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(WATCH THIS EPISODE ON YOUTUBE) This is our fifth **Reb's Round-Up** episode—A rapid-fire (or as rapid as Reb can make it) list of cases that deserve to be included in the Rebuttal Podcast universe but are too short to devote a full episode to. For this Round-Up, Reb gives you *9 bonus cases* to sneak into a group chat or two, including: A nun prosecuted; A bouncy castle kingpin; An amputated limb battle; A Samurai sword against home invader ninjas; A priest with a bite; And more... Enjoy! *** Make your summer wardrobe feel easier. Go to https://www.quince.com/rebuttal/ for free shipping on your order and 365-day returns! *** RESOURCES Case 1: Priest bit woman at mass said she had it coming https://www.islandpacket.com/news/nation-world/national/article288674360.html?taid=664f84498a3e69000149b081 Case 2: Bouncy castle arsonist https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-05-18/jumping-castle-arson-firebombing-james-balcombe/102363376 Case 3: Paternity battle between twin brothers https://abcnews.com/TheLaw/LegalCenter/daddy-paternity-battle-brothers/story?id=3195632 Case 4: The most expensive pack of Bud Light ever (new SCOTUS case!) https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/jul/20/supreme-court-decide-alaska-mans-95000-fine-six-pack-budweiser-fair/?srsltid=AfmBOopP_2Q84sa-AumTGFIY4B4o5c8f7T49OyHYvyQNv6OQFjf2Hi31 Case 5: Chainsaw negligence https://law.justia.com/cases/illinois/court-of-appeals-second-appellate-district/2019/2-18-0923.html Case 6: Living, breathing man still legally dead https://www.cnn.com/2013/10/09/us/ohio-legally-dead-man Case 7: Nun prosecuted for embarrassing government https://www.npr.org/sections/itsallpolitics/2015/05/13/406252639/imprisoned-nuclear-activist-nun-granted-victory-on-appeal Case 8: Two polygamist ninja burglars caught in Utah https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/sep/20/polygamist-women-utah-sex-assault-case Case 9: Patients can finally recover their amputated limbs in Oregon https://www.findlaw.com/legalblogs/legally-weird/patients-can-finally-recover-their-amputated-limbs-under-new-oregon-law/ *** MERCH STORE IS LIVE! Shop Reb Masel and Rebuttal Pod merch: https://rebmasel.shop/ CLICK HERE to PREORDER Reb's book: The Book They Throw At You—A Sarcastic Lawyer's Guide* To The Unholy Chaos of Our Legal System, *God No, Not Actual Legal Advice *** Follow @RebuttalPod on Instagram and Twitter! Follow @Rebmasel on TikTok, Instagram, and Twitter! *** 00:00 - Intro 00:14 - Case 1 04:32 - Case 2 07:42 - Case 3 12:44 - Case 4 18:36 - Case 5 25:23 - Case 6 30:05 - Case 7 36:46 - Case 8 40:23 - Case 9 45:03 - Reb's Rebuttal Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
(WATCH THIS EPISODE ON YOUTUBE) Is an alibi defense the key to the jailhouse door, or a noose around an innocent defendant's neck? Eric Morgan had 11 alibi witnesses to establish that he was at a two-day long sports competition—far away from the location of the crime he was accused of—supported by credit card receipts for his travel, meals, and purchases on the trip. Yet the prosecutor successfully argued that the witnesses were liars or mistaken. Morgan served 3 years in prison before DNA evidence exonerated him. Reb pokes holes in our assumptions about seemingly "good" alibis. Find out why some lawyers say never presenting an alibi is better than having one at all. ("An alibi can only be one of two things: perfect or bad.") Enjoy. *** If your glasses are overdue for a refresh, now is the time! Go to www.zenni.com/podcast and use code PODCAST15 for 15% off your first order! *** RESOURCES: The (Un)reliability of Alibi Corroborators: Failure to Recognize Faces of Briefly Encountered Strangers Puts Innocent Suspects at Risk (2016) - https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27757984/ Memory Errors in Alibi Generation: How an Alibi Can Turn Against Us (2017) - https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/bsl.2273 Wendy P. Heath, et al., "But I Wasn't There!" The Alibis of DNA Exonerees (2021) - https://wclawr.org/index.php/wclr/article/view/52/87 David Crump, Alibi (2025) https://mississippilawjournal.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/94MissLJ411.pdf Lisa Steele, Alibi Defenses: Millhouse or Key to the Jailhouse Door? (2021) https://www.publiccounsel.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Steele-March-16.pdf *** MERCH STORE IS LIVE! Shop Reb Masel and Rebuttal Pod merch: https://rebmasel.shop/ CLICK HERE to PREORDER Reb's book: The Book They Throw At You—A Sarcastic Lawyer's Guide* To The Unholy Chaos of Our Legal System, *God No, Not Actual Legal Advice *** Follow @RebuttalPod on Instagram and Twitter! Follow @Rebmasel on TikTok, Instagram, and Twitter! *** 00:00 - Case Begins 02:10 - WHY DO LAWYERS HATE THEM? 11:53 - MISTAKES = LIES. 19:45 - JURIES ARE THE WORST. 25:21 - PROSECUTORS DON'T HELP. 29:37 - ALIBIS HURT YOUR CASE. 43:19 - IN CONCLUSION... 43:50 - Reb's Rebuttal (IMPORTANT!) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
(WATCH THIS EPISODE ON YOUTUBE) One Ohio divorce lawyer called in bomb threats to courthouses to delay trials and hearings he wasn't ready for, and it was all (unhinged, unethical, insane) fun and games until a body turned up outside of his law office. Reb (next to sleepy co-host DUI) tries to keep her heavy sighs to a minimum in Ohio v. Moore (2025) *and* adds in a special case at the end to remind you of a very important lesson. (Not legal advice, of course. Just uncommon sense.) Enjoy. **Thank you to @DietCoke_Esq for initially tweeting about this case and sending Reb down this rabbit hole! ** *** Use our code REBUTTAL10 for 10% off your next SeatGeek order*: https://seatgeek.onelink.me/RrnK/REBUTTAL10 Sponsored by SeatGeek. *Restrictions apply. Max $20 discount. *** MERCH STORE IS LIVE! Shop Reb Masel and Rebuttal Pod merch: https://rebmasel.shop/ CLICK HERE to PREORDER Reb's book: The Book They Throw At You—A Sarcastic Lawyer's Guide* To The Unholy Chaos of Our Legal System, *God No, Not Actual Legal Advice *** Follow @RebuttalPod on Instagram and Twitter! Follow @Rebmasel on TikTok, Instagram, and Twitter! *** 00:00 - Case Begins 00:28 - Ohio v. Moore (2025) 07:50 - THE FACTS 10:36 - THE ESTRANGED HUSBAND 16:46 - PROSECUTION'S RESPONSE 18:45 - Bonus Case! (YIKES) 24:04 - Reb's Rebuttal Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
You're Not Falling Apart—You're Becoming Today, I felt led to start with this poem I read the other day because it beautifully demonstrates that we don't always understand what God is doing. We think we are a mess, we feel like we are falling apart, we feel like God has abandoned us, and yet God is ALWAYS right there in the middle of it all! He knows exactly what He is doing and wants us to trust Him in the process. This poem gives us some insight into that process. I feel it makes it a little easier to trust when we have a bit of understanding. This conversation is between someone and God. Me: Hey God. God: Hello..... Me: I'm falling apart. Can you put me back together? God: I would rather not. Me: Why? God: Because you aren't a puzzle. Me: What about all of the pieces of my life that are falling down onto the ground? God: Let them stay there for a while. They fell off for a reason. Take some time and decide if you need any of those pieces back. Me: You don't understand! I'm breaking down! God: No - you don't understand. You are breaking through. What you are feeling are just growing pains. You are shedding the things and the people in your life that are holding you back. You aren't falling apart. You are falling into place. Relax. Take some deep breaths and allow those things you don't need anymore to fall off of you. Quit holding onto the pieces that don't fit you anymore. Let them fall off. Let them go. Me: Once I start doing that, what will be left of me? God: Only the very best pieces of you. Me: I'm scared of changing. God: I keep telling you - YOU AREN'T CHANGING!! YOU ARE BECOMING! Me: Becoming who? God: Becoming who I created you to be! A person of light and love and charity and hope and courage and joy and mercy and grace and compassion. I made you for more than the shallow pieces you have decided to adorn yourself with that you cling to with such greed and fear. Let those things fall off of you. I love you! Don't change! ... Become! Become! Become who I made you to be. I'm going to keep telling you this until you remember it. Me: There goes another piece. God: Yep. Let it be. Me: So ... I'm not broken? God: Of course Not! - but you are breaking like the dawn. It's a new day. Become!!! ~Author John Roedel I know many of you are struggling right now. Whether it is with health issues, money issues, or