Best Baude Podcasts (2024)

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Reticulated Python 1:11:43

1h ago1:11:43

1:11:43

We continue our breakneck pace and dig into two substantive criminal law opinions: Fischer v. United States and Snyder v. United States.By Will Baude & Dan Epps

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Ultimatum Game 58:55

2h ago58:55

58:55

We're back just a few days after our last episode to dive in to Harrington v. Purdue Pharma, a 5-4 decision about the power of the bankruptcy system to release claims against third parties.By Will Baude & Dan Epps

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Libertarian Legal Morality Tales 1:12:16

6d ago1:12:16

1:12:16

As the dust settles on the end of the term, we look back to examine two of the Court's criminal procedure cases: Smith v. Arizona (applying the Confrontation Clause to expert testimony) and Diaz v. United States (interpreting Federal Rule of Evidence 704(b)) after a brief discussion of AI, political developments, and judicial robes.…

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Evil Batman 1:25:12

10d ago1:25:12

1:25:12

After a vacation-related hiatus, we're back to discuss Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo (overruling Chevron) and Corner Post v. Board of Governors (time limits for challenges to regulations). We try to figure out just how disruptive these decisions will be for the administrative state and somehow manage not to waste half the episode debating Su…

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New Emergency Communication Courses from ARRL 11:23

8d ago11:23

11:23

ARRL Director of Emergency Management Josh Johnston, KE5MHV, joins the podcast to share details about ARRL's updated Emergency Communication courses, which have been broken into three successive levels – Basic, Intermediate, and Advanced. The courses are available free of charge at the ARRL Learning Center.…

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Back on the Island 1:15:04

27d ago1:15:04

1:15:04

Will makes Dan interrupt his vacation to talk about the case you've all been clamoring for: Trump v. United States.By Will Baude & Dan Epps

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Hope Springs Eternal 1:34:05

1M ago1:34:05

1:34:05

We break down SEC v. Jarkesy and City of Grants Pass v. Johnson.By Will Baude & Dan Epps

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Felony-Adjacent 1:08:23

1M ago1:08:23

1:08:23

We cut to the chase with extended discussions of two of last week's cases: United States v. Rahimi, which upheld a federal gun law against Second Amendment challenge and produced six concurring and dissenting opinions; and Erlinger v. United States, a case about the jury's role in sentencing that continues a line of cases starting 25 years ago in A…

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Small Victories 1:28:17

1M ago1:28:17

1:28:17

After another discussion of Supreme Court ethics and legitimacy (hopefully our last for a long time), we discuss three of last week's decisions. We cover issues of statutory interpretation in Garland v. Cargill (the bump stock case), of standing in FDA v. Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine (the mifepristone case), and of constitutional remedies in U…

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Get Ready for Field Day 2024 15:50

1M ago15:50

15:50

ARRL Radiosport and Regulatory Information Manager Bart Jahnke, W9JJ, and ARRL Contest Program Manager Paul Bourque, N1SFE, join the June episode of the podcast to spread the excitement about ARRL Field Day, which is coming up on June 22 - 23.By Becky Schoenfeld, W1BXY

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Vexillology 1:37:55

2M ago1:37:55

1:37:55

Unpredictably, we take a new approach and record immediately after the Court drops new opinions. We dig into Alexander v. South Carolina State Conference of the NAACP (voting rights) and NRA v. Vullo (free speech). Before that, we engage with listener feedback and talk about the latest developments in the endless Alito flag saga.…

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Dylan Penningroth 1:02:22

2M ago1:02:22

1:02:22

With the long weekend in the books, summer’s officially here. School’s out, and we can’t imagine why people would be thinking about American universities – has anything interesting or controversial been happening on campus recently? (Our field correspondent David Pozen reports.) Anyway, today’s episode is the last episode of the season, and we’re e…

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p(doom) 1:29:03

2M ago1:29:03

1:29:03

Continuing our pattern of staying a week behind the Court's latest output, we discuss last week's opinions: CFPB v. Community Financial Services Association (the Appropriations Clause), Harrow v. Department of Defense (jurisdiction and equitable tolling); and Smith v. Spizzirri (arbitration), while also covering the shadow docket order in a Louisia…

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Mehrsa Baradaran 1:04:14

2M ago1:04:14

1:04:14

We’re almost at the end of our season, just as the biggest sports leagues in the world come to the end of theirs (as our guest today says, it all revolves around oil, and maybe a bit of corruption and looting). Speaking of today’s guest, we’ve got on an expert in banking and the racial wealth gap whose biography will probably surprise you at every …

