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Justice Counts
by Mark M. Bello
The dictionary describes "justice" as meaning “Just or fair behavior or treatment.” That’s our guidepost on “Justice Counts”, where the conversation goes beyond the law to issues that are important – like equal access and fair treatment for everyone. Justice Counts is a bi-weekly podcast featuring legal thriller author/justice advocate Mark M. Bello and political activist/author Bob Gatty discussing the important cultural, social justice, and political stories of our time. The podcast features interviews with lawyers, activists, journalists, authors, police officers, and everyday people with concerns about justice. Bello is an attorney, civil justice advocate, and award-winning author of the Zachary Blake Legal Thriller Series, and is emerging as an important voice in social justice today. He draws upon over 40 years of courtroom experience in his Zachary Blake Legal Thriller Series and this podcast. A Michigan native, Mark received
Episodes
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Fatimah Gilliam_ Voting Rights Ruling=Jim Crow 2.0
We’re living in a time when a former president refuses to acknowledge his re-election defeat, falsely claiming that thousands of votes were cast illegally. In the aftermath of that, many states – mostly led by Republicans – are making it harder for people of color to vote on the assumption that...
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Phyllis Chesler-Anti-Semitism & the War in Israel
Why is it that so many Americans continue to justify, even celebrate, Hamas’ slaughter of Israelis, attending rallies in support of Palestinians and calling Hamas terrorists “freedom fighters?” Today, thriller author Mark M. Bello and I are pleased to present legendary feminist and bestselling...
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Dr. Emily Bashah-Antisemitism and Addictive Ideologies
With violent extremism on the rise in the U.S. and around the world, many of us are tempted to simply write off extremists as beyond help. But according to licensed clinical psychologist and extremism expert Dr. Emily Bashah, the lack of understanding around what causes extremism is simply adding...
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Mary Beth O'Connor-From Junkie to Judge
According to the National Institutes of Health, 20 million Americans suffer from substance abuse at some point in their lives. Mary Beth O’Connor, our guest today, was one of those, but since 1994 has been sober from methamphetamine use disorder. She wrote about her journey in an award-winning...
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Speak Up, America - Mark Bello
Early on Saturday, October 7, Hamas invaded Israel, firing thousands of rockets from Gaza into the Jewish State while also launching an incursion into Israeli border towns, killing and kidnapping residents as they celebrated the Jewish holiday of Simchat Torah. Since then, more than two thousand...
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Rebecca Bratspies-Working for Environmental Justice
Today we’re focusing on the environmental challenges facing our world today with Rebecca Bratspies, founding director of the Center for Urban Environmental Reform. She’s the author of an award-winning environmental justice comic book series, The Environmental Justice Chronicles. The three books,...
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Dr. Regina Lark-Women's Work Equality
Do you believe equity has finally come to the workplace, that women are now being treated equally with men? On this podcast, Dr. Regina Lark, author of the new book, Emotional Labor: Why a Woman’s Work Is Never Done and What to Do About It, traces developments over the years that were intended to...
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Jonathan Fisher-Participatory Photography, Reforming Probation
To counter negative stereotypes afflicting probation clients across the country, award-winning filmmakers/editors, Jonathan Fisher and George Carrano handed cameras to people in the probation system including its officers. What transpired was an exercise in "participatory photography*" now...
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Kesten-Abravenel-Pushing Back Against Book Bans
Many states in America are now restricting, even banning, books that discuss important social issues that can be used in our schools. It’s a misguided attempt to somehow protect children. Our guests today will explore those developments and their implications. Robert Kesten has worked globally...
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Justice Counts-Amanda Hall-Prison Reform
Amanda Hall is the Campaign Director at Dream.org JUSTICE. She has been directly impacted by the criminal legal system having been imprisoned following conviction on drug charges, and has a personal passion and drive to end mass incarceration and to create a better world in its place. That’s what...
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Dr. Joseph Popura-Code Crisis
Our guest today is Joseph Purpura, MD, an obstetrician-gynecologist, patient safety expert, and award-winning faculty member at Northwestern University's Feinberg School of Medicine. He lives in Santa Barbara, CA. He has also been an Associate Vice President and Executive Director-Head of Medical...
