After almost two years Charles, Eric and Patrick are back with special guest Tim from ALAB Series.

Segment 1: Jarkesy v. SEC - The Fifth Circuit sets the administrative state on fire because they can.

Segment 2: Patel v. Garland - The Supreme Court gives immigration judges more authority to screw up without consequence than anyone ever wanted them to have.

Segment 3: FEC v Ted Cruz for Senate - The Supreme Court not only legalizes bribes but says they are required by the First Amendment.

Charles: https://twitter.com/ugarles
Eric: https://twitter.com/ericmichel
Patrick: https://twitter.com/veryimportant
Tim: https://twitter.com/garliccorgi
Hostile Witness: https://twitter.com/HostilePodcast

Music: Thanks to Riverboat Gamblers (Intro: Blue Ghosts) and Patrick Cosmos (Interstitial: Fear of Heights). Used with permission.

Production: Thanks to Dan for the quick turnaround and sound editing. (https://twitter.com/Enterim_ and listen to his band Candy Necklace, new LP out soon: https://candynecklacephl.bandcamp.com/).

006 - The Beginning of the End

In the first of a two-part episode, Charles, Patrick and Eric take you through the saga of the Mar-a-Lago search from the dispute with the National Archives through the appointment of the Special Master.

Charles - https://twitter.com/Ugarles
Patrick - https://twitter.com/veryimportant
Eric - https://twitter.com/ericmichel

Theme music: Blue Ghosts by The Riverboat Gamblers https://riverboatgamblers.bandcamp.com/

Interstitial music: Fear of Heights by Patrick Cosmos. I know I said Fear of Flying on the outro. Sorry about that. https://bigsleeprecords.bandcamp.com/album/tonal-rotors

Sound editing by Jeb Lund (http://twitter.com/mobute), host of the Hallmark Movie podcast It's Christmastown: https://soundcloud.com/user-88203620

More sound editing and editing editing by Dan Parshall (http://twitter.com/enterim_). Listen to his band, Candy Necklace. https://candynecklacephl.bandcamp.com/album/candy-necklace

007 - Mar-a-Lago Under Seige

In the second of a two-part episode, Charles and Patrick take you through the saga of the Mar-a-Lago search from the appointment of the Special Master up to the date of release, including the litigation in the 11th Circuit and the Special Master's latest orders.

Charles - https://twitter.com/Ugarles
Patrick - https://twitter.com/veryimportant
Eric - https://twitter.com/ericmichel

Theme music: Blue Ghosts by The Riverboat Gamblers https://riverboatgamblers.bandcamp.com/

Interstitial music: Fear of Heights by Patrick Cosmos. I know I said Fear of Flying on the outro. Sorry about that. https://bigsleeprecords.bandcamp.com/album/tonal-rotors

Sound editing by Dan Parshall (http://twitter.com/enterim_). Listen to his band, Candy Necklace. https://candynecklacephl.bandcamp.com/album/candy-necklace

008 - The Most Special of Masters (Mar-a-Lago Part 2)

Hello Hostile Witness listeners, this track is getting dumped into your subscription like a U2 single because I don't want to pay for another SoundCloud account!

Charles (@ugarles) and L. Ron Mexico (@LRonMexico), a pair of Saints fans from the boroughs and the bayou respectively, share their thoughts on the upcoming New Orleans Saints season.

Future episodes will have guests from whoever we just played, winner talks trash. Hope you join us for the ride.

City Saint and Country Saint Episode 1 - Season/Podcast Preview

Charles Star and L. Ron Mexico are joined by your good friend Jesse Farrar of Your Kickstarter Sucks and the Go Off Kings on Twitch.

Charles (@ugarles on twitter and @ugarles.bsky.social)
L. Ron (@lronmexico on twitter and @lronmexico.bsky.social)
Jesse (@bronzehammer on twitter and @jessefarrar.bsky.social) plus find Jesse at https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/your-kickstarter-sucks/id1204911385 and https://www.twitch.tv/gooffkings

Some sound editing by Dan Parshall - @enterim.bsky.social and Candy Necklace https://candynecklacephl.bandcamp.com/ but I'm going to be honest, I added some stuff after I got it back from him so I hope he doesn't sue me for putting his name on here.