in the process of losing old friends and making new friends, I think this poem shows us that God can use these hard times to help us step into the person we are meant to be. The person He knows we are capable of being. There are several things I love about this poem. The first is the gentleness of God. He is so good. I think this poem demonstrates the love that God has for us. He didn't say no when she asked if God would put her back together. He said He would rather not. He then went on to explain why He felt that way. Notice how He didn't get short with her. He didn't seem irritated or annoyed with her. We often imagine God feels that way about us. We tell ourselves that He is tired of us coming and asking the same thing. We imagine He wondering why we can't seem to get it together already. If we are honest, we have felt that way about our loved ones before. God is not us. He doesn't have to wonder why we can't get it together. He knows. He made us. He knows everything we have ever done and everything we will ever do. I also love that God doesn't tell her never again to pick up the pieces that fell off. He tells her to take some time and decide whether she needs them. Maybe you are going through this shedding process right now. Maybe you are losing friends, workers, loved ones, or even material things. God isn't telling you that they are gone forever. He is saying take some time and see if you need them. Do they bring joy into your life? Do they make you a better person? Do they help you grow closer to the Lord? Are they helping you on your journey to heaven? If the answer to some of these questions are yes, maybe you can pick them back up again. Take the time to ask questions. Pay attention to the answers. Don't pick them back up again because it is hard without them. Don't pick them up again because it is easier with them or you miss them. It is normal to want to. When you are tempted to pick back up the ones that are not good for you, remember what the poem said, “What you are feeling are just growing pains. You are shedding the things and the people in your life that are holding you back. You aren't falling apart. You are falling into place. Relax. Take some deep breaths and allow those things you don't need anymore to fall off of you. Quit holding onto the pieces that don't fit you anymore. Let them fall off. Let them go. The last part that I want to draw your attention to is what the poem says about changing. Listen to that part again. “Me: Once I start doing that, what will be left of me? God: Only the very best pieces of you. Me: I'm scared of changing. God: I keep telling you - YOU AREN'T CHANGING!! YOU ARE BECOMING! Me: Becoming who? God: Becoming who I created you to be! A person of light and love and charity and hope and courage and joy and mercy and grace and compassion. I made you for more than the shallow pieces you have decided to adorn yourself with that you cling to with such greed and fear. Let those things fall off of you. I love you! Don't change! ... Become! Become! Become who I made you to be. I'm going to keep telling you this until you remember it.” Isn't that just like God? He keeps telling us something until we believe Him. And for most of us, He has to tell us a lot. God is telling you, yes you, right now that He is with you in this. He tells you that He sees you, not for who you think you are, but who you really are. He sees the you that He created you to be even if you aren't there yet. He knows your journey and isn't frustrated that you aren't there yet because He knows exactly when you will arrive there. He knows exactly what obstacles you are struggling with. We actually had a word or prophecy at my Thursday morning prayer group in June 2024. God assured us, “I am there among your trials and your joys. I am the God who loves you, who cares. I am never displeased or impatient with you. I place my hope in you.” This message is not just for my prayer group. This is a message for all of His children. This is something I believe he really wants us to know. We get impatient with our children. We get disappointed with them. God is telling us He is not like that. He knows our innermost thoughts. He knows everything we are going through. He knows our hearts. He knows how badly we want to do the right thing, and yet we tend to do the wrong thing. This is not unique to you. That is all of us. If Paul, who is credited with writing about half of the New Testament books, can admit to this, we can be sure we all struggle with this problem. In Romans 7:19-20, Paul said, “For I do not do the good I want, but the evil I do not want is what I do. Now if I do what I do not want, it is no longer I that do it, but sin which dwells within me.” God knows we are broken. He knows we struggle. He doesn't get disappointed. Instead, He celebrates every time we don't give in to temptation. Every time we mess up, we can bring that to God with the assurance that He welcomes us with open arms and celebrates because we came home instead of being upset that we messed up. Dear Heavenly Father, we ask you to bless everyone listening to this episode. Dad, we thank you so much for loving us so much, for always being there for us, for helping us become who you created us to be, for your patience with us as we become that person, and for forgiving us again and again. You are so wonderful. You are our perfect father, and we are so grateful for all you do for us! Dad, could you give us the strength not to pick up those pieces that have fallen that we don't need? It is hard to leave them there when our life seemed easier with them. Give us the strength to keep moving forward without them. Dad, could you also fill us up to the tippy top with hope that things will be ok because it doesn't always feel like it will be. Help us to feel you right because of us. Maybe hold our hands as we walk side by side. That way, we know you are there. We love you, Dad, and we ask all of this in Jesus's mighty name. Amen!! Thank you so much for joining me on this journey to walk boldly with Jesus. If this podcast has blessed you in some way, would you consider sending it to others? Also, check out the link below for my mentoring group. I would love to see your face on Zoom this evening. There is no commitment. You can try it out for a month, and if you decide it is not for you, you can simply cancel. I look forward to meeting you here again tomorrow. Remember, Jesus loves you just as you are, and so do I! Have a blessed weekend! Today's Word from the Lord was received in November 2025 by a member of my Catholic Charismatic Prayer Group. If you have any questions about the prayer group, these words, or how to join us for a meeting, please email CatholicCharismaticPrayerGroup@gmail.com. Today's Word from the Lord is, “My children, I draw you into the blazing heart of my love. All of you. You are connected to those who have gone before you through the gate of death. You are connected to your ancestors. You are connected to your loved ones. You are connected to your enemies. For if you are aware of your chosenness, then when you look at each other, see the chosenness in them also. 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Longview Campus | Dorsey brings a message going over how David trusted God over his current situations and how we are invited into that life as well.
(WATCH THIS EPISODE ON YOUTUBE) What do a killer safari mistress, a coroner's skull, and one defrauding vet have in common? All three are in court opinions released in June 2026. Reb opens another of this year's can of worms for you in United States v. Milliron (10th Cir. 2026), Betts v. Boone County (7th Cir. 2026), and New York v. Parkhill-Brown (Sup. Ct. N.Y. Cnty. 2026). *** Taking care of your health just got easier – start here with Zocdoc!: https://zocdoc.com/REBUTTAL #sponsored *** CASE 1 FULL OPINION [United States v. Milliron (10th Cir. 2026)]: https://www.ca10.uscourts.gov/opinion/23-1217 CASE 2 FULL OPINION [Betts v. Boone County (7th Cir. 2026)]: https://cases.justia.com/federal/appellate-courts/ca7/25-1685/25-1685-2026-06-15.pdf?ts=1781551855 *** MERCH STORE IS LIVE! Shop Reb Masel and Rebuttal Pod merch: https://rebmasel.shop/ CLICK HERE to PREORDER Reb's book: The Book They Throw At You—A Sarcastic Lawyer's Guide* To The Unholy Chaos of Our Legal System, *God No, Not Actual Legal Advice *** Follow @RebuttalPod on Instagram and Twitter! Follow @Rebmasel on TikTok, Instagram, and Twitter! *** 00:00 - Intro 01:08 - CASE #1 13:46 - Reb's server trauma story
Our Daily Scripture Readings and Reflection: Hosea reminds us that when a nation no longer fears the Lord, even its leaders cannot save it. Frank Pavone reflects on why spiritual renewal must come before lasting political renewal.
