All Episodes

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