Podcast

Opening Arguments

Author: Opening Arguments Media LLC
Feed episode count: 1260
Official site: http://openargs.com
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Summary

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!

Episodes

Jul 15, 2026 · not_requested

Nancy Mace Thinks Anyone With a Foreign Name Is Disloyal

Duration seconds: 3742
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Jul 13, 2026 · not_requested

The MAGA Justices Get Torched by... Amy Coney Barrett?!

Duration seconds: 3822
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Jul 10, 2026 · not_requested

It's Not Just Prairieland and Broadview. More Lives Are Being Ruined by Unjust Prosecutions.

Duration seconds: 2902
Source: https://sites.libsyn.com/86258/its-not-just-prairieland-and-broadview-more-lives-are-being-ruined-by-unjust-prosecutions

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Jul 8, 2026 · not_requested

Ben Shapiro is having AI write his columns, and apparently not even the good models

Duration seconds: 4221
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Jul 6, 2026 · not_requested

Trump Is Once Again Trying to Change the Law With Memos

Duration seconds: 3206
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Jul 3, 2026 · not_requested

Matt's Complete Supreme Court Term Recap

Duration seconds: 3414
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Jul 1, 2026 · not_requested

The New Cover on Alito's TPS Reports Is for Racism

Duration seconds: 4887
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Jun 29, 2026 · not_requested

Worst Dude Hires Even Worse Lawyer to Legally Harass Woman Who Posted About Him

Duration seconds: 4305
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Jun 26, 2026 · not_requested

Prairieland - 30 Years for Moving Magazines. These Are Real Human Lives, Ruined.

Duration seconds: 3462
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Jun 22, 2026 · not_requested

Why Is Alito Like This? with Peter Canellos

Duration seconds: 3418
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Jun 19, 2026 · not_requested

He's Literally the Worst Dealmaker Ever. EVER.

Duration seconds: 3244
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Jun 17, 2026 · not_requested

The National Review’s Defense of Todd Blanche Is So Bad It's Confusing

Duration seconds: 4115
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Jun 15, 2026 · not_requested

When It Comes to Juries, All of a Sudden the Supreme Court Can See Race

Duration seconds: 3383
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Jun 14, 2026 · not_requested

LAM1014: Green Card

Duration seconds: 2876
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Jun 12, 2026 · not_requested

Trump Is Trying to Blanche His Taint

Duration seconds: 3227
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Jun 8, 2026 · not_requested

Is Fender Threatening Anyone Who Makes Strat-Shaped Guitars?

Duration seconds: 4093
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Jun 5, 2026 · not_requested

35 Judges Say Trump's DOJ Committed Fraud on the Court

Duration seconds: 2524
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Jun 3, 2026 · not_requested

Molly Hemingway's Alito Book Is EMBARRASSING Propaganda

Duration seconds: 4170
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Jun 1, 2026 · not_requested

When Super Soaker Got Sued by a Totally Lame Squirt Gun

Duration seconds: 3216
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May 29, 2026 · not_requested

Judge Eviscerates Blanche’s DOJ, Tosses Abrego Garcia Indictment

Duration seconds: 2967
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May 27, 2026 · not_requested

Did Trump’s DHS Just End Green Cards? Not Exactly.

Duration seconds: 3904
Source: https://sites.libsyn.com/86258/did-trumps-dhs-just-end-green-cards-not-exactly

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May 25, 2026 · not_requested

Woman in Labor Spent 3 Hours Fighting a Judge on Zoom to Avoid a Forced C-Section

Duration seconds: 3743
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May 22, 2026 · not_requested

The Biggest Scandal in US History. Todd Blanche Should Be in Prison. And Trump, Obviously.

Duration seconds: 3193
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May 20, 2026 · not_requested

MAGA Says the ’60s Were Too Woke and Wants Racial Immigration Quotas Back

Duration seconds: 4877
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May 18, 2026 · not_requested

When Alito’s Jurisprudence Is Kavanaughs All the Way Down

Duration seconds: 3528
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May 15, 2026 · not_requested

We May Get All the Files on Renée Good's Killing... Because of a Different Case

Duration seconds: 2980
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May 13, 2026 · not_requested

Clarence Thomas Delivers An Incomprehensibly Stupid Speech

Duration seconds: 3903
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May 11, 2026 · not_requested

Callais Is Worse Than You Think. No, Even More Worse. Nope, STILL WORSE THAN THAT.

