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Opening Arguments

Opening Arguments

Opening Arguments Media LLC

1,302 episodesEN

Show overview

Opening Arguments has been publishing since 2016, and across the 10 years since has built a catalogue of 1,302 episodes, alongside 65 trailers or bonus episodes. That works out to over 1400 hours of audio in total. Releases follow a several-times-a-week cadence.

Episodes typically run an hour to ninety minutes — most land between 56 min and 1h 13m — and the run-time is fairly consistent across the catalogue. It is catalogued as a EN-language News show.

The show is actively publishing — the most recent episode landed yesterday, with 124 episodes already out so far this year. The busiest year was 2023, with 182 episodes published. Published by Opening Arguments Media LLC.

Episodes
1,302
Running
2016–2026 · 10y
Median length
1h 5m
Cadence
Several per week

From the publisher

Opening Arguments is a law show that helps you make sense of the news! Comedian Thomas Smith brings on legal analysts to help you understand not only current events, but also deeper legal concepts and areas! The typical schedule will be M-W-F with Monday being a deep-dive, Wednesday being Thomas Takes the Bar Exam and patron shoutouts, and Friday being a rapid response to legal issues in the news!

The More We Learn About the Ilhan Omar Raid, the Worse It Looks

Oct 23, 202646 min

Tommy Teepell Gets Publicly Owned, and the Worst Cornell 7 Take Yet

Oct 21, 20261h 15m

Can You Sue a Drug Company When You Don't Know Which One Made the Pill?

Oct 19, 202651 min

NY Defense Attorney Calls the Tompkins County DA's Cornell Decision "Truly Stunning"

Oct 16, 202657 min

What the Media Are Getting Wrong About the Ilhan Omar Raid

Oct 14, 20261h 2m

This Guy Beat Qualified Immunity Twice, in Two Different Circuits

Oct 12, 202657 min

Florida Judge Says Congress Can't Make Noncitizen Voting a Federal Crime

Oct 9, 202647 min

Samuel Alito's Victory Lap and Douglas Murray's Deportation Jetpack Fantasy

Oct 7, 20261h 5m

The 5th Circuit Denied a Cop Qualified Immunity, So We Might Be in the Afterlife

Oct 5, 202649 min

DOJ Wants Every Federal Judge in Minnesota Recused (Good Luck With That)

Oct 2, 202649 min

John Yoo Wrote the Torture Memos and Never Paid for It. At All.

Sep 30, 20261h 15m

The So-Called Insanity Defense Is Older (and Weirder) Than You Think

Sep 28, 202652 min

He Went to Prison for Bribing Susan Collins. She's... Totally Fine Somehow?

Sep 25, 20261h 2m

The Real Reason Coyote v. Acme Was Buried (It's So Much Worse Than a Tax Write-Off)

Sep 24, 20261h 4m

The USPS Ballot Scheme Was Even Worse Than You Thought

Sep 21, 202658 min

Kash Patel Screws the Pooch

Sep 18, 202651 min

Manosphere's Favorite Juror Had Active Restraining Order During Clancy Trial

Sep 16, 20261h 1m

A Blizzard of Lies - Dave Wedge on the Karen Read Trial

Sep 14, 202649 min

The 5th Circuit Says You Have No Right to Clean Water

Sep 11, 202646 min

Milo Yiannopoulos Lied About His Immigration Status (And We Can Prove It)

Sep 9, 20261h 21m