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Opening Arguments Podcast
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Explaining law in the news to non-lawyers every Mon/Fri and responding to the right's worst legal takes on video every Weds. Join the community at patreon.com/law!
Law'd Awful Movies is back in classic form! Coming soon: is the USA network's loose serialization of a 30-year-old John Grisham legal thriller the densest adaptation in Hollywood history? Thomas, Lydia, and Matt make the case
October 16, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Law'd Awful Movies is back in classic form! Coming soon: is the USA network's loose serialization of a 30-year-old John Gresham legal thriller the densest adaptation in Hollywood history? Thomas, Lydia, and Matt make the case
October 16, 2025 at 5:37 AM
Listen to Opening Arguments, the legal podcast that doesn't need 36 minutes to tell you that "killing Venezuelans in boats" is extremely fucking illegal
September 25, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Coming soon to OA:

THE CASE AGAINST "THE CASE AGAINST ADNAN SYED"

are the "Serial" liars behind this HBO series really so desperate that they are trying to pin the murder of Hae Min Lee on a Black man who was already cleared as a suspect? Did this show get *anything* about this case right?
September 23, 2025 at 3:33 PM
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September 18, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Some title proposals for this week's multi-part episode on the most corrupt thing DOJ has ever done in public in the style of Robert Maxwell's Daily Mail:

MAXWELL'S SILVER YAMMER

ALL'S WELL THAT MAXWELL

MS. MAXWELL BEGS YOUR PARDON

A PROFFER TRUMP CAN'T REFUSE

INSANE IN THE GHISLAINE
August 26, 2025 at 2:29 AM
Tragedy strikes again in this week's #T3BE (quote skeet to play) and I don't know about you, but I'm not buying this "boating accident" story. Anthony definitely did it.
July 25, 2025 at 2:54 AM
We interrupt our regular coverage of The Horrors with a #T3BE (quote skeet to play) question about The Hypothetical Horrors. I wonder if the person who came up with this debacle is a Phantom fan. Episode: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
July 17, 2025 at 11:40 PM
#T3BE (quote skeet to play) is back in business with your weekly shot to be admitted to the Bluesky Bar, have at it! Episode: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
July 10, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Olivia's contribution to this list is "Emil A. Bove The Law" and this picture of him as a Death Eater. JK Rowling is dead to us but the cloak and the Dark Mark just capture his vibe so well. Also noseless Trump. Step back from the SCOTUS news with some fun: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/n...
June 27, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Alternate titles for this week's Rapid Response Friday:

BOVE ALL DAY
NO WAY BOVE
PRAY THE BOVE AWAY
BOVE COMPUTER
AS BOVE, SO BELOW
DO CRIMES, BE BOVE
TAKING THE EASY BOVE OUT
BOH-VEYYYYY BOH-VEY BOH-VEY
June 27, 2025 at 5:53 AM
Good news: #T3BE (quote skeet to play) is up and full of lettuce jokes. Bad news: It's a real property question. Try your hand at Stardew Valley law. Episode: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
June 26, 2025 at 6:08 PM
I'm so glad this #T3BE (quote skeet to play) inspired me to look up "bee heists". May have to put this up for footnote consideration. Happy Juneteenth folks.
June 20, 2025 at 1:45 AM
It's time for another practice bar exam question! Listen in to get the answer to last week's (how did you do?), and to hear the answer options for this one!
This week's #T3BE 73:
June 12, 2025 at 8:30 AM
Fake hint for #T3BE (quote skeet to play), the key word here is "beautiful" because you have no claim over the land if your flower garden sucks. Episode: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/a...
June 5, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Big thanks to badass activist @micahh.bsky.social for joining us on Tuesday's OA to talk about what we can learn from the Stop Cop City movement and why he's taking his talent to the law. Nothing we love to see more than young people doing the damn thing. Episode: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
May 29, 2025 at 4:12 PM
I couldn't tell you why Question 71 of #T3BE (quote skeet to play) is formatted like a ghost story, but I kind of love it. Episode: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/y...
May 29, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Sheryl is one of the best guests we have ever had on and we loved talking to her, but anyone who knows us knows that “former host” was the most necessary followup post in the history of Bluesky

Please don't do us like this Sheryl 💔
May 25, 2025 at 4:37 AM
Here's Question 70 of #T3BE (quote skeet to play). Father Alberto sounds like a petty little diva who loves to stir the pot and I'm here for it. Hear the answer choices in the episode: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/c...
May 22, 2025 at 5:22 PM
#T3BE players, Question 69 (haha) is live! Quote skeet to play even if this is your first time seeing the word "dram shop" because the law is weird and it's fun to learn about it. Answer choices are in the episode: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/g...
May 15, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Today’s RRF is live. Doom-wise, OA 1156 is at 75% goofy government gaffes 25% YIKES. Join us for some fun in the midst of The Horrors: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/a...
May 9, 2025 at 7:20 PM
The 5/1 #T3BE (quote skeet to play) is proof that the Bar Exam Cinematic Universe exists. Question 68: The Motorcycle Strikes Back. Answer choices/episode: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/o...
May 5, 2025 at 12:43 AM
Last week's #T3BE (quote skeet to play) is kind of funny because Dylan might have been fine if he simply didn't PUSH MARCIA'S MOTORCYCLE INTO THE OCEAN lol but whatever. Episode: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
April 28, 2025 at 6:15 PM
The press pool is gratuitously playing to the fans as we wait on #KarenRead opening statements
April 22, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Our original no-frills T3BE is back! Quote skeet to play, answer choices are listed in the episode, argue about it with a friend: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
April 17, 2025 at 2:39 PM