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James Brosnahan-Justice at Trial
For a fascinating, inside look at the criminal justice system and the work of one of America's most prominent trial attorneys, check out this episode with James J. Brosnahan, a veteran of more than 50 years in both civil and criminal trial work. During his career, Brosnahan tried 150 cases…
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Battling Bullying that Claimed His Son
What would you do if your child was bullied to the point where they decided life wasn't worth living…and so they committed suicide? In an instant, all of your hopes and dreams for your child would be gone. Could you have done something? What would you do now? That's what happened to Kirk and…
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Justice Counts--David E. Feldman - 5:9:23, 2.11 PM
Welcome to Justice Counts. I’m your co-host, Bob Gatty, along with my fellow co-host social justice attorney and author, Mark M. Bello. David E. Feldman has confronted so many serious health problems in his life that it’s a wonder he’s still standing. He’s faced drug addiction, depression, spinal...
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Justice Counts-Finding Solutions to Mass Shootings - 4:21:23, 1.21 PM
On Monday morning, March 27th, 2023, three nine year-old kids and three adults were gunned down by a shooter who opened fire at the Covenant Presbyterian church school in Nashville, Tennessee. The children were students; the adults were staff members. One little girl, Hallie, was the daughter of...
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Pushing Back Against Book Bans
Many states in America are now restricting, even banning, books that discuss important social issues that can be used in our schools. It’s a misguided attempt to somehow protect children. Our guests today will explore those developments and their implications. Robert Kesten has worked globally...
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DW Duke-Overcoming Confrontation & Conflict
DW Duke is a California attorney and an author of six published books with three more books currently in production. His work has focused on human rights and empathy as a tool to overcome confrontation and conflict in the world. DW currently is creating a series of biographical novels and...
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Mark Bello-Thriller Writer Strikes Again
In this episode, I'm with Mark M. Bello, social justice lawyer and author of riveting ripped-from-the-headline novels covering some of the major issues of our times. Look up “justice” in the dictionary and you’ll find something like: “Just or fair behavior or treatment.” On the “Justice Counts”...
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Robert Nordlander-Sharing Secrets of the IRS - 2:26:23, 1.11 PM
Using a gun and handcuffs, Robert Nordlander chased tax evaders and money launderers around the world for the Internal Revenue Service. So considering that it’s tax time now, he’s our guest on the Lean to the Left podcast and we’re going to talk about taxes, audits, avoiding trouble with the IRS,...
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Gabrielle Zwi-Guns to a Playground Fight
The mass shootings keep coming and innocent people keep getting gunned down. In fact, every day 110 people are killed by guns. On Feb. 14 it will be the five-year anniversary of the tragic shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, FL, when 17 people were murdered and 17 others...
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Coehnan Darrell-Literature and Social Justice
Today we have something a little different for you. I’m with Ciahnan (Keenan) Darrell, author of the new book, Blood at the Root, and we’re going to talk about the role literature and the arts can play in promoting social justice. According to Justin Gifford, associate professor of English at the...
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David Tabatsky-Surviving the Nazis
In this episode of the Justice Counts podcast, Mark Bello and I are speaking with David Tabatsky, the author of a riveting book about the Holocaust, “The Boy Behind the Door, How Salomon Kool Escaped the Nazis.” David has authored, co-authored and edited many novels, including Friends Like These,...
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Rich Jacobs-From Inside the Walls, Prison Reform
Rich Jacobs works inside one of the largest maximum-security prisons in the United States. He began his career 20 years ago as a corrections officer and has been a teacher to the inmates for the past 15 years. Jacobs is our guest on the Lean to the Left and Justice Counts podcasts, with co-host...
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Andrew Seidel-The Conservative Christian Supreme Court Takeover
Christian conservatives, led by a cabal of wealthy, influential Republicans, have executed a long, drawn out coup that now gives them virtually ironclad control of the U.S. Supreme Court, which is supposed to be the final legal arbiter in our country that protects freedom for us all. Instead,...
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The Kid Curry Story
Kim Curry was a radio broadcaster for 33 years in some of America’s finest cities, a DJ in different time slots, and the Program Director of two of America’s legendary stations; KTSA-AM San Antonio and Power 96, Miami. Curry was a broadcaster in the days when ownership was limited to seven AM and...