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Svein Tuft takes the Beyond the Mountains Quiz 12:46

2M ago12:46

12:46

The questionnaire is designed to reveal your true mountain character - and reveal your beliefs and aspirations You only have 30 seconds to answer each question. Are you ready to play, are you ready to take the Beyond the Mountains questionnaire? Svein Tuft - let's go.By Ashley Pettit

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Svein Tuft, the importance of following the call of the mountains. 1:19:01

2M ago1:19:01

1:19:01

My guest today is Svein Tuft. He is the character straight out of the Jack London book "The Call of the Wild" He was professional cyclings unconventional cyclist, but his unconventional approach is what made him so successful. He knew what worked for him, he knew how to extract the best of himself for his success and his team's success. He famously…

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Poison Pill in Your Pocket 1:16:58

3M ago1:16:58

1:16:58

We follow up on feedback, puzzle over the Court's apparent continued lack of interest in Fourth Amendment cases, and then discuss two of the latest opinions—Culley v. Marshall (civil forfeiture) and Warner Chappell Music, Inc. v. Nealy (copyright). And yes, we know Dan's audio sounds terrible due to a technical snafu, sorry!…

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ARRL Forums at Dayton Hamvention 2024 15:13

3M ago15:13

15:13

This year’s Dayton Hamvention, coming up May 17-19 in Xenia, Ohio, will be extra special — it’s also the 2024 ARRL National Convention. ARRL Director of Marketing & Innovation Bob Inderbitzen, NQ1R, joins this month’s podcast to share details about ARRL-sponsored activities at the show, including several of the ARRL-sponsored forums and the Youth R…

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Kunal Parker 56:44

3M ago56:44

56:44

Dear listeners, this season has been riveting, and it’s been a little controversial. Some of you have written in (if you listen to this episode, you’ll see we’ve graced certain aggrieved parties with a response). We see you, we hear you, and boy, do we have a classic legal theory podcast for you. Today’s guest is Kunal Parker, Professor and Dean's …

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Radical Agreement 1:10:28

3M ago1:10:28

1:10:28

After taking some listener questions, we analyze the lengthy shadow docket opinions in Labrador v. Poe, dealing with universal relief, emergency applications, and more. We then tackle two recent merits opinions: Devillier v. Texas (takings) and Muldrow v. St. Louis (Title VII).By Will Baude & Dan Epps

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Bootlegging-Adjacent 1:04:41

4M ago1:04:41

1:04:41

After discussing a few pending issues at the Court, we look back to analyze several decisions from last month-- FBI v. Fikre, a mootness case with national security implications, and the shadow docket dispute in one of many cases named United States v. Texas (the SB4 case)-- and then turn to last Friday's more recent decision in Sheetz v. County of…

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Noah Feldman 53:28

4M ago53:28

53:28

On today’s podcast, we’re excited to welcome back former Digging a Hole guest Noah Feldman, the Felix Frankfurter Professor of Law at Harvard Law School. We take a break from legal theory and indulge Feldman in a discussion about his new book, To Be a Jew Today: A New Guide to God, Israel, and the Jewish People. In this episode, which was adapted f…

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Served Agencies: Who They Are and How We Serve Them 15:44

4M ago15:44

15:44

We often hear about served agencies when hams talk about disaster response and emergency communications. ARRL Director of Emergency Management Josh Johnston, KE5MHV, joins the podcast this month to discuss exactly what and who served agencies are, and where the Amateur Radio Service fits into their responses.…

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If it's easy, it's not fun. Filming and storytelling with Aurelie Morrison-Gonin 1:13:50

4M ago1:13:50

1:13:50

My guest today is Aurelie Morrison-Gonin She is a multi-talented mountain sports storyteller. She is a producer, director, photographer, camerawoman, writer and editor. She has worked on the Freeride World Tour, the Summer and Winter Olympic games, and is an independent storyteller for many mountain brands, athletes and magazines. In a world of hig…

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Dinkus 1:03:59

4M ago1:03:59

1:03:59

After grappling with listener feedback ranging from the acoustic to the typographical, we catch up on last month's decisions in Great Lakes v. Raiders Retreat Realty (admiralty) and McElrath v. Georgia (double jeopardy). We then turn to last week's decisions about public officials on social media, Lindke v. Freed and O'Connor-Ratliff v. Garnier, an…

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Contribute to Science While You Operate 19:27

4M ago19:27

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The Solar Eclipse QSO Party (or SEQP), is an on-air event coming up on April 8, the same day as the next total solar eclipse. The SEQP is a great opportunity for hams to contribute data to studies of Earth’s ionosphere, the part of our atmosphere that makes radio communications possible, and all you have to do is get on the air and operate as you n…

