At Liberty
Hosted by W Kamau Bell and Kamau Bell and Matt and Shereen · ACLU
4.8from 691 ratings
- 355
- Episodes
- 60
- Transcribed
- 691
- Ratings
- Bi-weekly
- Cadence
- 2018
- First episode
About At Liberty
Let The Record Show is a U.S. history podcast that looks back on legal precedent to make sense of our ever-evolving future. On every episode we explore the people, places and stories behind major court cases that shape how we live our lives today.
- Publisher
- ACLU
- Category
- history
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 28 Jun 2018
- Latest episode
- 21 Oct 2026
Latest episodes
60 of 355 episodes have a transcript.
21 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
The Lawyer Who Changed the Way We Look at Discrimination
7 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
The Case That Gave the Modern Supreme Court Its Power
23 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
What Happens When the President Defies a Judge?
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The Lawyer Who Changed the Way We Look at Discrimination
Published 21 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] And the strategy around this case is really thanks to one visionary attorney who I mentioned briefly at the beginning of the show, Reverend Dr. Polly Murray J.D. And Polly believed the law had to confront both forms of discrimination, not just one. Polly Murray is born Anna Pauline Murray in Baltimore in 1910, the grandchild and great-grandchild of enslaved people. And she has a very traumatic childhood. When Polly's three, her mom dies and she's sent to live with her Aunt Pauline in North Carolina. Less than a decade later, her father is killed and Polly's orphaned. Her Aunt Pauline, her guardian, and the woman Polly's named after, described her as a little boy girl because Polly refused to conform to society's expectations about gender. […]
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- Chase Strangio
- ReNika Moore
- Louise Melling
- Lee Gelernt
- Cecillia Wang
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- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.8 / 5
- 596 ratings
- Spotify
- 4.9 / 5
- 95 ratings
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- 95
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- YouTube
- 0
- Engagement
- 99
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Who hosts At Liberty?
W Kamau Bell and Kamau Bell and Matt and Shereen host the show. Published by ACLU.
How often do new episodes come out?
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