{"podcast":{"title":"Above the Law - Thinking Like a Lawyer","slug":"above-the-law-thinking-like-a-lawyer-872228","podcast_index_feed_id":872228,"rss_url":"https://feeds.megaphone.fm/LTN9584319601","website_url":"http://legaltalknetwork.com/podcasts/thinking-like-a-lawyer/","image_url":"https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/b5f86bd4-cfa9-11eb-b18a-6f29b86adca3/image/Thinking-Like-A-Lawyer-Final.jpg?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress","author":"Legal Talk Network","episode_count":464,"summary":"Thinking Like A Lawyer is a podcast featuring Above the Law's Joe Patrice, Kathryn Rubino, and Chris Williams. Each episode, the hosts will take a topic experienced and enjoyed by regular people, and shine it through the prism of a legal framework. This will either reveal an awesome rainbow of thought, or a disorienting kaleidoscope of issues. Either way, it should be fun.","last_synced_at":null,"page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/above-the-law-thinking-like-a-lawyer-872228"},"episode":{"title":"A Bad Week For Trump's Fake U.S. Attorneys","slug":"a-bad-week-for-trump-s-fake-u-s-attorneys","published_at":"2025-12-03T18:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/above-the-law-thinking-like-a-lawyer-872228/a-bad-week-for-trump-s-fake-u-s-attorneys","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/above-the-law-thinking-like-a-lawyer-872228","url":"https://legaltalknetwork.com/podcasts/thinking-like-a-lawyer/2025/12/a-bad-week-for-trumps-fake-u-s-attorneys","audio_url":"https://traffic.megaphone.fm/LTN9530213738.mp3?updated=1764785285","summary":"And a shorter summer associate program. ----- While most of us celebrated Thanksgiving, some of Trump's phony U.S. Attorneys were the real turkeys. First, a conservative leaning panel of the Eleventh Circuit affirmed the million dollar sanctions against Donald Trump and the parking garage lawyer he claims to have running the District of New Jersey. Then his Eastern District cosplaying prosecutor managed to lose not one, but two of the high profile revenge cases she brought. In other news, a major firm announced a new look summer associate program as it tries to deal with the law school recruiting free-for-all that everyone hates, yet no one seems able to do anything about.","meta_description":"And a shorter summer associate program. ----- While most of us celebrated Thanksgiving, some of Trump's phony U.S. Attorneys were the real turkeys. First,…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2117,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/above-the-law-thinking-like-a-lawyer-872228/episodes/a-bad-week-for-trump-s-fake-u-s-attorneys/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/above-the-law-thinking-like-a-lawyer-872228/a-bad-week-for-trump-s-fake-u-s-attorneys.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}