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The Intersection with Michael Popok is a weekly one-hour podcast focused on trusted, topical commentary exploring how the law intersects with and shapes people’s daily lives—including their Constitutionally protected rights and their civic, economic, and political worlds.
The Intersection is hosted and curated by Michael Popok, co-founder of the top-ranked Legal AF podcast and YouTube channel. Popok is one of the most viewed and downloaded independent content creators, with over 50 million monthly downloads and views, and nearly 1 billion views overall. The Intersection was also one of the top-ranked YouTube podcasts in the platform’s newly released podcast rankings, placing in the top two among all legal and political podcasts on YouTube.
Drawing on more than 30 years of experience as a renowned national trial lawyer and global corporate executive, Popok makes the law—and its role in our lives—easy to comprehend and entertaining. He teaches his audience, using his unique brand of humor and communication skills honed through years of jury work, to think like a lawyer while learning the secrets of the court system and the craft of lawyering. The result is a refreshing, no-holds-barred show that’s equal parts TED Talk, law school class, insider view of courtroom tactics, and pop culture seminar—all rolled into a one-hour podcast presented by the MeidasTouch Network.
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When Fox News doesn't even have your back and calls for our ouster, your not long for this world. And FBI Director Kash Patel, sensing his days are numbered, was "triggered" at today's Senate Judiciary Committee oversight hearing, as the Senate Dems come for Patel and his job in the wake of his misconduct and ineptitude. Popok brings the receipts and explains how Fox threw Patel an anvil, not a life preserver.
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Popok calls out the folly and bad faith filing of Trump suing his arch nemesis the New York Times for "$55 billion dollars" in a phony defamation case that looks like a dating site profile and vanity biography than an actual serious and legitimate lawsuit. Find out why this suit will likely lead to Trump and his lawyer being sanctioned when the Times fires back.
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Trump has lost again in his efforts to fire Lisa Cook as Federal Reserve Governor on phony allegations of mortgage fraud to allow him to gain control over the Fed, this time with a new 2-1 decision of the DC Circuit Appeals Court. Popok explains that while Cook is already participating today in the all important interest rate setting meeting of the Fed, Trump is about to file a new emergency appeal with the Supreme Court to support his firing.
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Trump fired FBI Director James Comey's daughter, Maurene Comey (Epstein/Maxwell's prosecutor), to make sure she wouldn't oppose his efforts to give his friend and convicted child sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell a pardon in return for vouching for him to cover up his involvement. Now Ms. Comey fires back with a new federal lawsuit that blows the lid off the scam, and Trump's use of Laura Loomer to have Comey removed. Popok reports.
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Trump --desperate to look like a King and presidential on his UK royal and prime minister visit-- can't avoid the stench of the Epstein pedophile scandal that threatens to topple his Administration and that of PM Starmer, now that it's revealed that Starmer's US Ambassador Peter Mandelson is not only close to Trump but was a defender and enabler of Epstein at the same time, even after he knew or should have known that Epstein was a pedophile. Popok explains how the sacking of the US Ambassador also shows that Trump is lying about his own involvement in the Epstein leather-bound birthday book.
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Trump is exploiting for political gain the death of his icon, Charlie Kirk, to try to continue his plan to crush dissent and put the Democrats and Independents out of business, as his Administration openly violates the Hatch Act, and yet another scandal swirls around the FBI, this one not involving Epstein. Popok put it all together as Trump tries to leave his troubles behind by leaving the country for a UK state dinner.
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Popok explains why Fox and Brian Kilmeade should not only be taken off the air and sanctioned and lose their broadcast license for calling for the lethal injection of the unhoused during a recent broadcast, but the Manhattan district attorney should open up a criminal investigation to prosecute Kilmeade for criminal solicitation and hate crimes.
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Popok explains why Fox and Brian Kilmeade should not only be taken off the air and sanctioned and lose their broadcast license for calling for the lethal injection of the unhoused during a recent broadcast, but the Manhattan district attorney should open up a criminal investigation to prosecute Kilmeade for criminal solicitation and hate crimes.
