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  • Episode 8 - What's Up With Rudy?
    2024/01/23

    SLANDERTOWN is a podcast that dives into First Amendment slugfests. No beef too small, no lawsuit too petty.

    EPISODE 7: Dan & Ari talk to Andrew Rice about the defamation downfall of Rudy Giuliani.


    Link to Article: https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2023/12/shaye-moss-ruby-freeman-beat-giuliani-in-defamation-trial.html


    Guest: Andrew Rice (@riceid), Contributing editor, New York Magazine & author of The Year That Broke America.

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    25 分
  • EPISODE 7 (Kathy Griffin)
    2023/07/13

    SLANDERTOWN is a podcast that dives into First Amendment slugfests. No beef too small, no lawsuit too petty.


    EPISODE 7: Dan, Ari, and Tanvi talk to comedy (and First Amendment) icon Kathy Griffin about her extensive experience with the legal system.


    Guests: Kathy Griffin and her esteemed counsel Michael Grygiel.


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    1 時間 20 分
  • EPISODE 6 (Fox News, Trump, and Pro Wrestling) - Guest Josie Riesman
    2023/04/07

    SLANDERTOWN is a podcast that dives into First Amendment slugfests. No beef too small, no lawsuit too petty.


    EPISODE 6: Dan and Tanvi discuss how recent developments in the Dominion v Fox News lawsuit reveal the fakery at the heart of Fox News. The closest analogue: pro wrestling! Joining the crew is Abraham Josephine Riesman, bestselling author of Ringmaster: Vince McMahon and the Unmaking of America, who explains the concept of "kayfabe" and how it applies to Donald Trump and Fox News.

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    19 分
  • EPISODE 5 (Wagatha Christie, Trump v CNN) - Guest Ashley Cullins
    2022/10/19

    SLANDERTOWN is a podcast that dives into First Amendment slugfests. No beef too small, no lawsuit too petty.

    EPISODE 5: Dan, Ari, and Tanvi discuss two stunt lawsuits: 

    1. The "Wagatha Christie" Trial that recently concluded in the UK (article: https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lifestyle/lifestyle-news/wagatha-christie-saga-uk-libel-1235226301/)

    2. Trump's lawsuit against CNN for calling him a Nazi (Complaint: https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.flsd.621239/gov.uscourts.flsd.621239.1.0.pdf) 

    Guest:

    Ashley Cullins (@AshleyCullins) of The Hollywood Reporter (https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/author/ashley-cullins/). 

    Hosts: Ari Cohn (@aricohn) & Dan Novack (@dannovack) & Tanvi Valsangikar (too cool to tweet)

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    32 分
  • EPISODE 4 (Fox News & The Big Lie, MAGA Hat Kid Lawsuits)
    2022/08/04

    SLANDERTOWN is a podcast that dives into First Amendment slugfests. No beef too small, no lawsuit too petty.

    EPISODE 4: Dan and Ari discuss two lawsuits against the news media that are trending in opposite directions: Dominion Voting Systems v Fox News and Nicholas Sandmann (aka the MAGA Hat Kid) vs everybody else. Tanvi is on vacation. 

    Guests

    Eriq Gardner (@eriqgardner) of Puck News drops by to discuss his article, "Inside Lachlan & Rupert’s Defamation Endgame" (https://puck.news/inside-lachlan-ruperts-defamation-endgame/) and the Sandmann case. 

    Michael Grygiel, co-chair of Greenberg Traurig LLP's National Media and Entertainment Litigation Group and attorney for USA Today, tells us why Nicholas Sandmann's lawsuits all failed. 


    Hosts: Ari Cohn (@aricohn) & Dan Novack (@dannovack)

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    50 分
  • EPISODE 3 (Johnny Depp vs Amber Heard)
    2022/06/05

    SLANDERTOWN is a podcast that dives into First Amendment slugfests. No beef too small, no lawsuit too petty.

    EPISODE 3: Dan and Tanvi unpack Johnny Depp's successful lawsuit against Amber Heard.

    Guest: Natalie Shure (@nataliesurely) drops by to discuss her article for the New Republic, "Stop Trying to Extract Larger Lessons From the Amber Heard–Johnny Depp Trial" (https://newrepublic.com/article/166501/amber-heard-johnny-depp-trial)

    Hosts: Dan Novack (@dannovack) & Tanvi Valsangikar (too cool for twitter)

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    34 分
  • EPISODE 2 (Dominion/Smartmatic vs Mike Lindell + Mike Lindell vs Daily Mail)
    2022/03/30

    SLANDERTOWN is a podcast that dives into First Amendment slugfests. No beef too small, no lawsuit too petty.

    EPISODE 2: Dan, Ari, and Tanvi discuss My Pillow founder and CEO Mike Lindell's unique distinction as a defamation defendant and plaintiff. 

    Hosts: Dan Novack (@dannovack) & Ari Cohn (@aricohn), Tanvi Valsangikar (too cool for twitter)


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    33 分
  • EPISODE 1 (Palin vs New York Times)
    2022/03/07

    SLANDERTOWN is a podcast that dives into First Amendment slugfests. No beef too small, no lawsuit too petty.

    EPISODE 1: Dan & Ari discuss Sarah Palin's lawsuit against the New York Times. Dan watched the entire trial so you wouldn't have to. You're welcome. 

    Background Reading: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/23/business/media/sarah-palin-libel-suit-nyt.html


    Hosts: Dan Novack (@dannovack) & Ari Cohn (@aricohn)

    Producer: Tanvi Valsangikar (too cool for twitter) 

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    33 分