Podcast Episodes featuring Lawrence Lessig

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Lawrence Lessig: The Supreme Court and the Constitution

Commonwealth Club of California Podcast - December 17, 2019 17:10 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 273 ratings
Harvard Law professor Lawrence Lessig is a celebrated academic and activist for constitutional theory and reform. A longtime advocate for campaign finance reform, Lessig founded political funding tracker MapLight, Creative Commons and the anti-corruption nonprofit Rootstrikers. With partisan grid...

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Lawrence Lessig on Solving "Unrepresentativeness" in America

Kickass News - Afar - November 18, 2019 22:17 - 46 minutes ★★★★ - 1.3K ratings
Harvard Law Professor Lawrence Lessig discusses the fundamental issue that he says underlies many of our current political problems - "unrepresentativeness."  He offers some creative prescriptions for how to cure America’s unrepresentativeness problem such as public funding of election campaigns ...

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#150: Election Reform with Lawrence Lessig

Politics and Polls - August 15, 2019 16:33 - 44 minutes ★★★★★ - 116 ratings
Voter suppression, gerrymandering, money in politics, and even issues with the electoral college all call into question whether the United States truly has a representative democracy. How might these issues play a role in the upcoming 2020 elections? Renowned scholar Lawrence Lessig of Harvard ...

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OA268: Article V Conventions (w/Lawrence Lessig)

Opening Arguments - April 09, 2019 17:53 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 3.4K ratings
Today's episode revisits the topic Andrew discussed briefly in Episode 252:  Article V conventions convened for the purpose of proposing amendments to the Constitution.  Joining Andrew is Prof. Lawrence Lessig, perhaps the most vocal liberal proponent of such conventions.  Andrew, you may recal...

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Ep 346 - Getting to the Root of the Problem: Lawrence Lessig

Mixed Mental Arts - May 07, 2018 00:00 - 42 minutes ★★★★★ - 341 ratings
Lawrence Lessig is a law professor at Harvard, and a friend of the podcast. He ran for the Democratic party nomination in the 2016 presidential election, and was boxed out because he wasn't playing the money game required to compete for elections in the United States. That money problem is the k...

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Ep 314 Saving the Republic: Lawrence Lessig

Mixed Mental Arts - February 08, 2018 23:48 - 55 minutes ★★★★★ - 341 ratings
Lawrence Lessig ran for President of the United States in 2016. He lost, and we got Donald Trump instead. Lessig is a Harvard Law professor whose book, "Republic Lost" outlines exactly how the swamp in Washington DC got so swampy to begin with. Go to lessig.org for more information. Don’t forg...

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Ep 290 - The Inequality of Citizenship Is Russia's Super Power, For Now: Lawrence Lessig Enters The Dojo

Mixed Mental Arts - December 02, 2017 05:08 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 341 ratings
This is a repost. Think of what could have been. We added the music to avoid the Haters Hatin'. If you don't like it. Well, sorry :( Music Courtesy of Honeystone. A Kick Ass band you should know about. Download their album "Scouts Honor" on iTunes. They literally sell their songs for $1. I wo...

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Reunion Episode - The AI Trend & Interview with Lawrence Lessig

Internet School Podcast - January 03, 2017 17:28 - 53 minutes
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Ep190 - SUPER TUESDAY: Lawrence Lessig

Mixed Mental Arts - September 21, 2015 22:00 - 58 minutes ★★★★★ - 341 ratings
If you listen to a random episode of The Bryan Callen Show, you can bet that Bryan and I will be talking about how amazing Republic, Lost and its author Lawrence Lessig are. Well, we got him!!! Ladies and gentlemen, it is our extreme pleasure to present to you Lawrence Lessig, Harvard Law Profess...

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1173: A 2011 Interview with Lawrence Lessig

Rick Kleffel:Narrative Species–The Agony Column - November 07, 2011 03:00 ★★★★★ - 13 ratings
"The first constitution was a complete disaster."

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#134 Lawrence Lessig & Reviews of Lil Wayne and Alejandro Escovedo

Sound Opinions - June 20, 2008 00:00 - 59 minutes ★★★★ - 1.9K ratings
With the digital music explosion, the issues of copyright, authorship and ownership have never been so important. Tune in to hear a re-broadcast of Jim and Greg’s interview with legal expert Lawrence Lessig. Plus, they’ll take a listen to the latest releases from Lil Wayne and Alejandro...

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#12 Lawrence Lessig & Reviews of Ray Davies and Belle & Sebastian

Sound Opinions - February 18, 2006 00:00 - 59 minutes ★★★★ - 1.9K ratings
Sound Opinions welcomes Lawrence Lessig, the pre-eminent expert in copyright and cyber-law, to discuss music in the digital age. In addition, Jim and Greg review the new albums from Belle and Sebastian and former Kinks frontman Ray Davies.