Two Administrative Law Podcasts to Listen to Today
Pull out your ear buds. Now you can listen and learn about administrative law. There are some pretty interesting podcasts about administrative law out there. Here are two examples of groups putting out administrative law podcasts. If you know of more, please share them by putting a note in the Administrative Law forum.
1. “A Hard Look”
“A Hard Look” podcasts are from the ABA’s Administrative Law Review, published by students at American University Washington College of Law and the ABA Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice Section. Here are four samples (they also provide the transcripts):
Season 2, Episode 7: The Wild World of Exotic Pets
On this episode of the Administrative Law Review‘s “A Hard Look,” Judge Scott Maravilla joins host Sarah Knarzer and educator, YouTuber and exotic animal conservationist Marita De La Pena to discuss the world of exotic pets and the regulations that govern it. Though a niche and often overlooked hobby, the keeping of exotic pets has a vast and sometimes confusing regulatory landscape. The guests talk about their own experiences with keeping exotic pets, how they have navigated the rules and what they wish to see from future regulations (48 minutes).
Season 2, Episode 13: GameStop
What in the world is going on with GameStop? On this episode of the Administrative Law Review’s “A Hard Look,” tune in to listen to Professor Hilary Allen from the Washington College of Law, who explains how the situation with Robinhood, GameStop, and the stock market unfolded, and what the controversy can teach us about financial regulation. (31 minutes)
Season 2, Episode 10: Series on Racism in Administrative Law, Part 2 – Public Processes
This episode of A Hard Look is the second in a series of four episodes that will examine the role that racism has historically played in Administrative Law, the ways that racism still actively pervades the Administrative Law Space, and the ways that practitioners, leaders, scholars, and our listeners can effectuate change. On this episode, host Will Chavez and guests Dean Jerry Anderson and Professor Steph Tai talk about the intersection between environmental justice, racism, and the barriers to public participation in formal hearings and informal processes in administrative law. In addition to their own experiences and examples, the guests discuss potential solutions for addressing racism in public processes and the role that litigation plays in fighting it. (35 minutes)
Season 2, Episode 9: Series on Racism in Administrative Law, Part 1 – The System
This episode of “A Hard Look” is the first in a series of four episodes that will examine the role that racism has historically played in Administrative Law, the ways that racism still actively pervades the Administrative Law Space and the ways that practitioners, leaders, scholars and our listeners can effectuate change.
On this episode, host Sarah Knarzer and guests, Professor Bernard Bell and Professor Bijal Shah, talk about the inspiration behind this series and take a broad look at the system that allows and protects racist influences. The guests also discuss a few prominent examples of racism in Administrative Law and some steps professors, practitioners and leaders can take to address this racism and reform the system. (52 minutes)
Other podcasts in the series include those related to COVID-19 and administrative law, tribal recognition, elections, TikTok, etc.
2. “Gray Matters”
“Gray Matters” is the podcast of the C. Boyden Gray Center for the Study of the Administrative State at Antonin Scalia Law School, George Mason University. The podcast is focused on the issues being debated around the modern administrative state – some timeless ones, and some new ones. Here you will find audio from Gray Center events, and other interviews and debates with scholars, practitioners, and policymakers. Examples of recent podcast topics:
Episode 67: The Umpire Strikes Back: A Conversation With Ronald Cass on Judicial Discretion and the Roberts Court
Listen to the podcast here. (51 minutes)
Episode 66: Creation Stories: What Did the 79th Congress Mean to Accomplish?
On June 11, 1946, President Truman signed the Administrative Procedure Act (APA) into law, and it was intended to be “a bill of rights for the hundreds of thousands of Americans whose affairs are controlled or regulated in one way or another by agencies of the Federal Government,” according to its lead sponsor in the Senate. If we were to redesign the APA for today’s version of the administrative state, what would it be? (91 minutes)