Self-promotion - podcast stuff

Gone are the days when I would talk about standup shows to people that would ignore them because they either didn't live in New York or properly understood the depressing nature of free comedy shows in a bar basement. Here are the days when you can listen to me rant about law and politics and culture from the comfort of your own home or commute or office.

I'm a recurring guest on Jeb Lund's podcast, This Week in Atrocity, which you can find on Soundcloud or iTunes (and probably other places? libsyn podbay).

The show is good even when I'm not on but I wouldn't post this stuff if I weren't proud of it.

My episodes (soundcloud links):

18: Discussion of Russia-paranoia-fantasia on the left, the Voting Rights Act, particularly the NC redistricting case, and some Trump ephemera.

21: A lot about Wisconsin, from the Brendan Dassey (Making a Murderer teen) appeal to the partisan gerrymandering case SCOTUS heard oral argument on today, to the guy running against Paul Ryan, with some other SCOTUS ephemera.

24: Three funny guys watch and rip apart The Horse Whisperer.

26: A week in review from a few weeks ago, covering the confederate statue protests to internecine fighting on the left to deregulation.

Another week in review episode is set to drop soon.

I don't think my politics will come as a surprise. How nasal my voice is certainly may.

ugarte
I don't think my politics will come as a surprise. How nasal my voice is certainly may.

I saw this morning that you've been nominated for a Webby for your pronunciation of "certiorari" alone.

This new episode took longer than expected to edit due to hurricanes and such but it's live now.

New episode. If you want a frantic rundown of the Manafort/Papadopolous stuff, that's the first 7 minutes.

We're back with @Ugarles, indictments and bad predictions, the weird Cosby DA suit, Larry Lessig's fantasies & more![t.co]

— Week in Atrocity (@WeekInAtrocity) October 31, 2017

a little insulted that even the spambots ignore this thread but all the same...

we cover the court's voiding of Trump's military trans ban, asset forfeiture, jared fogle's weird not-quite-a-sovcit filing and the Lionel Hutz representing Roy Moore

hey america i'm back to law talk with @mobute again [t.co]

— Sigh Hersh (@Ugarles) November 17, 2017

I've started a new law podcast with some friends, called Mic Dicta. It's available on iTunes and you can also get it here on Soundcloud. It's pretty good even as we work the kinks out. [soundcloud.com] We've got 4 episodes up.

I also did another epsiode of This Week in Atrocity, where I talk about Roy Moore, the Zarate trial, the attempted military trans ban, and other things. Really good stuff in here too, though I should have posted sooner. [soundcloud.com]

Episode 5 of Mic Dicta: we cover recent death penalty cases (Hidalgo and Tharpe) and the partisan gerrymandering cases, as well as Milo's suit against Simon & Schuster over his canceled book deal. [soundcloud.com]

So we're up to episode 9 on Mic Dicta, and it remains good and it's getting recognized more and more [soundcloud.com]

Also, I went back to week in atrocity [soundcloud.com]

both are available on itunes and i can get the rss on request.

We're up to Episode 14 on Mic Dicta, and it's actually doing very well.

I also did a guest spot on a podcast where we give a far-too-close reading to a Hallmark Channel movie mystery.

And finally, Deadspin asked me to write about yesterday's New Jersey sports betting decision by SCOTUS.

ugarte
We're up to Episode 14 on Mic Dicta, and it's actually doing very well.

I also did a guest spot on a podcast where we give a far-too-close reading to a Hallmark Channel movie mystery.

And finally, Deadspin asked me to write about yesterday's New Jersey sports betting decision by SCOTUS.

The Deadspin article is terrific.

thanks scoop

ugarte
thanks scoop

You're welcome. As a fellow attorney I appreciated how clearly you were able to break down the key holdings in the decision in easy to understand (and quite humorous) terms.

scoop85

ugarte
thanks scoop

You're welcome. As a fellow attorney I appreciated how clearly you were able to break down the key holdings in the decision in easy to understand (and quite humorous) terms.

Agreed. For those who haven't yet read it, I highly recommend it for both the clarity and the snark.

One more freelance writing thing, this time for Vice, on the fight over Michael Avenatti's pro hac vice motion to appear in the Michael Cohen search warrant litigation.

Some updates. I did another freelance piece for Vice, this time on the legacy of Justice Kennedy.

and we got a really good review from The Crossfader, which I assume is bigger than Life Magazine in the 50's.

