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Hard to take a law podcast seriously when it openly broadcasts a political agenda. The image with Trump with a partisan caption, all the partisan logo T's in the merch shop ("abortion is healthcare", "leave trans kids alone you absolute freaks", etc.). The one linked here and SCOTUSBlog seem much better.

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Having a viewpoint isn't a sin. The SCOTUS justices are allowed to rule on cases from a political viewpoint - even if it's euphemistically called a judicial philosophy - so why hold podcasters to a higher standard? At least they're upfront about it and you know what you're in for. That's what people say they like about the president elect.

Just sounds pro-democracy and pro-ethics, of that's an "agenda" then it's a good one. What you've described increases my desire to watch it, not decrease.

Openly calling people "freaks" is not exactly indicative that you can expect that person to be impartial and accurate in their reporting of the facts. Moreover, calling abortion "healthcare" is disingenuous at best. Everyone knows damn well why people oppose abortion, and trying to euphemistically refer to it as healthcare is willfully ignoring the dispute.

I don't know how you can read a story like this one and not conclude that abortion is healthcare. https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2023/04/25/1171851...

I like knowing someone's bias. It makes it easier to understand their viewpoint whether I agree with it or not. It's the people that claim to be unbiased that worry me the most. While not always true, I suspect them of lying or lacking self-awareness.

I highly recommend Advisory Opinions (https://thedispatch.com/podcast/advisoryopinions/) for legal podcasts.

The two hosts are center-right, but I think their takes are largely pretty fair. Note: Sarah Isgur worked in the Trump Justice Department but is hardly a fan of Trump… again, I find her pretty fair minded).

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