{"podcast":{"title":"Deborah Lebree's podcast","slug":"deborah-lebree-s-podcast-7041113","podcast_index_feed_id":7041113,"rss_url":"https://www.spreaker.com/show/6015089/episodes/feed","website_url":"https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/deborah-lebree-s-podcast--6015089","image_url":"https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/images.spreaker.com/nuvolari-assets/yellow_square_mic.jpg","author":"Deborah Lebree","episode_count":1000,"summary":null,"last_synced_at":"2026-09-19T16:21:39.869546+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/deborah-lebree-s-podcast-7041113"},"episode":{"title":"Luigi Mangione’s High-Risk Legal Strategy","slug":"luigi-mangione-s-high-risk-legal-strategy","published_at":"2026-08-17T09:45:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/deborah-lebree-s-podcast-7041113/luigi-mangione-s-high-risk-legal-strategy","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/deborah-lebree-s-podcast-7041113","url":"https://www.spreaker.com/episode/luigi-mangione-s-high-risk-legal-strategy--74195554","audio_url":"https://api.spreaker.com/download/episode/74195554/default.mp3","summary":"In the two years since a masked man shot and killed a health care executive, the national spotlight has turned to the primary suspect, Luigi Mangione. The overwhelming evidence has pointed to his guilt, and the question on most minds has been: What might the defense of one of the most famous murder suspects in America look like? At a hearing on Friday, we got our first glimpse at an answer, one that appears to include a full-throated embrace of his guilt. Today, Benjamin Weiser, a reporter covering the justice system for The New York Times, and Hurubie Meko, a criminal justice reporter for The Times, discuss the risky defense strategy and why an admission of guilt might be Mr. Mangione’s best bet. Guests: Benjamin Weiser , a reporter covering the justice system for The New York Times. Hurubie Meko , a criminal justice reporter for The New York Times. Background reading: Luigi Mangione pleaded guilty to federal charges , and still faces a state case. Photo: Pool photo by David Dee Delgado For more information on today’s episode, visit nytimes.com/thedaily . Transcripts of each episode will be made available by the next workday. Subscribe today at nytimes.com/podcasts or on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. You can also subscribe via your favorite podcast app here https://www.nytimes.com/activate-access/audio?source=podcatcher . For more podcasts and narrated articles, download The New York Times app at nytimes.com/app. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.","meta_description":"In the two years since a masked man shot and killed a health care executive, the national spotlight has turned to the primary suspect, Luigi Mangione. The…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1599,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/deborah-lebree-s-podcast-7041113/episodes/luigi-mangione-s-high-risk-legal-strategy/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/deborah-lebree-s-podcast-7041113/luigi-mangione-s-high-risk-legal-strategy.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}