Duration seconds: 3873
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May 8, 2026 · not_requested

James Comey, Seashell Assassin

Duration seconds: 3560
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May 6, 2026 · not_requested

LAM1013: Bull

Duration seconds: 2890
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May 4, 2026 · not_requested

Is Social Media the Asbestos of the Internet? with Matthew Bergman

Duration seconds: 2593
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May 1, 2026 · not_requested

Thomas and Lydia Take the Marriage Exam

Duration seconds: 4960
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Apr 29, 2026 · not_requested

DOJ Asks Judge to Grant Trump an Emergency Ballroom

Duration seconds: 4122
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Apr 27, 2026 · not_requested

When You Oppose War, But Not Religiously

Duration seconds: 4014
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Apr 24, 2026 · not_requested

SPLC Indicted for Being the SPLC; 10 Commandments in Classrooms; Trump’s Stupid Ballroom

Duration seconds: 3011
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Apr 22, 2026 · not_requested

Leaked Supreme Court Memos Reveal the Shadow Docket's Extremely Stupid (and Corrupt) Origins

Duration seconds: 5463
Source: https://sites.libsyn.com/86258/leaked-supreme-court-memos-reveal-the-shadow-dockets-extremely-stupid-and-corrupt-origins

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Apr 20, 2026 · not_requested

An Under-the-Radar Copyright Case with Huge Implications

Duration seconds: 3201
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Apr 17, 2026 · not_requested

Trump Puts the “Pervert” in Perversion of Justice

Duration seconds: 2888
Source: https://sites.libsyn.com/86258/trump-puts-the-pervert-in-perversion-of-justice

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Apr 15, 2026 · not_requested

Go to Hell, Swalwell.

Duration seconds: 3994
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Apr 13, 2026 · not_requested

Peaceful Protestors Are Facing Decades in Prison - Inside the Prairieland Trial

Duration seconds: 3712
Source: https://sites.libsyn.com/86258/peaceful-protestors-are-facing-decades-in-prison-inside-the-prairieland-trial

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Apr 10, 2026 · not_requested

Farewell to Pam Bondi, the worst AG in US History... SO FAR!

Duration seconds: 3461
Source: https://sites.libsyn.com/86258/farewell-to-pam-bondi-the-worst-ag-in-us-history-so-far

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Apr 8, 2026 · not_requested

That Time Sociopaths Tried to Inception a Fake 14th Amendment History into Legal Scholarship

Duration seconds: 4286
Source: https://sites.libsyn.com/86258/that-time-sociopaths-tried-to-inception-a-fake-14th-amendment-history-into-legal-scholarship

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Apr 6, 2026 · not_requested

When You Fall Out of Bed and Land in the Supreme Court

Duration seconds: 3478
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Apr 3, 2026 · not_requested

Trump's Birthright Citizenship Arguments Were Laughed Out of Court

Duration seconds: 4205
Source: https://sites.libsyn.com/86258/trumps-birthright-citizenship-arguments-were-laughed-out-of-court

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Apr 1, 2026 · not_requested

LAM1012: The Juror - Preview

Duration seconds: 2937
Source: https://sites.libsyn.com/86258/lam1012-the-juror-preview

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Mar 30, 2026 · not_requested

Subnautica Part 2 - It Does Not Go Well for Idiot Krafton CEO

Duration seconds: 3689
Source: https://sites.libsyn.com/86258/subnautica-part-2-it-does-not-go-well-for-idiot-krafton-ceo

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Mar 27, 2026 · not_requested

Social Media Is a Defective Product

Duration seconds: 2629
Source: https://sites.libsyn.com/86258/social-media-is-a-defective-product

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Mar 25, 2026 · not_requested

Pete Hegseth's books are racist trash written in crayon. We've got some highlights for you.

Duration seconds: 5401
Source: https://sites.libsyn.com/86258/pete-hegseths-books-are-racist-trash-written-in-crayon-weve-got-some-highlights-for-you

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Mar 23, 2026 · not_requested

Idiot CEO Used ChatGPT to Try to Screw Over Subnautica Creators

Duration seconds: 3251
Source: https://sites.libsyn.com/86258/idiot-ceo-used-chatgpt-to-try-to-screw-over-subnautica-creators

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Mar 20, 2026 · not_requested

DOJ Just Convicted Several People of Imaginary Antifa Terrorism

Duration seconds: 3316
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Mar 18, 2026 · not_requested

US v Dunn 2 - "If You Spit, We Hit"

Duration seconds: 3173
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