S4 E14: A Bloody Revolution and an Odious Debt
University of Virginia law professor Mitu Gulati looks at the tragic history of Haiti’s 19th-century “odious debt” to France after islanders won their freedom from slavery, and discusses whether Haiti...
4 Aug 202229min
S4 E13: Fighting Racial Discrimination in Our Digital Lives
University of Pennsylvania law professor Anita L. Allen discusses her framework for stopping surveillance, fraud and exclusion targeting Black Americans online.
21 Juli 202231min
S4 E12: Predicting Violence
UVA Law professor John Monahan discusses how predicting violence became a concern for courtrooms and mental health practices nationwide, and developed alongside his own career.
7 Juli 202235min
S4 E11: Why Privacy Matters
Don’t care about information privacy because you have nothing to hide? Neil Richards, a law professor at the Washington University in St. Louis and a UVA Law alumnus, explains the extent to which comp...
23 Juni 202236min
S4 E10: The President’s Power To Hire and Fire
George Mason University law professor Jennifer Mascott discusses past and present legal challenges to the president’s power to appoint and remove executive officers.
9 Juni 202232min
S4 E8: The Psychology of Eyewitness Memory
Psychologist Elizabeth F. Loftus, a leading expert on memory, discusses how her research transformed the justice system.
12 Maj 202229min
S4 E7: The High Cost of Pretrial Detention
Would you rather spend a day in jail or be the victim of a burglary? UVA Law professor Megan Stevenson discusses why her research suggests almost no one should be detained pretrial.
28 Apr 202228min
S4 E6: Property Taxes and Racial Gentrification
Under some property tax schemes, white homebuyers moving into gentrifying neighborhoods might be getting a substantial tax break, explains UVA Law professor Andrew Hayashi.
14 Apr 202228min
