{"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":"Afroman And Elon Had Very Different Trial Experiences","slug":"afroman-and-elon-had-very-different-trial-experiences","published_at":"2026-03-25T14:30:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/above-the-law-thinking-like-a-lawyer-872228/afroman-and-elon-had-very-different-trial-experiences","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/above-the-law-thinking-like-a-lawyer-872228","url":"https://legaltalknetwork.com/podcasts/thinking-like-a-lawyer/2026/03/afroman-and-elon-had-very-different-trial-experiences","audio_url":"https://traffic.megaphone.fm/LTN2205466842.mp3?updated=1774449129","summary":"And the DOJ had an atrocious week. ------ Rapper turned First Amendment hero Afroman took his frustration over a heavy-handed police raid on his Ohio home and turned it into music. When the officers sued him for millions for hurting their feelings, a jury told them to take their $3.9 million demand and pound it like lemon pound cake. Unfortunately, what happened to Afroman happens all the time in America and there's not a lot being done to stop it. Meanwhile, the Department of Justice had a rough week, catching headlines for lowering hiring standards and running interference to protect Jeffrey Epstein's accomplices. That's before a judge literally tossed a DOJ lawyer from the courtroom over the U.S. Attorney's Office operating without any legal oversight. And Elon Musk went into court to argue that he wasn't fraudulent, he's just stupid. Jurors decided it's possible to be both.","meta_description":"And the DOJ had an atrocious week. ------ Rapper turned First Amendment hero Afroman took his frustration over a heavy-handed police raid on his Ohio home…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1844,"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/afroman-and-elon-had-very-different-trial-experiences/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/afroman-and-elon-had-very-different-trial-experiences.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}