
Insights from recent episode analysis
Audience Interest
Podcast Focus
Publishing Consistency
Platform Reach
Insights are generated by CastFox AI using publicly available data, episode content, and proprietary models.
Most discussed topics
Brands & references
Total monthly reach
Estimated from 30 chart positions in 30 markets.
By chart position
- 🇺🇸US · Government#17300K to 1M
- 🇦🇺AU · Government#7330K to 100K
- 🇨🇦CA · Government#7630K to 100K
- 🇬🇧GB · Government#1205K to 30K
- 🇩🇪DE · Government#1785K to 30K
- Per-Episode Audience
Est. listeners per new episode within ~30 days
300K to 1.0M🎙 ~2x weekly·122 episodes·Last published 4d ago - Monthly Reach
Unique listeners across all episodes (30 days)
599K to 2.0M🇺🇸50%🇦🇺5%🇨🇦5%+27 more - Active Followers
Loyal subscribers who consistently listen
240K to 802K
Market Insights
Platform Distribution
Reach across major podcast platforms, updated hourly
Total Followers
—
Total Plays
—
Total Reviews
—
* Data sourced directly from platform APIs and aggregated hourly across all major podcast directories.
On the show
From 11 epsHosts
Recent guests
No guests detected in recent episodes.
Recent episodes
Impregnable Citadel of Technicality
Jun 8, 2026
Unknown duration
Smooth Stone in the River
Jun 1, 2026
Unknown duration
Ninja Court Packing
May 19, 2026
Unknown duration
Majordoma
May 7, 2026
Unknown duration
Even Eve-ier
Apr 29, 2026
1h 00m 51s
Social Links & Contact
Official channels & resources
Official Website
Login
RSS Feed
Login
| Date | Episode | Topics | Guests | Brands | Places | Keywords | Sponsor | Length | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6/8/26 | ![]() Impregnable Citadel of Technicality | After puzzling over an interesting follow-up question about Pitchford v. Cain, we unpack a summary vacatur in Whitton v. Dixon. We then spend a while breaking down the latest developments in Allen v. Milligan line, in which we discuss the future of the Purcell principle and whether the Court should be unusually attentive to public appearances in election cases. We finish with Sripetch v. Jarkesy, where the Court rejects a requirement that the SEC prove victims suffered pecuniary loss before seeking disgorgement, with specific attention to the interesting Seventh Amendment question raised in Justice Thomas's concurrence.Key Topics[00:03:23] - Listener question on Pitchford v. Cain, AEDPA, and procedural default[00:08:12] - Whitten v. Dixon: summary vacatur in a capital case and harmless-error review[00:12:44] - Justice Thomas’s dissent and the critique of selective error correction[00:22:46] - Allen v. Milligan / Alabama redistricting and the stay of the lower court injunction[00:27:24] - The Court’s restatement of Milligan and discussion of “colorblind constitution” language[00:32:30] - Purcell, election timing, and whether the doctrine is really about federal court intervention[00:41:20] - Merits and legitimacy concerns in election-law cases[00:53:27] - SEC v. Sripetch and the disgorgement remedy[00:58:42] - Justice Thomas’s concurrence on disgorgement, equity, and the Seventh Amendment[01:03:36] - Broader implications for administrative law and jury-trial rights | — | ||||||
| 6/1/26 | ![]() Smooth Stone in the River | The Court has been busy, and we somehow manage to cover a number of developments with unpredictable efficiency. We talk about the Court's latest summary reversal on the "party presentation principle"; Justice Kavanaugh's vindication of his law journal student note in Pitchford v. Cain; Rutherford and Fernandez, two related cases about the intersection of compassionate release and habeas; and the DIG in Hamm v. Smith, a case about capital punishment and intellectual disability. Along the way, we also get into backlash against a certain SCOTUS advocate's TED talk and further Alabama redistricting fallout.Key Topics[00:02:25] - The infamous tweet and TED talk[00:14:56] - Alabama redistricting developments[00:19:07] - Margolin v. National Association of Immigration Judges and the Court’s renewed emphasis on the party presentation principle[00:29:02] - Pitchford v. Cain and Batson[00:35:56] - Justice Kavanaugh’s Yale Law Journal note on Batson procedure and how it connects to the case[00:40:40] - Fernandez v. United States and Rutherford v. United States: compassionate release, retroactivity, and innocence claims[01:03:34] - Hamm v. Smith, the post-argument DIG, and the future of the Atkins ruleRelevant LinksSCOTUSblog: https://www.scotusblog.com/Divided Argument website: https://www.dividedargument.com/Divided Argument blog: https://blog.dividedargument.com/Divided Argument store: https://store.dividedargument.com/Ethan Lowen's article on interstate extradition: https://wlr.law.wisc.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/1263/2026/04/4-Lowens-–-Camera-ready.pdf | — | ||||||