City Saint and Country Saint Episode 2 - vs Titans with Jesse Farrar

Charles Star and L. Ron Mexico are joined by the NFL Network's Patrick Claybon to talk about how the Saints defense is for real but who knows because the Panthers offense ... woof.

Twitter/Bluesky for everyone:
Charles - @ugarles 
L. Ron Mexico - @LRonMexico
Patrick - @patrickclaybon

Plus big thanks to Dan Parshall for fixing our sound levels. listen to Candy Necklace at https://candynecklacephl.bandcamp.com.

City Saint and Country Saint Episode 3 - vs Panthers with Patrick Claybon

It's a weird one, folks. Our guest's audio file was corrupted and useless, so the episode is a 20 minute chop job of whatever Charles could salvage from the hosts' tracks plus a short interlude where Alex (@vodkalemonades) talks trash on behalf of all Packer fans after their come-from-behind 18-17 win.

Also, shout out to our original guest, Matt Christman, whose absence started for the best reason (his daughter's birth!) before turning scary with the downturn in his health. Get well soon, @cushbomb.

This was done last minute so our usual audio engineer has ABSOLUTELY NOTHING TO DO WITH THIS the low hum under my track is all on me.

City Saint and Country Saint Episode 4 S1W3 Packers - vodkalemonades Sort Of

Charles Star and L. Ron Mexico are joined by Tampa's Jeb "@mobute" Lund of the It's Christmastown podcast after the awful loss to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Additional sadness provided by our Man in the Dome, Ron's offline friend Chris. 

Thanks to Dan Parshall for sound editing in a hurry. You can find his band, Candy Necklace, at https://candynecklacephl.bandcamp.com/album/no-life-low-life.

City Saint and Country Saint Episode 5 S1W4 Buccaneers - Jeb Lund

Charles Star and L. Ron Mexico welcome Boston's own Luke O'Neil, author of the Welcome to Hell World newsletter (and books) and the short fiction collection A Creature Wanting Form. Luke joins us to talk about the Saints evisceration of the Patriots. Because Hell World is heavy, we got into some heavier current events.

Charles Star - https://bsky.app/profile/ugarles.bsky.social
L. Ron Mexico - https://bsky.app/profile/lronmexico.bsky.social
Luke O'Neil - https://bsky.app/profile/lukeoneil47.bsky.social 

Buy Luke's books and subscribe to his newsletter at https://www.welcometohellworld.com/

Thanks to LunarSnow for sound engineering.

City Saint and Country Saint Episode 6 S1W5 Patriots - Luke O'Neil

Charles and Ron are in the dumps again after another week of red zone disasters, this time against the Texans. Joining the guys to talk about it is Houston's Stephanie Stradley. 

Charles https://bsky.app/profile/ugarles.bsky.social
L. Ron Mexico https://bsky.app/profile/lronmexico.bsky.social
Stephanie https://bsky.app/profile/stephstradley.bsky.social

Find Stephanie's writing at https://www.chron.com/author/stephanie-stradley/ or
https://www.stradleylaw.com/blog/

City Saint / Country Saint Episode 7 S1W6 - Texans - Stephanie Stradley

Another bummer of a week as the Saints drop a Thursday night game to the Jaguars at home but at least we're joined by tinybaby (Paul), a Saints fan by way of Jacksonville to commisserate.

Charles - https://bsky.app/profile/ugarles.bsky.social
L. Ron Mexico - https://bsky.app/profile/lronmexico.bsky.social
Paul - https://bsky.app/profile/tiny.baby

Sound engineering on everything but Man in the Dome and the interstitials by LunarSnow.

