{"podcast":{"title":"LSAT Unplugged + Law School Admissions Podcast","slug":"lsat-unplugged-law-school-admissions-podcast-608542","podcast_index_feed_id":608542,"rss_url":"https://lsatunplugged.libsyn.com/rss","website_url":"http://www.unpluggedprep.com","image_url":"https://static.libsyn.com/p/assets/0/9/8/5/09850bc53914d615d959afa2a1bf1c87/lsatunplugged_podcast_A_clean.png","author":"Steve Schwartz","episode_count":3129,"summary":"Steve Schwartz of LSAT Unplugged created this podcast to help you with the LSAT and law school admission process. He started teaching the LSAT after scoring a 152 and gradually working his way up to a 175 (it took over a year!). Please (1) subscribe, (2) rate + review, and (3) email me your questions: podcast@lsatunplugged.com","last_synced_at":"2026-07-26T20:20:40.580131+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/lsat-unplugged-law-school-admissions-podcast-608542"},"episode":{"title":"Why Smart People Bomb LSAT Logical Reasoning","slug":"why-smart-people-bomb-lsat-logical-reasoning","published_at":"2026-07-19T21:35:22+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/lsat-unplugged-law-school-admissions-podcast-608542/why-smart-people-bomb-lsat-logical-reasoning","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/lsat-unplugged-law-school-admissions-podcast-608542","url":"https://lsatunplugged.libsyn.com/why-smart-people-bomb-lsat-logical-reasoning","audio_url":"https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/lsatunplugged/346064656_Why_Smart_People_Bomb_LSAT_Logical_Reasoning_lsat_blog_lsac_best_lsat_book-8990.mp3?dest-id=1026185","summary":"Download your free LSAT cheat sheet here: https://swiy.co/Vke-E5eLuw8 I scored a 152 my first LSAT. Got to a 175. I've been teaching this test since 2005. If you're prelaw, applying now, or stuck, you're in the right place. 🎯 Free LSAT tutoring lesson https://swiy.co/Vke-E5eLuw8-1 📚 LSAT Unplugged courses and coaching https://swiy.co/Vke-E5eLuw8-2 Logical Reasoning is 2 of your 3 scored LSAT sections, so if you're blanking on arguments or stuck between two answers that both look right, your score isn't moving. This is the whole system: the reframe, the 3-step reading method, how to attack the 2 reasoning patterns top scorers hit on sight, the 5 answer traps, the time bank, and the review routine that separates the 150s from the 170s. CHAPTERS: 00:00 The Reframe: What LR Actually Tests 05:07 How to Read Any Argument (the 3-step method) 08:54 Attack Causal Reasoning 12:54 Parallel Reasoning (match the skeleton) 17:46 The 5 Wrong-Answer Traps 22:04 Build a Time Bank 23:57 When Your Brain Freezes 27:05 Practice Smarter (the review routine)","meta_description":"Download your free LSAT cheat sheet here: https://swiy.co/Vke-E5eLuw8 I scored a 152 my first LSAT. Got to a 175. I've been teaching this test since 2005.…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1825,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/lsat-unplugged-law-school-admissions-podcast-608542/episodes/why-smart-people-bomb-lsat-logical-reasoning/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/lsat-unplugged-law-school-admissions-podcast-608542/why-smart-people-bomb-lsat-logical-reasoning.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}