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Let the Record Show

Let the Record Show is a U.S. history podcast that looks back on legal precedent to make sense of our ever-evolving future. On every episode we explore the people, places and stories behind major court cases that shape how we live our lives today.

In honor of Disability Pride Month, we鈥檙e devoting a few episodes to disability rights, starting with a look at conservatorships. Conservatorships are a court-sanctioned way to strip people with disabilities of their civil liberties. The...

The end of the Supreme Court鈥檚 term is always a momentous time of year for our guest and At Liberty regular David Cole. David is the ACLU鈥檚 legal director and our resident Supreme Court expert.聽

Just two months ago, Brooklyn Center, a suburb of Minneapolis, was the backdrop of yet another incident of police brutality when 20-year-old Daunte Wright was fatally shot by an officer during a traffic stop. The...

It鈥檚 that time of year again: Supreme Court decision season. Today, we are bringing you a breakdown of the Supreme Court鈥檚 decision in the case of Fulton v. City of Philadelphia, a case that touches...

Here at the ACLU, we鈥檝e been working remotely from home since the pandemic closed our offices in March 2020, which means this podcast is produced, recorded and edited, using high speed internet; even our guests鈥�...

1 in 4 Americans are unbanked or underbanked. That鈥檚 because banks across the country are closing branches or they鈥檙e penalizing those who don鈥檛 have large savings. This means that 64 million Americans -- disproportionately Black...

On April 28th, the Supreme Court will hear arguments for a case that has big implications for student free speech. The case involves then 14-year-old Brandi Levy, a cheerleader at Mahanoy Area High School in...

On Sunday, 20-year-old Daunte Wright was shot and killed by a police officer in Brooklyn Center, Minnesota after being pulled over for traffic violations. The violations? He had expired tags on his license and air...

This week, we are revisiting one of our favorite episodes featuring a conversation with the filmmakers of the documentary, 鈥淐rip Camp: A Disability Revolution.鈥� Jim LeBrecht and Nicole Newnham use archival footage and interviews to...