All Episodes
Set For Sentencing — 139 episodes
The Fate of John Bolton: Trump Doesn't Just Pick Who's Prosecuted — Now He Picks Your Prison, Too
Manifest Injustice: Hunter, Hemani, & Buh-Bye Blanche
New Compassionate Release Cases: Is the Door to Freedom Shrinking?
"8647": A New Low for Trump's DOJ
Negotiating Plea Agreements with Bite (Pt. II of "Straight Up No Chaser")
Pleading Straight Up, No Chaser! (Part I)
Atkins & The IQ Fallacy: Why IQ is Not a Reliable Measure of Culpability (with Dr. Ted Lidsky)
Life for Charles "Sonny" Burton: Act now to Save Sonny!
What's Crackin' at the Sentencing Commission - New Proposals that Could Change the Shape of Federal Sentencing
Absolute Power (Pt.II): Clear Messaging in the Age of the Information Maelstrom
Absolute Power Pt. I: Politization and Weaponization at the DOJ (With Gary Restaino)
A Look ahead: Sentencing Developments for 2026
For My Enemies, the Law
Year End Review (White Collar Support Presentation)
Understanding Autism with Dr. Nick Dubin
Illegals: How Trump is Ignoring the Constitution and Laws to Install Loyalist US Attorneys
Hostility & the Heart, With Joy Bertrand
Save Robert Roberson.
Terrible, But Not "Terrorism": the Death of Charlie Kirk
White Collar Support with Jeff Grant, Esq.
Maxwell's Silver Hammer (PART II): Transfer to Minimum Camp & Sentencing Post Mortem
Maxwell's Silver Hammer: Part I
Holding Court with Judge Nancy Gertner!
For My Enemies, the Law: The Return of Kilmar Abrego-Garcia
Due Process Denied (PART II): Kilmar Abrego-Garcia and the "Great Replacement"
Due Process Denied: Kilmar Abrego-Garcia (PART ONE)
George Santos Sentencing Post-Mortem
Seismic Shift: Big Changes to the Sentencing Guidelines & the Country
Reign of Terror: Tesla, Luigi Mangione, & Beyond
Anchor's Aweigh: New Policies and New Proposed Guidelines Find Us Unmoored in 2025
The Truth About Restitution in Federal Criminal Cases with Ashley Adams, Esq.
The Truth About the Presidential Pardon Power With Margaret Love & Mark Allenbaugh
2024 United States Sentencing Guideline Amendments: A Front Row Seat to the Kabuki Theatre
BOP Programming With Dr. Alix McLearen
The Future of Federal Fraud with Mark Allenbaugh
The Why of the Where: Mitigation Geo-Narratives with Dr. Julie Urbanik
Mitigation Films: Harnessing the Power of Visual Narrative to Humanize our Clients
The BOP Horror Show & What We Can Do About It
Federal Pre-Trial Diversion With Jon May
On Deaf Ears: When Sentencing Goes Wrong
Psychodrama at Sentencing: (PART TWO)
Psychodrama at Sentencing (PART ONE)
Outside the Box Defense with Investigator Justin Yentes
The First Step Act (with Walt Pavlo)
Bonus YouTube Livestream: Hunter Biden Conviction - What To Expect at Sentencing and is Lawfare Really a Thing?
Marilyn Mosby Sentencing Post-Mortem
DePape (Pelosi Attacker) Sentencing Post-Mortem
Pre-Sentence Reports
The Artificial Lawyer: A Debate About the Usefulness of A/I in the Legal Arena
Trump on Trial
Sam Bankman-Fried: Sentencing Post-Mortem
Guidelines Blues: The Commission's Next Moves
When Justice Depends on It: The Need for Professional Standards for Mitigation in All Criminal Cases
BOP MEANS: Back Off the Punishment: Making the Case That Judges Must Fix the BOP by Imposing Fewer and Shorter Prison Terms
Indian Country: A Glimpse into Tribal and Federal Indian Criminal (In)Justice
A Child's Poison: Lead Poisoning as Sentencing Mitigation with Dr. Ted Lidsky
Year of the Dragon: Sentencing Guideline New Year's Cheers & Jeers
A Brief Haitus: Set For Sentencing Takin' a Break
David DePape (Pelosi Attacker): Guidelines & Mitigation Breakdown
Making Sense of the Georgia Trump RICO Pleas (Vol. I)
Guideline Tricks & Treats: A Rundown of All New Sentencing Guideline Amendments That Took Effect on 11/1/23
Untangling Fear For Lawyers & Clients With Prof. Heidi K. Brown
What is Truth? The Difference Between Reality TV, Documentaries and Sentencing Mitigation Videos
Sam Bankman-Fried: Is Autism the Missing Piece of Mitigation?
Imperfect 10: Why thousands will be deemed ineligible for the ZPO and what to do about it
Danny Masterson Sentencing Post-Mortem
Bureau of Prisons (BOP) Means "Backwards on Purpose"
Find the Hurt, Amplify the Pain, Heal the Wound: 3 Steps to Bulletproof Legal Narrative
GOIN' RETRO: Retroactive Application of ZPO and Status Point Amendments
BOP Stands for Big Ol' Problems: Exposing Dysfunction & Danger at the Federal Bureau of Prisons
Straight to Sentencing: Pre-Trial Detention Through the Lens of Sam Bankman-Fried (and DJT)
Acquitted Conduct Revisited: Mmmmm... Flavors of Evil
Too Cute By Half: Why Hunter's Plea Went South
The 3rd Trump Indictment (Sentencing Guidelines): Everything Nowhere All at Once.
