Boom! Lawyered

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Legal fury, reproductive justice, court by court.

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Boom! Lawyered turns court fights into fast, furious legal analysis for people who want the stakes made plain. Its recent episodes move from birthright citizenship and Trump-era courts to abortion pills, trans students, Supreme Court drama, and reproductive freedom messaging.

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About Boom! Lawyered

Boom! Lawyered is a legal politics show built around the fights that decide who gets rights, protection, and public attention. Its home turf is reproductive justice law. From there, it follows the wider architecture around that fight: courts, executive power, constitutional doctrine, schools, policing, and media narratives. The show is direct. It does not treat the federal judiciary as neutral scenery or legal procedure as harmless paperwork. Recent episodes have examined birthright citizenship, mass deportation rhetoric, Trump’s effect on the federal courts, Supreme Court drama, medication abortion, abortion criminalization, parental-rights litigation, and legal attacks involving trans students. The analysis moves quickly but keeps the legal machinery visible. Terms like substantive due process, per curiam orders, court stays, judicial independence, and constitutional privacy rights are handled in the flow of conversation rather than sealed off in jargon. The mood is often exasperated. That is part of the point. Boom! Lawyered assumes law affects bodies, families, schools, citizenship, and safety, so its coverage treats legal outcomes as human consequences rather than abstract scorekeeping. Listener AMA episodes add a looser format, especially around reproductive freedom messaging and election strategy. Summer Session episodes bring guests into broader law-and-politics conversations. The related Bitch Listen material expands the same attention to power, harm, disability, disappearance, media attention, and whose stories are granted empathy. The show’s register is sharp, funny, and openly political, with clean legal explanations wrapped in impatience at institutional hypocrisy. It is best for listeners who already care about rights and courts but want help following the actual levers of power. It is also useful for anyone trying to understand how Supreme Court orders, lower-court litigation, state enforcement, and presidential actions connect. Boom! Lawyered does not pretend the law is happening somewhere else. It makes the fight feel close, specific, and ongoing.

Made for: For listeners who follow reproductive rights, court politics, and legal fights and want legal analysis that is both accessible and openly engaged. It especially suits people who prefer sharp conversation over detached institutional commentary.

What sets it apart: Boom! Lawyered pairs detailed court coverage with a voice that treats legal doctrine as lived politics. It stands out by connecting reproductive justice to federal courts, birthright citizenship, trans discrimination, abortion criminalization, and authoritarian power without losing the thread of what the law actually says.

In their own words

Every week, Jessica Mason Pieklo and Imani Gandy take you on a wild ride through the latest legal battles in the fight for reproductive justice. On everything from abortion rights to trans discrimination to racial justice, Boom! Lawyered will help you get smart, stay mad, have fun, and fight back.Produced by Rewire News Group.

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Boom! Lawyered turns Supreme Court thickets into the argument you wish your group chat could sustain.

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  • plain-English legal explanations before the outrage resumes
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Episodes

  1. 1

    What’s Going On In the Fight Over Abortion Pills

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  2. 2

    We Did the Reading. Fascism Came Anyway.

    ·21m
  3. 3

    Will Donald Trump Put Ted Cruz on the Supreme Court?

    ·38m
  4. 4

    The New Parental Rights Legal Grift

    Hidden gem

    Mirabelli v. Bonta turns parental rights into a weapon against trans kids and teachers.

    ·44m·2 clips
  5. 5

    The Justice Department Tries to Prosecute Black Journalists

    ·39m
  6. 6

    In Mercy's Shadow: The Mercy Narrative in True Crime

    ·47m
  7. 7

    Why Conservatives Want to Ban Trans Girls from Sports

    ·47m
  8. 8

    My Holidays Look a Little Different This Year (Thanks, Portia)