City Saint / Country Saint Episode 8 S1W7 - Jaguars - tinybaby

Charles and Ron go without a guest to talk about the Saints win over the Colts because nobody cares about the Colts and it's time for a midseason recap anyway. Fun times. Charles also calls an old friend from Indiana to Get Her Ass even though she doesn't care because nobody cares about the Colts.

Charles Star - bsky.app/profile/ugarles.bsky.social
L. Ron Mexico - bsky.app/profile/lronmexico.bsky.social
Trisha - stays offline because she's not stupid

Sound engineering on everything but Get Her Ass and the interstitials by LunarSnow.

City Saint / Country Saint Episode 9 S1W8 - Colts - Midseason Review

A two-game win streak after beating the Bears 24-17 has Charles and Ron in a better mood. Replacing them in misery are Chicago's Patrick Cosmos and Andrew. Plus, Skooks is back as our Man in the Dome.

Charles Star - https://bsky.app/profile/ugarles.bsky.social
L. Ron Mexico - https://bsky.app/profile/lronmexico.bsky.social
Andrew - https://bsky.app/profile/torqpenderloin.bsky.social
Patrick Cosmos -https://bsky.app/profile/veryimportant.lawyer
Skooks - https://bsky.app/profile/skookses.bsky.social

Watch Andrew's wrestling Twitch stream at https://www.twitch.tv/wrestlingbrain

Buy/Listen to Patrick's music at https://veryimportant.lawyer/music

Thanks again to LunarSnow for sound engineering.

City Saint / Country Saint Episode 10 S1W9 - Bears - Patrick/Andrew

Charles and Ron empathize with the Saints receivers and their unfortunate interactions with the police and also lament the Vikings game. Charles is also joined by Washington Improv Theater's Travis Ploeger, a lifelong Vikings fan, whose Minnesota Nice precluded him getting too mean. 

Charles - https://bsky.app/profile/ugarles.bsky.social
L. Ron Mexico - https://bsky.app/profile/lronmexico.bsky.social
Travis - https://twitter.com/TravisPloeger

And if you're in DC, check out imusical at WIT: https://witdc.org/ensembles/imusical/ 

Sound engineering by LunarSnow.

City Saint / Country Saint S1W10 Vikings - Travis Ploeger

It's the bye week so we don't have an opponent to talk to so instead Charles invited some friends to meet Ron and have him live through an episode of Soundtracker, with Soundtracker host (and victory-curious Browns fan) Eric Peacock and Charles' frequent podcast pal (and resigned Giants fan) David Roth. After Remembering Some Cleveland Guys, there's some good talk about the mediocre comedian-to-reactionary grifter pipeline and even some discussion of football. 

Charles Star - https://bsky.app/profile/ugarles.bsky.social
L. Ron Mexico - https://bsky.app/profile/lronmexico.bsky.social
Eric Peacock - https://bsky.app/profile/uwebollocks.bsky.social
David Roth - https://bsky.app/profile/davidjroth.bsky.social

Listen to Eric's podcast, Soundtracker, at https://www.buzzsprout.com/1840875

Listen to David's Defector podcast, The Distraction, at https://the-distraction-a-defector-podcast.simplecast.com/ and his Hallmark Christmas Movie podcast It's Christmastown at https://daveandjebarentmean.libsyn.com/ and read Defector.com.

Charles has all of his writing etc. at https://linktr.ee/ugarles

Thanks again to LunarSnow for cleaning up the sound, especially Charles since his good mic broke and he sounds like he's hiding in a bathroom from Oscar Pistorius.

City Saint / Country Saint S1W11 Bye Week - Uwe Bollocks and David Roth

The Shutdown Fullcast's Jason Kirk joins Charles and L. Ron to bask in the Falcons' win over the Saints and he gets our ass (especially sartorially). We also talk about his soon-to-be-released novel Hell is a World Without You and growing up evangelical and growing out of it before getting down to football. 