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Kim Hamer-100 Acts of Love
On April 16, 2009, Kim Hamer watched her 44-yr-old husband take his last breath. During his illness and after his death, she was amazed by the helpful ways their coworkers, bosses, friends, and family supported them. Kim started calling their kind actions "acts of love". After the death of her...
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Filthy Rich Lawyers
In February 2020, attorney Joseph Fawbush wrote a piece for Findlaw.com entitled “Good News! People Think Lawyers Have an Average Amount of Integrity Now.” Wow! Just average? In the new book, “Filthy Rich Lawyers, The Education of Ryan Coleman,” attorney Brian Felgoise and co-author David…
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Roger A. Canaff, Author, "City Dark"
Today we welcome Roger Canaff, an award winning legal thriller author whose writing is influenced by his experiences as a child protection and anti-violence against women advocate, legal expert, and speaker. He has devoted his legal career to the eradication of violence against women and…
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Tom Hogan, The Empty Confessional (Catholic Church Sex Abuse)
Host Mark M. Bello and a co-host Bob Gatty once again explore issues involving child sex abuse in the Catholic Church. While that's been in the headlines for decades, author Tom Hogan's "The Empty Confessional" explores the issue in a unique way—the author goes inside the head of a young priest…
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J-Erika Twani-Justice in Education
Today, legal thriller author and attorney Mark M. Bello is with Erika Twani, who has some strong feelings about the state of our schools and what needs to be done – and can be done -- to fix them. Erika is author of Becoming Einstein’s Teacher: Awakening the Genius in Your Students, is co-founder...
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Gabrielle Hartley-Resolving the Unsolvable
Gabrielle Hartley has spent over two decades working as a divorce attorney and mediator, but her special sauce is her ability to resolve the unsolvable conflict. Working with polarized individuals, and families she has learned, first hand that there’s always a productive way forward, even when…
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Kelley Keller: Inside the Supreme Court Roe Decision
"The abortion war is over," says Justice Counts guest Kelley Keller, an attorney who is expert in Constitutional law. "It has been lost in the courts." Now, she says, those who are concerned about having control over their own bodies need to focus on a battle with broader support -- the right to…
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Mike Lawlor on Gun Laws that Work
For Congress to enact meaningful gun legislation in response to the mass shootings that are plaguing America, "some level of profile in courage" will be needed by lawmakers who traditionally have been beholden to the gun lobby. "Sometimes principle is more important than your political career…
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Sandy Phillips Kirkham-Baptist Sex Abuse-Speaking from Experience
On May 15, the Southern Baptist Convention finally acknowledged what our guest today has already experienced – that pastors and other church employees have sexually abused parishioners and that the church covered up those claims for years. Now our guest, Sandy Phillips Kirkham, was not a member…
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Kelsey Walker: Overcoming the Silent Scream
Today’s guest is Kelsey Walker and our topic is abortion, and the injustice that many states are attempting to perpetrate on women who are faced with this traumatic decision. Since she was a teenager, Kelsey’s been a warrior for reproductive rights and then had her own experience with abortion.…
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The Prison Reform Project
Hey guys, welcome to our podcast. Our guest today is Nicole D. Porter, who manages The Sentencing Project’s state and local advocacy efforts on sentencing reform, voting rights, and confronting racial disparities in the criminal legal system. Named a “New Civil Rights Leader” by Essence Magazine...
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Michelle Thompson-Helping Lawyers Find Sanity
Michelle Thompson, J.D., Ph.D. is the CEO of Resistant Vision Coaching and Consulting. She helps women lawyers and academics who work extreme hours to prove their prowess, build sustainable careers and earn promotions and raises. Her approach is based on the belief that if you never set…
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Tara Faustenbach on Prepaid Legal Services
Today, Mark Bello and I are with Tara Paustenbach, who with a background in sales/marketing, has partnered with Pre-Paid Legal Services, Inc. since 1998. She recruits, trains and develops Associates across the U.S. and Canada to market the company’s products -- LegalShield and ID Shield for home...
