Serious Trouble

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Mistrial

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.serioustrouble.show This week: the Lindsay Clancy murder trial jury hung 11-1, ending in a mistrial. We

Sep 11
22 min

If You Can’t Trust Michael Cohen, Who Can You Trust?

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.serioustrouble.show Most federal prosecutors win almost all the time, in part because they are careful

Aug 27
27 min

The Happiest Place on Earth (a Courtroom)

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.serioustrouble.show Like some of the big law firms, Disney hoped to buy peace with the Trump administra

Aug 20
21 min

Because I Got Highly Likely to Lose an Anti-SLAPP Motion

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.serioustrouble.show The Tate brothers want bail pending their extradition proceedings to the United Kin

Aug 14
22 min

Who's to Judge Jeanine?

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.serioustrouble.show This week: Jeanine Pirro would like everyone to know this embarrassing turn in the

Aug 6
24 min

Comey's Got the Moves

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.serioustrouble.show This week: Did you miss James Comey? Well, he’s back: he’s filed a flurry of motion

Jul 30
20 min

Later, Tater

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.serioustrouble.show What a reversal of fortune for Andrew and Tristan Tate! One minute you’re the toast

Jul 24
17 min

Stretching the Limits of the Courts

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.serioustrouble.show This week: Judge Kathleen Williams’ eviscerates President Trump’s attorneys for the

Jul 17
32 min

Humphrey's Executioner

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.serioustrouble.show Humphrey’s Executor, which has been obviously dead for some time, is now officially

Jul 9
20 min

At Least the Fancy Lawyers Are Still Getting Rich

David Lat joins Josh Barro for a conversation about the state of the legal industry under Donald Trump — how Big Law and the legal industry are faring after those executi

Jun 26
46 min

America's Next Top Tort

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.serioustrouble.show The U.S. Attorney’s office in Chicago has dismissed another high-profile case — thi

Jun 19
28 min

A Vouch Too Far

This week: the grand jury transcripts from the Broadview Six case show an array of embarrassing misconduct by AUSAs from the office of the US Attorney for the Northern Di

Jun 12
39 min

This Shrek Film Was Not In Theaters

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.serioustrouble.show This week’s Serious Trouble comes to you live from a perch overlooking the soon-to-

Jun 5
24 min

Court Officers Behaving Badly

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.serioustrouble.show The ‘Broadview Six’ case was one of the Trump administration’s prominent prosecutio

May 29
22 min

The No-Judgment Fund

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.serioustrouble.show Donald Trump has announced a new $1.776 billion “anti-weaponization fund” to be dol

May 22
30 min

'Advice of Counsel' Does Not Apply to Advice from Licensed Airboat Captains

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.serioustrouble.show The lurid JP Morgan sex case has gotten more interesting: apparently, the bank offe

May 15
17 min

Don't Use the Public Chatbot Lawyer

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.serioustrouble.show There's a lot of stupid litigation to cover this week, starting with the lawsuit so

May 7
23 min

I'm Still Mad He Put Martha Stewart In Prison

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.serioustrouble.show This week Ken and Josh discuss the James Comey indictment, this time, purportedly f

May 1
21 min

This Episode Contains No Administrative Procedure Act Coverage

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.serioustrouble.show This week Ken and Josh discuss several big defamation suits. The Atlantic has rep

Apr 24
21 min

Call the Swalwell Hotline

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.serioustrouble.show This week Ken and Josh discuss Eric Swallwell and how prosecutors in Manhattan and

Apr 18
19 min

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What listeners say

A curated, balanced selection of Apple Podcasts reviews.

In the 50+ years of my life, there has been little to no indication that I’ve ever had an interest in legal affairs, legal theory or in-the-weeds legal analysis. Yet somehow, of the 300+ podcasts I have subscribed to in the last 15 years, this is the one I rearrange my day around when a new episode drops. It’s a truth I have to come to terms with, that the way breaking news and current affairs appear through a legal lens is somehow more interesting to me, and that the dynamic between Josh and Ken is the perfect combination of funny and compelling. This is my favorite podcast. I have listened to every second of every episode just as I did “All the Presidents Lawyers” before it.

wayz · Dec 2025

This podcast is fantastic. Legal issues related to politics is a bit niche, but if you follow politics enough to listen to The Daily, you will enjoy this content and be able to easily follow it. The hosts do a great job of providing ample context for you to understand the legal commentary. It provides an interesting and balanced exploration of issues from all angles. For new listeners, there are some small inside jokes (RICO hotline, Senate Twink Award for Belatedly Good Judgement) that might through you off during a first listen, but you will catch on quick and love the reoccurrence of these jokes as you get acquainted. Please give it a listen. You won’t regret it.

Liasum · Dec 2024

There’s no one else like these guys - intellectual, witty, very much on top of legal developments, prescient - though only out once a week. I learn things here that the pundits miss or leave out.

MausNYC · May 2023

“Serious Trouble” is an irreverent half-hour of lawsplaining for lay people who follow the news. It covers an array of prominent civil and criminal cases, explaining what’s going on, if indeed the defendant is in serious trouble, and how media coverage gets things right and wrong.

Knute’s grandson · Mar 2023

I don’t need ten minutes of Josh Barrow begging for money. It’s weird. Lots of podcasts have figured out how to monetize. Some with ads. Some with subscriptions. None of them take this route of annoying and shaming listeners. Respect your audience. This tells me you don’t.

snowihte16 · May 2023

I enjoy the content and insight, but I can’t afford to subscribe to every podcast, and this one has really made mincemeat out of its free tier to the extent that it’s not really worth following. I don’t begrudge people needing to make a buck, but this is a Patreon feed in disguise at this point, and ATPL fans who can’t pay up are likely to be disappointed by the sporadic, cut down drops.

Improbability_42 · Aug 2022

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