Thought to share? Send me a text...What if the greatest danger to your faith isn't financial hardship—but feeling secure enough that you stop depending on God?It's natural to want financial stability, especially as a busy Christian mom caring for your family. But James 5 challenges us with a deeper question: Where does our security really come from? In this episode, you'll discover why money itself isn't the problem—it's when our hearts begin trusting wealth more than the One who provides it. Through practical biblical wisdom and personal stories, you'll learn how to recognize subtle signs that financial security may be replacing faith and how to cultivate a deeper dependence on Christ. Discover what James 5 teaches about the hidden spiritual dangers of wealth and why money can never provide the security only God can give. Learn three heart-check questions that reveal where your trust truly rests and how to identify whether money has quietly become an idol. Gain practical encouragement to hold your resources with open hands, choose obedience over comfort, and experience the peace that comes from trusting Jesus above everything else. Press play now to discover how placing your confidence in Christ instead of your finances leads to lasting peace, greater freedom, and a faith that remains steady no matter what your bank account says.New episodes every Tuesday and Thursday mornings.To connect with Betsy for speaking, resources, or curriculum head to https://betsymarvin.com/contact-me/For access to past podcasts and transcripts, head tohttps://betsymarvin.com/podcasts/A Christian podcast centered on Jesus, the Bible, and God explores faith through the Old Testament and New Testament, sharing Bible stories and Bible explained insights to help women of faith and Jesus followers grow in faith, strengthen their relationship with God, and know God more deeply through Bible study, women Bible study, and practical Christianity, all while encouraging spiritual growth, understanding identity in Christ, and learning to understand Bible teachings to become closer to God.
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The Never Weres' Tom, Tim, and Jack Brown join together to work through their feelings discussing the blockbuster Jaylen Brown and Paul George trade.
(WATCH THIS EPISODE ON YOUTUBE) On the morning of September 26, 2008, Larry Whitfield and Quanterrious McCoy—armed with a .357 handgun and an AK–47 assault rifle—entered the front door of the Fort Financial Credit Union in Gastonia, North Carolina. Only one of these would-be bank robbers would be sentenced to life in prison for it. Reb teaches you how not to rob a bank (but if you do, ask if any bystanders have high blood pressure). This is United States v. Whitfield (2015). *** REPORT: FELONY MURDER—An On-Ramp for Extreme Sentencing (updated May 2024): https://www.sentencingproject.org/app/uploads/2024/05/Felony-Murder-An-On-Ramp-for-Extreme-Sentencing.pdf *** THANK YOU TO OUR SPONSORS! Use our code REBUTTAL10 for 10% off your next SeatGeek order*: https://seatgeek.onelink.me/RrnK/REBUTTAL10 Sponsored by SeatGeek. *Restrictions apply. Max $20 discount. Elevate your summer wardrobe. Go to https://www.quince.com/rebuttal for FREE shipping on your order and 365-day returns! *** MERCH STORE IS LIVE! Shop Reb Masel and Rebuttal Pod merch: https://rebmasel.shop/ CLICK HERE to PREORDER Reb's book: The Book They Throw At You—A Sarcastic Lawyer's Guide* To The Unholy Chaos of Our Legal System, *God No, Not Actual Legal Advice *** Follow @RebuttalPod on Instagram and Twitter! Follow @Rebmasel on TikTok, Instagram, and Twitter! *** 00:00 - Intro 01:11 - CASE BEGINS. 01:30 - THE FACTS. 06:38 - FIRST DEGREE MURDER?! 12:33 - REAL CASES: FELONY MURDER PRISONERS. 19:37 - SO, THIS POLICY IS A NIGHTMARE? 24:11 - LARRY'S LIFE SENTENCE (SIKE?). 25:44 - Did Mary Parnell "accompany" Larry Whitfield? 27:19 - U.S. SUPREME COURT DECISION. 31:37 - Reb's Rebuttal Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Teaching from Proverbs 1:1-7 by Dr. Zach Kilpatrick
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(WATCH THIS EPISODE ON YOUTUBE) Today, 98% of all federal criminal cases are resolved with a guilty plea. Why? "Half a loaf is better than none. . . . When we have a weak case for any reason, we'll reduce to almost anything rather than lose." In modern America, "beyond a reasonable doubt" as determined by a jury has largely been replaced by the discretion of prosecutors to punish defendants for exercising their constitutional right to a trial by jury. So much so, defendants in pretrial detention are agreeing to plea "bargains" at a rate so high, it's difficult to deny the obvious: Innocence is irrelevant. Reb is joined by Hannah Bogen, a Federal Public Defender in the Office of the FPD for the Central District of California, the largest public defense office in the federal system. Hannah shares her firsthand experience with indigent defense, pretrial detention, plea bargaining, and sentencing policy—a rare glimpse into the real lives of her clients in the federal criminal system, and public defenders' enduring fight for dignity and mercy for the people whom society often forgets...Until it happens to you. **DISCLAIMER: The views and opinions discussed in this episode are personal to Hannah and Reb and do not reflect the views or opinions of the Office of the Federal Public Defender.** A huge thank you to Hannah Bogen for her time and unforgettable insight for this episode, and a gracious nod to the Offices of the Federal Public Defender in Los Angeles and around the country. Their attorneys, staff, and investigators are selfless bright sparks in a system shrouded by darkness. See: L.A. public defenders are on a win streak as Trump's Justice Department charges activists , L.A. Times (Feb. 6, 2026) --> Access without a subscription here See also: More than 10,000 lawyers have left the Trump Administration leaving multiple agencies understaffed, report says, Independent (May 31, 2026) Helpful Resources, Information, Statistics: Mass Incarceration—The Whole Pie (Prison Policy Initiative 2026) Mass Incarceration Trends (The Sentencing Project 2026) 1 in 3 Americans has a criminal record (Center for American Progress 2022) The Hidden Law of Plea Bargaining (2018) ("It continues to be driven not by law but by power—the vast, unregulated power of prosecutors") The Unconstitutionality of Modern Plea Bargaining: Curbing Prosecutorial Vindictiveness, 3 Prin.L.J. 2 (2024) Fewer than 1% of federal criminal defendants were acquitted in 2022 (Pew Research 2023) An Offer You Can't Refuse: How US Federal Prosecutors Force Drug Defendants To Plead Guilty (2013) In The Shadows: A Review of the Research on Plea Bargaining (Vera Institute 2020) Detaining the Poor: How money bail perpetuates an endless cycle of poverty and jail time (Prison Policy Initiative 2016) Arrest, Release, Repeat: Who is jailed, how often, and why (Prison Policy Initiative 2024) Report: How Mandatory Minimums Perpetuate Mass Incarceration and What To Do About It (2024) Correcting the Record: Fentanyl Myths & Misinformation (2025) We Can't Go Cold Turkey: Why Suppressing Drug Markets Endangers Society (2018) Addicted to punishment: Jails and prisons punish drug use far more than they treat it (Prison Policy Initiative 2024) *** MERCH STORE IS LIVE! Shop Reb Masel and Rebuttal Pod merch: https://rebmasel.shop/ CLICK HERE to PREORDER Reb's book: The Book They Throw At You—A Sarcastic Lawyer's Guide* To The Unholy Chaos of Our Legal System, *God No, Not Actual Legal Advice *** Follow @RebuttalPod on Instagram and Twitter! Follow @Rebmasel on TikTok, Instagram, and Twitter! *** 00:00 - How America convicts the innocent 04:14 - WELCOME! Hannah Bogen, Federal Public Defender 05:26 - A mantra for public defenders 06:06 - **DISCLAIMER** 06:22 - Typical crimes Hannah sees in federal court 07:40 - WHAT DO FEDERAL PUBLIC DEFENDERS DO? 10:35 - "We're not gonna get there in time..." 12:46 - Favorite thing a client has said to you 16:05 - REPRESENTING VICTIMS IN THE SYSTEM 19:25 - "Prosecutor won't even make eye contact" 20:42 - ARRESTED IN PAJAMAS: Now what? 26:22 - Poverty and prison 29:30 - Trump's new prosecution policies 34:25 - "THE PURPOSE IS CRUELTY" 36:13 - Drugs and Mandatory Minimums 41:15 - THE PROBLEM WITH PLEA "BARGAINS" 45:38 - Plead or Suffer (Trial Penalty) 49:30 - 10,000 attorneys leave Trump's DOJ since 2025 53:25 - Former FPD Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson! 55:44 - BEST DAYS ON THE JOB 1:00:53 - Final thoughts for Rebuttal listeners Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