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Inside the Law with Dr. Tracy Pearson
Today we welcome Dr. Tracy A. Pearson, a popular regular Court TV guest whose website includes the line, “She makes sense out of the noise.” Dr. Tracy’s passion is helping others understand what they didn’t understand before, and then change their perspective. She has not one, but two doctorates,...
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Sandy Kirkham-Let Me Prey Upon You
A church should be where an insecure sixteen-year-old girl feels welcome and safe. Tragically for some, the church can become a place of great harm. My co-host, Mark M. Bello has written about this issue in his award winning novel, Betrayal of Faith, based upon his own experience as a young...
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Legal Justice for Injured Baseball Fans - 2:8:22, 3.19 PM
Our guest is Jordan Skopp, who among other things is leading a fight to get rid of a longtime baseball rule that prevents fans who are injured by batted balls to receive compensation in court, no matter how badly they are hurt. Well, you might say, that fans are accepting the risk when they buy...
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Dr. Pam Gurley-Social Justice for Black Women
Today we’re with Dr. Pamela Gurley, who calls herself “a fierce entrepreneur” as an author, professional speaker, CEO, podcaster, professor, and businesswoman. Dr. Pam says she’s a “busy and empowered boss lady working every day to change how Black women are perceived.” We’ll find out more about...
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Annie Little-Coaching Lawyers to Success
Annie Little is a real estate finance lawyer turned ICF certified coach who specializes in supporting lawyers through their job searches, career transitions, and ascent to leadership positions within their organizations. She founded JD Nation in 2012 to pursue her vision of a world in which every...
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Michael Bryant-Civil Trial Specialist
Today, we’re with Michael A. Bryant, managing partner of the Minnesota law firm of Bradshaw & Bryant, where he represents clients suffering from minor, serious, and catastrophic injuries. Mr. Bryant has extensive experience negotiating with insurance companies, as well as litigating personal…
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Carrie Kohan-Battle Against Pedophilia
Our guest is Carrie Kohan, a national child advocate and spokesperson who has forced the change of several laws in Canada relating to child abuse, and has written a book called “The Five Lessons of Life”. In addition to forcing the government to change an entire body of Canadian law, Carrie…
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Fighting Your Insurance Co. After a Disaster with Chip Merlin
Today Mark Bello and I are with William F. “Chip” Merlin, Jr., founder and president of the Merlin Law Group. Chip has dedicated his practice to representing insurance policyholders in disputes with insurance companies nationwide. Chip was noted as the “Babe Ruth of Hurricane lawyers” in the…
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Emily Thomas on Birth Justice
Birth Justice attorney Emily Thomas, interviewed by hosts Mark M. Bello and Bob Gatty discusses her work in representing mothers and babies in cases of medical malpractice involving births. Listen as Emily explains this important work and the steps her law firm takes to make certain their clients...
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Representing Dr. Nassar Sex Abuse Victims
Listen to Mark M. Bello and co-host Bob Gatty interview David Mittleman and Mick Grewal, attorneys who represented many of the University of Michigan victims of Dr. Larry Nassar, now in prison for sexually abusing young female athletes. This remarkable interview provides an inside look into the...
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A Quest to End Hate
Today Author/lawyer and podcaster Mark Bello and I are with Yvener Duroseau, author of “Alike Regardless: This is Where it Began.” His mission is to encourage us to challenge the status quo, fight for social justice, and seek to challenge the norm of division that’s present in humankind. Yvener…
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
The dictionary describes "justice" as meaning “Just or fair behavior or treatment.”
That’s our guidepost on “Justice Counts”, where the conversation goes beyond the law to issues that are important – like equal access and fair treatment for everyone.
Justice Counts is a bi-weekly podcast featuring legal thriller author/justice advocate Mark M. Bello and political activist/author Bob Gatty discussing the important cultural, social justice, and political stories of our time. The podcast features interviews with lawyers, activists, journalists, authors, police officers, and everyday people with concerns about justice.
Bello is an attorney, civil justice advocate, and award-winning author of the Zachary Blake Legal Thriller Series, and is emerging as an important voice in social justice today. He draws upon over 40 years of courtroom experience in his Zachary Blake Legal Thriller Series and this podcast.
A Michigan native, Mark received
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