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David Pozen 1:05:52

5M ago1:05:52

1:05:52

Have you ever wondered about the legal history of the war on drugs? Even if you haven’t, we won’t mollycoddle you – this episode’s a trip. Our guest on today’s podcast is a scholar of constitutional law and information law known for really getting in the weeds and dunking what we think we know in an acid bath. We’re delighted to have joining us tod…

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Political Hacks Pretending to be Lawyers 59:19

5M ago59:19

59:19

We (of course) break down the Court's opinions in Trump v. Anderson, the Section Three case from Colorado. We also discuss the Court's cert. grant on Trump's immunity from criminal prosecution, and several other opinions on the orders list, dealing with rent control, magnet school admissions, and campus speech.…

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Daryl Levinson 1:01:07

5M ago1:01:07

1:01:07

Listeners, law professors have been having a bit of a crisis. Those poor souls have been asking: is international law real? (No comment.) What about constitutional law – that has to be real, right? The New York Times ran an op-ed this week where con law professors more or less said, “no, but we’ll keep pretending as long as we can.” (As Calvin Tril…

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How to photograph epic mountain landscapes with Michael Blann, professional photographer. 1:09:33

5M ago1:09:33

1:09:33

Ok, so this is the first episode of season 3. This is my first interview for 2024. This is also my first remote interview. My first guest for 2024 is Michael Blann a professional photographer based in London. He is also a keen cyclist and he believes in the power of Passion projects. We talk about all this, plus we talk about is love for taking pho…

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Robert Post 1:17:11

5M ago1:17:11

1:17:11

Welcome back, devoted listeners, and say hello to season eight of Digging a Hole, where we’ve got an extraordinarily stacked lineup just waiting in the wings. To make up for the cold, cold months where you had to get your legal theory fix from reading articles (boring) or attending faculty workshops (ugh), we’re kicking off the season with a mammot…

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Votin' for Lincoln 53:15

6M ago53:15

53:15

After quick review of an order about admissions at West Point and two new unanimous opinions, we spend almost all of the episode breaking down last week's oral arguments in Trump v. Anderson. What excuse will the Supreme Court use to keep Colorado from disqualifying Trump from the ballot?By Will Baude & Dan Epps

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The Joys of Being a General 25:23

6M ago25:23

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The January/February 2024 issue of On the Air featured a story from Brian McSpadden Gardener, KE8JVX, about “The First-Year Experiences of a General-Class Ham,” in which Brian detailed how he got his feet wet as a General, and how he put together his first station for HF. Brian joins this episode of the podcast to tell us a little more about his fi…

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Maintaining a “Junk Box” 17:07

7M ago17:07

17:07

Maintaining a “junk box” — a collection of odds and ends that can be used in future projects and repairs — is a time-honored practice among hams. Every ham radio junk box has to start somewhere, though. The cover story of the January/February 2024 issue of On the Air, “A Fine Mess: Starting Your Junk Box,” by Eric P. Nichols, KL7AJ, offers advice a…

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Into the Brick Wall 1:06:10

7M ago1:06:10

1:06:10

After catching up on a few odds and ends, we decide to give the people what they want and discuss Section Three of the Fourteenth Amendment and whether the Supreme Court could possibly declare Donald Trump ineligible for the Presidency. You won't want to miss it.By Will Baude & Dan Epps

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More About Bits and Baud 15:52

8M ago15:52

15:52

This episode ties into a feature in the November/December issue called “Bits and Baud,” which discussed important elements of digital communication, namely the quantity of information a transmission delivers -- known as bit rate -- and the rate of speed at which the information is delivered, which is known as baud rate. The article’s author, former…

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Cass Sunstein 1:04:26

8M ago1:04:26

1:04:26

Like George Santos’s tenure in Washington and Tim Scott’s rousing presidential campaign, all good things must come to an end, and so we wave goodbye to season seven of Digging a Hole. Our last guest of this season needs no introduction: according to our team of in-house scientists, if you stacked a penny for each citation he’s received, the tower o…

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Muppetproof 1:08:38

8M ago1:08:38

1:08:38

We discuss the passing of Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, then turn to two interesting opinions on the shadow docket (in Griffin v. HM Florida and DuPont v. Abbott), and finally break down the Court's first merits opinion of the term in Acheson Hotels v. Laufer, at the intersection of standing and mootness. Will also expresses skepticism about Dan's l…

