress's larger investigation into corruption, ties wit...
2019-03-08 04:24:01 +0000 UTC
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2019-03-08 02:59:59 +0000 UTC
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Thomas, Andrew, and Sam from Comedy Shoeshine were forced to watch the pilot of the new legal drama Proven Innocent. It was... not good.... Not even Frasier could rescue this one!
2019-03-08 01:18:43 +0000 UTC
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Today's episode takes a deep dive into the latest regulations promulgated by Trump's Department of Health and Human Services regarding Title X funding. What does all this mean? Listen and find out!
We begin by breaking down Title X, the only federal grant program to poor people ...
2019-03-05 01:29:53 +0000 UTC
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We missed you for the video version, but here's some audio for ya!
2019-03-04 01:42:21 +0000 UTC
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Thomas came so close before getting this one right before switching to the attractive distractor, (D). This sadly broke his two-question winning streak and leaves Thomas with a current score of 67-for-116 (57.8%).
2019-03-03 23:00:01 +0000 UTC
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It's working now!
2019-03-03 20:14:43 +0000 UTC
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Today's episode continues our breakdown of ex-Trump fixer Michael Cohen's testimony before the House of Representatives and all the Yodel Mountain implications that stem from it that we started in Episo...
2019-03-01 20:08:09 +0000 UTC
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2019-03-01 07:00:02 +0000 UTC
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Today's episode breaks down ex-Trump fixer Michael Cohen's testimony before the House of Representatives and all the Yodel Mountain implications that stem from it. What's next? Listen and find out!
We begin, however, with an update on the American Legion v. American Humanist...
2019-03-01 02:07:16 +0000 UTC
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Here's the audio (and below is the transcript) of Andrew's speech to be delivered tomorrow morning (2/27/19) on the Supreme Court steps for the American Humanist Association's #HonorThemAll rally before oral arguments in American Legion v. American Humanist Ass'n over the Bladensburg Cro...
2019-02-27 03:40:10 +0000 UTC
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Today's episode takes a deep dive into the Bladensburg Cross case currently pending before the Supreme Court with special guest Sarah Henry of the American Humanist Association. You'll learn that Andrew is going to speak at the AHA rally on Wednesday, February 27 right before oral arguments...
2019-02-26 04:08:49 +0000 UTC
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Thomas got this one exactly right, and is now 67-for-115 (58.3%) and is inching ever-closer to the coveted 60% mark with this two-question winning streak.
2019-02-24 21:00:01 +0000 UTC
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2019-02-22 15:24:28 +0000 UTC
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Today's episode breaks down Trump's recent declaration of a state of national emergency as a pretext to build his big, dumb wall. What's being done about it? What can be done about it? Listen and find out!
We begin, however, with a trip up Yodel Mountain to o...
2019-02-22 03:13:24 +0000 UTC
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You guys know the drill -- post your questions here & upvote with the heart the ones you want to see answered in our next live Q&A.
2019-02-20 14:10:13 +0000 UTC
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Today's episode features a long interview with AG, the spectacular co-host of the Mueller, She Wrote podcast. She helps break down everything in the news that's Yodel Mountain-worthy... and along the way, you'll learn what might be next, what we might be overplaying, and much,...
2019-02-19 01:21:44 +0000 UTC
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As it turns out, both Thomas and AG got this question exactly right -- and AG even got it right for precisely the right reasons.
AG is 1-for-1 (100.0%), and Thomas is now 66-for-114 (57.9%), and on a rather modest one-question win streak.
2019-02-17 23:00:01 +0000 UTC
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Today's episode tackles the recent Dunn v. Ray decision in which the Supreme Court used a procedural mechanism to allow the State of Alabama to execute a devout Muslim without affording him the same sorts of religious freedom they do to Christian inmates. Is it as bad as it lo...
2019-02-15 04:31:50 +0000 UTC
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2019-02-15 03:00:00 +0000 UTC
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Today's episode features a deep dive into a listener question about Article V Constitutional Conventions. Are they dangerous? (Yes.) Are they a good idea? (No.) We also discuss the latest ridiculous defamation lawsuit.. and discover why this one is a little different...
2019-02-12 03:19:36 +0000 UTC
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This rapid-response bonus episode tackles the Supreme Court's late-breaking stay of the 5th Circuit's opinion in June Medical Services v. Gee, with a particular emphasis on dissecting Justice Brett Kavanaugh's dissent. What does it all mean? Listen ...
2019-02-10 23:24:03 +0000 UTC
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Sadly, not only did Thomas get this one wrong, but Thomas's Second Chance Law Firm even whiffed, eliminating "B" right out of the gate. The appropriate case, if you're interested, is Ho...
2019-02-10 22:00:00 +0000 UTC
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Today's episode returns to one of the most critical political issues of our time: gerrymandering of congressional districts, and in particular, the state of MD-6, which pits the Democrats as villains and Republican voters as the plaintiffs alleging disenfranchisement. Will that role r...
2019-02-08 05:01:07 +0000 UTC
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2019-02-08 02:00:00 +0000 UTC
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Since we gave you a bit of a clip show for 250, we wanted to make sure you had plenty of fresh, new, Andrew for your week! So here's a bonus discussion Andrew had with Bryce Blankenagel of The Naked Mormonism Podcast on some old timey Mormon law!
2019-02-05 22:18:22 +0000 UTC
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