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Taboo Trades

by Kimberly D Krawiec
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  • NIL Buyouts, Liquidated Damages, and Disguised Noncompetes with Dave Hoffman

    October 19, 2026 · 1 hr 4 min

    College sports is experimenting with a new contractual device: transfer-triggered “buyouts” in athletes’ name, image, and likeness (NIL) agreements. Are these provisions legitimate estimates of a school’s difficult-to-measure losses, or…

  • Survival Labor with Yvette Butler

    October 9, 2026 · 48 min

    When does crime become work—and why does the legal system recognize some harmful activities as legitimate labor while criminalizing other activities undertaken to secure food, shelter, safety, or family survival? Yvette Butler, Professor…

  • Markets Without Limits with Jason Brennan & Peter Jaworski

    September 28, 2026 · 1 hr 5 min

    Jason Brennan and Peter Jaworski join Kim Krawiec, student co-hosts Joe Keys and Jake Ross, and members of UVA Law’s Taboo Trades seminar to discuss the second edition of Markets without Limits: Moral Virtues and Commercial Interests, a…

  • Crisis of Boys & Men w/ June Carbone

    September 16, 2026 · 1 hr 4 min

    June Carbone joins Kim Krawiec, student co-host Damon Stefankiewicz, and members of UVA Law’s Taboo Trades seminar to discuss “Fatherhood, Family Law, and the Crisis of Boys and Men,” coauthored with Clare Huntington. Carbone argues that…

  • Welcome to Season 7!

    September 4, 2026 · 4 min

    In this episode, we welcome listeners to Season 7 of the Taboo Trades Podcast and introduce this year’s UVA Law student hosts: Mia Armstrong, Sahanya Bhaktaram, Tyler Donovan, Kate Garmer, Liz Jahoda-Wassung, Joseph Keys, Angelica Kim…

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  • Taboo Patents with Andrew Gilden & Sarah Rajec

    February 7, 2026 · 52 min

    My guests today are Andrew Gilden, Southwestern Law School, and Sarah R. Wasserman Rajec, William & Mary Law School. They join me today to discuss their recent paper, Patenting the Taboo: Sex, Drugs, and Abortion, recently published in the…

  • Season 6 Sign Off

    December 13, 2025 · 4 min

    My student co-hosts sign off, bringing Season 6 to an official close. Never fear, I'll be back throughout 2026 with exciting bonus episodes.

  • Eggonomics with Diane Tober

    December 11, 2025 · 1 hr 6 min

    My guest today is Diane Tober, an Associate Professor at the University of Alabama Department of Anthropology and Institute for Social Science Research. She is a medical anthropologist with a focus on biocultural aspects of health, gender…

  • Reproductive Labor in India with Prabha Kotiswaran

    November 24, 2025 · 60 min

    My guest today is Prabha Kotiswaran, a Professor of Law & Social Justice at King’s College London. Professor Kotiswaran’s main areas of research include criminal law, transnational criminal law, feminist legal studies and sociology of…

  • The Law of Intimate Obligations with Emily Stolzenberg

    November 8, 2025 · 1 hr 2 min

    My guest today is Emily Stolzenberg, an Associate Professor of Law and Reuschlein Emerging Scholar at Villanova University’s Charles Widger School of Law. Her research focuses on conflicts between individual autonomy and legal obligation…

  • Created To Be Killed with Jeff Skopek

    November 2, 2025 · 55 min

    My guest today is Jeff Skopek, a Professor of Law and the Deputy Director of the Centre for Law, Medicine, and Life Sciences at the University of Cambridge. He holds a J.D. from Harvard Law School and a Ph.D. in the History and Philosophy…

  • Market Solutions to Fish and Wildlife Preservation with Jonathan Adler

    October 26, 2025 · 1 hr 2 min

    My guest today is Jonathan Adler, Cabell Research Professor and Tazewell Taylor Professor of Law at William & Mary Law School. Professor Adler is the author or editor of seven books, including Climate Liberalism: Perspectives on Liberty…

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About the show

A podcast about things we aren’t supposed to trade . . . But do anyway