    ·34m
  9. 9

    We're In The Deconstruction Era - Re-release

    ·29m
  10. 10

    Texas Bounty Abortion Pill Bounty Hunter Law Goes Into Effect

    ·32m
  11. 11

    Judy Reyes on ICE Raids, Humanity, and the Power of Storytelling

    ·45m
  12. 12

    From Marriage Equality to SCOTUS Reform: Imani and Jess Answer Your Questions

    ·46m
  13. 13

    Fighting Back During Trump’s Most Chaotic Era

    ·20m
  14. 14

    A Colorado School Tests the Separation of Church and State

    ·29m
  15. 15

    The Constitution: A Scam by Rich White Men, for Rich White Men

    ·52m
  16. 16

    Why Planned Parenthood is getting in on the California redistricting effort

    ·41m
  17. 17

    Conversion Therapy Bans Head to SCOTUS

    ·32m
  18. 18

    The Supreme Court Gears Up for Another Unprecedented Term

    ·38m
  19. 19

    It’s Never Too Late To Be Gay, Featuring Franchesca Ramsey

    ·49m
  20. 20

    Introducing Our New Show: “B*tch, Listen!” with Imani Gandy

    ·2m
  21. 21

    We’re in the Deconstruction Era

    ·28m
  22. 22

    Why Conservatives Really Want to Defund Planned Parenthood

    ·25m
  23. 23

    The Unhinged Theory Behind Ending Birthright Citizenship and Creating Fetal ‘Personhood’

    ·30m
  24. 24

    SCOTUS Blurs the Line Between Church and State

    ·36m
  25. 25

    SCOTUS Season Ended. WTF Was That?

    ·33m
  26. 26

    Supreme Court to Trans Kids: Sorry Not Sorry, But You're SOL

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  27. 27

    Unpacking SCOTUS' 'Reverse Discrimination' Decision

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  28. 28

    Asked and Answered: The Sequel

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  29. 29

    ‘Pride Puppy’ Author Talks LGBTQ+ Book Ban and SCOTUS Case

    ·19m
  30. 30

    Who Is the Lady Trying to Upend Disability Law?

    ·30m
  31. 31

    The First Amendment Is Being Rewritten in Real Time

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  32. 32

    What's Happening to Kilmar Abrego Garcia Could Happen to Any of Us

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  33. 33

    Boom! Buzzkilled Live from D.C.

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  34. 34

    Trump’s Attacks on Law Firms, Lawyers, and the Law

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  35. 35

    David S. Cohen and Carole Joffe on Abortion ‘After Dobbs’

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  36. 36

    Republicans Walk Back Their Attacks on Disabled People… Sort Of

    ·24m
  37. 37

    Answering Your Burning Questions

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  38. 38

    ‘Wellness Farms’ Could Soon Be Coming to a Town Near You

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  39. 39

    The Trump Administration Is Coming for Your Access to Contraception, Abortion, and… Dildos?

    ·22m
  40. 40

    The Fifth Circuit Doesn't Mind If Teens Have Guns

    ·23m
  41. 41

    Getting Through Trump’s First Week—Mostly

    ·26m
  42. 42

    Will the Supreme Court Help Ban Porn?

    ·23m
  43. 43

    Can Trump Really End Birthright Citizenship?

    ·26m
  44. 44

    Gender-Affirming Care Gets Its Day at SCOTUS

    ·32m
  45. 45

    What’s Next in Skrmetti?

    ·26m
  46. 46

    Not This Again

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  47. 47

    Andrea Grimes Is So Back

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  48. 48

    Republican Attorneys General Are Wielding Junk Science to Demand Teens Stay Pregnant

    ·22m
  49. 49

    Meet Amy Coney Barrett's Case Against Emergency Abortion Care

    ·29m
  50. 50

    Project 2025 Is Worse Than You Think

    ·26m
  51. 51

    Mifepristone (Kind Of, Maybe) Wins at SCOTUS

    ·23m
  52. 52

    Goat-Herding Nuns Are Making Their Case to SCOTUS

    ·23m
  53. 53

    Did 'Dobbs' Break John Roberts?

    ·43m
  54. 54

    Putting Originalism Through the Wood Chipper With Madiba Dennie

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  55. 55

    How to Have More Fun in Repro Politics With Special Guest Lizz Winstead

    ·28m
  56. 56

    Just Decide the EMTALA Case Already, You Cowards

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  57. 57

    What Actually Happened With the Mifepristone Ruling

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  58. 58

    Adoption, Abortion, and the Politics of Parenting

    ·52m
  59. 59

    Justice Alito's Flagrant Freaky Flag Misconduct

    ·23m
  60. 60

    What the Hell Is Abortion Trafficking Anyway?

    ·23m
  61. 61

    We Are in the Bad Place (Re-Release)

    ·21m
  62. 62

    Will SCOTUS Slam the Door Shut on Pregnant ER Patients?

