Animal Trials (and Punishments) w/ Katie Sykes

Do you find the idea of a pig on trial for murder or locusts punished for trespass ridiculous? If so (and I hope you do), than the history of medieval animal trials will likely intrigue, disturb, and downright baffle you. Fortunately, Katie Sykes helps us unpack one of the strangest phenomena in the long, lurid history of punishment.

Listen up here, or if you haven't iTunes here.

And purchase the classic treatise on this topic here. 

Sex and Punishment w/ Eric Berkowitz

Few acts have inspired more creative, repressive, and downright disturbing punishments than s-e-x. Author Eric Berkowitz joins us for a discussion on the long history of punishing sex, and how recent sex laws can be just as disturbing as those passed during the Middle Ages.

The episode can be found here, or if you haven't iTunes, here.

And check out Eric's book, Sex and Punishment: Four Thousand Years of Judging Desire, and visit the book's website. 

From Jailhouse Lawyer to Law Student w/ Shon Hopwood

Shon Hopwood spent over a decade in federal prison for a series of bank robberies. While incarcerated, Hopwood became the most successful jailhouse lawyer in recent American history, writing two successful petitions to the United States Supreme Court. Join us for part two of our interview, where we discuss Hopwood's experience as a jailhouse lawyer and his transition back into society.

Check it out here or here.

And make sure to check out Shon's book, Law Man. 

From Bank Robber to Jailhouse Lawyer w/ Shon Hopwood

Shon Hopwood spent over a decade in federal prison for a series of bank robberies. While incarcerated, Hopwood became the most successful jailhouse lawyer in recent American history, writing two successful petitions to the United States Supreme Court. Join us for part one of a very special two-part series, where we first discuss Hopwood's bank robberies and his time behind bars.

You can listen here, or if you haven't iTunes here.

And be sure to pick up Shon's book, Law Man: My Story of Robbing Banks, Winning Supreme Court Cases, and Finding Redemption.