(WATCH THIS EPISODE ON YOUTUBE) In 1986, President Ronald Reagan gave a speech describing this plaintiff as "outrageous," "absurd," and "loony". His name was Charles Bigbee, and his leg had been torn from his body. This is Bigbee v. Pacific Telephone & Telegraph, Co., et al. (1983)—the story of a drunk woman, a telephone booth, and the most famous "frivolous" lawsuit of the 1980s. Enjoy. *** Shop SKIMS Fits Everybody collection at http://www.skims.com/rebuttal #skimspartner *** MERCH STORE IS LIVE! Shop Reb Masel and Rebuttal Pod merch: https://rebmasel.shop/ CLICK HERE to PREORDER Reb's book: The Book They Throw At You—A Sarcastic Lawyer's Guide* To The Unholy Chaos of Our Legal System, *God No, Not Actual Legal Advice *** Follow @RebuttalPod on Instagram and Twitter! Follow @Rebmasel on TikTok, Instagram, and Twitter! *** 00:00 - Intro 00:16 - Case Begins 01:02 - THE INCIDENT (1974) 05:35 - Bigbee's Bills 09:02 - REAGAN'S SPEECH (AND VENDETTA) (1986) 15:52 - THE LAWSUIT & CLAIMS 20:19 - CA Supreme Court & Chief Justice Rose Bird (1983) 22:29 - SETTLEMENT & AFTERMATH 25:53 - WHAT HAPPENED TO CHARLES BIGBEE? 29:33 - Reb's Rebuttal Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
(WATCH THIS EPISODE ON YOUTUBE) “I am astonished how successful these urban legends have been in influencing policy. . . .The people that created these stories did so with remarkable skill.” The Grazinski case, the Carson case, and the Walton case, to name a few. They've all been cited as true by a wide range of major media outlets, including CNN and U.S. News & World Report. There's just one problem: These cases don't exist. And neither do the people in them. No, AI didn't hallucinate them. Big corporations did... ...For more than 30 years, Stella Liebeck's lawsuit has been debated on talk shows, parodied in television commercials, mentioned in congressional debates, and is firmly lodged in the public consciousness. In U.S. popular culture, her case has come to symbolize greedy plaintiffs and lawyers who file frivolous lawsuits and win hugely excessive sums in a broken legal system. And that was exactly what the big corporations, and their powerful lobbyists, wanted you to think. Reb spills all of the real, true, and graphic details of Liebeck v. McDonald's Restaurants (1994). *** MERCH STORE IS LIVE! Shop Reb Masel and Rebuttal Pod merch: https://rebmasel.shop/ CLICK HERE to PREORDER Reb's book: The Book They Throw At You—A Sarcastic Lawyer's Guide* To The Unholy Chaos of Our Legal System, *God No, Not Actual Legal Advice *** Follow @RebuttalPod on Instagram and Twitter! Follow @Rebmasel on TikTok, Instagram, and Twitter! *** 00:00 - Intro / CONTENT WARNING. 00:15 - LEGAL URBAN LEGENDS. 02:43 - THE BAD GUYS AND YOU. 06:16 - Tort Law vs. Tort "Reform" 08:42 - CASE BEGINS: The McDonald's Hot Coffee Case 09:59 - THE INCIDENT. 12:03 - INJURIES AND PERMANENT DISFIGUREMENT. 14:21 - STELLA'S LETTERS TO MCDONALD'S. 19:17 - THE TRIAL: What the jury heard + Transcripts 32:27 - THE VERDICT. 37:25 - MCDONALD'S LEARNS NOTHING. 38:10 - JUSTICE FOR STELLA. 38:32 - Reb's Rebuttal Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
(WATCH THIS EPISODE ON YOUTUBE) This is our fourth **Reb's Round-Up** episode—A rapid-fire (or as rapid as Reb can make it) list of cases that deserve to be included in the Rebuttal Podcast universe but are too short to devote a full episode to. For this Round-Up, Reb gives you *14 bonus cases* for you to tell unsuspecting friends and strangers all about, including: Drones delivering packages to prison; An ex-lawyer in a purple G-string hallucinating a Giant Panda; A bank robbery research project; A $517,000 rock, paper, scissors game; A trip to the morgue and back to the ER; A (former) judge banned from a mall for being a creep; An update on the infamous bee assault case; And more... Enjoy! LINKS & CASE NAMES Case #1: The Giant Panda Defense Case #2: Moore v. Cecil, et al. (11th Cir. 2026) Case #3: United States v. Stanley (2005) Case #4: Wright v. Shotgun Willie's (2022) Case #5: Wilson v. Midland County Texas, et al. (5th Cir. 2026) Case #6: United States v. Petro (10th Cir. 2026) Case #7: Denison v. Mississippi Organ Recovery Agency, Inc. (Miss. 2026) Case #8: United States v. Blair (11th Cir. 2026) Case #9: United States v. Weatherspoon (8th Cir. 2026) Case #10: Neisser v. Pravec (2008) (Czech Republic) Case #11: United States v. Russell (4th Cir. 2026) Case #12: Commonwealth of Mass. v. Woods (2026) (and YouTube video of bee "attack") Case #13: Operation Bear Claw Case #14: Hooper c. Primeau (2017) (Quebéc's Court of Appeal) *** MERCH STORE IS LIVE! Shop Reb Masel and Rebuttal Pod merch: https://rebmasel.shop/ CLICK HERE to PREORDER Reb's book: The Book They Throw At You—A Sarcastic Lawyer's Guide* To The Unholy Chaos of Our Legal System, *God No, Not Actual Legal Advice *** Follow @RebuttalPod on Instagram and Twitter! Follow @Rebmasel on TikTok, Instagram, and Twitter! *** 00:00 - Intro 00:25 - CASE #1: The Giant Panda Defense 03:33 - CASE #2: The Creepy Judge 04:50 - CASE #3: Robbing Banks For Research 06:20 - CASE #4: Two Bodies at the Strip Club 09:20 - CASE #5: "Utterly Bonkers," Says Court 10:11 - CASE #6: Naked and Acquitted 11:10 - CASE #7: Donation Gone Wrong 16:25 - CASE #8: Tan Lines & Can Lines 20:36 - CASE #9: Prison Phone Tag 21:24 - CASE #10: Your Body Scratched My Bumper 23:53 - CASE #11: Cat Blamed For Crime 25:11 - CASE #12: (UPDATE!) Beekeeper Sentenced! 28:41 - CASE #13: Operation Bearclaw 31:09 - CASE #14: Rock, Paper, Scissors, Throuple, $517,000 40:03 - Reb's Rebuttal Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
We can trust God no matter what when we filter our circumstances through the reality that God is faithful, enough and good all the time! Main Scripture passage: Lamentations 3:21-26 ESV
