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Legal AF by MeidasTouch

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Hosted by MeidasTouch founder and civil rights lawyer, Ben Meiselas, national trial lawyer strategist, Michael Popok, and former Chief Assistant District Attorney of the Manhattan District Attorney's Office, Karen Friedman Agnifilo, Legal AF (Legal Analysis Friends) is a hard-hitting, thought-provoking look at this week’s most compelling developments at the intersection of law and politics. Executive Produced by Meidas Media Network. Enjoy new full-length episodes every Wednesday and Sunday ...
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Main Justice is the next era of legal analysis from Andrew Weissmann and Mary McCord, the veteran lawyers behind the hit podcast Prosecuting Donald Trump. As the criminal cases against Trump wind down and his new administration comes to power, Andrew and Mary draw on their extensive experience working within the Department of Justice to break down what’s happening inside Trump’s DOJ. Each week, they use their platform on Main Justice to safeguard against assaults on our laws, our Constitutio ...
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MissTrial

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Step into the courtroom with MissTrial, a gripping new legal podcast where justice meets real-life drama, co-hosted by two accomplished attorneys: Karen Friedman Agnifilo, the former Chief Assistant District Attorney at the Manhattan DA's office currently prosecuting Donald Trump; and Dina Doll, a corporate lawyer who represented clients in the areas of securities, mergers and acquisitions and private equity. She is also a former journalist, experienced mediator and Democratic activist. Toge ...
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This is the official report, published nearly 11 months after the first and only atomic bombings in history (to date), of a group of military physicians and engineers who accompanied the initial contingent of U.S. soldiers into the destroyed cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The report presents a clinical description of the devastation, loss of life and continued suffering of the survivors that resulted from the world’s first and only atomic bombings. The appendix is an eyewitness account, c ...
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Cocktails at Table 7- Inside New York’s Joe Allen

Sean Kent, Jason Woodruff, Dana Mierlak

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Welcome! Don’t have a reservation? No problem. On Cocktails at Table 7: Inside New York’s Joe Allen, your table is always ready. In candid conversations with Broadway veterans, long-time regulars, even past and present employees, your hosts, Dana, Sean and Jason, recreate the intimate vibe that an evening at Joe’s has always offered. You’ll hear stories of the “Good Ol’ Days” in 1960’s Hell’s Kitchen, rarely told anecdotes from the shows on the “Flop Wall,” and the special connection between ...
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As the legislative session wrapped up in Albany on Thursday, Gov. Andrew Cuomo put forward a proposal to protect teachers from high-stakes consequences tied to student performance on new state tests. For the 2013-2014 and 2014-2015 school years, teachers with poor ratings of either “ineffective” or “developing” would have state test scores removed from their evaluations. If the test scores alone led to a poor rating, then teachers would get a temporary pass. But if those teachers received lo ...
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W. Eugene Smith was a famous photo essayist for LIFE magazine and a suburban family man when he left it all in 1957 and moved to a rundown loft in Manhattan. The building had already become a popular hangout and jamming space for jazz players both prominent and obscure, and Smith spent the next decade documenting the music, conversations and personalities that passed through. This program, produced and hosted by Sara Fishko and originally heard as a 10-part radio series in 2009, pulls from t ...
