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Let The Record Show

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About the 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.

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  • From The Joke Files: A Comedy and Censorship Roundtable

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  • The Journalist Who Spent More Than 100 Days in ICE Detention

    October 17, 2025 · 57 min

    This summer, Emmy Award-winning journalist Mario Guevara was covering a protest near Atlanta when local law enforcement arrested him. Then, ICE detained him. For more than 100 days, the agency refused his release, citing his reporting as…

  • Live from SeriesFest: Our Right to Laughter

    August 22, 2025 · 1 hr 6 min

    Can humor help us make sense of unprecedented threats to our civil liberties? Join us this week for a special episode of At Liberty, recorded live at SeriesFest in Denver, where Kamau and moderator Mo Fry Pasic explore Kamau's signature…