(WATCH THIS EPISODE ON YOUTUBE) "By all appearances, a man who went by William Woods had turned his life around. . . .There was just one problem: Although William Woods is a real person, the man is not that person." –Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals Reb visits a really messed up hot dog cart from 1988 and a saga that'll make you question everybody's last name. Just to be sure. This is United States v. Keirans (8th Cir. 2026). Enjoy. SOURCES: 8th Circuit Opinion (April 23, 2026): https://ecf.ca8.uscourts.gov/opndir/26/04/251339P.pdf University of Iowa article: https://stories.uiowa.edu/uipd-detective-unravels-decades-long-identity-scheme Find William Woods' name and SUPPORT: https://exonerationregistry.org/ *** MERCH STORE IS LIVE! Shop Reb Masel and Rebuttal Pod merch: https://rebmasel.shop/ CLICK HERE to PREORDER Reb's book: The Book They Throw At You—A Sarcastic Lawyer's Guide* To The Unholy Chaos of Our Legal System, *God No, Not Actual Legal Advice *** Follow @RebuttalPod on Instagram and Twitter! Follow @Rebmasel on TikTok, Instagram, and Twitter! *** 00:00 - Intro 00:31 - CASE BEGINS. 03:38 - THE FIRST ARREST. 05:17 - FOUR YEARS LATER... 07:40 - (REB RANTS) 23andMe + Prosecutor budgets 12:00 - BACK TO THE CASE. 13:13 - "WILLIAM WOODS". 14:15 - "CALIFORNIA BILL". 16:56 - Campus police are useful for once?! 17:10 - (REB RANTS) Your husband is a psychopath. Act like it. 19:55 - (REB RANTS) You did a good deed. Stop bragging. 21:23 - "WHO IS YOUR SON?" 24:34 - WHO IS MATTHEW KEIRANS? 28:13 - Identity theft statistics. 29:56 - THE SECOND ARREST. 35:16 - the District Attorney said WHAT?!?!??!?! 37:04 - THE CHARGES + LOGISTICAL NIGHTMARE. 39:36 - THE APPEAL & OUTCOME (April 2026). 45:30 - REB'S REBUTTAL. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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(WATCH THIS EPISODE ON YOUTUBE) "You never know what worse luck your bad luck has saved you from." –Cormac McCarthy, No Country For Old Men. Two tiger sharks, a tattoo, and a richocheted bullet off a man's skull. Reb dives into the Shark Arm Case (1935), the Confrontation Clause, and the Dead Witness Dilemma. Enjoy. *** Shop SKIMS Fits Everybody collection at THIS LINK: https://www.skims.com/rebuttal #skimspartner *** MERCH STORE IS LIVE! Shop Reb Masel and Rebuttal Pod merch: https://rebmasel.shop/ CLICK HERE to PREORDER Reb's book: The Book They Throw At You—A Sarcastic Lawyer's Guide* To The Unholy Chaos of Our Legal System, *God No, Not Actual Legal Advice *** Follow @RebuttalPod on Instagram and Twitter! Follow @Rebmasel on TikTok, Instagram, and Twitter! *** 00:00 - Intro / Setting the Scene 01:02 - PART I: THE SHARK 06:57 - PART II: THE BOXER 12:33 - PART III: SHARK, 1; BULLET, 1; GANGSTERS, 0 25:35 - PART IV: HEARSAY LESSON 34:00 - PART V: THE CONFRONTATION CLAUSE 35:29 - Medieval "Trial By Ordeal" was a nightmare 38:16 - WHY DON'T YOU JUST KILL A WITNESS? 39:18 - PART VI: WOULD SHARK ARM TESTIMONY BE ADMISSIBLE TODAY? 43:20 - Reb's Rebuttal Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
(WATCH THIS EPISODE ON YOUTUBE) One August day in 2019, Ina and David Steiner, a married couple in their late 50s and early 60s respectively, were in their offices at their Natick, Massachusetts home when they each noticed an email pop into their inboxes. The message was bizarre. It said their “wet specimen” was ready and asked, Did they want to accept delivery? . . . . Reb explains the (very insane, very stupid, very scary) case of United States v. Baugh, et al. (2020). Enjoy! *** MERCH STORE IS LIVE! Shop Reb Masel and Rebuttal Pod merch: https://rebmasel.shop/ CLICK HERE to PREORDER Reb's book: The Book They Throw At You—A Sarcastic Lawyer's Guide* To The Unholy Chaos of Our Legal System, *God No, Not Actual Legal Advice *** Follow @RebuttalPod on Instagram and Twitter! Follow @Rebmasel on TikTok, Instagram, and Twitter! *** 00:00 - Intro 00:32 - THE STEINERS. 14:34 - THE EMPLOYERS. 18:27 - THE WEBSITE. 20:45 - THE EMPLOYEES. 21:55 - THE EXECUTIVES. 28:15 - THE MESSAGES. 31:37 - THE CAMPAIGN. 34:17 - THE AFTERMATH. 41:42 - Reb's Rebuttal Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
(WATCH THIS EPISODE ON YOUTUBE) A psychic, a bitcoin influencer, a 70 year-old bank robber, and a University faculty p*rn star walk into a bar.... Case #1 - Fortune teller Rose Marks and her eight family members swindle $25 million out of vulnerable (rich) people who just want to curse a few people, is all. Unfortunately, one of those victims was a famous author with a lot of ex-husbands. (2013) Case #2 - A Bitcoin influencer (oof) paid a group of Los Angeles Sheriff's Deputies $20,000 per day to lure people he had beef with to California… (2026) Case #3 - Kentucky man didn't want to live with his wife anymore. So, naturally… (2016) Case #4 - A Chancellor and his wife make a p*rn-o... (2023) Enjoy! (***Don't worry - A classic long-form Rebuttal episode is coming back NEXT THURSDAY!!!! Be there or be square, etc.***) *** MERCH STORE IS LIVE! Shop Reb Masel and Rebuttal Pod merch: https://rebmasel.shop/ CLICK HERE to PREORDER Reb's book: The Book They Throw At You—A Sarcastic Lawyer's Guide* To The Unholy Chaos of Our Legal System, *God No, Not Actual Legal Advice *** Follow @RebuttalPod on Instagram and Twitter! Follow @Rebmasel on TikTok, Instagram, and Twitter! ** 00:00 - Intro / FYI! 02:34 - CASE #1: OPERATION CRYSTAL BALL 06:20 - Archangels, Africa, and 9/11 (in that order) 10:29 - Victims, for better or worse 11:32 - Jude Deveraux, $17 million star witness 17:23 - JUDE'S EX-HUSBAND TAKES THE STAND 26:01 - Outcome / Sentences 27:53 - CASE #2: COPS LOVE EXTORTING FOR BITCOIN BROS? 32:34 - Cringing 34:32 - CASE #3: BANK ROBBER SAYS WIFE IS TO BLAME 35:50 - CASE #4: CHANCELLOR LOVES P*RN, TELLS EVERYONE 40:10 - Reb's Rebuttal 11:17 - Jelly bean trauma?!?!?!? 13:20 - Let's throw a party about it! 18:55 - RAISING CANE'S LAWSUIT 22:30 - Reb's Rebuttal Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
(WATCH THIS EPISODE ON YOUTUBE) On a cloudless day in Kentucky in 1876, enough raw meat to cover a football field fell from the sky out of nowhere. No one knows where it came from, but there are theories and (unfortunately) jelly beans. Reb covers the 1876 Kentucky Meat Shower and Raising Cane's most recent 2026 lawsuit against people who were surprised to learn that a chicken store smells like chicken. Enjoy! *** MERCH STORE IS LIVE! Shop Reb Masel and Rebuttal Pod merch: https://rebmasel.shop/ CLICK HERE to PREORDER Reb's book: The Book They Throw At You—A Sarcastic Lawyer's Guide* To The Unholy Chaos of Our Legal System, *God No, Not Actual Legal Advice *** Follow @RebuttalPod on Instagram and Twitter! Follow @Rebmasel on TikTok, Instagram, and Twitter! ** 00:00 - Intro 00:29 - KENTUCKY MEAT SHOWER 11:17 - Jelly bean trauma?!?!?!? 13:20 - Let's throw a party about it! 18:55 - RAISING CANE'S LAWSUIT 22:30 - Reb's Rebuttal Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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(WATCH THIS EPISODE ON YOUTUBE) A doctor tries to escape a lawsuit over his cows and a cow tries to escape a slaughterhouse over her flesh. Two cases, one theme. This is Tunnell v. Archer, et al. (2016) and Emily the Cow. Kamoo. *** Links: The Peace Abbey—https://www.peaceabbey.org/animal-rights-emily-the-cow/ Book | The Story of Emily the Cow: Bovine Bodhisattva (2008): https://books.google.com.pr/books?id=Yh7ow2u7e84C&printsec=copyright#v=onepage&q&f=false *** MERCH STORE IS LIVE! Shop Reb Masel and Rebuttal Pod merch: https://rebmasel.shop/ CLICK HERE to PREORDER Reb's book: The Book They Throw At You—A Sarcastic Lawyer's Guide* To The Unholy Chaos of Our Legal System, *God No, Not Actual Legal Advice *** Follow @RebuttalPod on Instagram and Twitter! Follow @Rebmasel on TikTok, Instagram, and Twitter! ** 00:00 - Intro 00:48 - Tunnell v. Archer, et al. (2016) 04:49 - THE WORST LEGAL DEFENSE I'VE HEARD (today, at least) 12:00 - VERDICT 12:24 - Emily the Cow 17:56 - I LOVE THIS COW SO MUCH I'M CRYING AGAIN 21:20 - Reb's Rebuttal Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
