Opening Arguments podcast

Opening Arguments

Opening Arguments is a law show that helps you make sense of the news! Comedian Thomas Smith brings on legal analysts to help you understand not only current events, but also deeper legal concepts and areas! The typical schedule will be M-W-F with Monday being a deep-dive, Wednesday being Thomas Takes the Bar Exam and patron shoutouts, and Friday being a rapid response to legal issues in the news!

Opening Arguments is a law show that helps you make sense of the news! Comedian Thomas Smith brings on legal analysts to help you understand not only current events, but also deeper legal concepts and areas! The typical schedule will be M-W-F with Monday being a deep-dive, Wednesday being Thomas Takes the Bar Exam and patron shoutouts, and Friday being a rapid response to legal issues in the news!

 

#1192

Gavel Gavel - Liz Skeen on Luigi Mangione's Case WITH 1/30 RULINGS UPDATE

OA1232 - Hey OA-ers, this episode was a Gavel Gavel bonus, but we wanted to be sure everyo... more

9 hrs Ago

57 MINS

57:11

9 hrs Ago


#1191

All of a Sudden SCOTUS Cares About the Real World Effects of Their Decisions

OA1231 - The DHS funding battle is important, but really can't accomplish what you might h... more

30 Jan 2026

57 MINS

57:37

30 Jan 2026


#1190

The Complicated Web of Immunities That Makes Accountability So Difficult, Part 2

Part 2 of 2. OA 1230 - Seeing all the obstacles to holding government officials accountabl... more

28 Jan 2026

1 HR 10 MINS

1:10:57

28 Jan 2026


#1189

The Complicated Web of Immunities That Makes Accountability So Difficult

Part 1 of 2. OA 1229 - What happens when a government worker does you wrong? How is it dif... more

26 Jan 2026

1 HR 03 MINS

1:03:13

26 Jan 2026


#1188

Greenland Is Ice and ICE Is Nazis

OA1228 - On this week's Rapid Response Friday: we take on all of your legal questions abou... more

23 Jan 2026

46 MINS

46:21

23 Jan 2026


#1187

Silky Shah has been fighting ICE for its entire existence

E20 - Detention Watch Network executive director Silky Shah has been organizing against IC... more

21 Jan 2026

1 HR 02 MINS

1:02:39

21 Jan 2026


#1186

RFK Jr. Is Practically Running a Tuskegee Syphilis Study and Almost No One Is Talking About It

OA1227 - Come play the worst ever round of the Connections game and figure out what on ear... more

19 Jan 2026

1 HR 01 MINS

1:01:58

19 Jan 2026


#1185

Behold My Articles of Impeachment, Three

OA1226 - We begin with a review of the unprecedented lawsuit that Minnesota has filed agai... more

16 Jan 2026

49 MINS

49:59

16 Jan 2026


#1184

Let's see how the arguments against #AbolishICE have aged...

E19 - In the wake of Renee Nicole Good's murder, we've seen a terrible number of bad takes... more

14 Jan 2026

1 HR 22 MINS

1:22:49

14 Jan 2026


#1183

Does OA Owe Amy Coney Barrett An Apology?

OA1225 - Jenessa is here to dig deeper into Van Buren v. United States as we explore the i... more

12 Jan 2026

1 HR 56 MINS

1:56:57

12 Jan 2026


#1182

PROSECUTE AND ABOLISH ICE

OA1224 - In this episode recorded only hours after an ICE officer killed U.S. citizen Rene... more

09 Jan 2026

57 MINS

57:25

09 Jan 2026


#1181

The Dumbroe Doctrine, Part 2

OA1222 and OA1223 - Actual sane coverage of Trump's kidnapping of a foreign leader OA NYC ... more

06 Jan 2026

1 HR 02 MINS

1:02:55

06 Jan 2026