Surviving Pretrial, Vol. 1: Is My Lawyer Any Good?
The Power of Empathy
The Cold Hard Truth About White Collar Crime: With Kelly Richmond Pope
Drugs on the Docket: Data and storytelling in federal drug sentencing and the U.S. Sentencing Commission
Life in the Shadow of Death, With Cyndy Short
Diversion Perversion: Hunter Biden's Super Sweet Plea Deal
What About Walt: Sentencing Implications for Trump Co-Defendant, Waltine Nauta
Reality Check: Unpacking the Trump Indictment
Stewart Rhodes Seditious Conspiracy Sentencing Post-Mortem
The Zero Point Offender Guideline Amendment: The ZIPPO IS ON FIRE!
Surrender Georgie: Possible Sentencing outcomes for George Santos Indictment
JSIN: Will "Judicial Sentencing Information" Mutilate the Stats or Slash Sentences?
Overcoming Impossible Odds at Sentencing (Fearless Lawyering, Vol. 3, with Joel Meyers)
The Power of a State "Sentencing Study" (with Rich Robertson)
Fearless Lawyering, Vol. 2: Exposing the Racist Origins of U.S. Immigration Law with Kara Hartzler
BIG Guideline Changes on the Horizon (With Mark Allenbaugh)
Defending Autism With Mark Mahoney (Pt. 2)
Defending Autism With Mark Mahoney (Pt. 1)
Three Years of Hell: Responding to the Bureau of Prison's Abysmal Failures in Preventing, Treating, and Reporting Covid..
Inside Rikers Island & Beyond With Prison Consultant Craig Rothfeld
Mental Disabilities at Sentencing
Immersion: Dr. Paul Zak & the Science of Narrative Persuasion, Part 2
Immersion: Dr. Paul Zak & the Science of Narrative Persuasion, Part 1
Fearless Lawyering (Vol. 1) With Attorney Sharon Hicks
Who Says You Can't? Strategies For Creative Lawyering with Jon May
Fixing Legal Injustice In America: The Case For A Defender General of the United States
PRESUMED GUILTY: Using Acquitted, Dismissed, and Uncharged Conduct to Increase Sentences.
Trump The Terrorist? Jan. 6 Criminal Referral Sentencing Implications, Viewed Through The Lens Of The Recent Croft/Fox Michigan Militia Sentencings.
The Chrisleys Did NOT Know Best: Sentencing Post-Mortem
Fool For a Client: Michael Avenatti Sentencing Post-Mortem
Sunny Balwani (Elizabeth Holmes co-defendant) Sentencing Post-Mortem: The "ABCs" of Federal Fraud Sentencing
Leading With Story: Doug's Appearance on Lawyers Who Lead With Sigalle Barness
Defense Documentaries: How Defense Attorneys Use Cinematic Storytelling to Reduce Sentences (Ep. 182 of The Business of Story Podcast Featuring Doug Passon)
Special Episode: The Narrative Gym for Law discussion on Dr. Randy Olson's "ABT Time" Podcast, Featuring Doug Passon!
The Heart & the Head: Holistic Sentencing With Mitigation Specialist Victoria Rusk
Over the Rainbow & Into the Land of Legal Narrative (With Story Expert Matthew David)
Elizabeth Holmes: Sentencing Post Mortem
Rotting With Your Rights On: Indefinite Detention For Incompetent Clients
Listening to Understand: What Laywers & Clients Can Learn From Improv
Across the Pond: Sentencing in the United Kingdom
A Richer Measurement of Justice: The Novel Lolita Read as a Sentencing Memorandum
This Week in Sentencing News: Pot Pardons & Nikolas Cruz
Your Voice Matters: Priorities for the Newly Minted Federal Sentencing Guidelines Commission
Even Stephen: The Skinny on Steve Bannon's Sentencing
Prison Consultants and the Myth of the Fixer: How to Separate Substance from Snake Oil
A View From the Bench: Sentencing Expert Alan Ellis Discusses His Interviews with 40+ Judges About What Matters at Sentencing
SO GOES THE NATION: Talking Criminal Justice Reform With Julie Gunnigle, Democratic Candidate for Maricopa County Attorney
Presumed Punishable: Antiracism at Sentencing
Draco: Alive & Thriving: Historical and Constitutional Roots of Modern Sentencing
Please Open In the Event of My Death: The Art, Craft, & Terror of Telling Your Own Story.
MAR-A-LAGO-ING TO PRISON? (Worst Case Scenarios if DJT ends up in the BOP)
"It's a Real Life": A Former Client's Redemption Story
Digging Deep With Defense Maps
Question Everything: Computer Forensics at Sentencing
Sentencing Psychodrama!
Stories From the Frontlines of Justice: From Prosecution to Defense
The Devil You Know: The "Funny Math" of the Guidelines, Proposed Fixes, and Lessons Learned From Capital Defense.
Understanding Autism at Sentencing
YouTube Bonus Episode: Sedition Edition!
Narrative is Everything at Sentencing!
Telling the Story of Prison at Sentencing
David Rudolf: American Injustice, The Staircase, and Defending Empathy
Disrupting the Dehumanizing Sentencing Process
Keep Fighting the Good Fight on Compassionate Release!
Senators Selling Sentencing Snake Oil at KBJ Confirmation Hearings