Hosted by MeidasTouch founder and civil rights lawyer, Ben Meiselas, national trial lawyer strategist, Michael Popok, and former Chief Assistant District Attorney of the Manhattan District Attorney's Office, Karen Friedman Agnifilo, Legal AF (Legal Analysis Friends) is a hard-hitting, thought-provoking look at this week’s most compelling developments at the intersection of law and politics. Executive Produced by Meidas Media Network. Enjoy new full-length episodes every Wednesday and Sunday ...
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Two gals slangin' spooky tales
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What’s one thing you've always wanted to ask but didn’t know how? What’s something you’ve always wanted to say out loud, but were scared to? We're gonna talk about it! You may know host Mina Starsiak Hawk from her HGTV show Good Bones, but that’s just the outer layer of who she is. On this show we’re going to pull the onion layers back and reveal the (sometimes tear-inducing) truth underneath. While it may seem like she’s had a blessed and easy life, there's always more to every story. Mina ...
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Basic Folk features honest conversations with folk musicians hosted by Cindy Howes and Lizzie No. We approach interviews with warmth, humor and insightful questions. Since 2018, this podcast has dignified under the radar roots musicians by providing a platform that they might not otherwise have. You’ll hear interviews from Three-time Grammy-winning guitar gods like Molly Tuttle, Haitian American folk legends like Leyla McCalla and deep feelers like songwriter John Hiatt. Basic Folk is dedica ...
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This is a show for burnt-out fashion designers (and TDs, PDs, patternmakers, textile designer and beyond) who want more flexibility in their career while still doing work they love. You'll learn how to build a freelance fashion business, so you can do the work you love on your own terms. Freelancing in fashion is the only way to get freedom in your day (instead of being tied to a desk). Whether you want to earn extra money on the side, fund your fashion brand, or replace your salary, the FDG ...
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GOP Now Scared to Death to Release Jack Smith Video Depo
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Special Counsel Jack Smith is demanding the immediate release to the American Public of a previously unknown 9 hour VIDEO TAPE of his sworn testimony to Congress where he laid out in excruciating detail the evidence “beyond a reasonable doubt” that Trump is a criminal. Michael Popok reports on the new demand and the MAGA House’s expected rejection …
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Trump Hides Millions of Epstein Files from the public, while he makes an accidental confession in social media postings? The DOJ Confesses in Court it can’t find documents and no one wants to work for it over the holidays? A federal judge on the verge of finding that the Trump DOJ committed “vindictive prosecution?” Federal judges forced to issue C…
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Trump Spirals Out of Control and Seizes His Own DOJ Account
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Another Epstein Files mystery solved. The reason the DOJ Official Social Media Accounts is suddenly, over night, preemptively CLEARING Trump of any wrongdoing related to his name in the latest tranche of Epstein Files, and calling all HIS documents but no others, “baseless” and “sensationalist” is because TRUMP and his White House have taken contro…
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Furious Judge Unleashes Hell on Trump in Final Order
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A Federal Chief Judge, finding that the Trump Administration intentionally attempted to disappear 250 Venezuelans to El Salvador’s torture prison without Due Process in the middle of the night, has issued Final Judgment requiring Trump’s DOJ to immediately provide the men with Habeas Corpus Due Process rights in the US, even though they have now be…
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Trump’s Kennedy Center Lie Blows Up as Massive Lawsuit Drops
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In breaking news, the Congresswoman an ex officio trustee of the Kennedy Center, who was intentionally “muted” by Trump’s board o avoid being heard during the meeting to vote to scar the building with his name in violation of an Act of Congress, has filed the first suit to stop the name change Popok explains how Congresswoman Beatty of Ohio’s 3td i…
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Trump Throws Aide Under Bus to Block Incriminating Report
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Popok caught Trump playing games with his Pardon Power again this time to directly benefit himself! Trump refuses to pardon his criminal co-conspirators in the Mar a Lago Obstruction and Espionage case, in order to block the public release of the Mar a Lago report of Special Counsel Jack Smith still under lock and key with Judge Cannon. Check out t…
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Judge Blows Up Trump DOJ After Shock Behavior in Court
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A federal judge has scolded the Trump DOJ, again, for lying to her and in filings in the court, ordering them to correct the record, and tell her who was responsible for the false representations in the first place, along with a new order to stop the DOJ from RECORDING HER in the courtroom without permission! Michael Popok takes a close look at Jud…
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MeidasTouch host Ben Meiselas and Legal AF host Karen Friedman Agnifilo host a special holiday edition Legal AF featuring the inspiring story of retired prosecutors David O’Keefe who protest the behavior of a law firm that capitulated to Trump. Subscribe to Legal AF Substack: https://substack.com/@legalaf Remember to subscribe to ALL the MeidasTouc…
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The Intersection with Michael Popok - 12/23/2025
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The Supreme Court finally issues a devastating set back to Trump’s National Guard takeover plot, and Popok is joined by special guest California Attorney General Rob Bonta, to brief. The first federal lawsuit to stop Trump’s take over of Washington monuments like the Kennedy Center is out of the gate. We now know why Trump has spent 11 months cover…
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Trump Suffers Massive Loss by Supreme Court
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In breaking news, a 6-3 Supreme Court, including 3 of the MAGA right wing, have ruled AGAINST Trump and his method to federalize and take over Blue State national guard troops, and have found, in essence, that unless he uses the Insurrection Act, and then uses the US armed forces first to quell violence, he won’t be able to breach state sovereignty…
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Secrets of Trump Destroying CBS Finally Revealed
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Trump is covering up torture again. Based on a newly leaked internal 60 Minutes memo, the Trump Administration used its power over CBS’ parent company to “spike” and “veto” an investigative report that was to air this past weekend about the torture prison of El Salvador virtually run by the Administration, and 60 Minutes journalists are resigning i…
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Trump’s relentless assault on the DOJ’s credibility has lead to Grand Juries, Juries, Judges and law students all rejecting the DOJ leading to pile up of losses. Trump’s criminal defense team masquerading as the DOJ leadership are also moving closer to possible criminal prosecution and indictment related to the continued obstruction around the Epst…
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Trump Trapped by His Own Lawsuit… Forced to Testify?!
