Show overview
Lawless launched in 2022 and has put out 33 episodes in the time since. That works out to roughly 15 hours of audio in total. Releases follow a monthly cadence.
Episodes typically run twenty to thirty-five minutes — most land between 23 min and 37 min — though episode length varies meaningfully from one episode to the next. None of the episodes are flagged explicit by the publisher.
The catalogue appears to be on hiatus or wound down — the most recent episode landed 3.3 years ago, with no new episodes in over a year. The busiest year was 2022, with 24 episodes published. Published by WORLD Radio.
From the publisher
By the spring of 2005, a severely disabled Florida woman named Terri Schiavo had lived in a dark, tiny hospice room for four years. On the morning of March 18, Terri was sitting up in a chair, unhooked to machines of any kind. Her aunt and sister were visiting. As Terri listened to them talk, she was smiling. She had no idea that the State of Florida was about to dehydrate her to death. Lawless is a true crime podcast that examines a frightening fact of American life: That not every crime is against the law. Season 2 completes WORLD's investigation of the 2005 story that riveted the world: the case of Terri Schiavo, a brain-injured woman whose husband and parents fought a bitter legal war over Terri’s right to die, or…. right to live.
Latest Episodes
View all 33 episodesEpisode 7 - Their own little gods
In the aftermath of Terri’s death, the Schindlers and Schiavos try to move on and find healing…even as Terri’s legacy continues to play out in the public square.Lawless is listener supported. Find out more at wng.org/donateThis episode was updated/remastered May 2025.
Episode 6 - In my time of dying
After Terri’s feeding tube is removed once again, the Schindlers’ allies scramble for any last-ditch rescue plans. Some are lawful. Others, less so. Police arrest nearly 50 people who try to bring Terri water. Meanwhile, protesters around the hospice mark the deadly advance of time: Starvation, Day 1…Starvation, Day 2…This episode was updated/remastered May 2025.
Episode 5.5: Per Curiam Affirmed
Raquel “Rocky” Rodriguez was Jeb Bush’s right-hand advisor during the Schiavo case. In this special episode, Rocky unpacks the governor’s backstage strategies and explains the unwritten decision that tied his hands once and for all.This episode was updated/remastered May 2025.
Episode 5 - Silver bullet
After Terri's feeding tube finally comes out, Republicans and Democrats come to together in Congress in a new bid to save her. And the fight over Terri's life divides Michael and Jodi—and spills over into Judge Greer's spiritual life.This episode was updated/remastered May 2025.
Episode 4 - Walk away
As international furor over the Schiavo case builds, the Pope issues a statement on the ethics of “life-sustaining treatments.” The Schindlers take it as a sign that the church hasn’t abandoned them. And their lawyers see it as new grounds to keep Terri alive. This episode was updated/remastered May 2025.
Episode 3 - No more rabbits
The Schindlers have run out of options in the courts. Now, they’re calling up everyone they can think of in every position of power in the state. Soon, governor Jeb Bush is involved. Then the Florida state legislature. Politicians start debating a bill tailor made to keep Terri alive…but critics say it makes a mockery of the Constitution.This episode was updated/remastered May 2025.
Episode 2 - Boneyard
Five doctors are lined up to testify in court, deciding once and for all: Is Terri aware…or is she in a vegetative state? But before Judge Greer can hand down his ruling, new evidence surfaces: A bone scan that seems to prove all the Schindlers’ worst fears about Michael.This episode was updated/remastered May 2025.
Episode 1 - Are you purple?
In April 2001, a call to a local radio show snatched Terri Schiavo back from the brink of death. Now, everybody wants to hear what that caller has to say. The Schindlers hope the new testimony could tip the case in their favor. Somewhere in the flurry of legal maneuvering, one man decides to slow down and talk to the person at the heart of the case: Terri herself.This episode was updated/remastered May 2025.
Lawless Season 2 Trailer
In Season 2 of Lawless, some of the world's most powerful people join the Schindlers in their fight to save their daughter, Terri: Congress, the President, the U.S. Supreme Court, and even the Vatican weigh in. What had been a private legal battle explodes into a national obsession that sharply divides America...but time is running out.
Episode 8: A Little Slice of Hell
Episode 8: A Little Slice of Hell
For a week, both sides present witnesses, evidence, and expert testimony in the trial over Terri’s feeding tube. Michael and the Schindlers are exhausted, but the fight isn’t over yet. Judge Greer’s ruling kicks off a new era of legal moves and countermoves, and sets the Schiavo case on a path to the highest levels of American government.This episode was updated/remastered April 2025.
Episode 7: The Trouble with Uncle Fred
In January of 2000, Michael and the Schindlers head to court. At the center of the fight: Terri’s wishes. Did she want to live or did she want to die? And before her 1990 brain injury, had she made those wishes known?This episode was updated/remastered April 2025.
Episode 7: The Trouble with Uncle Fred
Episode 6: Do You Want to Die?
Episode 6: Do You Want to Die?
After Palm Garden nursing home blocks Michael's attempt to end Terri's life, a judge declines to remove him as guardian. Michael seems to move on with his life and for the Schindlers, the legal battle seems to be over. Then they get a letter in the mail that changes everything: Michael is asking a judge to let him remove Terri's feeding tube, to dehydrate her to death. Eight years after her brain injury, Michael says Terri told him that's what she would have wanted.This episode was updated/remastered April 2025.
Update
Update
After dizzy spells and ambulance ride, Lawless producer and host Lynn Vincent was diagnosed as having suffered a tiny stroke. A week later, she was back in the hospital—but not before asking God for...well, the impossible.
Episode 5.5: Brain Trust
In the midst of reporting on the Schiavo case, Lynn gets up close and personal with the inside of an ambulance, and the team lays out some of the most pressing questions of the case so far.This episode was updated/remastered April 2025.
Episode 5.5: Brain Trust
Episode 5: Bad Blood
Just weeks ago, Michael Schiavo and the Schindlers stood arm in arm, united in their desire to care for Terri. But after the Valentine’s Day fight, their relationship is in pieces. And Terri’s meticulous care—the manicures, the walks, the therapy—it all vanishes.This episode was updated/remastered April 2025.