    ·22m
  63. 63

    Will SCOTUS Force ER Doctors to Abandon Patients Who Need Abortions?

    ·21m
  64. 64

    Elie Mystal on Why You Don't Need to Like SCOTUS Anymore

    ·46m
  65. 65

    How Some DeSantis Goons Decimated Abortion Access in the Southeast

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  66. 66

    Mifepristone’s Not-So-Bad Day at the Court

    ·22m
  67. 67

    Two Key Issues to Watch in the High-Stakes Abortion Pill Case

    ·22m
  68. 68

    The Fifth Circuit Just Took Us One Step Closer to Ending Birth Control Access

    ·26m
  69. 69

    Valentine's Week Message From Jess and Imani

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  70. 70

    Hello Mife, My Old Friend. Junk Science Is Attacking You Again.

    ·29m
  71. 71

    What the Hell Exactly Happened for Abortion in Pennsylvania?

    ·22m
  72. 72

    Why Is the Biden Administration Throwing Doctors Under the Bus?

    ·28m
  73. 73

    Discrimination Against Trans Kids and Their Parents Is Spreading

    ·28m
  74. 74

    Back in 'Lawyers for Fetuses' Territory

    ·34m
  75. 75

    Happy Holidays From Jess and Imani

    ·1m
  76. 76

    Making Sense of Texas' BS: It's Special Guest Andrea Grimes!

    ·40m
  77. 77

    The Major Trans Rights Case SCOTUS Could Hear Next Year

    ·26m
  78. 78

    Special Holiday Message From Imani and Jess!

    ·1m
  79. 79

    The Originalist Case for Arming Domestic Abusers

    ·21m
  80. 80

    This Case Could End Teens' Birth Control Access

    ·30m
  81. 81

    Mootness Might Save Civil Rights Testing

    ·31m
  82. 82

    Who Gets to Be a Person?

    ·22m
  83. 83

    Jess and Imani Will Return Next Week—Live!

    ·1m
  84. 84

    Our Big SCOTUS Preview

    ·50m
  85. 85

    Meet Ginni Thomas, the Tenth Justice

    ·32m
  86. 86

    The End of Affirmative Action

    ·35m
  87. 87

    Federal Judge Body Slams DeSantis' Attacks on Trans Kids

    ·26m
  88. 88

    Tribal Sovereignty Triumphs in Latest SCOTUS Decision

    ·29m
  89. 89

    Jess Valenti on the Fall of 'Roe' One Year Later: "All of This Is a Tragedy"

    ·27m
  90. 90

    Welcome to Sweaty SCOTUS Season

    ·33m
  91. 91

    The North Carolina Abortion Ban Is a Disaster

    ·38m
  92. 92

    The Supreme Court Is Corrupt

    ·37m
  93. 93

    Dateline’s Josh Mankiewicz Takes You Inside the True Crime Machine

    Hidden gem

    Mankiewicz argues that the criminal justice system is “a terrible therapist,” and that “closure” is a myth.

    ·48m·2 clips
  94. 94

    There’s More Drama at the Supreme Court

    Hidden gem

    Trump's tariffs were struck down 6-3, and the hosts say the real story is his public attack on the justices.

    ·40m·2 clips
  95. 95

    What's Up With the New Title IX Rule?

    Hosts interview legal expert Chris Geidner about the Biden administration's Title IX rule changes to protect LGBTQ students.

    ·35m
  96. 96

    Trump Hijacked the Courts: Here’s How to Fix It

    Hosts discuss the impact of Trump's federal judge appointments on reproductive rights and other legal issues.

    ·37m
  97. 97

    Can Trump Really End Birthright Citizenship

    This episode revisits a past discussion on birthright citizenship in light of renewed threats under a second Trump administration.

    ·26m
  98. 98

    You Asked, We Answered: AMA With Jess and Imani!

    Hosts discuss listener questions about reproductive justice and Kamala Harris's approach to abortion rights in the final episode of the summer session.

    ·28m
  99. 99

    John Roberts Stop Complaining Challenge

    Hidden gem

    John Roberts calls internet criticism a threat to judicial independence, then the hosts quote his four categories.

    ·28m·1 clip
  100. 100

    What’s With All the Fearmongering Over Abortion Pills? (Re-Release)

    Hidden gem

    Alabama’s attorney general says medication abortion could fall under the state’s chemical endangerment law.

    ·27m·1 clip