{"podcast":{"title":"Cup Of Justice","slug":"cup-of-justice-5995202","podcast_index_feed_id":5995202,"rss_url":"https://feeds.megaphone.fm/BER7351348106","website_url":"https://www.cupofjusticepod.com","image_url":"https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/3832d068-e5c3-11ed-a8b5-d3594764b5b9/image/73b716900eb6e042398c021355d326ae.png?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress","author":"Luna Shark Productions, LLC","episode_count":191,"summary":"We all want to drink from the same Cup of Justice... and it starts with learning about our legal system. With tales from the newsroom and the courtroom, co-hosts Mandy Matney, Liz Farrell and Eric Bland invite you to gain knowledge, insight, and tools to hold public agencies and officials accountable. Beginning as bonus episodes to the Murdaugh Murders Podcast with analysis of the trials of Alex Murdaugh and co-conspirators, Cup of Justice launched as its own show in January of 2023 and debuted at #1 on Apple its very first day and continues to be a top rated pod globally. Mandy Matney and Liz Farrell from the #1 global hit True Sunlight (formerly Murdaugh Murders Podcast) and everyone’s favorite attorney Eric Bland take a hard look at everything from the state of news to important cases around the world. INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALISM Mandy and Liz are two of the most driven and talented investigative journalists who are revolutionizing how news is derived and delivered. Join them as they pull at threads and chase down leads to get the story straight. THE LAW With the expertise of Eric Bland, we empower listeners to understand their legal system in an entertaining format while providin…","last_synced_at":"2026-07-07T22:18:38.366497+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/cup-of-justice-5995202"},"episode":{"title":"COJ #181 - Dr. Jermaine Johnson on Cowards, Courage & Two Systems of Justice","slug":"coj-181-dr-jermaine-johnson-on-cowards-courage-two-systems-of-justice","published_at":"2026-05-26T10:13:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/cup-of-justice-5995202/coj-181-dr-jermaine-johnson-on-cowards-courage-two-systems-of-justice","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/cup-of-justice-5995202","url":"https://lunasharkmedia.com/coj","audio_url":"https://pdst.fm/e/swap.fm/track/JhoQDAATtO1l0y8tdKNa/traffic.megaphone.fm/ADL3430391189.mp3?updated=1779761711","summary":"Investigative journalists ⁠⁠Mandy Matney⁠⁠ and ⁠Liz Farrell⁠⁠ were honored to sit down with Dr. Jermaine Johnson — basketball player turned state representative for parts of Kershaw & Richland Counties, now a candidate for governor of South Carolina. But this conversation isn’t really about a campaign or politics. It’s about our justice system, and the uncomfortable truth that South Carolina runs two of them: one for the powerful and well-connected, and one for everybody else. Jermaine has lived inside both. He talks candidly about being homeless as a teenager, about being a young father trapped in a family court system with no lawyer and no fair shot, and about the men he watched get jailed for child support they had already paid. Dr. Johnson explains why South Carolina’s way of electing judges is broken, why a decades-old mug shot keeps resurfacing, and why courage is in such short supply under the State House dome. It’s an honest, hopeful, occasionally infuriating conversation about fixing what’s rigged. Explore Dr. Jermaine Johnson's campaign for South Carolina governor 🗳️ facebook.com/DrJermaineJohnson instagram.com/drjermainejohnson ☕ Cups Up! ⚖️ Episode References Read the Post and Courier's in-depth profile of Johnson's journey from homelessness and pro basketball to the Statehouse 📰 Read about Turner v. Rogers, the landmark U.S. Supreme Court case out of South Carolina on jailing parents for unpaid child support without a lawyer ⚖️ Read the actual statute — S.C. Code § 63-17-1020 — and its definitions of \"license\" and \"licensing entity\" 📜 Stay Tuned, Stay Pesky and Stay in the Sunlight...☀️ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Premium Members⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ also get access to all new bonus episodes, video episodes, case files, live trial coverage a…","meta_description":"Investigative journalists ⁠⁠Mandy Matney⁠⁠ and ⁠Liz Farrell⁠⁠ were honored to sit down with Dr. Jermaine Johnson — basketball player turned state represen…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3279,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/cup-of-justice-5995202/episodes/coj-181-dr-jermaine-johnson-on-cowards-courage-two-systems-of-justice/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/cup-of-justice-5995202/coj-181-dr-jermaine-johnson-on-cowards-courage-two-systems-of-justice.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}