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Brazil is winning its resistance against Trump, showing a winning strategy as it defies Trump's threats and crippling economic sanctions and convicts its former President of plotting a military overthrow 4-1 and sentences him to 27 years in prison. Popok looks at how the Brazilian Supreme Court Justices have fired back at Trump and how Trump is chasing Brazil economically and emotionally into the arms of our Chinese enemies.
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Trump, further undermining US foreign policy and national security, just used the power of the US Presidency to "broker" a deal to have the Chinese Government sell Tik Tok to an American buying group likely headed by his buddy Larry Ellison who owns Oracle. Popok explains how Trump's warped foreign and economic policies are "selling out" America.
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The frustration of federal appellate judges with the Supreme Court leaving them twisting in the wind and refusing to write actual legal opinions by allowing Trump to exploit the shadow docket has burst into the open with the 4th Circuit Court of Appeals using a recent oral argument in a case to call out and chastise the US Supreme Court. Popok explains that never before in U.S. history has there been open warfare between the lower courts and the Supreme Court.
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Kash Patel should be fired for misconduct and incompetence in his bungling of the Charlie Kirk murder "manhunt" as he refused to stop having dinner (and drinks?) with friends at an exclusive Manhattan Italian restaurant to get his facts straight about the investigation and quarterback it properly from the FBI's headquarters. And then he had the brass ones to take credit for the capture of the suspect which was caused by his family turning him in, not the FBI's sleuthing skills. Popok ties it all together on his latest hot take.
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Trump's would be golf course assassin Ryan Routh is outfoxing Trump's favorite Federal Judge Aileen Cannon, acting out in Court that both proves his Insanity Defense, AND sets up a reversal on appeal as Judge Cannon struggles to control Routh acting as his own lawyer. Popok explains that representing himself is a brilliant move that lets Routh let the jury know he is "insane" without having to actually testify, while he bates Cannon into screwing up his trial for appeal.
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Trump is so desperate that he gave the COURT a deadline of Monday to allow him to destroy the Federal Reserve's independence by firing Governor Cook again in a new emergency motion. Popok explains why Trump likely won't have to wait that long for the Court's answer which should be a resounding "DENIED".
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Trump just caused a major economic, foreign policy and diplomatic disaster by allowing his Immigration shock troops to raid a Hyundai battery plant in Georgia and put South Korean workers in CHAINS. South Korea's President and its people are fighting back, threatening to pull future investment and calling the high tech workers, prisoners of war. Popok looks at how Trump just evoked the imagery of colonial subjugation and insulted a major Asian ally at a time when his manufacturing economy is abysmal.
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As Charlie Kirk's suspected killer is apprehended, Trump,rather than console the country and pull it together at a time of national crisis and grief, found a way to be even more divisive than ever, forfeiting his right to be the consoler-in-chief, and rejecting the words of comfort and support offered by past presidents from LBJ to Reagan to Bush to Obama in similar moments. Popok reports.
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Will Trump, to distract from the wreckage of his failed presidency, send warships to Brazil in response to Brazil's Supreme Court voting today to convict its former president of leading a failed military plot to overthrow the government? Popok explains what just happened and how Trump is likely to respond to save his fellow coup plotter and dictator, Bolsanaro.
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Newly-leaked Epstein emails show that Ghislaine Maxwell lied to Trump's DOJ about the child sex trafficking ring Trump's best friend ran, and provides proof of the real reason Trump "fired" Epstein as a best friend in 2008 and it had nothing to do with Epstein being a child sex predator. Popok looks closely at the new Bloomberg reporting and ties it together.
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The MAGA Senate rushed through the confirmation of Stephen Mirren as a Federal Reserve Governor, Trump's current Chair of the Council of Economic Advisors, just after a Federal Court refused to let Trump fire Governor Lisa Cook. Popok explains how Stephen Mirren would not have picked Stephen Mirren for the job based on his own past attacks on Democrats, and how the independence of the Fed is undermined by Mirren keeping his day job in the White House while serving on the Fed Board of Governors.
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A federal appeals court has reinstated Shira Perlmutter as U.S. Copyright Office director after ruling Trump likely had no authority to fire her. The decision protects congressional independence and blocks presidential overreach tied to her AI copyright report. Popok breaks it all down, explaining why this unusual case could set a powerful precedent.
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Great episode as usual 👏