| 5/19/26 | ![]() Ninja Court Packing | Live from the American Law Institute with Pam Karlan, we untangle a chaotic stretch of the interim docket—the Alabama redistricting GVR, Virginia's denied stay, and the mifepristone cases—then turn to executive power and the Term's big looming decisions. | — | ||||||
| 5/7/26 | ![]() Majordoma | We dissect the Supreme Court’s Louisiana v. Callais decision and its sweeping narrowing of Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act, exploring how it could reshape redistricting, weaken majority‑minority districts, and intensify debates over race and partisanship in elections. We unpack the Court’s reasoning, its treatment of precedents like Allen v. Milligan, the updated Gingles framework, and the procedural moves after judgment, while weighing whether this is primarily a textual ruling, a constitutional avoidance maneuver, or a broader shift in how political power and racial representation are viewed in election law. The discussion also features Justice Kagan’s dissent, Justice Jackson’s separate view, and what the ruling might mean for future litigation and party outcomes. | — | ||||||
| 4/29/26 | ![]() Even Eve-ier✨ | SCOTUS memosshadow docket+3 | — | SCOTUS | — | SCOTUSshadow docket+5 | — | 1h 00m 51s | |
| 4/6/26 | ![]() Backup backup backup backup argument✨ | birthright citizenshipFirst Amendment+3 | — | — | — | Trump v. Barbarabirthright citizenship+5 | — | 1h 17m 53s | |
| 4/2/26 | ![]() Jezebel Shouting✨ | Supreme Court decisionsFirst Amendment+4 | — | City of BrandonWashU Law+1 | — | Supreme CourtOlivier v. City of Brandon+5 | — | 37m 47s | |
| 3/11/26 | ![]() A Subversive Mission✨ | Supreme Courtlegal analysis+3 | — | SCOTUSblogGalette v. NJ Transit Corporation | — | Supreme CourtSCOTUSblog+4 | — | 50m 46s | |
| 3/6/26 | ![]() Cruel and Unusual and Stupid✨ | shadow-docket rulingsgender transitions+3 | — | University of Chicago Federalist Society | CaliforniaNew York | shadow docketgender transitions+3 | — | 47m 55s | |
| 2/21/26 | ![]() Betty Boop or Shakespeare✨ | tariffsgovernment policy+3 | — | Betty BoopShakespeare | — | tariffsgovernment+3 | — | 1h 26m 23s | |
Want analysis for the episodes below?Free for Pro Submit a request, we'll have your selected episodes analyzed within an hour. Free, at no cost to you, for Pro users. | |||||||||
| 2/4/26 | ![]() Ayn Rand Graffiti✨ | Second Amendmentgun laws+4 | — | Northwestern Pritzker School of LawNorthwestern Federalist Society+2 | — | Second AmendmentWolford v. Lopez+5 | — | 57m 18s | |
| 1/22/26 | ![]() Bok Choy✨ | legal opinionscourt cases+4 | — | Coney Island Auto Parts Unlimited, Inc.United States+3 | — | Coney Island Auto PartsBerk v. Choy+6 | — | 47m 28s | |
| 1/16/26 | ![]() Lake Shrimp✨ | tariffselection law+3 | — | Illinois Board of ElectionsConstitutional Law Institute | — | tariffsBost v. Illinois Board of Elections+4 | — | 53m 36s | |
| 1/12/26 | ![]() The Marshal and the Margarine✨ | Trump v. Illinoisnational guard case+3 | — | National GuardTrump v. Illinois+1 | — | Trump v. Illinoisnational guard+3 | — | 1h 18m 33s | |
| 12/19/25 | ![]() Non-Cake Physical Object✨ | shadow docketSupreme Court+3 | — | SCOTUSblog | — | shadow docketSupreme Court+4 | — | 1h 17m 15s | |