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Jennifer Burns 56:24

8M ago56:24

56:24

It’s the last month of the year and soon (but not yet!), it’ll be the last podcast of the season. We had a lot of people write in about our last episode and so this Christmas, on behalf of all of you, we’ll ask Santa for more Digging a Hole. But before we leave out some milk and cookies, we’ve still got some great episodes for you. Today, we’ve got…

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Made in the Wild. Fred Buttard high mountain guide. 1:12:18

8M ago1:12:18

1:12:18

My guest today is Fred Buttard. He is a high mountain guide, ski touring guide, gravel biking explorer, beer maker and full-time dad, who spends his time between the French Alps and the Scandinavian mountains of Sweden and Norway. Before this interview, I didn't really know Fred that well, I'd only seen him around the village, out skiing or at a lo…

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Talking to the pioneer of steep skiing Anselme Baud. It's a no fall zone. 1:04:15

8M ago1:04:15

1:04:15

My guest today is Anselme Baud. He is one of the pioneers of steep skiing, Powder magazine named him as one of the 48 most influential skiers. He may be retired but he's still getting out into the mountains. Just after we recorded this interview he was heading off to Nepal and the Himalayas. His name is associated with many first ski descents in Ch…

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Easy Win 1:12:41

9M ago1:12:41

1:12:41

We discuss the Court's new Code of Conduct, catch up on shadow docket happenings, and debate what historians can teach originalists. We then recap the argument United States v. Rahimi, (the Term's big Second Amendment case). Finally, we stay on brand by circling back to Pulsifer v. United States from the October sitting, where the Justices puzzled …

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Will Baude 57:24

9M ago57:24

57:24

Listeners – our apologies. We’ve given you interesting topic after interesting topic, distinguished guest after distinguished guest. But we’ve strayed from the promise of the podcast, which is legal theory, and legal theory means arguing ad nauseam about whether we’re positivists or normativists. For a recent intervention in that debate, we’re deli…

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The Value of Contest Clubs 19:25

9M ago19:25

19:25

“Contesting encompasses so much of the hobby,” says seasoned contester Craig Thompson, K9CT, “from station building, learning how to operate, understanding propagation, knowing rules, learning from your peers,” that there’s something in it for every ham radio operator. As current member and former president of the Society of Midwest Contesters, Cra…

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Good Dig 1:07:42

9M ago1:07:42

1:07:42

The October Term is now underway, and that means it's time for Season 4 of the show. We catch up on the inevitable shadow docket happenings before diving into a discussion of two cases that were argued earlier in the month. First, we dig into Acheson Hotels, LLC v. Laufer, and debate which jurisdictional ground the Court will rely on to get rid of …

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Daniel Ziblatt 57:43

9M ago57:43

57:43

Squarely in the heart of the Trump administration, Steven Levitsky and Daniel Ziblatt published a book titled How Democracies Die which proved enormously popular. Celebrities read it. Obama read it. Most people you know probably pretended to have read it. Five years later, Levitsky and Ziblatt are back with a sequel of sorts, arguing that in the Un…

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Keeping people mobile so they can enjoy life in the mountains 58:11

10M ago58:11

58:11

My guest today is Kristy Shelley. She is a fellow Aussie and was a self-confessed ski bum in her youth, she chased the fresh pow across the northern and southern hemispheres as a ski instructor, before she finally decided to go to the Hollywood of big mountain sports - Chamonix. And like so many people before her, the allure and attraction of the C…

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Emma Kaufman 56:14

10M ago56:14

56:14

As the Supreme Court moves forward with its administrative state agenda, we thought we’d get in on the action and make sure we understand what exactly that agenda even is. Lucky for us, we’ve got some friends who can shed light on that matter. On today’s episode, we’re joined by Emma Kaufman, Professor of Law at New York University Law School, to d…

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The Solar Eclipse QSO Party: When Operating is Science 18:38

10M ago18:38

18:38

Gary Mikitin’s, AF8A, article, “The Solar Eclipse QSO Party: A Fun Way Support Radio Science” in the September/October 2023 issue of On the Air details how hams can contribute data to a study on how the ionosphere reflects radio signals during the eclipse via an easygoing on-air event called the Solar Eclipse QSO Party. Gary, who is the Amateur Rad…

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J.B. Ruhl and Jim Salzman 49:48

10M ago49:48

49:48

After a long summer vacation, we’re thrilled to be back for season seven of Digging a Hole! Just a couple of weeks ago we were baking; now we’re surviving storm after storm, quivering and quaking. Climate change, huh? Here on the pod to discuss their forthcoming paper on how environmental law can help get us out of our existential crisis, “The Gree…

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