On this episode of American Prestige, Danny and Derek welcome back Daniel Steinmetz-Jenkins, assistant professor in the College of Social Studies at Wesleyan University, to talk about his edited volumeDid It Happen Here? Perspectives on Fascism and Ameri

This week we speak to basketball savant Arya Shirazi about what could have happened if the Detroit Pistons had drafted Carmelo Anthony instead of Darko Milicic in 2003. It would have been a profound basketball butterfly effect. I also speak about the USWN

Instead of reforming how the Supreme Court uses its power, what if we took its power away?Harvard Law School professor, Ryan Doerfler, and Michigan Law School Professor Leah Litman join Elie Mystal's Contempt of Court podcast to discuss their perspect

Barbie has smashed through the glass ceiling. Greta Gerwigs new movie based on the popular Mattel doll is the big summer film of 2023. Its made more than $1 billion the first time that box office benchmark has been reached by a film directed by a woman

Should Trump have been charged with incitement of insurrection, or at least violence?Whats the line between free speech and incitement?If Trump sincerely believed hed won the election, can he still be prosecuted for conspiracy?Erwin Chemerinsky expla

The Supreme Court has a serious ethics problemactually, ethicsproblems. The justices have been dogged by allegations of corruption. Theyve been peppered with questions about how they make money. And then, of course, theres the long career ofClarence

Disney has released a new documentary which myself and many others have criticized for regurgitating a mythical version of history that extolls Stan Lee as sole creator of the Marvel universe.To talk more about the documentary, Im joined by Elana Levin,

This month, Donald Trump will be facing four indictments in four different jurisdictions at the same time, each for multiple felonies. Yet, Republicans still want him as their candidate.On this episode of the Start Making Sense podcast, Joan Walsh commen

Beyond raw court expansion, or the (probably unconstitutional) big stick of forced term-limits, there are a number of other ways one might go about balancing the Supreme Court.On this episode ofContempt of Court, Elie Mystal speaks with legal experts Dan

Its no secret that the rich have an outsized role in Ivy League colleges, both as students and alumni. But a new study, by a group of Harvard-based economists, documents in detail just how much elite private education in the Untied States favor the ultra