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From Deadspin.com's "Ask a Lawyer columnist: Responding to legal questions, personally. People have said the show is "funny," "makes law fun," and "spends an uncomfortable amount of time talking about dark childhood memories." We like questions - please visit unwonk.com to submit yours.

Unwonk


    • Oct 5, 2016 LATEST EPISODE
    • infrequent NEW EPISODES
    • 24m AVG DURATION
    • 22 EPISODES


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    Unwonk Podcast - Episode 022: Tea - Responding to Legal Questions, Personally

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 5, 2016 31:40


    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.

    Unwonk Podcast - Episode 021: Duel - Responding to Legal Questions, Personally

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 6, 2016 29:46


    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.

    Unwonk Podcast - Episode 020: Disengaged - Responding to Legal Questions, Personally

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 21, 2016 23:02


    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.

    Unwonk Podcast - Episode 019: Flowers By Irene - Responding to Legal Questions, Personally

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 1, 2016 49:40


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

    Unwonk Podcast - Episode 018: Sketchy - Responding to Legal Questions, Personally

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 4, 2016 20:34


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

    Unwonk Podcast - Episode 017: Ten Things Lawyers Hate About You (Lightning Round) - Responding to Legal Questions, Personally

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 17, 2015 19:54


    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.

    Unwonk Podcast - Episode 016: Break - Responding to Legal Questions, Personally

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 29, 2015 24:21


    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.

    Unwonk Podcast - Episode 015: Vintage - Responding to Legal Questions, Personally

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 13, 2015 25:15


    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."

    Unwonk Podcast - Episode 014: Clappy Birthday - Responding to Legal Questions, Personally

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 8, 2015 28:29


    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.

    Unwonk Podcast - Episode 013: Worldwide Pants - Responding to Legal Questions, Personally

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 30, 2015 23:08


    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).

    Unwonk Podcast - Episode 012: Unwholesome - Responding to Legal Questions, Personally

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 3, 2015 24:45


    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.

    Unwonk Podcast - Episode 011: Circus of Errors - Responding to Legal Questions, Personally

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 12, 2015 22:22


    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.

    Unwonk Podcast - Episode 010: Revolve - Responding to Legal Questions, Personally

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 17, 2015 17:43


    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.

    Unwonk Podcast - Episode 009: Click - Responding to Legal Questions, Personally

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 3, 2015 19:00


    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.

    Unwonk Podcast - Episode 008: Directions - Responding to Legal Questions, Personally

    Play Episode Listen Later May 21, 2015 25:57


    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.

    Unwonk Podcast - Episode 007: Kryptonite - Responding to Legal Questions, Personally

    Play Episode Listen Later May 7, 2015 21:35


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

    Unwonk Podcast - Episode 006: Vestigial Problems - Responding to Legal Questions, Personally

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 30, 2015 22:11


    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.

    Unwonk Podcast - Episode 005: Fistcuffery - Responding to Legal Questions, Personally

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 23, 2015 20:56


    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.

    Unwonk Podcast - Episode 004: Shush - Responding to Legal Questions, Personally

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 16, 2015 18:28


    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.]

    Unwonk Podcast - Episode 003: Beached - Responding to Legal Questions, Personally

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 6, 2015 19:33


    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.]    

    Unwonk Podcast - Episode 002: Neighborly Neighbors - Responding to Legal Questions, Personally

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 6, 2015 25:47


    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]

    Unwonk Podcast - Episode 001: Legally Special - Responding to Legal Questions, Personally

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 6, 2015 21:30


    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]

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