# 479 | What Data Tells Us About the Public Defender Well Being Crisis Part 2 w/Jenny Andrews, Matthew Thiese, and Sara McCarthy Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/public-defenseless-4627959/479-what-data-tells-us-about-the-public-defender-well-being-crisis-part-2-w-jenny-andrews-matthew-thiese-and-sara-mccarthy Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/public-defenseless-4627959/479-what-data-tells-us-about-the-public-defender-well-being-crisis-part-2-w-jenny-andrews-matthew-thiese-and-sara-mccarthy.md Podcast: [Public Defenseless](https://stenobird.com/podcast/public-defenseless-4627959) Published: 2026-05-21T10:00:00+00:00 Episode link: https://publicdefenseless.libsyn.com/479-what-data-tells-us-about-the-public-defender-well-being-crisis-part-1-wjenny-andrews-and-jon-jachimowicz Audio file: https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/traffic.libsyn.com/secure/publicdefenseless/Final_Natl_Wellness_Study_Part_2_Audio.mp3?dest-id=3187490 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/public-defenseless-4627959/episodes/479-what-data-tells-us-about-the-public-defender-well-being-crisis-part-2-w-jenny-andrews-matthew-thiese-and-sara-mccarthy Duration seconds: 3715 ## Resource Today, Hunter was joined once again by Jenny Andrews and for the first time Matthew Thiese and Sarah McCarthay. As was the case on Tuesday, this episode is a continued discussion about the National Public Defender Well-Being Study. This time, the focus is on the upcoming phase two that people can participate in starting June 1. Guest: Jenny Andrews, Director, Be Sustained Matthew These Ph.D., Professor, Utah University School of Medicine Sarah McCarthy, Chief Assistant Public Defender, Santa Clara, California Resource: Find Everything About the Study Here https://besustained.org/ Contact Matthew Here https://medicine.utah.edu/faculty/matthew-s-thiese Contact Hunter Parnell: Publicdefenseless@gmail.com Instagram @PublicDefenselessPodcast Twitter @PDefenselessPod www.publicdefenseless.com Subscribe to the Patreon www.patreon.com/PublicDefenselessPodcast Donate on PayPal https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=5KW7WMJWEXTAJ Donate on Stripe https://donate.stripe.com/7sI01tb2v3dwaM8cMN Trying to find a specific part of an episode? Use this link to search transcripts of every episode of the show! https://app.reduct.video/o/eca54fbf9f/p/d543070e6a/share/c34e85194394723d4131/home **** ALL OPINONS SHARED BY HOST HUNTER PARNELL DO NOT REFLECT THE THOUGHTS OR OPINIONS OF THE AURORA MUNICIPAL PUBLIC DEFENDER**** ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/public-defenseless-4627959/episodes/479-what-data-tells-us-about-the-public-defender-well-being-crisis-part-2-w-jenny-andrews-matthew-thiese-and-sara-mccarthy/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/public-defenseless-4627959/479-what-data-tells-us-about-the-public-defender-well-being-crisis-part-2-w-jenny-andrews-matthew-thiese-and-sara-mccarthy.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.