| 11/20/25 | ![]() Counter-Counter-Counter-Designations | Will and Dan record a rare live show in an unusual venue: the Salamander Resort in Middleburg, Virginia, at the annual attorney retreat for trial boutique Wilkinson Stekloff. Dan teaches Will some of the new lingo he's learned from the firm's trial experts before a deep dive into civil procedure. First, we dig into the recently argued Coney Island Auto Parts Unlimited v. Burton, which presents a seemingly easy legal question and harder questions about SCOTUS advocacy and ethics. Then we look back at last Term's LabCorp v. Davis, which the Court DIG'd but which raises some fundamental questions about class action litigation that the Court is likely to revisit down the road. | — | ||||||
| 11/15/25 | ![]() Proximity Mines in the Facility | After a predictably unpredictable set of detours through Latin grammar, parenting philosophies, and 90s video games, we catch up on the latest shadow (interim?) docket activity and recap the oral argument in the tariffs cases. | — | ||||||
| 10/31/25 | ![]() Crazy Half-Drunk Unreliable Research Assistant | Divided Argument is in its sixth season! Our first episode of the term focuses, of course, on the latest developments on the shadow docket. These include several grants of interim relief to the Trump administration, as well as some dissents from the denial of certiorari. But first, an update on Dan's travel schedule and ChatGPT usage, and an important correction to our previous episode. | — | ||||||
| 10/3/25 | ![]() Proust or Plato | For the season finale, we're joined by Yale law professor Justin Driver to talk about his new book, "The Fall of Affirmative Action: Race, the Supreme Court, and the Future of Higher Education." We discuss the conservative cases for and against affirmative action, the post-SFFA world of university admissions, the promise and limits of colorblindness, and the effects of admissions policies on students' sense of belonging. | — | ||||||
| 9/11/25 | ![]() Byzantine Wall | We extend our record-breaking run with a discussion of the Court's two big recent emergency docket rulings: Noem v. Vasquez Perdomo and NIH v. American Public Health Association. | — | ||||||
| 8/29/25 | ![]() Bedrock Con Law 101 | We're joined by Michigan law professor Richard Primus to talk about his new book, "The Oldest Constitutional Question: Enumerated and Federal Power." Richard describes one of the the most widespread beliefs about constitutional law -- that the federal government is one of limited, enumerated powers -- and why he thinks it is actually wrong. Along the way, we discuss methods of constitutional interpretation, the relationship between the official story of the law and legal practice, and wrestle with the surprisingly hard question of how many congressional powers are listed in the Constitution. | — | ||||||
| 8/9/25 | ![]() Originalism Hulk | Continuing our long slog through the end-of-Term opinion dump, it's fraud day! We dig into Kousisis v. United States and Thompson v. United States, two interesting federal criminal law puzzles. | — | ||||||
| 7/28/25 | ![]() The Country of the Future | We finally circle back to the two big structural constitutional law cases from the last day of the term. First is Kennedy v. Braidwood Management, which upheld the appointment structure of the U.S. Preventative Services Task Force under the Affordable Care Act. Then is FCC v. Consumers' Research, which upheld the universal-service contribution scheme against a pair of non-delegation challenges. Our second-longest episode of the season. | — | ||||||
| 7/25/25 | ![]() The Thunder Docket | Acting with unpredictable alacrity and unpredictable brevity, we break down the Supreme Court's recent interim order in Trump v. Boyle, and discuss what it means for the unitary executive, and for the shadow docket. We also debate the best name for the Court's emergency/interim orders docket. | — | ||||||
| 7/19/25 | ![]() Snake-Charmer-Specific | Moving with shockingly unpredictable efficiency, we respond to feedback, debate which of us is more composting-friendly, catch up on the emergency docket, and chip away at our end-of-Term backlog by digging into Diamond Alternative Energy v. EPA. | — | ||||||
Showing 25 of 127
Sponsor Intelligence
Sign in to see which brands sponsor this podcast, their ad offers, and promo codes.
Similar Audience Demographics
Podcasts that attract a similar listener profile
Chart Positions
30 placements across 30 markets.
Chart Positions
30 placements across 30 markets.

