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The BBC, through its spokespeople and lawyers have told Trump to get ready for his live testimony under oath in the case about Jan6 and him fomenting the crowd to attack the Capitol, as they let leak their aggressive strategy to win the case. Did Trump just step into a bear trap he set, subjecting himself to sworn testimony under oath in order to g…
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Trump Exposes Himself as Shady Deal Backfires in his Face
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Is Trump using his control over the Department of Energy, Department of Environmental Protection and Securities and Exchange Commission to earn billions of dollars for his family in a new announced merger between his Truth Social company and a nuclear fusion company backed by Google? Popok got his hands on the investor presentation slide deck and f…
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Jack Smith just called Trump a “criminal” beyond a “reasonable doubt” in new Congressional testimony MAGA doesn’t want you to hear. Trump’s Federal Communications Czar got his political rear end handed to him today by Senate Democrats, so bad they had to change the FCC website after he testified! Convicted child sex trafficker and Trump crony, Ghis…
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2025 Wrap-Up: Gals Chat, A Corn Cob, Alaska, and One Man, ep. 333
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To send 2025 off into the great abyss, we have a sensational year-end Basic Folk roundtable featuring Lizzie's group chat: Kaïa Kater, Olivia Ellen Lloyd, and Isa Burke. It can feel so challenging to know which media you can trust and whose takes you can really take to the bank. There is no one we trust more to wrap-up this wild and wacky year than…
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Jack Smith Blows Up GOP Hearing with Trump Bombshells
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Former Special Counsel Jack Smith is back with new “closed door” testimony before the House, and ready to remind the American people that Trump committed crimes and that the Special Counsel was prepared to prove that beyond a reasonable doubt to juries. Michael Popok takes a close look at Smith’s new public comments, including that “President Trump…
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The Intersection with Michael Popok Full Episode - 12/16/2025
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A federal judge is not pleased with Trump’s ballroom but may have to wait longer to do something about it. A federal judge is not pleased with the DOJ, and does something about it. Trump’s Chief of Staff isn’t pleased with a lot of people in the Administration, and does something about it. Trump pulls the plug on fighting over his phony US Attorney…
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Will a Federal Judge stop the Trump Golden Ball Room on Tuesday? Why did a Grand Jury refuse to indict NY AG Letitia James this week, for the second time? Will the Trump DOJ be able to indict Former FBI Dir James Comey now that he will likely not be able to use key evidence? Will Trump Appointed Judges Let Trump and his DOJ off the hook on criminal…
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Wow: Trump Accidentally Accuses Himself of Crimes?!
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According to Trump, he committed “deceitful,” “criminal,” and “crooked” conduct that subjects him to criminal prosecution, because he took out 2 mortgages for 2 homes in Palm Beach County near Mar-a-Lago, three weeks apart, and listed both as his primary residences for favorable rate treatment. New reporting by ProPublica reveals that Trump did the…
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Trump Accidentally Accuses Himself of Crimes
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According to Trump, he committed “deceitful,” “criminal,” and “crooked” conduct that subjects him to criminal prosecution, because he took out 2 mortgages for 2 homes in Palm Beach County near Mar-a-Lago, three weeks apart, and listed both as his primary residences for favorable rate treatment. New reporting by ProPublica reveals that Trump did the…
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Judge Takes Emergency Action Against Trump Over the Files
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In a scathing new order, a NY Federal Judge has called out the Trump DOJ for failing to properly protect innocent victims and survivors of the Epstein child sex trafficking ring covered up by Trump, and has made sure that the innocent victims will be protected as he ordered the public release of ALL of the Ghislaine Maxwell trial documents and exhi…
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Trump Caught in Massive Fraud in Court as Abrego Set Free
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Breaking: A federal judge has concluded that the Trump DOJ and Administration has not told her the truth, and has defiantly refused to answer her questions, in granting Kilmar Abrego Garcia's release from ICE detention and granting his writ of habeas corpus. Popok explains that Judge Xinis found that 6 different Administration witnesses defiantly f…
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Trump DOJ Fails Miserably in Desperate Attempt to Indict NYAG Tish James
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In Breaking News, the lawless Trump DOJ, even missing Linsdey Halligan on the prosecution team, has failed for the second time in a week, to convince a Virginia Grand Jury to criminally indict NY AG Tish James for mortgage fraud or anything else. Popok explains how the corrupt DOJ has lost all credibility which grand jurors are quickly seeing throu…
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Trump Outs Himself as Bribery Scandal Goes Public
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Leave it to Trump to try to bribe a Democratic Congressman who was indicted for bribery. Michael Popok explains how Trump expected Rep. Henry Cuellar of Texas to flip from Blue to Red because Trump pardoned Cuellar and his wife of bribery, but Cuellar telling Trump that even an indicted bribe taker as morals and he will remain a Democrat! If you’re…
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Trump’s Fake Prosecutor Gets Nightmare News as Fight Erupts in Court
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A fight has broken out between Trump’s DOJ and the Judges of the Eastern District of Virginia, who are refusing to accept any new court filing with fired US Attorney Lindsey Halligan’s name on it. Meanwhile, Trump and his Attorney General are trying to exploit a loophole in the court order disqualifying Halligan to argue that she gets to stay in he…
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