Episode 17 coming soon.

ugarte
Some updates. I did another freelance piece for Vice, this time on the legacy of Justice Kennedy.

and we got a really good review from The Crossfader, which I assume is bigger than Life Magazine in the 50's.

Episode 17 coming soon.

Bigger than Time and Newsweek (combined) circa 2018.

ugarte
Some updates. I did another freelance piece for Vice, this time on the legacy of Justice Kennedy.

and we got a really good review from The Crossfader, which I assume is bigger than Life Magazine in the 50's.

Episode 17 coming soon.

Update: Episode 17 here. SCOTUS end of term recap and a lot of making fun of Jordan Peterson's terrible lawsuit against Wilfrid Laurier.

Well, the podcast is dead but at least I'm being asked to write sometimes. Slate asked me to turn some tweets about the McDonald's trademark cancellation into a story, so I did.

ugarte
Well, the podcast is dead but at least I'm being asked to write sometimes. Slate asked me to turn some tweets about the McDonald's trademark cancellation into a story, so I did.

And people may wonder why lawyers have such high incidences of drug and alcohol abuse, as well as suicide.

scoop85

ugarte
Well, the podcast is dead but at least I'm being asked to write sometimes. Slate asked me to turn some tweets about the McDonald's trademark cancellation into a story, so I did.

And people may wonder why lawyers have such high incidences of drug and alcohol abuse, as well as suicide.

I don't think anyone wonders. They mostly don't even object.

ugarte
Well, the podcast is dead but at least I'm being asked to write sometimes. Slate asked me to turn some tweets about the McDonald's trademark cancellation into a story, so I did.

Can Charlie the Tuna be far behind?

got asked to write about avenatti [theconcourse.deadspin.com]

(fixed link. thanks beeeej.)

ugarte
got asked to write about avenatti [theconcourse.deadspin.com]

(fixed link. thanks beeeej.)

also talked about it on a podcast, but first you have to listen to me get angry about Gorsuch and the death penalty [soundcloud.com]

New show, especially but not exclusively for lawyers. [www.caveat.nyc]

It will be good.

ugarte
New show, especially but not exclusively for lawyers. [www.caveat.nyc]

It will be good.

Will there be jokes?

RichH

ugarte
New show, especially but not exclusively for lawyers. [www.caveat.nyc]

It will be good.

Will there be jokes?

i mean, yeah.

ugarte

RichH

ugarte
New show, especially but not exclusively for lawyers. [www.caveat.nyc]

It will be good.

Will there be jokes?

i mean, yeah.

Will there be lawyer jokes?

marty

ugarte

RichH

ugarte
New show, especially but not exclusively for lawyers. [www.caveat.nyc]

It will be good.

Will there be jokes?

i mean, yeah.

Will there be lawyer jokes?

not in the sense that you mean them

RichH

ugarte
New show, especially but not exclusively for lawyers. [www.caveat.nyc]
It will be good.

Will there be jokes?

Intentionally?

ugarte
New show, especially but not exclusively for lawyers. [www.caveat.nyc]

It will be good.

A second show is on Saturday. It will also be good, and it is about sports law. Specifically, what happens if Olympic-hopeful wrestlers actually sue to get their match results overturned. It has happened surprisingly often. [www.caveat.nyc]

You can read more about what I'm going for here: [news.bloomberglaw.com]

ugarte

ugarte
New show, especially but not exclusively for lawyers. [www.caveat.nyc]

It will be good.

A second show is on Saturday. It will also be good, and it is about sports law. Specifically, what happens if Olympic-hopeful wrestlers actually sue to get their match results overturned. It has happened surprisingly often. [www.caveat.nyc]

You can read more about what I'm going for here: [news.bloomberglaw.com]

Great news. Cornell can look forward to suing over the results of the 2003 semi vs UNH.

ugarte

ugarte
New show, especially but not exclusively for lawyers. [www.caveat.nyc]

It will be good.