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This week The Moth Radio Hour is proud to present to you stories full of pleasant surprises. From unexpected friends, to the Civil Rights Movement, and a love story over 60 years in the making. This episode is hosted by Moth Senior Curatorial Producer, Suzanne Rust. The Moth Radio Hour is produced by The Moth and Jay Allison of Atlantic Public Medi…
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We may be watching the greatest meltdown in Pentagon leadership history, with Pete Hegseth needing 3 different baby sitters and constant White House coverups, just to screw up his job and our national security on a daily basis. Michael Popok reports on a new exposé by the Pentagon’s former chief spokesperson and new reporting that Hegseth uses his …
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Against the backdrop of polling finding that almost 60% of America would impeach Trump if he doesn’t comply with the Supreme Court’s orders, Justice Alito issues his dissent to the Court’s 7-2 decision to block Trump from continuing to deport the undocumented without due process and notice in a Texas processing center. Michael Popok reports that ev…
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The Trump White House—led, no doubt, by Trump’s chief immigration henchman, Stephen Miller—has taunted the Supreme Court, the Fourth Circuit, and all Americans with a sophomoric yet chilling new social media post from the official White House account. The post declares that they will not comply with the Supreme Court’s commands regarding due proces…
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Trump Border Chief says he plans to criminally prosecute officials in sanctuary cities. Dina Doll discusses why that would be unconstitutional and how the Trump regime is making it harder for people to apply for asylum. VIIA: If you’re 21+, try VIIA during their annual SPRING 420 SALE for Black Friday-level savings up to 35% OFF site wide! Go to ht…
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For Easter weekend — and the end of Passover! — stories of people struggling to follow the Ten Commandments. Visit thisamericanlife.org/lifepartners to sign up for our premium subscription. Host Ira Glass reads from the Ten Commandments. Not the original Ten Commandments, but some of the newer, lesser-known ones. There's the Miner's Ten Commandment…
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Ben Meiselas & Michael Popok head the top rated Legal AF podcast and tonight debate: how federal judges up to the Supreme Court are addressing a lawless presidency; the Supreme Court’s late night surprising stay to block Trump deporting more people to El Salvador; Judge Wilkinson’s scathing yet soaring criticism of the Administration while approvin…
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Straight out of an authoritarian playbook, Trump floats the idea of deporting American citizens and seeks to take legal control of Columbia University. Dina Doll reports on this and the latest developments in Trump’s effort to deport Mahmoud Khalil. VIIA: If you’re 21+, try VIIA during their annual SPRING 420 SALE for Black Friday-level savings up …
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The earth moved this week, with Trump losing the support of one of the lions of the Federalist, Republican and Conservative movements, Judge Harvie Wilkinson, who warns America in a scathing rebuke of Trump from his perch on the 4th Circuit, that Trump could try to deport US CITIZENS to foreign prisons without due process, a wake up call to stop Tr…
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California Governor Newsom, who presides over the 5th largest economy in the world, is taunting Trump with a new filing, asking him “what are you scared of” as Trump tries to run away from a federal suit filed in California and assigned to a Biden appointed judge to declare his tariff policies unconstitutional, and trying to find a Trump judge on t…
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Chief Judge Boesberg is not only strongly considering appointing a “private attorney” like Jack Smith to prosecute the Trump Administration’s “willful” criminal contempt of court, but is now considering whether to retain jurisdiction over the case to make sure the undocumented are given the due process “notice” our Constitution demands, as Trump fi…
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In honor of National Parks Week, we've got three stories, all about our National Parks, and why they matter. This episode was hosted by Tim Lopez.Storytellers:Kathy Nicarry finds strength in Yellowstone National Park.Tim Lopez is feeling a bit lost, and then becomes a Park Ranger in California.95 year old park ranger Betty Reid Soskin squares off w…
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Host Meg Wolitzer presents two stories and two poems the celebrate the power and mystery of reading and writing. Billy Collins contributes magical verse from two perspectives in “Books” read by Kirsten Vangsness, and “Dear Reader,” performed by Dion Graham. N.K. Jemisin entices us with a tricky narrative that contemplates the cost of literary celeb…
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Michael Popok and Karen Friedman Agnifilo, on the top-rated Legal AF podcast, debate a judge’s decision to hold the Trump Administration in contempt of court with a referral for prosecution imminent. They also break down another federal judge preparing to do the same over Trump’s refusal to secure the release of Armando Garcia, his losing legal bat…
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In breaking and startling news, the Chief Judge of the DC Court has found the Trump Administration for the first time in CRIMINAL CONTEMPT of Court, and will make a “referral for prosecution” for willfully disobeying his order to ground the planes with prisoners bound for the super max prison in El Salvador. Michael Popok explains that when, not if…
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Harvard’s faculty has turned up the heat with a new Injunction lawsuit filed in Massachusetts Federal Court against the Trump Administration and its efforts to cut off $9 billion in federal funding to violate Harvard’s academic freedom and First Amendment rights, as Harvard hires the Trump Organization’s own “ethics counsel”’s firm to defend agains…