Charles Star - https://bsky.app/profile/ugarles.bsky.social
L. Ron Mexico - https://bsky.app/profile/lronmexico.bsky.social
Jason Kirk -https://bsky.app/profile/jasonkirk.fyi

Preorder Jason's novel at https://jasonkirk.fyi and listen to Shutdown Fullcast at https://www.bannersociety.com/pages/welcome-to-the-shutdown-fullcast and Fullcast After Dark which you can find on LinkedIn on Saturday nights.

Thanks to LunarSnow for the audio engineering.

City Saint / Country Saint S1W12 - Falcons - Jason Kirk

More sad horns after the Saints fall to the Lions. Charles and L. Ron are joined by Defector's Blog Girl Lauren Theisen who is kinder than she needed to be about Getting Our Ass. Plus memories of Michigan. Plus, Skooks is back as the Man in the Dome.

Read Lauren at the wonderful Defector.com, home of all your faves. 

Charles Star - https://bsky.app/profile/ugarles.bsky.social
L. Ron Mexico - https://bsky.app/profile/lronmexico.bsky.social
Lauren Theisen - https://bsky.app/profile/laurentheisen.bsky.social
Skooks - https://bsky.app/profile/skookses.bsky.social
Sound engineering by LunarSnow.

City Saint / Country Saint S1W13 - Lions - Lauren Theisen

Happy horns ring out as the Saints break their losing streak and move back into (lol) first place in the abysmal NFC South. Joining Ron and Charles to lament how far his tepid support for the Panthers has fallen is Canadian transplant / Duke walk-on, George Pearkes. We Get His Ass, plus Skooks is back as the Man in the Dome.

Charles Star - bsky.app/profile/ugarles.bsky.social
L. Ron Mexico - bsky.app/profile/lronmexico.bsky.social
George Pearkes - bsky.app/profile/pearkes.bsky.social
Skooks - bsky.app/profile/skookses.bsky.social

Sound engineering by LunarSnow.

City Saint / Country Saint S1W14 - Panthers - George Pearkes

The Saints roll on at home, this time through the Giants. L. Ron had a work emergency so Charles had to get What a Time to Be Alive's Patrick Monahan ass alone. L. Ron returned for Man in the Dome with Skooks. Happy horns for all (except Pat.)

Listen to Patrick (with Kath Barbadoro and Eli Yudin) on WATTBA at https://whatatimepod.com/

Sound engineering by Dan Parshall

Charles Star - https://bsky.app/profile/ugarles.bsky.social
L. Ron Mexico - https://bsky.app/profile/lronmexico.bsky.social
Patrick Monahan - https://bsky.app/profile/pattymo.com
Skooks - https://bsky.app/profile/skookses.bsky.social
Dan Parshall - https://bsky.app/profile/enterim.bsky.social and you can listen to Candy Necklace at https://candynecklacephl.bandcamp.com/album/no-life-low-life

City Saint / Country Saint S1W15 - Giants - Patrick Monahan

Destiny is a fickle beast and if we ever controlled our own, we no longer do. L. Ron and Charles are joined by Plexico Gingrich, formerly of Ruthless Reviews, to talk about the Saints' dispiriting loss to the Rams in a season of dispiriting losses. Plus, a lot of talk about gambling, the DFS industry and the monsters and idiots that comprise the world.

You can find Plex's old movie reviews at RuthlessReviews.com

Sound engineering by Dan Parshall

Charles Star - bsky.app/profile/ugarles.bsky.social
L. Ron Mexico - bsky.app/profile/lronmexico.bsky.social
Plexico Gingrich - https://twitter.com/ruthlessreviews
Dan Parshall - bsky.app/profile/enterim.bsky.social and you can listen to Candy Necklace at candynecklacephl.bandcamp.com/album/no-l…e-low-life

City Saint / Country Saint S1W16 - Rams - Plexico Gingrich

What a satisfying win over the Buccaneers to make the final game of the season meaningful. Charles and L. Ron enjoyed it immensely. Tampa native and Bucs fan Andrew Lawrence of MMFA, not so much.

