{"podcast":{"title":"The Intersection with Michael Popok","slug":"the-intersection-with-michael-popok-7363510","podcast_index_feed_id":7363510,"rss_url":"https://feeds.megaphone.fm/MTH2384410545","website_url":"https://meidasnews.com/podcast","image_url":"https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/2cdd2584-3caf-11f0-981f-7733898979c1/image/c3e5167d0c0340a8b1337a0c230fcc4f.jpg?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress","author":"MeidasTouch Network","episode_count":890,"summary":"The Intersection with Michael Popok is a weekly one-hour podcast focused on trusted, topical commentary exploring how the law intersects with and shapes people’s daily lives—including their Constitutionally protected rights and their civic, economic, and political worlds. The Intersection is hosted and curated by Michael Popok, co-founder of the top-ranked Legal AF podcast and YouTube channel. Popok is one of the most viewed and downloaded independent content creators, with over 50 million monthly downloads and views, and nearly 1 billion views overall. The Intersection was also one of the top-ranked YouTube podcasts in the platform’s newly released podcast rankings, placing in the top two among all legal and political podcasts on YouTube. Drawing on more than 30 years of experience as a renowned national trial lawyer and global corporate executive, Popok makes the law—and its role in our lives—easy to comprehend and entertaining. He teaches his audience, using his unique brand of humor and communication skills honed through years of jury work, to think like a lawyer while learning the secrets of the court system and the craft of lawyering. The result is a refreshing, no-holds-bar…","last_synced_at":"2026-08-01T16:20:51.581935+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-intersection-with-michael-popok-7363510"},"episode":{"title":"Federal Judge Blocks Trump from Data Seizure","slug":"federal-judge-blocks-trump-from-data-seizure","published_at":"2026-05-07T16:21:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-intersection-with-michael-popok-7363510/federal-judge-blocks-trump-from-data-seizure","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-intersection-with-michael-popok-7363510","url":"https://pscrb.fm/rss/p/pdst.fm/e/arttrk.com/p/MMN23/claritaspod.com/measure/mgln.ai/e/1058/traffic.megaphone.fm/MTH8513761478.mp3","audio_url":"https://pscrb.fm/rss/p/pdst.fm/e/arttrk.com/p/MMN23/claritaspod.com/measure/mgln.ai/e/1058/traffic.megaphone.fm/MTH8513761478.mp3","summary":"A federal judge has blocked the Trump administration's attempt to seize the digital work product of a Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter. 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