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The US government’s mistaken removal of Kilmar Abrego Garcia to El Salvador has captured national attention, and it’s as stunning as it is heart breaking. So Mary and Andrew dedicate the bulk of this week’s episode to what’s happened since the Supreme Court ruled that the Trump administration must follow the lower court’s order to facilitate his re…
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Trump is trying to use taxpayer dollars and the power of the “United States of America” to get him out from under an almost $100 million dollar civil jury judgment in favor of E. Jean Carroll for sex abuse and defamation and have the US intervene in the case to nullify the jury’s verdict in a new filing. Michael Popok updates the audience on the $5…
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The Supreme Court gave Trump a one-line “out” about his foreign affairs powers, and Trump is now flipping the script and making the illegal removal and deportation of Armando Abrego Garcia all about Trump’s foreign affairs powers as he now declares that the US is powerless to tell El Salvador what to do with Mr. Garcia, as Trump and the dictator of…
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Join The Moth Radio Hour for a night out -- with this week’s stories of late night adventures or, should we say, misadventures. This episode is hosted by The Moth's Executive Producer, Sarah Austin Jenness. The Moth Radio is produced by The Moth and Jay Allison of Atlantic Public Media. Storytellers:Gary Yiminez proves just how far he's willing to …
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For once, Trump is held accountable for his lies. The five men known as the Central Park Five win a key victory in their defamation lawsuit against Trump as a federal Judge rules it can proceed. Dina Doll reports on this and the defamation lawsuit brought by Dominion against Newsmax that is headed to a jury. Qualia Life: Go to https://Qualialife.co…
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The Trump Administration has declared war on the Constitution and the Supreme Court over the return from an El Salvador jail of the illegally removed and deported Armando Abrego Garcia. New court filings have told a Federal Judge whose order was affirmed by the Supreme Court 9-0 that it has no duty to take any steps to discuss with El Salvador his …
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The legality of Trump’s tariffs gets questioned from all sides as a new lawsuit backed by the Koch brothers asks a Court to declare Trump’s tariffs illegal and Democrats bring up insider trading concerns. Dina Doll reports. Magic Spoon: Save $5 OFF your next order when you go to https://magicspoon.com/MISSTRIAL Visit https://meidasplus.com for more…
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Ben Meiselas and Michael Popok are back with the Top 10 ranked Legal AF podcast, and tonight debate: why the Trump Administration is refusing to abide by a Supreme Court ruling against them on deportation and what the courts can do about it; the Trump DOJ having to admit that they have had to dismiss the indictment against a purported MS-13 drug ga…
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Legal AF’s Michale Popok dives into the latest legal showdown between Trump and Judge Xinis, exploring how the Supreme Court’s order empowered Xinis to take bold action, as Trump refuses to back down from this high-stakes battle. Reverse hair loss with @iRestorelaser and get $625 off with the code LEGALAF at https://irestorelaser.com/LEGALAF! #ires…
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Hell hath no fury, like a Federal Judge just affirmed by the United States Supreme Court, and the Trump Administration and its hapless DOJ representative, Drew Ensign, found that out a new hearing about what steps the Trump Administration is taking to get Armando Abrego Garcia, illegally deported and removed, back from El Salvador. Michael Popok re…
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There are 5 shocking parts of the new Supreme Court decision affirming that a “leftist” “radical” trial judge was right on the money, and affirming her order that the Trump Administration “facilitate” the return of an illegally deported and removed Armando Abrego Garcia. Michael Popok takes a close look at the 9-0 decision, explains why it doesn’t …
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As Trump abruptly reversed course and his friends make billions, the right-wing commentators who doubled down on Trump’s tariffs were left holding the bag. Dina Doll reports on the nonsensical arguments they made to the American people as the stock market was crashing. OneSkin: Get 15% off OneSkin with the code: MISSTRIAL at https://oneskin.co #one…
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Host Meg Wolitzer presents two stories about selves obscured and revealed, by characters whose own identities are mysteries to them. In Aimee Bender’s “Un-Selfie, a woman reveals her extraordinary past to a stranger.The story was a commission for our 2022 Small Odysseys anthology, and is read by Alysia Reiner. In our second story, “Best Western” by…
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Terrestrials returns Thursday, April 17th with a brand-new season! This spring, we’re diving into the wonderfully weird. Get ready to meet some of the fiercest, strangest creatures on Earth—from Hawaiian jungle goblins to New York City’s elusive sewer beasts to nine-foot-tall misunderstood snow monsters. When we take a closer look at the creatures …
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Michael Popok and Karen Friedman Agnifilo are back on the Top 10 rated Legal AF podcast to debate: Trump flinching and hitting the emergency break on his half-baked tariff plan, while finding a new way to commit stock manipulation crimes as well; the Supreme Court finding "technicalities" to support Trump in 3 separate cases; the Supreme Court on t…
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In breaking news, the US Supreme Court’s MAGA majority in yet another unsigned order, has ruled for the Trump Administration to allow it to fire again 16,000 probationary federal workers fired by Musk/DOGE. Michael Popok explains that the MAGA majority has taken the cowardly way out by finding with 0 analysis that the plaintiffs’ who obtained the i…
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