Episode 6: "I just totally reject that." (Kentucky Evictions in a Pandemic)

March 5th, 2021  |  Season 1  |  15 mins 2 secs

evictions, housing, kentucky

Kentucky Courts Can and Must Help Kentuckians Facing Eviction (Not Just Landlords)

Episode 5: Scaling Legal Aid Through Technology

November 11th, 2020  |  Season 1  |  16 mins 37 secs

law, power, technology

I talk with Thomas Officer, co-founder of Community.Lawyer, about HomerenterDeclaration.org (an app we built to help people protect themselves from eviction), KEJC's work, and the potential to use these tools to build power.

Episode 4: Healthy...At Home?

October 13th, 2020  |  11 mins 50 secs

Ben summarizes the eviction situation in Kentucky as of early October 2020: where we are, where we need to go. No elected official escapes the flames. Ben's 5-year-old makes a cameo just before the 10-minute mark. The interruption occurs precisely at the moment Ben is discussing the many things "home" now means to Americans, so he left it in the final edit. (Note: Ben's 5-year-old is not in the habit of calling Ben "Ben". 😆

Episode 3: Just Print the Money: America Needs It. Donald Trump and Mitch McConnell Have It.

May 10th, 2020  |  Season 1  |  26 mins 22 secs

coronavirus, covid-19, landlords, rent, vaccine

Paying everyone’s rent for the next year is an elegant, right-sized, fair, safe, and necessary response to a pandemic that’s here to stay.

Episode 2: A Law School Commencement Address for Anyone Who Needs One

May 4th, 2020  |  13 mins 37 secs

Just because no one asked me to give a commencement address at a law school doesn't mean I didn't write one.

Episode 1: Introductions: It's Good to Be Back

May 3rd, 2020  |  Season 1  |  9 mins 32 secs

Hi. I'm Ben. I used to do some podcasts. Now I have one again.

I'm not quite sure why I have a podcast again, but that's not stopping me from being pretty excited about it.