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Feb 5Liked by Michael Estrin

Another solid podcast! I think Lumet’s “12 Men” were angry because they were unable to escape jury duty.

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Also, it was very hot and there was no AC.

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Feb 2Liked by Michael Estrin

A couple of great stories! Maybe it'll inspire me to do a little write-up of my one and only experience with voir dire.

I also like Todd's comments, but he needs to speak up or something. I listen on Alexa while I'm making lunch, and I often can't hear what he's saying.

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Thanks Katie! I hope you do a write-up. If you do, tag me so I can see it. Also, thanks for the note about Todd's audio. We'll make an adjustment.

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Feb 1Liked by Michael Estrin

A total delight!

I have to say after my experience serving for two weeks on a grand jury in Brooklyn I swore I would never, ever tangle with the law. It was terrifying!

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Grand jury!!! I am so impressed. Do you know what lawyers say about grand juries? They say they'd indict a ham sandwich. But I don't think that's true. Here's why: there are a lot of ham sandwiches running free.

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Feb 2Liked by Michael Estrin

But it really is true. They really would indict anything. It was very painful to observe.

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Yup. One of the many ways a purportedly fair system stacks the deck in favor of the prosecution.

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Feb 1Liked by Michael Estrin

I’m a sucker for puns. So I’m listening.

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Yay!

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Enjoying these podcasts on spotify, so I guess I'm one of the 75 (smile.)

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Thank you for being a podcast OG!

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That was so so good! I didn’t want it to end!! More jury stories, please! And yay on so many listeners. I’m not surprised!

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Thank you, Jane!

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Jan 31Liked by Michael Estrin

I listen on Overcast, which is probably like .05% of your overall listenership, but it’s a great podcast app.

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I know you've mentioned Overcast before, but I looked it up. The founder was the CTO at Tumblr. That's about as good as a platform rec gets, I think.

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