Unwonk

We talk about what intergalactic conflict has to to do with terminating a lease. And we talk to Felix Salmon, Senior Editor at Fusion, about the connection between a lemon ginger teabag and Alec Baldwin’s prized - and now un-prized - favorite painting. We also spend some time exploring the dark underbelly of the art world.

We talk about when you should put your seconds first, that insurance companies have been hated for longer than you think, and how to deal with a fellow coffee house customer who smells bad.

We talk about putting a price on a broken heart, and how to master home medical remedies of the 19th century by using condiments straight from your fridge.

We talk about the developing story of the FBI wanting to get more than ten bites at the Apple.

We talk about how children are horrible, what kinds of neighbors are worst neighbors (part 2!), and what makes you a sketchy person.

Lightning round! We reached far and wide to ask attorneys to send us the questions from non-lawyers that bug them. Consider this Volume One.

We talk to Laura Lane and Angela Spera from This Is Why You're Single (the sketch show, book, AND podcast), learn about what definitely not to do during intermission at a play, and discuss how the produce at Trader Joe’s isn’t primarily for human consumption.

A special episode of Unwonk about wine. We learn how not to prepare for your first time drinking whiskey, what can trigger a restaurant customer to attack the owner with a bottle of wine, and we’re thrilled to talk to Leslie Sbrocco, wine expert and host of the TV show “Check Please Bay Area."

We talk to leading intellectual property attorney Sam Fifer of global law firm Dentons about how "Happy Birthday to You" unceremoniously fell from copyright grace and assemble a superawesome panel on how badly restaurants have haunted us with their cringey versions of happy birthday songs.

We talk about how not to get taken to the cleaners when you go to the cleaners, and we speak with international law attorney and person of intrigue Sean Lees about how he got into his career of making a global impact (and most definitely by not being a spy).

We talk about moderately dramatic way to get kicked out of a casino and talk to nationally recognized food safety lawyer and advocate, Bill Marler.

We talk about the valuable intellectual property of circus peanuts, the preferred color spectrum of douchebags, and a stupid question and answer about dog bites.

We talk about circles of hell make the worst neighbors, transferring road rage to revolving doors, and that if you’re from New Jersey, there is such a thing as a stupid question.

A special photography episode of Unwonk, in which we learn the difference between a peeping Tom and just a regular creep, who can make you delete your photos, and why wedding photographers have souls of darkness.

We talk about what puts the “ass” in “harassment,” why nothing good happens on your birthday, and how you already know that you need to move in a new direction.

We talk about bombing white-collar endorsements and driving under the influence of sad, accompanied by our first ever podcast interview.

We talk about citizenship whoring, the silence of the insects that are eating your house, and why egg flipping won't necessarily save your relationship.

We talk about breaking up the band (or not), street-side fistcuffery, and how to get it together in order to launch your wonderful app.

We talk about Mirandizational events, firing up the Power of You with the airline gate agent, and the nerve-wracking experience of walking ten feet in a store.   [Getting arrested & the 5th amendment, airline bumping, receipt checking.]

We talk about defining your hairstyle's risk framework, exactly how low on the beach you need to build a sand castle, and the feudal pain of a leasehold estate.   [haircut liability, beach & property law, assignment v subletting a lease.]    

We talk about how angry dog poop can improve your social skills, exactly how tight your former employer can screw your shackles, and how to make sure the heroin-like rush of rewards points doesn't go to your head. Visit unwonk.com for more information on this episode.   [neighbor trespass & nuisance, employee non-complete, credit card fraud & points]

We talk about how dancing can make you legally special, why you have to be really really really careful when you buy a car, and why a loan to a friend is usually really a "loan" (those real quotes are effectively air quotes, which are meant to represent real quotes, anyway).   [copyright & choreography, buying a car,  loans & bankruptcy]