All the Presidents' Lawyers

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All presidents have legal issues. Some have more than others. A weekly conversation about the law, executive power, and all the presidents' lawyers, good and bad.

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  • MHBauer from Earth
    Was good while it lasted and before they went paid
    Barro is an idiot and Ken White educate us all.
  • JD Shaw
    Informative and humorous
    Below is my original review. Now I’m calling for a refresh of the podcast to follow this next phase in the saga of #45. Josh and Ken take informing us very seriously, this is an important topic, but they do so with a fair amount of humor. One of my favorite podcasts. My second behind LRC.
  • BunisellaWrites
    Five months later and I still miss this show 😢
    This was one of the best podcast out there. Fact-based, funny, entertaining. Please help me! Is Avenatti a good lawyer?
  • speachey
    Thank you!
    Can’t wait to hear the next chapter in your career.
  • marcocomp
    Sad to see you guys go!
    Looking forward to th next Josh Barrow project. Huge fan
  • Junie JG
    Thank you !
    I look forward to hearing where I can hear more of you guys. Great podcast that I will miss!!
  • afmradio
    Is Ken White a good lawyer?
    YES. And even if he wasn’t, I’d listen to Josh’s great questions and Ken’s dry wit all day, everyday, as long as it didn’t implicate me in RICO. This has been my favorite podcast for a couple of years. I haven’t missed an episode! Thank You Josh and Ken!
  • poliCat2020
    A+
    This is one of my favorite podcasts to get knowledge and a belly laugh in the same show. Love the little click of coins in the swear jar whenever a cuss word pops out. You can tell they are having fun and they aren’t even doing the RICO!
  • SanPedroScoop
    Listening in Belize
    And this is my favorite favorite podcast. Makes my wish I was a lawyer…is 48 too late? Hilarious always.
  • wet desert
    Basically you’ll learn that…
    … nothing rich white men do in the US is illegal. Basically youll hear Ken explain why every state crime committed in the US is not actually crime. Everything is legal or rather, not illegal, except if it involves money and even then you can pay or hire yr way out of it or drag itnout for years in court. If you think for 10 seconds that actual state treason, conspiracy, and fraud are punishable then go back to watching your 1960s Captain America cartoons because the Constitution, Amendments, BoR and the law by & for White Guys around it is a joke. Also, who gives a crap about Michael Avenatti - tired of hearing about this nobody & as of August 2021, I simply cannot listen to one more thing about him or cast any longer. Oh and Its RICO (ie - its never, ever RICO).
  • surfghost
    Ryan J. Reilly is wrong
    I love the show, always interesting. The most recent episode on the Capitol Rioters had Ryan J. Reilly on as the cohost. Good reporting, I appreciated his insight to a point. Ryan suggested we should not be outraged when some rioters are charged with misdemeanors instead of felonies if they only entered the capitol carrying a sign. He is wrong. They should all be charged with felonies if that statute is available. These are not “protesters” in the classic sense. Non-violent protesters who refuse to disburse? Charge them with misdemeanors. People who climb through destruction caused by others in a sacred institution? They get felonies. Protesting something you don’t like? Pro-life, Pro-choice, against nuclear weapons, those protesters get misdemeanors when they refuse to disburse, impede others or trespass. Walk over downed security barriers, through broken doors, past broken windows, injured Capitol Police to roam the Capitol with signs promoting an insurrection? You get a felony. Do not normalize this behavior. Do they have to do jail time? Maybe not, be proportional in the sentencing, but they are charged with and should get a felony conviction.
  • JoeP001
    Simply the best podcast ever
    Josh is kinda smarmy, but Ken is the greatest.
  • Vicky the Archivist
    Essential listening
    Smart, informative, funny and with occasional drift into fairness and nonpartisanship. The Barrow-White team are doing a great job to adjusting to life after Trump and the legal analysis is unfailingly fascinating. I love the regular segments with listeners’ questions, demonstrating how clueless people are about civics, the Constitution and law in general. Or they know too much and their questions go on for five minutes.