(WATCH THIS EPISODE ON YOUTUBE) This is our third Reb's Round-Up episode—A rapid-fire (or as rapid as Reb can make it) laundry list of cases that deserve to be included in the Rebuttal Podcast universe but are too short to devote a full episode to. For this Round-Up, Reb gives you **17 bonus cases** to giggle, scoff, and yell about, including: A Bar Mitzvah "from hell"; The judge who swore prostitutes make the best soup; A lawyer who forgot his client was dead; Seaman's Manslaughter; A dangerous serial pooper; The Holy Spirit serves on a jury; And more... Enjoy. *** MERCH STORE IS LIVE! Shop Reb Masel and Rebuttal Pod merch: https://rebmasel.shop/ CLICK HERE to PREORDER Reb's book: The Book They Throw At You—A Sarcastic Lawyer's Guide* To The Unholy Chaos of Our Legal System, *God No, Not Actual Legal Advice *** Follow @RebuttalPod on Instagram and Twitter! Follow @Rebmasel on TikTok, Instagram, and Twitter! ** 00:00 - Intro/DUI makes a cameo! 2:09 - Case #1 5:46 - Case #2 8:16 - Case #3 9:03 - Case #4 12:20 - Case #5 13:33 - Case #6 14:45 - Case #7 17:04 - Case #8 18:48 - Case #9 20:00 - Case #10 21:02 - Case #11 23:24 - Case #12 24:42 - Case #13 26:06 - Case #14 27:00 - Case #15 27:35 - Case #16 28:16 - Case #17 31:59 - Reb's Rebuttal Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
(WATCH THIS EPISODE ON YOUTUBE). On November 24, 2002, a medieval catapult violently hurled willing human beings several stories high and into a net 100 feet away. Those who built the catapult and organized the stunt were inspired by a notorious group of misfits from the 1970s. This is the story of the Dangerous Sports Club and the 2004 manslaughter trial following the tragic killing of Kostydin "Dino" Yankov. *** MERCH STORE IS LIVE! Shop Reb Masel and Rebuttal Pod merch: https://rebmasel.shop/ CLICK HERE to PREORDER Reb's book: The Book They Throw At You—A Sarcastic Lawyer's Guide* To The Unholy Chaos of Our Legal System, *God No, Not Actual Legal Advice *** Follow @RebuttalPod on Instagram and Twitter! Follow @Rebmasel on TikTok, Instagram, and Twitter! ** 0:00 - The Case of Kostydin "Dino" Yankov (2002) 7:13 - The Dangerous Sports Club (1977 - ?) 23:12 - The Vanuatu Land Divers who inspired bungee jumping 27:17 - DSC Founder David Kirke defends the catapult 30:20 - Findings from 2004/2005 Trial and Inquest 37:17 - INQUEST HOLDING 39:00 - REB'S REBUTTAL / THE OBITUARY OF DAVID KIRKE Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Alpha Hour Exhortation - Episode 407
Jesus is the visible expression of the invisible God. No need to look for another. MESSAGE SUMMARY: On this day of Pentecost, we're invited to explore the profound significance of the Holy Spirit in our lives. The message takes us through Jesus' teachings in John 14, where He promises the coming of the Helper - the Holy Spirit. We learn that the Spirit is not just a distant force, but a personal presence that dwells within us, bringing the very essence of Christ into our hearts. This indwelling Spirit transforms us, making us more like Jesus and empowering us to do His works. As we reflect on this, we're challenged to consider how we're allowing the Spirit to work in our lives. Are we grieving or quenching the Spirit through unforgiveness or sin? Or are we opening ourselves fully to His guidance and power? This Pentecost, let's renew our commitment to living Spirit-filled lives, recognizing that God's desire is for His presence to be with us always, not just now, but for eternity. TODAY'S PRAYER: Lord, I now take a deep breath and stop. So often I miss your hand and gifts in my life because I am preoccupied and anxious. Grant me the power to pause each day and each week to simply rest in your arms of love. In Jesus' name, amen. Scazzero, Peter. Emotionally Healthy Spirituality Day by Day (p. 132). Zondervan. Kindle Edition. TODAY'S AFFIRMATION: Today, because of I am filled with the Holy Spirit, I will not be controlled by my Despair. Rather, I will walk in the Spirit's fruit of Joy. “The fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control.” (Galatians 5:22f). SCRIPTURE REFERENCE (ESV): Number 11; 2 Chronicles 15:1; 1 Samuel 10:16; 1 Samuel 16; Luke 2:25; Acts 2:42; Acts 2:2-4; John 14:6 A WORD FROM THE LORD WEBSITE: www.AWFTL.org. THIS SUNDAY'S AUDIO SERMON: You can listen to Archbishop Beach's Current Sunday Sermon: “A Word from the Cross”, at our Website: https://awordfromthelord.org/listen/ DONATE TO AWFTL: https://mygiving.secure.force.com/GXDonateNow?id=a0Ui000000DglsqEAB
Will the Texans be developing a somewhat "CHEAPER" ideology/strategy when it comes to O-Line room in H-Town for the 2026 football season..? PLEASE, GOD-NO!!
(WATCH THIS EPISODE ON YOUTUBE) This is our second Reb's Round-Up episode—A rapid-fire (or as rapid as Reb can make it) laundry list of cases that deserve to be included in the Rebuttal Podcast universe but are too short to devote a full episode to. For this Round-Up, Reb gives you **18 bonus cases** to giggle, scoff, and yell about, including: A 236-page manifesto some local librarians were asked to proofread; A prosecutor who would've killed it at the Salem Witch Trials; Drunk driving a Chevy Cooler-ado; A kidnapping victim pulling an Uno reverse card; Some really gnarly qualified immunity cases (derogatory); And more... Enjoy. *** MERCH STORE IS LIVE! Shop Reb Masel and Rebuttal Pod merch: https://rebmasel.shop/ CLICK HERE to PREORDER Reb's book: The Book They Throw At You—A Sarcastic Lawyer's Guide* To The Unholy Chaos of Our Legal System, *God No, Not Actual Legal Advice *** Follow @RebuttalPod on Instagram and Twitter! Follow @Rebmasel on TikTok, Instagram, and Twitter! ** 00:00 - Intro 00:37 - Case #1 01:00 - Case #2 01:32 - Case #3 02:16 - Case #4 02:42 - Case #5 04:02 - Case #6 10:58 - Case #7 12:16 - Case #8 13:37 - Case #9 14:09 - Case #10 14:54 - Case #11 **CONTENT WARNING** 15:36 - QUALIFIED IMMUNITY CASES 15:59 - Case #12 16:21 - Case #13 16:44 - Case #14 17:11 - Case #15 17:45 - Case #16 18:13 - Case #17 18:56 - Case #18 19:51 - Reb's Rebuttal Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
(WATCH THIS EPISODE ON YOUTUBE) A zookeeper love triangle leads to a Christmas party brawl....An Australian man straps raw pork chops to his feet ...A defendant claims caffeine made him do it...Oh, and a Texas mayor resigns over a dog. Just another day in the Rebuttal Podcast universe. Enjoy! *** MERCH STORE IS LIVE! Shop Reb Masel and Rebuttal Pod merch: https://rebmasel.shop/ CLICK HERE to PREORDER Reb's book: The Book They Throw At You—A Sarcastic Lawyer's Guide* To The Unholy Chaos of Our Legal System, *God No, Not Actual Legal Advice *** Follow @RebuttalPod on Instagram and Twitter! Follow @Rebmasel on TikTok, Instagram, and Twitter! ** 00:00 - Intro 00:58 - The Zookeeper Love Triangle 07:05 - The Pork Chop Shoe Guy 15:53 - The Caffeine Insanity Defense? 23:31 - The Dognapping Mayor 31:13 - Reb's Rebuttal Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
(WATCH THIS EPISODE ON YOUTUBE) "Everybody in the art world thinks he's telling the truth, and thinks I'm crazy, but people outside of the art world are skeptical… I know why he [disavowed the painting]. He did it because he can't draw. Everything he does is projected, and he sketches it from the picture…This painting we have proves it." Described as one of the "most bizarre art authentication trials in recent memory," Reb unpacks (paints?) Fletcher v. Doig (7th Cir. 2025).*** MERCH STORE IS LIVE! Shop Reb Masel and Rebuttal Pod merch: https://rebmasel.shop/ CLICK HERE to PREORDER Reb's book: The Book They Throw At You—A Sarcastic Lawyer's Guide* To The Unholy Chaos of Our Legal System, *God No, Not Actual Legal Advice *** Follow @RebuttalPod on Instagram and Twitter! Follow @Rebmasel on TikTok, Instagram, and Twitter! *** 00:00 - Intro 01:10 - Case begins 04:18 - What has Peter Doig done? 08:18 - Plaintiffs' counsel is not a quitter 10:34 - OTHER ARTISTS WHO DISAVOWED THEIR WORKS 13:02 - PETER'S LEGAL BUDGET IS HUGE 19:02 - Meanwhile, the Plaintiffs..... 29:39 - U.S. ART MARKET IS THE WILD WEST OF THE LAW 36:47 - What is money laundering, again? 40:29 - TRIAL OUTCOME 29:35 - The sanctions were HOW MUCH?! 51:17 - Reb's Rebuttal Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Who would have thought this ancient story would have such a great word for us today? Thanks, Dr. Luke, for Acts 19!!