A second show is on Saturday. It will also be good, and it is about sports law. Specifically, what happens if Olympic-hopeful wrestlers actually sue to get their match results overturned. It has happened surprisingly often. [www.caveat.nyc]

You can read more about what I'm going for here: [news.bloomberglaw.com]

Good thing nothing else is happening in New York City that day.

more writing [theoutline.com]

I finally started a new law podcast, Hostile Witness. The first episode is about Hernandez v Mesa (a Supreme Court case you may have heard about where the court held 5-4 that the family of a Mexican teenager that a border patrol officer shot and killed had no cause of action because the kid was on the other side of the Mexican border) and the rash of dumb defamation suits being filed by famous people. Subscribe and share!

ugarte
I finally started a new law podcast, Hostile Witness. The first episode is about Hernandez v Mesa (a Supreme Court case you may have heard about where the court held 5-4 that the family of a Mexican teenager that a border patrol officer shot and killed had no cause of action because the kid was on the other side of the Mexican border) and the rash of dumb defamation suits being filed by famous people. Subscribe and share!

Episode 2, on the 5th Circuit and it's antagonism of gay and trans litigants. [soundcloud.com]

Been a while since I've posted so here is some stuff I've done:

Hostile Witness has three more episodes. The last of them I'm particularly proud of; I interview Professor Jessica Clarke of Vanderbilt Law and Ezra Young '09, who is now a visiting professor at Cornell Law about Bostock v Clayton County (applying Title VII to trans and gay litigants).

I am now also a member of ALAB Series, another law podcast. On the last episode we talk about the Michigan sanctions decision from the Kraken election litigation. Another one will come out soon, covering the collapse of Ozy Media.

I was a guest on Fangraphs' Chin Music podcast with Ken Goldstein to talk about baseball's antitrust exemption.

On the Batting Around podcast I talked about baseball but not antitrust.

On the No Cartridge/Patch Notes podcast I talk about antitrust but not baseball (Epic v. Apple).

Finally, I was on Probably Science with comedians Andy Wood '99, Matt Kirshen and Jesse Case to talk about weird science news.

After being on hiatus for almost two years, I put out another episode of Hostile Witness. Episode 6 covers the 5th Circuit decision that held that SEC enforcement hearings violated the right to a jury trial, a statutory interpretation case that is very bad for immigrants seeking citizenship and a campaign finance case that legalized bribery (even more).

I also appear most Thursdays at 1-ish on Anthony Atamanuik's Twitch stream to talk about legal issues. You may know Tony from The President Show on Comedy Central, where he did the quality Trump impression that Alec Baldwin could not. (JAJ on SNL is also great.)

And ALAB should be back soon.

I think this podcast, where I write a song with the host in 30 minutes, is some of my finest work. Really funny from process to product. Fast Track with Howell Dawdy

🏁 𝙄𝙩'𝙨 𝙁𝙖𝙨𝙩 𝙏𝙧𝙖𝙘𝙠 𝙁𝙧𝙞𝙙𝙖𝙮 🏁 and I've got attorney/podcaster/writer Charles Star (@Ugarles) on the track today to write a powerful warts-and-all love ballad that is mostly just warts. Enjoy.[t.co] pic.twitter.com/7aGCiKdW3j

— Howell Dawdy (@HowellDawdy) August 12, 2022

I was also on Batting Around to talk about the Pirates last month:

we had a nice conversation about the Pirates and baseball eugenics programs with @Ugarles[t.co] pic.twitter.com/MqtmVYICiW

— Batting Around Podcast (@BattinAround) July 13, 2022

Lot going on!

A two-part Hostile Witness podcast about the Mar-a-Lago search and the Special Master litigation: Part 1 Part 2

A new episode of ALAB Series regarding Florida's felon disenfranchisement law.

thanks etc.

Another ALAB, the first in a series we're going to do about Alex Jones and the Sandy Hook litigation. This episode is about his formative years, early career and other litigation trouble. [soundcloud.com]

Couple of things.

First, ALAB Series was named to a best of '22 list by Slate, as was the Hallmark movie podcast I appear on from time to time.

Second, I was on an episode of Soundtracker to talk about B*A*P*S.

Third, I've collected all of my various guest spots and podcast projects and writing under one link.

Happy holidays in advance, everyone.

The one link to rule them all is still good, but for specifics,

Hostile Witness is now the home to the City Saint & Country Saint football podcast, where my friend and I have guests to talk about New Orleans Saints football. Look for Hostile Witness wherever you get your podcasts.

I was also a guest on Soundtracker, talking about The Nice Guys. There are a lot of other appearances there too - Batting Around (baseball), Street Fight (work and how it sucks), Fast Track (wrote a love song)... good stuff.