Happy Fourth of July! Your pop culture legal team are back to look into the films of Steve Rogers aka Captain America. His role in the Marvel Cinematic Universe is usually as the moral center but how does he fair as a law-abiding citizen? Sarah

Vote Dave 2020! (Dave)

Feb 11th, 2019 1h 38m

Take a break from the news to go back to the joyful days of the 90s when a constitutional crisis was a delightful comedy concept. Kevin Kline starred in an Ivan Reitman movie about an impersonator to the President ends up secretly being the Pre

Spirit of Christmas, LLC (The Santa Clause)

Dec 25th, 2018 1h 30m

It's a Christmas miracle! A man fell off your roof and died! Also Ad Absurdum is BACK. Sarah and Meredith are joined by Calli, a privacy lawyer, to answer all the big questions about The Santa Clause. Is the fine print on the card similar to iT

Escape from the Law (Escape from New York)

Mar 28th, 2018 1h 11m

If you were wondering where the Pop Culture Legal Team has been for the past few months, it's because they were trapped on Manhattan but now....they ESCAPED. Join Sarah and Meredith as they discuss the legal possibilities of the John Carpenter

We Dreamed a Dream (Inception)

Nov 13th, 2017 1h 20m

The Pop Culture Legal Team is back as they discuss the strangest form of insider trading and corporate espionage: the kind that takes place in your dreams. Join Sarah and Meredith and their guest Sherwin Siy as they look at the legal ramificati

Murder Law for Murder Bots! (Westworld)

Sep 2nd, 2017 1h 20m

First, Sorry to everyone for the delay in posting! Unfortunately, the increased violence in Chicago has made my criminal defense job pretty stressful this summer, and I've been low on editing time. We will do our best to return to one episode a

#6 -- Tic Tac D'Oh - I Blew Up the Planet (War Games)

Jun 7th, 2017 1h 21m

Apologies for our 1-month hiatus: we're back! This month, Meredith and Sarah talk the 1983 nerd MASTERPIECE War Games. We think the trailer to this movie might be the sum total of what Donald Trump knows about cyber security, so we talk abou

#5 -- Monk is the Gene Genie (Gattaca)

Apr 11th, 2017 1h 27m

This month, Meredith, Sarah, and special guest privacy lawyer Carolina discuss Gattaca, everyone's favorite movie about genetic discrimination! Join us as we explain how GINA is not just the name of a pretty lady, how much Ron Paul friggin' lov

#4 -- I Have a Bat Feeling About This (The Dark Knight/Rises)

Mar 3rd, 2017 1h 7m

In this episode, Meredith, Sarah, and special guest Pranks Paul discuss Batman, with a focus on the recent Christopher Nolan movies. Is Batman an agent of the state? How the hell does Lucius Fox get his hands on fighter jets and refined ura

#3 -- What Did You THINK Would Happen?!?!?! (Jurassic Park/World)

Feb 3rd, 2017 1h 15m

At first you don't succeed, build an even bigger and more dangerous theme park! If only they had lawyers around to tell the Jurassic Park and Jurassic World crew that all of this is a terrible idea. From simple negligence to BEAR LAW, from the

#2 -- Legally, You Can Only Be So Traumatized (The Truman Show)

Jan 3rd, 2017 1h 31m

The pop culture legal team returns to discuss the 1998 Jim Carey drama, The Truman Show. In this movie, a man lives his entire life unaware that he is on an elaborate reality show documenting his every move. Sarah, Meredith and their special gu

#1 -- The Spiders Can't Have Tasers (Minority Report)

Dec 2nd, 2016 1h 14m

Real bone fide lawyers Meredith, Sarah and Charlie discuss Minority Report, Steven Spielberg and Tom Cruise's 2002 assault on the very concept of the 4th Amendment. We pose questions such as: If creepy eye-scanning spiders can come into your ho

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