Law The Podcast

Professor Abbe Smith joins us from Washington, D.C. to discuss the state of the American justice system under Donald Trump, the independence of the judiciary and what's at stake in the upcoming US midterm elections. We also explore her decades of work as a criminal defence lawyer and the case for prison reform. You can watch our episodes on Youtube here. Hosts: Lex Lasry AM and Greg Barns SC Guest: Professor Abbe Smith Editor: Michael Tankard Produced by: Bravecasting Media Original music by Justin Humphries - Phoenix Sound Studios Email the show at lawthepodcast@gmail.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Economist Saul Eslake joins Lex and Greg to examine the soaring cost of imprisonment in Australia, high rates of reoffending, and whether our tough-on-crime approach is delivering results or making the problem worse. You can learn more about Saul's work at www.sauleslake.info You can watch our episodes on Youtube here. Hosts: Lex Lasry AM and Greg Barns SC Guest: Saul Eslake Editor: Michael Tankard Produced by: Bravecasting Media Original music by Justin Humphries - Phoenix Sound Studios Email the show at lawthepodcast@gmail.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Lex and Greg discuss the politics of tough-on-crime policies, the meaning of “community expectations” in sentencing, and the evidence on whether prison reduces reoffending. They also discuss the Sue Neill-Fraser case, human rights in custody, and what Australia's criminal court statistics reveal about Australia's modern day justice system. You can watch our episodes on Youtube here. Hosts: Lex Lasry AM and Greg Barns SC Editor: Michael Tankard Produced by: Bravecasting Media Original music by Justin Humphries - Phoenix Sound Studios Email the show at lawthepodcast@gmail.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Four-time Richmond premiership player Michael Green joins the podcast to reflect on his remarkable journey from the football field to a distinguished career in law, and his life beyond the game. You can listen to William and Lonsdale - Lives in the Law wherever you get your podcasts. You can watch our episodes on Youtube here. Hosts: Lex Lasry AM and Greg Barns SC Guest: Michael Green Editor: Michael Tankard Produced by: Bravecasting Media Original music by Justin Humphries - Phoenix Sound Studios Email the show at lawthepodcast@gmail.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

John Silvester, better known as “Sly of the Underworld”, joins us to reflect on more than four decades covering Melbourne’s criminal underworld, its most notorious figures and the stories behind some of Australia’s biggest crimes. You can read Naked City here: https://www.theage.com.au/topic/naked-city-jbi Listen to Naked City wherever you listen to podcasts. You can watch our episodes on Youtube here. Hosts: Lex Lasry AM and Greg Barns SC Guest: John Silvester Editor: Michael Tankard Produced by: Bravecasting Media Original music by Justin Humphries - Phoenix Sound Studios Email the show at lawthepodcast@gmail.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Australian barrister Richard Bourke joins us to discuss the case of Christa Pike, who survived a failed lethal injection in Tennessee, and what her case reveals about the realities of the death penalty in the United States. You can watch our episodes on Youtube here. Host: Lex Lasry AM Guest: Richard Bourke Editor: Michael Tankard Produced by: Bravecasting Media Original music by Justin Humphries - Phoenix Sound Studios Email the show at lawthepodcast@gmail.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Singapore is one of the few countries in the world that still enforces the death penalty for offences that do not involve intentional killing, including drug trafficking. Singaporean anti-death penalty activist Rocky Howe and criminal lawyer and Director of Eleos Justice Sara Kowal discuss Singapore’s approach to capital punishment and the people living under its death penalty laws. Keep up to date with the Capital Punishment Justice Project here: https://www.cpjp.org.au/ You can watch our episodes on Youtube here. Hosts: Lex Lasry AM and Greg Barns SC Guests: Sara Kowal & Rocky Howe Editor: Michael Tankard Produced by: Bravecasting Media Original music by Justin Humphries - Phoenix Sound Studios Email the show at lawthepodcast@gmail.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On this bonus episode we discuss the beginning of the Victorian Big Build Royal Commission, Trump’s fight with the US media, the Ben Roberts-Smith case, tougher sentencing laws and the ongoing debate over Australia’s war on drugs. You can watch our episodes on Youtube here. Hosts: Lex Lasry AM and Greg Barns SC Editor: Michael Tankard Produced by: Bravecasting Media Original music by Justin Humphries - Phoenix Sound Studios Email the show at lawthepodcast@gmail.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Acclaimed Australian writer Helen Garner discusses her fascination with crime and how encounters with real-life cases have influenced her writing. You can watch our episodes on Youtube here. Hosts: Lex Lasry AM and Greg Barns SC Guest: Helen Garner Editor: Michael Tankard Produced by: Bravecasting Media Original music by Justin Humphries - Phoenix Sound Studios Email the show at lawthepodcast@gmail.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