  • ForThrLoveOfGacha
    My Favorite Podcast
    I listen to a handful, including Left, Right & Center. I think this must be my favorite podcast because my loyalty is not to any President, but to this podcast.
  • Rdc20009a
    Love these Guys!
    If I ever get in any legal trouble I’m calling Ken. He’s the guy!!
  • MeOnEharmony
    No
    Does not understand America is more than just the law. Willing to defend , doj defending trump no matter what. Unfair distribution of law doesn’t seem to impact this white man. Boring!
  • Dalvin & Hobbes
    My Favorite
    More than all the other news and legal podcasts I subscribe to, this is my favorite. Ken White is articulate and funny. Thanks guys.
  • teacherspetpeeve
    Awesome
    Favorite podcast.
  • 11B1P Earth Pig
    I never miss it!
    This is the only podcast that I listen to every episode. Solid analysis and good senses of humor. Great stuff!
  • Ddk1970
    I’m late to the party but still enjoying myself
    I didn’t find this podcast until after Jan 6. I look forward to hearing it every week now. It has the proper measure of information and snark to be thoroughly entertaining!
  • coffeeteacoffee
    Time for a new lead review
    Could we please have a lead review that doesn’t plant anti-Biden disinformation? Thanks. Great show.
  • Mskih
    This is an excellent podcast
    Although it is too short, and only comes out once a week. I like Ken White, because he always seems measured in his responses. I also trust his intelligence. Josh is great at asking the important questions. He understands more about law than most lawyers.
  • Lseaq321
    Please get it right
    WHY ON EARTH ARE THE HOSTS REFERRING TO TRUMP AS “the President”??? Get it straight you idiots.
  • shann0nrich
    Cool intro
    Just the Intro illustrates the point of views completely. Why not also play audio of Biden’s incoherency? I can laugh at trump sounding like a moron, easily. But it doesn’t fit the narrative to laugh at Biden and his family being criminals. I liked josh but this show and his other show are a just a very weak attempt at bipartisan criticism. I just feel for bad for him. I wish him the best in life.
  • Stacy32070
    Smarter
    Thank you for making me feel smarter for listening.
  • pdthorn
    Is it a RICO?
    Now whenever a curse is censored I hear a change jar in my mind.
  • Dare to be you
    Great Legal Insights
    The one critique I have of this show is that the misfortunes of others should never be seen as a cause of celebration. Or a source of pleasure. Laughing at our own mistakes can lengthen our own life. Laughing at someone else's can shorten it. — Cullen Hightower I see the incarceration of any individual. As another life wasted. Prison does little to improve the situation. Either for the individual or for society in general. And many times it makes it much worse. So let’s stop laughing when we see other people in legal trouble. We generally have no idea what led there. As a prosecutor I saw this often. People very quick to judge. Based on slim to no evidence as to a defendant’s personal history and why they would find themselves in their current situation.
  • bjohns383
    Well done
    World-class podcasting
  • Troy.T.McClure
    Entertaining review of presidential legal troubles
    This is a nice splash of cold water of reality to calm the Twitter driven legal analysis.
  • ElliotPF
    The best
    Ken White is the greatest legal mind of our generation. Move over, Clarence Darrow.
  • why do i need a nickname2
    Informative and funny
    One of the reasons I give to public radio. I learn something every episode and yet their biting wit make it a pleasure. Love it!
  • PW from GR
    Thank God I found you when I did
    I have 100% faith in the integrity of the Supreme Court but the knot on my stomach grew to football size with the increasing advent of that Texas suit. You calmed me right down. Don’t go away! We need you to interpret everything now more than ever. First: the proposed sedition suit. How feasible is it?
  • Mimienyc
    Very informative!
    Kathy Griffin is being sued for exactly what you described. I would expect you to know that. Can you kindly explain the difference between why Kathy Griffen is being sued and your view of Kreb’s lawsuit being “performative”? If calling for someone’s execution for treason which never occurred and spreading lies on TV to an already crazed and ginned up trumptards doesn’t warrant a lawsuit against this person. What does? I’m asking because I truly don’t know and would love to understand the laws better. I understand the first amendment rights and how important they are, but when/what is crossing that line? Thanks!
