What is more perfect about?
More Perfect bypasses the wonkiness and tells stories behind some of the court's biggest rulings. This season, More Perfect is taking its camera lens off the Supreme Court and zooming in on the words of the people: the 27 amendments that We The People have made to our Constitution.
What is a good podcast to listen to in New York City?
WNYC Studios is a listener-supported producer of other great podcasts including Radiolab, Death, Sex & Money, On the Media, Nancy and Here’s the Thing with Alec Baldwin. Radiolab’s More Perfect is a series about the Supreme Court.
What is the Supreme Court podcast?
The podcast is a spinoff of Radiolab that delves into the history of decisions made by the Supreme Court. Elie Mystal is the legal editor for the podcast. The Atlantic included the podcast on their list of "The 50 Best Podcasts of 2016".
Is more perfect podcast over?
More Perfect is a podcast about American history and politics provided by WNYC Studios and hosted by Jad Abumrad....More Perfect (podcast)More PerfectNo. of episodes31PublicationOriginal releaseJune 2, 2016 – December 4, 2018ProviderWNYC Studios11 more rows
Who hosts more perfect?
creator Jad AbumradConceived by Radiolab host and creator Jad Abumrad, More Perfect will tell the stories behind some of the court's most significant rulings.
Who is Shima Oliaee?
Shima Oliaee is a first generation American, born and raised in Nevada. She is the co-creator of the nine-part series Dolly Parton's America, which received several national awards including a George Foster Peabody Award, an Edward R Murrow Award, and a New York Festival of the Arts Award.
Why did Robert leave Radiolab?
“I needed that perspective,” he told Fresh Air in 2020. “I realized not only can the team work really, really well without me, but that I needed to walk out of the room more so that they can take it in new directions.” His departure, then, marks the endpoint of that realization.
What is Radiolab's more perfect?
Radiolab’s More Perfect is a series about the Supreme Court. More Perfect explores how cases inside the rarefied world of the Supreme Court affect our lives far away from the bench. WNYC Studios is a listener-supported producer of other great podcasts including Radiolab, Death, Sex & Money, On the Media, Nancy and Here’s the Thing with Alec Baldwin. © WNYC Studios
What episode of More Perfect is Dred Scott v. Sandford?
American Pendulum II. In this episode of More Perfect, two families grapple with one terrible Supreme Court decision. Dred Scott v. Sandford is one of the most infamous cases in Supreme Court history: in 1857, a slave named Dred Scott filed a suit for his freedom and lost.
Object Anyway
On this episode of More Perfect, the Supreme Court ruling that was supposed to prevent race-based jury selection, but may have only made the problem worse.
The Imperfect Plaintiffs
On this episode of More Perfect, we'll talk about the figurative side door to the Supreme Court that has allowed individuals to influence policy for the many.
Cruel and Unusual
On this episode of More Perfect, we explore three little words embedded in the 8th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution: “cruel and unusual.”
The Political Thicket
On this episode of More Perfect, the case that pushed one Supreme Court justice to a nervous breakdown, brought a boiling feud to a head, and changed the course of the court forever.
Kittens Kick The Giggly Blue Robot All Summer
How did the Supreme Court get so supreme? On this episode of More Perfect, we go all the way back to a case that, in a lot of ways, started it all.
The Call Me Mr. Poo (Ep. 332)
Kevin, Greg and Ward welcome back podcasterJoe Siart to the roundtable as they discuss Joe Rogan and Glenn Beck taking on the medical experts and how Winnie the Poo ended up back in the public domain...sort of.
Remembering Bob and Sidney (Ep. 331)
This week the gang is joined by podcaster Joe Siart as they remember entertainers Bob Saget and Sidney Poitier, discuss the news of the week, and offer their reviews of "Don't Look Up" and "Being The Ricardos."
Scale Back Better (Ep. 330)
The gang returns for a pre-Christmas roundtable that brings listeners up to date on some personal matters and then looks at the Covid-19 resurgance, Joe Manchin's knife in the back to Biden's Build Back Better agenda, and a …
Our Verdict on the Verdict (Ep. 329)
This week, Kevin, Greg and Ward discuss the Kyle Rittenhouse verdict, the passage of the Build Back Better bill in Congress, Kevin McCarthy's political ambitions, and the growing pandemic of surveys wherever you turn.
Cold Gun (Ep. 328)
Humor author Andy Wasif joins the panel to discuss his books about the Boston Red Sox, The Alec Baldwin "Rust" set shooting, threatened police walkouts in response to Covid vaccine mandates, the new rightwing "Let's Go Brand…
Unsocial Media (Ep. 327)
This episode continues the conversation about Facebook and the pitfalls of social media. Linda Norrie guests.
Facebook Faceoff (Ep. 326)
This episode looks at the fallout from the whistleblower testimony about Facebook and Instagram, and the challenges of raising strong young women in a male-dominated society.