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Law The Podcast

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About the show

Law The Podcast gives you access to the minds behind some of Australia's most significant legal cases and justice debates. Hosted by two of Australia's most respected legal minds, former Supreme Court judge Lex Lasry AM and leading barrister Greg Barns SC, the podcast goes beyond the headlines to explore crime, courts, politics, human rights and the legal stories shaping Australia and the world. Drawing on decades at the highest levels of the legal profession, Lex and Greg unpack the cases that shaped our past, the issues defining our present, and the debates that will influence the future of law and justice.

Latest episodes

  • John Silvester: Sly of the Underworld

    October 6, 2026 · 37 min

    John Silvester, better known as “Sly of the Underworld”, joins us to reflect on more than four decades covering Melbourne’s criminal underworld, its most notorious figures and the stories behind some of Australia’s biggest crimes. You can…

  • “The Cruelty is the Point”: The Failed Execution of Christa Pike

    October 5, 2026 · 18 min

    Australian barrister Richard Bourke joins us to discuss the case of Christa Pike, who survived a failed lethal injection in Tennessee, and what her case reveals about the realities of the death penalty in the United States. You can watch…

  • Singapore’s Death Penalty: No Signs of Stopping

    September 29, 2026 · 31 min

    Singapore is one of the few countries in the world that still enforces the death penalty for offences that do not involve intentional killing, including drug trafficking.  Singaporean anti-death penalty activist Rocky Howe and criminal…

  • Bonus Episode: The Royal Commission Begins, Trump's Media Ban, Ben Roberts-Smith

    September 25, 2026 · 29 min

    On this bonus episode we discuss the beginning of the Victorian Big Build Royal Commission, Trump’s fight with the US media, the Ben Roberts-Smith case, tougher sentencing laws and the ongoing debate over Australia’s war on drugs. You can…

  • Helen Garner's Fascination with Crime

    September 22, 2026 · 26 min

    Acclaimed Australian writer Helen Garner discusses her fascination with crime and how encounters with real-life cases have influenced her writing. You can watch our episodes on Youtube here. Hosts: Lex Lasry AM and Greg Barns SC…

  • AI and the Future of Law School

    September 15, 2026 · 27 min

    RMIT Dean of Law Professor Diana Bowman joins Law the Podcast to discuss how artificial intelligence is being utilised in law schools and what it means for the future of legal education. Drawing on her extensive experience in the United…

  • Lionel Murphy and the Laws That Changed Australia

    September 8, 2026 · 35 min

    Jenny Hocking, award-winning biographer, historian and Emeritus Professor at Monash University, joins us to discuss her acclaimed biography of former Attorney-General and High Court Justice Lionel Murphy. We explore the remarkable life…

  • Emergency Episode: Lindsay Clancy's Mistrial, Prison Overcrowding and Character References

    September 8, 2026 · 23 min

    Lex and Greg discuss the mistrial in the Lindsay Clancy murder case, Australia's growing prison population and overcrowding, and the increasingly restricted role of character references in sentencing. You can watch our episodes on Youtube…