About this podcast
Courtroom dramas told by the people who know them best. A MINIATURE PODCAST.
Episodes
- #16 - Giggle v Tickle: The App With An Identity Crisis. · 30 min · Season 3 Episode 16A social media app built exclusively for women uses facial recognition to screen its users. When a transgender woman is kicked off, she takes the company to federal court. In…
- #15 - Is This the End of the U.S. Free Press? · 41 min · Season 3 Episode 15The award-winning journalist behind the podcast S-Town, Brian Reed, says a civil-rights era US Supreme Court decision that protects journalists is under threat. Brian tells the…
- #14 - The Rise of Sovereign Citizens and Pseudo-Law. · 41 min · Season 3 Episode 14You've probably seen sovereign citizen videos on social media. People reciting weird incantations to get out of traffic stops and court appearances, spouting words that sound…
- #13 - Space: The Next Frontier for Court Cases. · 32 min · Season 3 Episode 13With Artemis II safely back on Earth, we turn our eyes to the skies above. What is the Moon Agreement? Did Sandra Bullock breach the law in the movie 'Gravity'? Who is legally…
- #12 - What Happens When a Stateless Person is Also a Serious Offender? · 29 min · Season 3 Episode 12In 2023, the High Court told the Australian government it couldn't lock people up forever in immigration detention. This was a constitutional bombshell that led to political…
- #11 - Exposing One of the Biggest Corporate Cover-Ups of All Time. · 45 min · Season 3 Episode 11When English lawyer Richard Meeran uncovered mining company Cape PLC's internal documents in the 1990s, he found damning evidence of one of the biggest international corporate…
- #10 - The Legal Loophole Football Leagues Use to Dodge Player Injuries. · 34 min · Season 3 Episode 10Every week, professional athletes break their bodies for our entertainment. So it will come as a huge shock to sports fans how poorly the law protects our sporting heroes. In…
- NEW SEASON - Sovereign Citizens, Space Junk, Press Freedom Under Attack! · 3 min · Season 3 Episode 10Who is to blame when one of Elon or Jeff's suspiciously shaped rockets crashes to Earth from space? What is pseudo-law, and where did all these goddam sovereign citizens come…
- #9 - This Company Banned Its Employees From Taking the Contraceptive Pill (And Won). · 31 min · Season 2 Episode 9When the US Supreme Court ruled in favour of a company called Hobby Lobby in 2014, it was hailed by conservatives as a win for the religious freedom of business owners. Critics…
- #8 - Agatha Christie Anticipated This Case in One of Her Most Famous Novels. · 30 min · Season 2 Episode 8This case has been described as one of the most bizarre cases in recent Australian legal history, with a climax mirroring one of Agatha Christie’s most famous novels. Today we…
- #7 - An Athlete Tests Positive For Doping. Case Closed, Right?... Wrong. · 40 min · Season 2 Episode 7What happens when an athlete is punished for doping, but the athlete has no idea how the drugs entered their system? In 2019 the Australian swimming world was rocked by news…
- #6 - A U.S. Military Base and Britain's Secret Deportations. · 49 min · Season 2 Episode 6This is the story of how the Cold War turned an island paradise into one of the most strategically important US military bases in the world—and the people left behind. In the…
- #5 - Were These Two Men Criminals, or Resistance Fighters? · 37 min · Season 1 Episode 5The arrival of two men in the frontier town of Melbourne sparks a chain of events that ends with a brutal execution witnessed by thousands. Were these men criminals or…
- #4 - Can a Corporation Own My Dead Body? · 42 min · Season 1 Episode 4A series of strange events kicking off in 1868 has massive implications for ownership of human body parts. This curious court case has overthrown our legal understanding of who…
- #3 - Today's Storyteller is the Attorney-General of Australia. · 36 min · Season 1 Episode 3Would you take a friend to court to settle a dispute? Could this be awkward? This is what Australia did with Japan, a key friend and ally, in 2014 over Japan's refusal to stop…
- #2 - This A.I. Company Is Selling Your Images to Law Enforcement Worldwide. · 36 min · Season 1 Episode 2In 2017 a little-known Australian technologist develops a revolutionary form of facial recognition technology. Clearview AI is being used by law enforcement agencies to hunt down…
- #1 - Meet the U.S. Military Lawyer Who Took On His Country's Top Brass. · 43 min · Season 1 Episode 1It's 2003. An Australian man is captured by US forces in Afghanistan and imprisoned at the US military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, on terrorism charges. The prisoner's…
- COMING SOON - Grave Robbers! A.I. Law Enforcement! · 2 min · Season 1 Episode 1Grave robbers, AI law enforcement, international diplomatic beefs! Introducing Case In Point, the stories behind some of the most amazing court cases you need to know about…
