• First as Farce, Then as Tragedy
    Nov 12 2024

    Damn you, Merrick Garland. This all could have been avoided... With the election now over, we digest what happened with our friends Jay Willis from Balls & Strikes and journalist Josie Duffy Rice.


    Thank you to all our subscribers. Now more than ever, we are going to need community.


    5-4 is presented by Prologue Projects. This episode was produced by Dustin DeSoto. Leon Neyfakh and Andrew Parsons provide editorial support. Our website was designed by Peter Murphy. Our artwork is by Teddy Blanks at Chips NY, and our theme song is by Spatial Relations.


    Follow the show at @fivefourpod on most platforms. On Twitter, find Peter @The_Law_Boy and Rhiannon @AywaRhiannon.


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    1 hr and 9 mins
  • Movie Review: My Cousin Vinny [SUBSCRIBER-ONLY]
    Nov 5 2024

    Thank you to all of our subscribers — it's only through your support that 5-4 can review feel-good 90s movies and tell you how much the Supreme Court sucks.


    5-4 is presented by Prologue Projects. This episode was produced by Dustin DeSoto. Leon Neyfakh and Andrew Parsons provide editorial support. Our website was designed by Peter Murphy. Our artwork is by Teddy Blanks at Chips NY, and our theme song is by Spatial Relations.


    Follow the show at @fivefourpod on most platforms. On Twitter, find Peter @The_Law_Boy and Rhiannon @AywaRhiannon.


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    45 mins
  • Elon Musk’s War on Workers
    Oct 29 2024

    How America’s ugliest titans of industry are plotting to destroy labor rights in the courts.


    Thank you for being a 5-4 subscriber, and showing support for our labor by giving us the money you've earned through your labor.


    5-4 is presented by Prologue Projects. This episode was produced by Madeline Kaplan. Leon Neyfakh and Andrew Parsons provide editorial support. Our website was designed by Peter Murphy. Our artwork is by Teddy Blanks at Chips NY, and our theme song is by Spatial Relations.


    Follow the show at @fivefourpod on most platforms. On Twitter, find Peter @The_Law_Boy and Rhiannon @AywaRhiannon.


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    48 mins
  • The Coming Battle Over Reproductive Rights
    Oct 22 2024

    Could a national abortion ban already be in the works? A majority of Americans say no thank you, but as we know, that doesn't matter... *cough* Roe V Wade *cough*


    Thank you to all of our subscribers — only through your support can 5-4 casually and thoughtfully warn people about their rights being taken away.


    5-4 is presented by Prologue Projects. This episode was produced by Dustin DeSoto. Leon Neyfakh and Andrew Parsons provide editorial support. Our researcher is Jonathan DeBruin, and our website was designed by Peter Murphy. Our artwork is by Teddy Blanks at Chips NY, and our theme song is by Spatial Relations.


    Follow the show at @fivefourpod on most platforms. On Twitter, find Peter @The_Law_Boy and Rhiannon @AywaRhiannon.


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    51 mins
  • The Year Ahead for Trans Rights (SUBSCRIBER-ONLY)
    Oct 15 2024

    Thank you to all of our subscribers — it's only through your support that 5-4 can continue to occasionally denounce listeners who disappoint us.


    5-4 is presented by Prologue Projects. This episode was produced by Dustin DeSoto. Leon Neyfakh and Andrew Parsons provide editorial support. Our website was designed by Peter Murphy. Our artwork is by Teddy Blanks at Chips NY, and our theme song is by Spatial Relations.


    Follow the show at @fivefourpod on most platforms. On Twitter, find Peter @The_Law_Boy and Rhiannon @AywaRhiannon.


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    49 mins
  • Mackenzie v. Hare
    Oct 8 2024

    Think you're an American citizen just because you're born here? Think again.


    Thanks for being a subscriber! We love you and have an exclusive subscriber-only episode coming next week.


    5-4 is presented by Prologue Projects. This episode was produced by Dustin DeSoto. Leon Neyfakh and Andrew Parsons provide editorial support. Our researcher is Jonathan DeBruin, and our website was designed by Peter Murphy. Our artwork is by Teddy Blanks at Chips NY, and our theme song is by Spatial Relations.


    Follow the show at @fivefourpod on most platforms. On Twitter, find Peter @The_Law_Boy and Rhiannon @AywaRhiannon.


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    45 mins
  • 2024-2025 Supreme Court Term Preview
    Oct 1 2024

    Thank you to all of our subscribers — it's only through your support that 5-4 can look ahead to another glorious of horrible Supreme Court decisions.


    5-4 is presented by Prologue Projects. This episode was produced by Dustin DeSoto. Leon Neyfakh and Andrew Parsons provide editorial support. Our researcher is Jonathan DeBruin, and our website was designed by Peter Murphy. Our artwork is by Teddy Blanks at Chips NY, and our theme song is by Spatial Relations.


    Follow the show at @fivefourpod on most platforms. On Twitter, find Peter @The_Law_Boy and Rhiannon @AywaRhiannon.


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    50 mins
  • The Roberts One-Step (SUBSCRIBER-ONLY)
    Sep 24 2024

    This is a subscriber-only episode about the Real John Roberts, as rendered in a New York Times exposé about the Chief Justice's role in shaping Trump-related jurisprudence and turning the Court into a tool of the ex-President.


    Thank you to all of our subscribers — it's only through your support that 5-4 has survived long enough to see the Supreme Court get this far behind Donald Trump.


    5-4 is presented by Prologue Projects. This episode was produced by Lena Richards. Leon Neyfakh and Andrew Parsons provide editorial support. Our researcher is Jonathan DeBruin, and our website was designed by Peter Murphy. Our artwork is by Teddy Blanks at Chips NY, and our theme song is by Spatial Relations.


    Follow the show at @fivefourpod on most platforms. On Twitter, find Peter @The_Law_Boy and Rhiannon @AywaRhiannon.


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    49 mins