SLANDERTOWN: Recent Episodes
Dan Novack, Ari Cohn, Tanvi Valsangikar
SLANDERTOWN is a podcast that dives into First Amendment slugfests. No beef too small, no lawsuit too petty.
SLANDERTOWN is a podcast that dives into First Amendment slugfests. No beef too small, no lawsuit too petty.
EPISODE 7: Dan & Ari talk to Andrew Rice about the defamation downfall of Rudy Giuliani.
Link to Article: https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2023/12/shaye-moss-ruby-freeman-beat-giuliani-in-defamation-trial.html
Guest: Andrew Rice (@riceid), Contributing editor, New York Magazine & author of The Year That Broke America.
SLANDERTOWN is a podcast that dives into First Amendment slugfests. No beef too small, no lawsuit too petty.
EPISODE 7: Dan, Ari, and Tanvi talk to comedy (and First Amendment) icon Kathy Griffin about her extensive experience with the legal system.
Guests: Kathy Griffin and her esteemed counsel Michael Grygiel.
SLANDERTOWN is a podcast that dives into First Amendment slugfests. No beef too small, no lawsuit too petty.
EPISODE 6: Dan and Tanvi discuss how recent developments in the Dominion v Fox News lawsuit reveal the fakery at the heart of Fox News. The closest analogue: pro wrestling! Joining the crew is Abraham Josephine Riesman, bestselling author of Ringmaster: Vince McMahon and the Unmaking of America, who explains the concept of "kayfabe" and how it applies to Donald Trump and Fox News.
SLANDERTOWN is a podcast that dives into First Amendment slugfests. No beef too small, no lawsuit too petty.
EPISODE 5: Dan, Ari, and Tanvi discuss two stunt lawsuits:
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The "Wagatha Christie" Trial that recently concluded in the UK (article: https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lifestyle/lifestyle-news/wagatha-christie-saga-uk-libel-1235226301/)
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Trump's lawsuit against CNN for calling him a Nazi (Complaint: https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.flsd.621239/gov.uscourts.flsd.621239.1.0.pdf)
Guest:
Ashley Cullins (@AshleyCullins) of The Hollywood Reporter (https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/author/ashley-cullins/).
Hosts: Ari Cohn (@aricohn) & Dan Novack (@dannovack) & Tanvi Valsangikar (too cool to tweet)
SLANDERTOWN is a podcast that dives into First Amendment slugfests. No beef too small, no lawsuit too petty.
EPISODE 4: Dan and Ari discuss two lawsuits against the news media that are trending in opposite directions: Dominion Voting Systems v Fox News and Nicholas Sandmann (aka the MAGA Hat Kid) vs everybody else. Tanvi is on vacation.
Guests:
Eriq Gardner (@eriqgardner) of Puck News drops by to discuss his article, "Inside Lachlan & Rupert’s Defamation Endgame" (https://puck.news/inside-lachlan-ruperts-defamation-endgame/) and the Sandmann case.
Michael Grygiel, co-chair of Greenberg Traurig LLP's National Media and Entertainment Litigation Group and attorney for USA Today, tells us why Nicholas Sandmann's lawsuits all failed.
Hosts: Ari Cohn (@aricohn) & Dan Novack (@dannovack)
SLANDERTOWN is a podcast that dives into First Amendment slugfests. No beef too small, no lawsuit too petty.
EPISODE 3: Dan and Tanvi unpack Johnny Depp's successful lawsuit against Amber Heard.
Guest: Natalie Shure (@nataliesurely) drops by to discuss her article for the New Republic, "Stop Trying to Extract Larger Lessons From the Amber Heard–Johnny Depp Trial" (https://newrepublic.com/article/166501/amber-heard-johnny-depp-trial)
Hosts: Dan Novack (@dannovack) & Tanvi Valsangikar (too cool for twitter)
SLANDERTOWN is a podcast that dives into First Amendment slugfests. No beef too small, no lawsuit too petty.
EPISODE 2: Dan, Ari, and Tanvi discuss My Pillow founder and CEO Mike Lindell's unique distinction as a defamation defendant and plaintiff.
Hosts: Dan Novack (@dannovack) & Ari Cohn (@aricohn), Tanvi Valsangikar (too cool for twitter)
SLANDERTOWN is a podcast that dives into First Amendment slugfests. No beef too small, no lawsuit too petty.
EPISODE 1: Dan & Ari discuss Sarah Palin's lawsuit against the New York Times. Dan watched the entire trial so you wouldn't have to. You're welcome.
Background Reading: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/23/business/media/sarah-palin-libel-suit-nyt.html
Hosts: Dan Novack (@dannovack) & Ari Cohn (@aricohn)
Producer: Tanvi Valsangikar (too cool for twitter)