(WATCH THIS EPISODE ON YOUTUBE) "Deadly spiked booby traps, dozens of hunting lodge arsons, a double suicide and now attempted murder of an officer — cops in Louisiana say one family is largely responsible for it all..." 5th Circuit Opinion (2022): https://law.justia.com/cases/federal/appellate-courts/ca5/20-30731/20-30731-2022-03-15.html >>>Use code REB for 15% at https://www.barebells.com/ ! >>>Shop SKIMS Fits Everybody collection at http://www.skims.com/ #skimspartner ! **TAKE THE SURVEY AFTER YOUR PURCHASE, SELECT "PODCAST," AND CLICK "REBUTTAL"!** *** MERCH STORE IS LIVE! Shop Reb Masel and Rebuttal Pod merch: https://rebmasel.shop/ CLICK HERE to PREORDER Reb's book: The Book They Throw At You—A Sarcastic Lawyer's Guide* To The Unholy Chaos of Our Legal System, *God No, Not Actual Legal Advice *** Follow @RebuttalPod on Instagram and Twitter! Follow @Rebmasel on TikTok, Instagram, and Twitter! *** 00:00 - Intro (a...wild one) 02:41 - Case begins 04:26 - Phillips family history 05:14 - Plain Dealing Road is cursed 06:23 - 2010 drama 10:25 - 2011 drama 16:50 - 2012 drama 31:13 - 2013 drama 32:23 - We have no idea when THIS drama happened??? 34:59 - Back to 2013 drama 38:54 - 2014, 2015, 2015 drama 51:24 - 2017 drama 57:34 - 2018 drama 1:00:43 - THE APPEAL 1:08:52 - Reb's Rebuttal Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
(WATCH THIS EPISODE ON YOUTUBE) Two cases this episode. Case #1: Where do Supreme Court Justices watch dirty movies? Case #2: Rick Springfield's Buttocks of Mass Destruction. Enjoy! >>>Use code REB for 15% at https://www.barebells.com/ ! SUPPORT MINNESOTA ORGANIZATIONS, BUSINESSES, AND MUTUAL AID: Donate to the Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota: https://www.ilcm.org/donate/ Donate to Pimento Relief Services or support their work: https://www.givemn.org/organization/Pimento-Foundation Donate to Neighborhood House NM or support their work: https://neighborhoodhousemn.org/community-crisis-response/ Donate a gift card for the MN community via El Burrito Mercado: https://www.elburritomercado.com *** MERCH STORE IS LIVE! Shop Reb Masel and Rebuttal Pod merch: https://rebmasel.shop/ CLICK HERE to PREORDER Reb's book: The Book They Throw At You—A Sarcastic Lawyer's Guide* To The Unholy Chaos of Our Legal System, *God No, Not Actual Legal Advice *** Follow @RebuttalPod on Instagram and Twitter! Follow @Rebmasel on TikTok, Instagram, and Twitter! *** 00:00 - Intro 00:28 - Case #1 begins 09:18 - Case #2 begins 20:58 - THE CRUCIAL EVIDENCE PHOTO 34:02 - Reb's Rebuttal Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
(WATCH THIS EPISODE ON YOUTUBE) A motorcycle club. A fight club. A kidnappers club. Three men, one victim. But only one of them is convicted. Reb breaks out her DIY whiteboard for a very helpful visual aid of this very absurd kidnapping story. Spoiler alert: A Hail Mary motion is filed and...wins?!?! This is United States v. Cornelius Green (2024). SUPPORT MINNESOTA ORGANIZATIONS, BUSINESSES, AND MUTUAL AID: Donate to the Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota: https://www.ilcm.org/donate/ Donate to Pimento Relief Services or support their work: https://www.givemn.org/organization/Pimento-Foundation Donate to Neighborhood House NM or support their work: https://neighborhoodhousemn.org/community-crisis-response/. Donate a gift card for the MN community via El Burrito Mercado: https://www.elburritomercado.com *** MERCH STORE IS LIVE! Shop Reb Masel and Rebuttal Pod merch: https://rebmasel.shop/ CLICK HERE to PREORDER Reb's book: The Book They Throw At You—A Sarcastic Lawyer's Guide* To The Unholy Chaos of Our Legal System, *God No, Not Actual Legal Advice *** Follow @RebuttalPod on Instagram and Twitter! Follow @Rebmasel on TikTok, Instagram, and Twitter! *** 00:00 - Intro / Important context 05:34 - Case begins 08:01 - The Motion that never gets granted 09:15 - ALL OF THE DRAMA! 18:36 - The trial (and everything wrong with it) 29:23 - Verdict / Appeal 42:12 - Reb's Rebuttal * Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
(WATCH THIS EPISODE ON YOUTUBE) An IED blowing up your truck and feces in your lunchbox. It's a workplace of nightmares, and that's not even the half of it: Add in BB guns, potato guns, and more feces. I'm sure the boss did something about it, right….Right?…..RIGHT....?!?!?!?! This is our first Reb's Round-Up episode—A rapid-fire (or as rapid as Reb can make it) laundry list of cases that deserve to be included in the Rebuttal Podcast universe but are too short to devote a full episode to. For this Round-Up, Reb gives you **8 bonus cases** to giggle, scoff, and yell about, including: A scuba diving robbery of a Disney restaurant A lawsuit against Mormon leaders for messing up the plot (literally) An answer to one age-old question: Can you get a DUI in a Barbie Jeep? Enjoy. *** MERCH STORE IS LIVE! Shop Reb Masel and Rebuttal Pod merch: https://rebmasel.shop/ CLICK HERE to PREORDER Reb's book: The Book They Throw At You—A Sarcastic Lawyer's Guide* To The Unholy Chaos of Our Legal System, *God No, Not Actual Legal Advice *** Follow @RebuttalPod on Instagram and Twitter! Follow @Rebmasel on TikTok, Instagram, and Twitter! *** 0:00 - Welcome to Reb's Round-Up! 2:00 - Case #1 18:32 - Case #2 19:21 - Case #3 21:30 - Case #4 24:58 - Case #5 26:09 - Case #6 27:30 - Case #7 28:16 - Case #8 32:17 - Reb's Rebuttal Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
(WATCH THIS EPISODE ON YOUTUBE) HAPPY NEW YEAR! Pro-tip: If you're planning to leave 60+ threatening, profanity-laced voicemails for the Franklin County, Ohio judge presiding over your drunk-driving case, be *sure* to identify yourself by name, leave your phone number, and let her know you're *also* calling in bomb threats to a local bar, a Home Depot, a Best Western, and two nearby schools. AND don't forget to call the local sheriff's office 100 times to advise them, among other things, that one of their dispatchers is "probably fat as f***." **No, this isn't real legal advice. This is sarcasm. But this case is very real.** Listen to Reb unpack United States v. Yousif Mubarak (2025). *** MERCH STORE IS LIVE! Shop Reb Masel and Rebuttal Pod merch: https://rebmasel.shop/ CLICK HERE to PREORDER Reb's book: The Book They Throw At You—A Sarcastic Lawyer's Guide* To The Unholy Chaos of Our Legal System, *God No, Not Actual Legal Advice *** Follow @RebuttalPod on Instagram and Twitter! Follow @Rebmasel on TikTok, Instagram, and Twitter! *** 0:00 - Intro / HAPPY NEW YEAR!! 1:42 - CASE BEGINS 5:15 - And a partridge in a pear tree 6:57 - VICTIMS: Every business with a phone number 8:22 - Character evidence is generally not admissible... 11:45 - ...Unless... 13:10 - Answering your hearsay questions real quick 15:34 - Recentering 19:26 - 2ND ARGUMENT ON APPEAL 20:54 - FINAL ARGUMENT ON APPEAL 23:44 - 2022 University of Idaho Murders + CSLI 24:12 - Kohberger's cell tower pings 25:02 - YOUSIF'S CSLI WITHOUT A WARRANT 28:44 - Never consent to a search!!!!!!! 29:51 - Next time, turn your phone off 31:57 - SHORT HOLIDAY CASE 33:39 - Reb's Rebuttal Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
(WATCH THIS EPISODE ON YOUTUBE) On December 7, 1941, pilots from the Imperial Japanese Navy bombed Pearl Harbor in a surprise attack on the island of Oahu, Hawaii. After strafing Pearl Harbor in the second wave of the attack, Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service pilot Shigenori Nishikaichi was in dire straits—his plane was too damaged to make it back to his aircraft carrier. If necessary, all Imperial Japanese pilots were instructed to crash land on Ni'ihau, a small Hawaiian island they were certain was "uninhabited." They were wrong. This is the story of the Battle of Ni'ihau—One pilot, one remote island, 136 Ni'ihauans, and a declaration of war only the enemy pilot knew about. *** MERCH STORE IS LIVE! Shop Reb Masel and Rebuttal Pod merch: https://rebmasel.shop/ *** CLICK HERE to PREORDER Reb's book: The Book They Throw At You—A Sarcastic Lawyer's Guide* To The Unholy Chaos of Our Legal System, *God No, Not Actual Legal Advice *** Follow @RebuttalPod on Instagram and Twitter! Follow @Rebmasel on TikTok, Instagram, and Twitter! *** Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
