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Conversations, thoughts, and interviews on legal matters, the law, and politics in today's world. DAVID M. ODDO, is a prominent New York attorney known as a tenacious, experienced and highly skilled trial attorney, who has obtained many large verdicts and settlements for his clients in his over 25-year career as a civil litigator. He takes great pride in representing people whose lives have been devastated by the negligence and recklessness of others. In addition to representing victims of medical malpractice and general negligence, Mr. Oddo is a staunch advocate for victims of childhood sex abuse. He represents clients throughout the state who have been abused by clergy, scout masters, teachers and other adults who took advantage of their positions of authority to harm children.
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Tuesday Nov 24, 2020
Tuesday Nov 24, 2020
Zoe Tillman, senior reporter @BuzzFeedNews (courts, justice, and the intersection of law and politics) joins David to discuss the most recent news regarding the legal aspects of the Trump-Biden transition.
https://www.buzzfeed.com/zoetillman
Thursday Nov 12, 2020
Thursday Nov 12, 2020
ABOUT AMERICAN RULE: How a Nation Conquered the World but Failed Its People (Jared Yates Sexton)
From writer and political analyst Jared Yates Sexton comes a journey through the history of the United States, from the nation’s founding to the twenty-first century, which examines and debunks the American myths we’ve always told ourselves.
In recent years, Americans have faced a deluge of horrifying developments in politics and culture: stolen elections, fascist rallies, families torn apart and locked away. A common refrain erupts at each new atrocity: This isn’t who we are.
In American Rule, Jared Yates Sexton upends those convenient fictions by laying bare the foundational myths at the heart of our collective American imagination. From the very origins of this nation, Americans in power have abused and subjugated others; enabling that corruption are the many myths of American exceptionalism and steadfast values, which are fed to the public and repeated across generations. Working through each era of American growth and change, Sexton weaves together the origins and perpetuation of these narratives still in the public memory, and the acts we have chosen to forget.
Stirring, deeply researched, and disturbingly familiar, American Rule is a call to examine our own misconceptions of what it means, and has always meant, to be an American.
Wednesday Nov 11, 2020
Wednesday Nov 11, 2020
ABOUT AMERICAN RULE: How a Nation Conquered the World but Failed Its People (Jared Yates Sexton)
From writer and political analyst Jared Yates Sexton comes a journey through the history of the United States, from the nation’s founding to the twenty-first century, which examines and debunks the American myths we’ve always told ourselves.
In recent years, Americans have faced a deluge of horrifying developments in politics and culture: stolen elections, fascist rallies, families torn apart and locked away. A common refrain erupts at each new atrocity: This isn’t who we are.
In American Rule, Jared Yates Sexton upends those convenient fictions by laying bare the foundational myths at the heart of our collective American imagination. From the very origins of this nation, Americans in power have abused and subjugated others; enabling that corruption are the many myths of American exceptionalism and steadfast values, which are fed to the public and repeated across generations. Working through each era of American growth and change, Sexton weaves together the origins and perpetuation of these narratives still in the public memory, and the acts we have chosen to forget.
Stirring, deeply researched, and disturbingly familiar, American Rule is a call to examine our own misconceptions of what it means, and has always meant, to be an American.
Monday Oct 26, 2020
Monday Oct 26, 2020
Rachel Shelden joins David Oddo to talk about her recent Washington Post article, and why an unclear election outcome in a deeply polarized time might be dangerous.
Rachel Shelden is an associate professor of history at Penn State and director of the George and Ann Richards Civil War Era Center.
Thursday Oct 01, 2020
Thursday Oct 01, 2020
David talks with Matthew MacWilliams about his new book, the state of America, and what a President Trump means to our country.
Order the book here: https://www.matthewmacwilliams.com
Matthew C. MacWilliams is a scholar, an award-winning practitioner of American politics, and a recognized expert on authoritarianism. A respected author, his research on President Donald Trump and authoritarianism sparked international debate and is at the heart of his latest book, On Fascism: 12 Lessons From American History.
https://www.vox.com/2016/3/1/11127424/trump-authoritarianism
Sunday Sep 20, 2020
Sunday Sep 20, 2020
Tuesday Sep 01, 2020
Tuesday Sep 01, 2020
David talks with Stephen Komorek from Conflict International on how human lie detection can be taught. Stephen is an expert in Human Lie Detection. This skill has been very helpful for lawyers and investigators.
