{"podcast":{"title":"Amicus With Dahlia Lithwick | Law, justice, and the courts","slug":"amicus-with-dahlia-lithwick-law-justice-and-the-courts-512420","podcast_index_feed_id":512420,"rss_url":"https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/695ea2381c1db1c5bdf7c59b","website_url":"https://slate.com/podcasts/amicus","image_url":"https://assets.pippa.io/shows/695ea2381c1db1c5bdf7c59b/1778870793592-6ede6217-f697-4e96-9d91-bb8ee0c06653.jpeg","author":"Slate Audio","episode_count":485,"summary":"A show about the law and the nine Supreme Court justices who interpret it for the rest of America. Get more Amicus with Slate Plus. Join to unlock weekly bonus episodes with exclusive legal analysis—plus ad-free listening across all your favorite Slate podcasts. Subscribe directly from the Amicus show page on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. Or visit slate.com/amicusplus to get access wherever you listen. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","last_synced_at":"2026-09-20T06:21:07.205800+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/amicus-with-dahlia-lithwick-law-justice-and-the-courts-512420"},"episode":{"title":"Becoming Justice Gorsuch | 1. Man With a Plan","slug":"becoming-justice-gorsuch-1-man-with-a-plan","published_at":"2026-08-15T07:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/amicus-with-dahlia-lithwick-law-justice-and-the-courts-512420/becoming-justice-gorsuch-1-man-with-a-plan","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/amicus-with-dahlia-lithwick-law-justice-and-the-courts-512420","url":"https://shows.acast.com/amicus-with-dahlia-lithwick-law-justice-and-the-courts/episodes/6a7ba195b8e79c154d017d26","audio_url":"https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/695ea2381c1db1c5bdf7c59b/e/6a7ba195b8e79c154d017d26/media.mp3","summary":"Our friends over at the Slate podcast Slow Burn are good at taking events that we think are settled history, then unlocking a new understanding of those stories through interviews, archives, and fresh analysis. They’ve reexamined Supreme Court history several times in recent years, including a new season about Neil Gorsuch we’re featuring on Amicus for the next three weeks. Becoming Justice Gorsuch explores the early years of Donald Trump’s first high-court appointee and his precedent-shattering path to power. It’s a must-listen if you want to understand this 6-3 Roberts court, how it came to be, and where it’s headed.  In Episode 1, you’ll hear how Gorsuch’s worldview was shaped by his iconoclastic mother, his reaction to life on a liberal college campus, and young conservative movements of the 1980s. You’ll also hear a familiar voice, with Slow Burn host Susan Matthews interviewing Amicus co-host Mark Joseph Stern. Want more Amicus? Join Slate Plus to unlock weekly bonus episodes with exclusive legal analysis. Plus, you’ll access ad-free listening across all your favorite Slate podcasts. You can subscribe directly from the Amicus show page on Apple Podcasts and Spotify . Or, visit slate.com/amicusplus to get access wherever you listen. Need to set up your Slate Plus feed? If you subscribed through Slate.com, check out our FAQ at slate.com/podcastfaqs for easy instructions. Members subscribed via Apple Podcasts get automatic access—no setup required. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","meta_description":"Our friends over at the Slate podcast Slow Burn are good at taking events that we think are settled history, then unlocking a new understanding of those s…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2395,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/amicus-with-dahlia-lithwick-law-justice-and-the-courts-512420/episodes/becoming-justice-gorsuch-1-man-with-a-plan/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/amicus-with-dahlia-lithwick-law-justice-and-the-courts-512420/becoming-justice-gorsuch-1-man-with-a-plan.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}