(WATCH THIS EPISODE ON YOUTUBE) Before 2019, no crimes had been committed in space (that we know of). After poring over records, the New York Times could only come up with three things: (1) damage to a Russian satellite that was allegedly China's fault; (2) a lawsuit seeking to recover a deposit somebody put down for a space-tourism trip; and (3) a U.S.-government sting operation aimed at recovering a moon rock. Only one of those happened in space, though, and none of them are crimes. That is, until an ex-wife of a NASA astronaut decided to play petty. Reb launches us into two cases: (1) a bad break up and (2) a horrific moon-rock-related detention by federal agents of a Granny in a diner parking lot. This is Summer Heather Worden v. Anne McClain (2019) (2025) and Joann Davis v. United States (2017). *** MERCH STORE IS LIVE! Shop Reb Masel and Rebuttal Pod merch: https://rebmasel.shop/ *** CLICK HERE to PREORDER Reb's book: The Book They Throw At You—A Sarcastic Lawyer's Guide* To The Unholy Chaos of Our Legal System, *God No, Not Actual Legal Advice *** Follow @RebuttalPod on Instagram and Twitter! Follow @Rebmasel on TikTok, Instagram, and Twitter! *** 0:00 - Intro / MERCH IS LIVE 3:37 - Cases begin / Antarctica is our best comparison to Space 14:20 - CASE 1 (A Colonel and a Liar) 30:43 - CASE 2 (A Widow and the Worst Federal Agents Ever) 58:20 - Reb's Rebuttal Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
(WATCH THIS EPISODE ON YOUTUBE) ***CONTENT WARNING: GRAPHIC DESCRIPTIONS OF VIOLENT DEATH*** By the time police arrived, there was little that could be done for her. A medical examiner testified that the only parts of her body that were spared were the "top of her head" and the "soles of her feet." ... This is the story of two lawyers. But more importantly, this is Diane Whipple's story. *** REBUTTAL POD MERCH WILL BE LIVE ON 12/4/25 AT THIS LINK!!!!!!!!! *** CLICK HERE to PREORDER Reb's book: The Book They Throw At You—A Sarcastic Lawyer's Guide* To The Unholy Chaos of Our Legal System, *God No, Not Actual Legal Advice *** Follow @RebuttalPod on Instagram and Twitter! Follow @Rebmasel on TikTok, Instagram, and Twitter! *** 0:00 - Intro / Content Warning 0:21 - Case Begins 1:35 - Somehow it gets more horrific 3:13 - Witness accounts 13:03 - Diane Whipple is everything and more 19:06 - Autopsy report 20:30 - Bane, Hera, and the worst people imaginable 24:32 - NOEL MILLER AND MARJORIE KNOLLER 32:36 - Murder and manslaughter trials & (kind of confusing) appeals 38:23 - Where are they now? 38:37 - Sharon Smith, the angel to carry Diane's memory 48:46 - Reb's Rebuttal Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
(WATCH THIS EPISODE ON YOUTUBE) The record for most helicopter escapes goes to convicted murderer Pascal Payet, who has used helicopters to escape from prisons in 2001, 2003, and most recently 2007.... Reb goes down a Wikipedia rabbit hole for this Thanksgiving episode. Happy holidays! See you next week!!!! *** CLICK HERE to PREORDER Reb's book: The Book They Throw At You—A Sarcastic Lawyer's Guide* To The Unholy Chaos of Our Legal System, *God No, Not Actual Legal Advice *** Follow @RebuttalPod on Instagram and Twitter! Follow @Rebmasel on TikTok, Instagram, and Twitter! *** 0:00 - Intro / MERCH IS COMING ! 4:41 - HELICOPTER ESCAPE CASES BEGIN 40:26 - Reb's Rebuttal Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
(WATCH THIS EPISODE ON YOUTUBE) “We walked straight into (Arizona Department of Corrections). We handed it to them. [S]he was kind of confused at first ... Two days later, instead of serving 22 more years, David Cramer walked out of Lewis Prison..." This is State of Arizona v. Cramer (2015), but mostly every bizarre twist that came after it. *** CLICK HERE to PREORDER Reb's book: The Book They Throw At You—A Sarcastic Lawyer's Guide* To The Unholy Chaos of Our Legal System, *God No, Not Actual Legal Advice Follow @RebuttalPod on Instagram and Twitter! Follow @Rebmasel on TikTok, Instagram, and Twitter! *** 0:00 - Intro 0:48 - CASE SUMMARY (bruh) 7:58 - Doing the most 14:21 - Find a border and cross it 19:04 - New MLM just dropped 20:17 - ALL THE KIDNAPPING DETAILS 30:57 - AZ State Bar clocks in...kind of 33:50 - What are sovereign citizens again...? (Reb tells you) 39:39 - THE INFAMOUS SIT-DOWN INTERVIEW 42:48 - THE INFAMOUS WEBSITE 47:25 - Reb's Rebuttal Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
(WATCH THIS EPISODE ON YOUTUBE) The State of Connecticut charged Teresa Beatty $249 per day, every day, while she was in prison for a minor drug offense from 2000 to 2002—But she wouldn't discover this until 20 years later. When her mother died in 2020, the State of Connecticut filed a notice in probate court demanding approximately 35%—over $83,000—of Beatty's inheritance. And it was perfectly legal. In fact, at least 45 states in America force you to pay (literally) for the privilege of being imprisoned in a country with one of the highest incarceration rates in the world... This is Beatty v. Lamont (2022), State v. Richey (2019), and "Pay-To-Stay" laws. Links Captive Money Lab: "Pay-to-stay laws keep a person incarcerated long after their prison term ends." Pay To Stay June 2025 Report, Campaign Zero Research & Policy Brief: "This report takes an in-depth look at pay-to-stay fee policies and practices of charging adults and youths held in jails, prisons, and youth residential facilities for the costs of their incarceration, including medical fees and expenses for room & board." The "Damaged" State v. the "Willful" Nonpayer: Pay-to-Stay and the Social Construction of Damage, Harm, and Moral Responsibility in a Rent-Seeking Society (2022) (Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences) *** CLICK HERE to PREORDER Reb's book: The Book They Throw At You—A Sarcastic Lawyer's Guide* To The Unholy Chaos of Our Legal System, *God No, Not Actual Legal Advice *** Follow @RebuttalPod on Instagram and Twitter! Follow @Rebmasel on TikTok, Instagram, and Twitter! *** 0:00 - Intro 00:10 - CASES BEGIN 10:10 - What is "Pay-to-Stay"? 18:16 - States say it teaches WHAT?! 19:22 - DOES THIS EVEN HELP "TAXPAYERS"? 24:19 - SPOILER: For-profit prisons is a bad idea 28:51 - Who shoulders this burden? Black, Hispanic, the poor 33:46 - PRISONS: DELIBERATE POVERTY AND FORCED LABOR 37:41 - Incarcerated people are forced to work 42:18 - Unsafe work conditions 43:20 - The South = Highest rate in entire world 44:17 - THESE NUMBERS ARE INSANE. 45:00 - Prison Banking 46:45 - Recent accounts from incarcerated people from Oct 2025 49:48 - Captive Money Lab Research: THE IMPACTS OF PAY-TO-STAY LAWS!!! 52:13 - Reb's Rebuttal Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
If you aren't accountable for your life, your life ultimately does not count. Today, R.C. Sproul explains why creation can only find meaning in relation to its Creator. Read the transcript: https://ligonier.org/podcasts/ultimately-with-rc-sproul/no-god-no-meaning/ Study Reformed theology with a free resource bundle from Ligonier Ministries: https://grow.ligonier.org/ A donor-supported outreach of Ligonier Ministries. Donate: https://donate.ligonier.org/ Explore all of our podcasts: https://www.ligonier.org/podcasts
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