RMIT Dean of Law Professor Diana Bowman joins Law the Podcast to discuss how artificial intelligence is being utilised in law schools and what it means for the future of legal education. Drawing on her extensive experience in the United States, Diana also reflects on how Donald Trump’s presidency has changed the US Supreme Court. You can watch our episodes on Youtube here. Hosts: Lex Lasry AM and Greg Barns SC Guest: Diana Bowman Editor: Michael Tankard Produced by: Bravecasting Media Original music by Justin Humphries - Phoenix Sound Studios Email the show at lawthepodcast@gmail.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jenny Hocking, award-winning biographer, historian and Emeritus Professor at Monash University, joins us to discuss her acclaimed biography of former Attorney-General and High Court Justice Lionel Murphy. We explore the remarkable life, career and controversies of one of Australia’s most consequential legal and political figures. You can purchase your copy of Lionel Murphy: A Political Biography here. You can watch our episodes on Youtube here. Hosts: Lex Lasry AM and Greg Barns SC Guest: Jenny Hocking Editor: Michael Tankard Produced by: Bravecasting Media Original music by Justin Humphries - Phoenix Sound Studios Email the show at lawthepodcast@gmail.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Lex and Greg discuss the mistrial in the Lindsay Clancy murder case, Australia's growing prison population and overcrowding, and the increasingly restricted role of character references in sentencing. You can watch our episodes on Youtube here. Hosts: Lex Lasry AM and Greg Barns SC Editor: Michael Tankard Produced by: Bravecasting Media Original music by Justin Humphries - Phoenix Sound Studios Email the show at lawthepodcast@gmail.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Today we're joined by The Hon. Robert Redlich AM KC, who is a former Supreme Court of Victoria judge, former Commissioner of Victoria’s Independent Broad-based Anti-corruption Commission (IBAC), and current Chair of the Accountability Round Table. You can watch our episodes on Youtube here. Hosts: Lex Lasry AM and Greg Barns SC Guest: The Hon. Robert Redlich AM KC Editor: Michael Tankard Produced by: Bravecasting Media Original music by Justin Humphries - Phoenix Sound Studios Email the show at lawthepodcast@gmail.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Tim Marsh joins us to explain how mental health is considered in the criminal courts, including what happens when someone argues they are not guilty by reason of mental impairment and how the law balances responsibility, treatment and public safety. You can watch our episodes on Youtube here. Hosts: Lex Lasry AM and Greg Barns SC Guest: Tim Marsh Editor: Michael Tankard Produced by: Bravecasting Media Original music by Justin Humphries - Phoenix Sound Studios Email the show at lawthepodcast@gmail.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Sydney Swans players suspended amid a sexual assault investigation A judge finds Sydney graffiti was wrongly labelled antisemitic The US sanctions the president and prosecutor of the International Criminal Court You can watch our episodes on Youtube here. Hosts: Lex Lasry AM and Greg Barns SC Editor: Michael Tankard Produced by: Bravecasting Media Original music by Justin Humphries - Phoenix Sound Studios Email the show at lawthepodcast@gmail.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Australian barrister Richard Bourke joins us to reveal what it is really like to defend inmates on death row and fight the death penalty in the United States. You can watch our episodes on Youtube here. Host: Lex Lasry AM Guest: Richard Bourke Editor: Michael Tankard Produced by: Bravecasting Media Original music by Justin Humphries - Phoenix Sound Studios Email the show at lawthepodcast@gmail.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The release of David McBride Prisoner rights The banning of character references You can watch our episodes on Youtube here. Hosts: Lex Lasry AM and Greg Barns SC Editor: Michael Tankard Produced by: Bravecasting Media Original music by Justin Humphries - Phoenix Sound Studios Email the show at lawthepodcast@gmail.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Rob Stary discusses his career defending some of Australia’s most notorious terrorism suspects and gangland figures. You can watch our episodes on Youtube here. Hosts: Lex Lasry AM and Greg Barns SC Guest: Rob Stary Editor: Michael Tankard Produced by: Bravecasting Media Original music by Justin Humphries - Phoenix Sound Studios Email the show at lawthepodcast@gmail.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

An emergency episode of Law The Podcast examining Victoria's anti-corruption landscape, following the announcement of a Royal Commission into the Big Build, the release of IBAC's Operation Richmond report, and the end of the suppression order relating to Ralph Carr. You can watch our episodes on Youtube here. Hosts: Lex Lasry AM and Greg Barns SC Editor: Matthew Tankard Produced by: Bravecasting Media Original music by Justin Humphries - Phoenix Sound Studios Email the show at lawthepodcast@gmail.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Australian judges are serving on Singapore's Supreme Court, but should they be part of an institution that imposes the death penalty? You can watch our episodes on Youtube here. Hosts: Lex Lasry AM and Greg Barns SC Editor: Michael Tankard Produced by: Bravecasting Media Original music by Justin Humphries - Phoenix Sound Studios Email the show at lawthepodcast@gmail.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.