Opening Arguments

Thomas Smith

Booking Overview

A law and current-events analysis show that typically features legal analysts, attorneys, and occasional authors with relevant professional expertise alongside substantial solo coverage. Agencies could credibly pitch practicing lawyers, constitutional and policy experts, legal scholars, and authors addressing legal issues or the intersection of law and lived experience; booking difficulty is medium because guests need credible legal authority and a strong connection to current issues or deeper legal concepts.

Metrics

Episodes: 1273

Frequency: Multiple_weekly

Rating: 4.3/5.0

Estimated listeners: 10k-100k

Gender skew: Unknown

Location: USA

Contact Information

Publicly listed emails

openarguments@gmail.com

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Host

Thomas Smith - Comedian and podcast host focused on making legal concepts and current events accessible to a general audience.

Booking Intelligence

Booking Requirements

medium

Typical Credentials:

Practicing attorneys, legal analysts, legal scholars, policy experts, and authors with direct expertise in law or a compelling connection between legal issues and lived experience.

Required Achievements:

Significant legal practice experience, Published books or memoirs, Expertise in specific legal or policy areas

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Recent Topics

Law, Legal Analysis, Constitutional Law, Politics, Legislation

Episodes

Here's the recent few episodes on

Opening Arguments

Police Sued for Blatant Misuse of Facial Recognition. It's NUTS.

August 17, 2026

OA1288 - What happens when a hotheaded cop who isn’t interested in putting in much effort to solve a crime meets up with another cop who thinks computers are infallible? A man with no criminal record who lives 300 miles from the crime scene and has no conceivable connection to the crime gets arrested. Hear the ACLU lay out the case for strict guardrails on the use of facial identification software, and training officers to… like do their job at all. Bonus: Learn about Jenessa’s doppleganger /...

The Tates Seek Release, Super-Duper Promise They Won't Flee

August 14, 2026

OA1287 - Today on Rapid Response Friday: Todd “Two Taints” Blanche flexes his new freedom as two Tates blanch at the loss of theirs, and a lawsuit over a cinematic heist starring Nicolas Cage. Applicability of Executive Privilege to Presidential Communications with Private Advisers, Office of Legal Counsel (8/10/2026) Second Superseding Indictment in United States of America v. Southern Poverty Law Center Inc. and Heidi Beirich, Middle District of Alabama (8/11/2026) Secretary Rubio Te...

Ross Douthat Leaves NYT for Bari Weiss. Here Were Some of His Worst Columns.

August 12, 2026

VR40 - This Vapid Response Wednesday, we note the end of Ross Douthat’s 17-year run as the resident New York Times conservative columnist with a drive-by review of some of his most willfully clueless work--and a closer look at his recent farewell message in which he provides a fitting capstone to a long career of willfully ignoring everything about how and why the American right went full MAGA. You can WATCH this episode, too! “Europe’s Minaret Moment,” Ross Douthat, New York Times (12/6/20...

Publicly listed emails

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