Sound engineering by LunarSnow

Charles Star - bsky.app/profile/ugarles.bsky.social
L. Ron Mexico - bsky.app/profile/lronmexico.bsky.social
Andrew Lawrence - twitter.com/ndrew_lawrence

City Saint / Country Saint S1W17 - Bucs2 - Andrew Lawrence

Charles and L. Ron go to game 18 together to watch the Saints blow out the Falcons, then to a New Orleans bar to hope for help making the wild card. Guest cameos from some of our Men in the Dome and some fans in the Dome.

City Saint / Country Saint S1W18 - Falcons 2 - Just Us

Episode 1, finally. Patrick Cosmos and Eric Michel join Charles Star to discuss the Supreme Court's embarrassing decision to in Hernandez v Mesa and bogus defamation lawsuits from Tulsi Gabbard, Roy Moore and Larry Klayman.

Charles Star: @ugarles
Patrick Cosmos: @veryimportant
Eric Michel: @ericmichel

Thanks to Jeb @mobute Lund for his production help, @mikeweibe for letting us use the Riverboat Gambles' Blue Ghosts in the intro and Patrick for letting me use his Fear of Hights for the interstitials.

001 - Crossing The Line

Charles Star, Patrick Cosmos and Eric Michel talk about the mocking cruelty of Trump's Fifth Circuit judges toward gay and trans litigants and Lauren Walker joins Charles to talk about the trans health issues underlying the litigation.

Theme: Blue Ghosts by Riverboat Gamblers
Interstitials: Fear of Heights by Patrick Cosmos

Charles Star (@ugarles)
Patrick Cosmos (@veryimportant)
Eric Michel (@ericmichel)
Lauren Walker (@notabigjerk)
Sound engineering by Daniel Parshall (@enterim_)

Take The Fifth.... Please

Randolph Brickey joins Charles Star to talk about Ramos v. Louisiana, a recent Supreme Court case that finally clarified that Louisiana and Oregon have to stop using non-unanimous juries and a series of cases (Ellis v. State (NC). Clark v Crawford (WDVA) and Howse v, Houdos (6th Cir.)) about the mixed messages courts give about telling the police how you really feel.

Charles Star - @ugarles
Randolph Brickey - @hithertofore
Hostile Witness - @HostilePodcast

Thanks to: 
Dan Parshall (@enterim_) for sound engineering
Mike Wiebe (@mikewiebe) and Riverboat Gamblers (@thegamblers) for the theme, "Blue Ghosts" 
Patrick Cosmos (@veryimportant) for the interstitial music "Fear of Heights".
and my wife and mom because it's Mother's Day

003 - Something We Can All Agree On

Charles Star is joined again by Patrick Cosmos and Eric Michel. The discussion starts with Bridgegate and the Supreme Court's latest refusal to let prosecutors punish public corruption and finishes with Judge Justin Walker's ridiculous injunction against a non-existent order to shut down drive-in Easter services.

Charles Star - @ugarles
Eric Michel - @ericmichel
Patrick Cosmos - @veryimportant

Thanks to Dan Parshall for sound engineering and to Mike Weibe and Riverboat Gamblers (theme - Blue Ghosts) and Patrick Cosmos (bumpers - Fear of Heights) for the music.

004 - Closing Down Lanes

Charles Star is joined by attorney Ezra Ishmael Young and Professor Jessica Clarke to discuss the recent Supreme Court decision in Bostock v. Clayton County extending Title VII sex discrimination claims to include gay and trans litigants.

On Twitter:
Charles - @ugarles
Ezra - @ezraiyoung
Jessica - @clarkeja

Thanks to Mike Weibe and Riverboat Gamblers for use of the theme song "Blue Ghosts", Patrick Cosmos for the interstitial/outro "Fear of Heights" and Dan Parshall for sound engineering.

005 - Because of Sex

A podcast about law at the end of the world. Bear with us.

AND a home for a podcast about football at the end of the Mississippi River. WHO DAT saving fees on SoundCloud hosting?

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