  • Lunachick63
    Thank you!
    I was waiting for your show this week Knowing I would get clear and concise info on these election fraud?? cases! Thank you gentlemen. It was such a help!
  • philrenato
    Josh, Ken, we need you RIGHT NOW
    We need a close out episode on the election. "You're the best, around! Nothing's gonna ever keep you down."
  • JNKn-Chicago
    Best show in the world
    An incisive journalist and a concise, knowledgeable lawyer. Great combination!
  • Lord Snerts
    Very Informative
    Information with a sense of humor. What more could you ask for?
  • LFinMaine
    Best Podcast
    I eagerly wait for the podcast to drop each week. Ken White could make reading a phone book interesting. The way Ken White and Josh Barro have of phrasing the topics makes them understandable and even, at times, funny. This is my favorite podcast. Thank you so much for continuing with it. One question please: is Michael Avenatti a good lawyer :).
  • ripdemocracy
    New Title: Reporter and Lawyer Condescend
    Originally I thought this show would be investigative , ground breaking, informative and revealing. Turns out the joke is on me. No one really cares about outcomes; meanwhile, we pay DJT and Bill Bar to jerk the American public around. And the whole experience is FUNNY! To someone.
  • JohnZen99
    Go-to Show
    I return to this pod frequently and it is informative and fascinating.
  • Poostinky
    Long suffering honorable podcast!
    All time favorite podcast. You both ask and answer the questions that are in my head. I look forward to your insights every week. Thank you for doing this.
  • vessel10
    Excellent!!
    Absolutely riveting. Smart, honest, insightful and entertaining. Well done!
  • RobSub
    Thirty minutes plus of great content
    If you have to listen to just one podcast about law and politics this is it. It comes only once a week and in short duration but is really poignant in these enduring times.
  • MikeDarra
    So good!
    It is so good to hear different sides of an issue. Well done. Sometimes I don’t hear Trump’s reasoning for what he does, but that may be difficult for a logical person to discern at times.
  • fuzzystarcloud
    Solid
    A good way to hear non-inflammatory analysis of legal happenings around 45. It’s good to hear from cool headed Josh and knowledgeable Ken. There are good questions and solid answers, based on what the laws and legal processes are, without hyperbole, lies or vilification.
  • RICOBRO
    My favorite podcast
    There’s about a billion podcasts out there about politics and the current administration. This is my very favorite show because of its charm and wit, and it’s grounding in the realities of law and the court. I’m my opinion no one cuts it more straight in such an entertaining way. I relish my Wednesday’s when I get a new episode, and I hope this show continues in some form long into the future.
  • 3rdarm
    Sick and tired of the lame excuses
    Here we have legal experts making mealy-mouthed excuses for the bad faith behavior and brazen norm breaking that forms the legal framework for the real danger facing the country.
  • Not Rob Long, I'm Rob Lemons
    How about some context?
    I listen to this from time to time because I really like Josh Barro. I can only do a couple of episodes before I need a break as this show is constantly chasing every Trump rumor and innuendo with a smug certitude that there is something out there. I guess that sells in liberal land but it’s hard to hear from a center, Trump-skeptical perspective. Where’s the beef fellas? I would really be interested in Andy McCarthy being a guest at some point. I doubt that would ever happen but Andy could provide some of the context that Ken never provides. I also listen to Left Right and Center. It’s tough to find balanced discussion. This isn’t it but I appreciate the effort...?
  • Kalfisher
    Ken White rules
    For real y’all. He’s a jurist’s jurist. I each episode running into the other room to tell my partner about something intriguing I’ve just heard on ATPL. The pod drops on wednesdays along with my other favorite, rational security- making Wednesday’s my fav day for podcasts... yep. Sigh.
  • r0gue007
    Great pod
    Best legal pod out there
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