An infrequent podcast series about the American legal system, brought to you by Andy, Michael, Tarik, Tim and Charles. ALAB aims to tell engaging stories about lawyers, legal cases, legal issues, or the legal profession more generally, with a focus on the outrageous, excessive, and/or absurd.
In perhaps the cruelest of his many attention-seeking stunts, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis defies the will of Florida's citizens, who voted overwhelmingly to restore voting rights to their neighbors with prior felony convictions. Andy, Charles, Tim, and Tarik explore the derailing of a 150-year-long project to correct a lasting injustice.
Sep 02, 2022
Episode 27: COACH!
01:41:00
Finally released from their months-long imprisonment for contempt of court, Andy and Tarik face down their most dangerous foe yet: Edward "Coach" Weinhaus.
Oct 30, 2021
Episode 26: That Colossal Wreck
01:28:29
Andy, Charles, Tarik, and Tim explore the hilarious meltdown of the Ozy Media empire, and discover a cautionary tale about corporate governance.
Oct 01, 2021
Episode 25: Release the Crackpots
01:14:27
Michael, Tim, Tarik, and newest ALAB-er Charles discuss the expansive sanctions order issued by a Michigan court against the intellectual architects of the so-called "Kraken" lawsuits that sought to invalidate the official results of the 2020 US Presidential election.
Aug 05, 2021
Episode 24: The Scapegoat (Part Two)
01:29:59
In the second and final part of their review of the U.S. government's unprecedented persecution of the Holy Land Foundation, Andy, Tarik and Tim -- again joined by podcast friend Rhiannon of fivefourpod.com -- analyze the two criminal trials that led to virtual life sentences for most of HLF's principals.
Jul 07, 2021
Episode 23: The Scapegoat (Part One)
01:08:28
Just days after the 9/11 attacks, a scrambling Bush administration -- using tools gifted it by the Clinton administration's triangulated response to the Oklahoma City bombing -- needed to seem tough on terror. It set its sights on the Holy Land Foundation, then America's largest Muslim charity. Andy and Tim, joined by our good friend Rhiannon of fivefourpod.com, chronicle the first of several brutal moves that would eventually topple the charity and land several of its leaders in prison.
May 04, 2021
Episode 22: ALAB at the Movies - Michael Clayton
01:30:00
Andy, Michael, Tarik, and Tim reflect on the 2007 Oscar-nominated film Michael Clayton. While the movie has been hailed as a masterwork of the legal thriller genre, how true to life is its portrait of the evil corporate lawyer?
Mar 08, 2021
Episode 21: The Racism's Baked Right In
01:30:00
Andy, Michael, Tim, and Tarik discuss "race norming" and related statistical shenanigans being used in courts today -- most famously in the NFL's concussion class action settlement -- to disadvantage women and people of color, a facially indefensible practice that somehow goes virtually unchallenged.
Jan 24, 2021
Episode 20: Let's Lawyer Our Way Out
01:14:59
In a companion piece to their episode on the plot to assassinate the governor of Michigan, Andy, Tarik, and Tim arrive three weeks late with their ill-informed, and in places ill-considered, takes on the January 6, 2021 Capitol riot and its fallout.
Oct 24 | 01:30:00
The Alex Jones Miniseries 1: A Great, Dark Wickedness
Sep 22 | 01:32:00
Episode 28: Something Given Has No Value
Sep 02 | 01:41:00
Episode 27: COACH!
Oct 30 | 01:28:29
Episode 26: That Colossal Wreck
Oct 01 | 01:14:27
Episode 25: Release the Crackpots
Aug 05 | 01:29:59
Episode 24: The Scapegoat (Part Two)
Jul 07 | 01:08:28
Episode 23: The Scapegoat (Part One)
May 04 | 01:30:00
Episode 22: ALAB at the Movies - Michael Clayton
Mar 08 | 01:30:00
Episode 21: The Racism's Baked Right In
Jan 24 | 01:14:59
Episode 20: Let's Lawyer Our Way Out
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