Episodes

Dr. Bernadette Meyler, a Law professor at Stanford, joins Karen Conti to talk about this week’s Supreme Court decision to bar domestic violence perpetrators from possessing firearms and how this decision might affect the cons...

Christina Shutt, Director of the Lincoln Library and Museum, joins Karen Conti to explain the significance of the Emancipation Proclamation and Juneteenth. https://serve.castfire.com/audio/5229250/5229250_2024-06-23-211250.64...

Attorney Sarah Toney joins Karen Conti to talk about DUI law with summer starting this week and the recent arrest of Justin Timberlake for DWI. https://serve.castfire.com/audio/5230261/5230261_2024-06-23-224801.64kmono.mp3 Ju...

Attorney Spencer Sheehan joins Karen Conti to talk about the recent class action brought against Cold Stone Creamery alleging that their pistachio ice cream does not contain pistachios. https://serve.castfire.com/audio/513902...

Patrick Kenneally , McHenry State’s Attorney, joins Karen Conti to talk about this week’s sentencing and the unprecedented prosecution and conviction against a former DCFS investigator relating to the death of 5-year-old AJ F...

John Maher, funeral director and estate planning lawyer, joins Karen Conti to talk about a Nebraska woman who was found alive in the funeral home and the 80 families in Central Illinois who are suing a funeral home because t...

Dawn Boettger, Family Therapist, joins Karen Conti to talk about parental alienation in light of the child of Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt’s daughter filing to change her name to remove Pitt’s name. “Parental alienation” is ...

Dr. Stephen Halbrook, one of the country’s foremost 2 nd Amendment experts, joins Karen Conti to talk about the Hunter Biden gun trial. Is the law that is being used to prosecute him unconstitutional? https://serve.castfire....

Jeffrey Ment, an expert in travel law, joins Karen Conti to talk about legal issues when it comes to planning trips and changes that are coming.

Louis Rago, President of the Italian American Human Relations Foundation, joins Karen Conti to talk about the Christopher Columbus statues and the status of their removal. https://serve.castfire.com/audio/4978420/4978420_2024...

Nidhi Desai, reproductive rights attorney, joins Karen Conti to talk about in vitro fertilization and what rights women have. Later on, Nidhi talks about adoption and how that process works. https://serve.castfire.com/audio/...

Andie Kramer, lawyer, gender bias expert, and author of Beyond Bias: The PATH to End Gender Inequality at Work , joins Karen Conti to talk about mothers in the workplace in honor of today being Mother’s Day. https://serve.cas...

Judge Grace Dickler, former presiding judge of Domestic Relations Court in Cook County, joins Karen Conti to talk about how women are treated in family law court regarding children. https://serve.castfire.com/audio/4858407/48...

John Jay Wiley, a retired Baltimore Police officer, joins Karen Conti with next week being National Police Week. Jay talks about who should be a police officer and what it is like to be one. Jay is also the host of the popula...

Dave Zehner, from Zehner Trial Consulting , joins Karen Conti to talk about jury selection and how it relates to former President Donald Trump’s hush money trial. Dave also talks about how juries are different post-OJ Simps...

Carl Unegbu, lawyer and author of Comedy Goes to Court: When People Stop Laughing and Start Fighting, joins Karen Conti to discuss the legality of comedy, and if a joke can be ‘stolen.’

Tracy Ullman and Dr. Katherine Ramsland, authors of The Serial Killer’s Apprentice , join Karen Conti to discuss the case of murderer Dean Corll, how he went about creating an ‘apprentice,’ and the idea of a ‘temporary psycho...

Linda E. Davenport, Appellate Court Justice, joins Karen Conti to talk about her campaign, how the voting process works for judges, and why it is important to vote for judges. https://serve.castfire.com/audio/4503892/4503892_...

Dr. Gary Brucato and Dr. Stacey Nye join Karen Conti to talk about why people are obsessed with true crime and the psychology of serial killers. https://serve.castfire.com/audio/4503895/4503895_2024-03-10-213935.64kmono.mp3 R...

Les Bernal, National Director of Stop Predatory Gambling, joins Karen Conti in light of March Madness coming up and the increase in online betting. https://serve.castfire.com/audio/4503896/4503896_2024-03-10-212436.64kmono.mp...

Antonia Fasanelli, Executive Director of the National Homelessness Law Center, joins Karen to talk about the U.S. Supreme Court taking a case that will decide whether municipalities can criminalize homelessness. https://serve...

Andie Kramer, lawyer, gender bias expert, and author of Beyond Bias: The PATH to End Gender Inequality at Work , joins Karen to talk about how the Supreme Court’s strike down of affirmative action is affecting women in the w...

Nidhi Desai, Reproductive rights attorney, joins Karen Conti to talk about the Alabama Supreme Court decision ruling that IVF embryos are children.

Criminal Defense Attorney Damon Cheronis joins Karen Conti to talk about the cases that have made the news this last week.