Stephen Komorek
Operations Director, United States
Stephen is an international Private Investigator, who joined Conflict International's USA office as the U.S. Operations Director, in 2018.
Stephen, who is also a security consultant, has extensive experience in planning, recruiting and running security operations and investigations worldwide. He is licensed as a private investigator in multiple states.
A veteran of the Iraq War and the global War on Terror, and has conducted many special investigations during his career.
His special investigations have consisted of a variety of cases including Government Corruption, International Homicides, Money Laundering, Counter-Intelligence, Organized Crime, Human Trafficking, Serial Rapists, Counter-Terrorism, and K&Rs (Kidnap and Ransom).
He has experience working with many local, State, Federal and Department of Defense teams. Stephen holds over 20 certifications in various intelligence disciplines to include courses in Leadership, Advanced Deception Techniques and Combating Human Trafficking.
He is a member of the World Association of Detectives, National Association for Missing and Exploited Children, National Domestic Preparedness Coalition and the Association of British investigators.
Stephen is a senior faculty at the World Institute for Security Enhancement where he teaches board certified intelligence, and technical course.
Stephen Komorek: s.komorek@conflictinternational.com
www.conflictinternational.com
Tuesday Aug 25, 2020
Tuesday Aug 25, 2020
David talks to Gilda Daniels about her book, Uncounted The Crisis of Voter Suppression in America.Gilda Daniels serves as an Associate Professor at the University of Baltimore School of Law. She is a nationally recognized voting rights and election law expert. She served as a Deputy Chief in the Department of Justice, Civil Rights Division, Voting Section under the Clinton and Bush administrations. Professor Daniels has two decades of litigation, negotiation and consulting experience in the substantive voting rights area. She has investigated, negotiated and litigated cases involving the Voting Rights Act of 1965, the National Voter Registration Act and other voting statutes. While a Deputy Chief in the Department of Justice, Civil Rights Division, Voting Section, she supervised, inter alia, the Tennessee NVRA case that continues to serve as a model for other NVRA actions and United States v. Berks County, PA, that was brought pursuant to Sections 2, 4(e), and 208 of the VRA.
She is also the Director of Litigation for Advancement Project’s National Office, which is a multi-racial civil rights organization. She supervises attorneys in four program areas: Power & Democracy (voting rights), Opportunity to Learn (education), Justice (policing and criminalization) and Immigrant Justice (immigration).
She has drafted and participated in amicus briefs filed in the United States Supreme Court, frequently consults on voting rights issues, and is well published.
Her scholarship focuses on the intersections of race law and democracy. Her law review articles have appeared in Cardozo Law Review, Indiana University Law Review (Indianapolis), Denver Law Review, New York University Journal of Legislation and Public Policy. Her writings have also been published in the Huffington Post and various other publications. She has been quoted in the Washington Post and interviewed for NPR’s All things Considered. Her book , UNCOUNTED: Voter Suppression in the United States (NYU Press) will be released in January 2020.
Links to Gilda R. Daniels:
https://twitter.com/gilda_daniels
https://nyupress.org/9781479862351/uncounted/
https://nyupress.org/author/gilda-r-daniels/
Friday Aug 14, 2020
Friday Aug 14, 2020
David speaks with fellow attorney, Matthew Haicken about his somewhat accidental journey into activism, the proposal of a new bill, and why convicted felons should be called for jury duty... like the rest of us!
Here's the Bloomberg article that made this episode possible:
https://news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/insight-new-york-faces-the-opportunity-to-eliminate-ban-on-felon-jury-service-7
Matt Haicken:
When not practicing law, I am actively involved in NYSTLA, the New York State Trial Lawyers Association. We are a group that lobbies on behalf of injury victims. I believe the courthouse doors should be open to everyone, regardless of his or her immigration status, or financial situation. I am committed to fighting for a strong civil justice system that enables people who have been harmed to hold wrongdoers accountable.
More about Matthew:
More about David:
https://www.oddobabat.com/about/david-oddo/
Tuesday Jul 21, 2020
Tuesday Jul 21, 2020
In part one, David Oddo and Brooklyn D.A. Eric Gonzalez discussed a new document that focuses on wrongfully convicted citizens. In this episode, David tells a heartbreaking story that might seem like fiction but, sadly, it's all too true.
426 Years: An examination of 25 Wrongful Convictions in Brooky, NY:
http://www.brooklynda.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/KCDA_CRUReport_v4r3-FINAL.pdf