Represent More

About Represent More

Represent More is a podcast about power — who has it, who doesn’t, and what happens when accountability disappears. Hosted by Ryan and Shireen Clarkson, founding partners of Clarkson, one of the leading nationwide public interest law firms, the show pulls back the curtain on the systems that quietly shape our lives: healthcare, AI and technology, workplaces, consumer markets, and the legal structures meant to protect everyday people. They share lived experiences both in the courtroom and outside of it: unsafe products, deceptive practices, unchecked corporate behavior, and real harm that too often goes unanswered. Each episode blends candid conversation with hard-won insight from decades of consumer and civil litigation. Ryan and Shireen share what they’re working on (to the extent they can), what they’re seeing in the world, and how powerful interests are evolving faster than the mechanisms designed to hold them accountable. Along the way, they explore what it actually means to “represent more” — more people, more truth, more courage, and more pressure on systems that benefit from silence. This podcast isn’t legal advice. It’s transparent, values-driven, and grounded in the real consequences faced by consumers, workers, and families every day. It’s for the outsiders, the believers, and anyone who understands that justice doesn’t move on its own — it moves when people demand it. If you’ve ever felt like harm has been normalized, like power goes unchecked, or like your voice doesn’t matter in systems built to exclude you — this show is for you. This is Represent More. We’re glad you’re here.

Publisher

We Are Them Media

Category

news

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

11 Feb 2026

Latest episode

20 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

17 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   20 Oct 2026

   "I'm Calling Bullsh*t on That" — McDonald's AI Pricing Lawsuit, Data Centers in Our Backyards, and Big Tech's Free Ride

   What happens when the world's biggest fast-food chain hands its menu prices to an algorithm? And who pays when Big Tech needs more power, more water, and more land to keep the AI arms race going? This week, Ryan and Shireen look at two sides of the same problem: powerful companies using AI to take more from ordinary people, and pushing the costs onto communities that never got a say. They start with Clarkson's new lawsuit against McDonald's. The suit alleges that corporate required franchisee...

2. 

   7 Oct 2026

   "We Are in a World of Sh*t" – Big AI's "Morally Binding" Pact, Real Consequences for Real Harm, and California's New Food Label

   Welcome to Represent More, with Ryan and Shireen Clarkson of Clarkson Law Firm. This week, Ryan is back from speaking at NYU's global class actions conference, where a panel meant to cover data privacy quickly turned into a conversation about AI. Shireen opens the episode with a hard question: if we could delete AI and go back to a world without it, would we? The answer leads into a closer look at the White House's newly announced AI agreement. The leading frontier labs signed on to the four-...

3. 

   16 Sept 2026

   "A Civilizational Problem" – Anthropic Whistleblower, Meta's AI Glasses, and Why Big Tech Can't Regulate Itself

   Welcome to Represent More, hosted by Ryan Clarkson and Shireen Clarkson, founding partners of Clarkson, a national public interest law firm. This week is all tech. Ryan and Shireen open with two case updates: the claims period for the $250 million Apple false advertising settlement opens Monday, September 21; and the newly filed consolidated complaint in the Meta AI glasses litigation (where Ryan was recently appointed co-lead counsel) expands the case to a third group of plaintiffs: bystande...

4. 

   3 Sept 2026

   "Not Anti-Innovation, Anti-Deception" — The Oura Ring Lawsuit, Meta's $18 Billion Settlement, and the Price of Selling Certainty

   Welcome to Represent More, brought to you by We Are Them Media. Ryan and Shireen are back in the Malibu studio (with a very special behind-the-scenes guest) for a two-part episode on what happens when technology sells certainty it can't deliver. First, Shireen walks through Clarkson's newly filed class action against Oura, the maker of the wildly popular smart ring. The lawsuit alleges Oura markets its sleep-stage tracking as "95% accurate," while independent, peer-reviewed research puts the ...

5. 

   19 Aug 2026

   "A Bunch of Davids & One Goliath" — Bahar Sodaify on Immigrant Roots, Food Fraud & the Power of Class Actions

   Welcome to Represent More, the podcast about power — who has it, who doesn't, and what happens when accountability disappears. In this episode, Ryan and Shireen Clarkson sit down with Bahar Sodaify, Clarkson's first associate and first homegrown partner, who now leads the firm's food fraud practice. Bahar traces a direct line from her childhood in a Persian family in Beverly Hills — where her parents, who arrived from Iran in 1977, couldn't recognize the ingredients on American food labels an...

6. 

   30 Jul 2026

   "Stuck in Their Game" — The Washington Post Lawsuit, Surveillance Pricing, and Scaling with Purpose

   Welcome to Represent More, a production of We Are Them Media, hosted by Ryan Clarkson and Shireen Clarkson. Two people look at the same product at the same time — and pay two different prices. That's surveillance pricing, and in this episode, Ryan and Shireen break down how companies quietly use your location, browsing habits, and purchase history to decide how much you should pay. They dig into Clarkson's new lawsuit against The Washington Post, filed on behalf of subscribers whose personal ...

7. 

   13 Jul 2026

   "Sticking Up for the Little Guy" – Tracey Cowan on Fertility Negligence, Rideshare Accountability & Giving Clients a Voice

   Welcome to Represent More, a production of We Are Them Media, hosted by Ryan and Shireen Clarkson. This week, Ryan and Shireen welcome Tracey Cowan, who leads Clarkson's fertility negligence and sexual assault practices. From a childhood spent moving school districts with a superintendent dad who preached sticking up for the little guy, to the Tisch School of the Arts, to a research lab at NYU, to constitutional law and prisoners' rights work at Peiffer Wolf, Tracey's path to the courtroom wa...

8. 

   1 Jul 2026

   "It's a Lot of Fiascos" — AI Skepticism, the Monsanto Ruling, and Democracy Under Strain

   Welcome to Represent More, a production of We Are Them Media. In this milestone tenth episode, hosts Ryan and Shireen Clarkson dive into a wide-ranging discussion spanning artificial intelligence, a major Supreme Court ruling, and the state of American democracy heading into the midterms. AI in higher education: Universities are pushing students to learn AI tools while simultaneously issuing false cheating accusations based on unreliable AI-detection software — Ryan breaks down the due proce...

9. 

   17 Jun 2026

   "Not Shying Away" – Shireen Clarkson on Growing Up, Finding Her Voice & Never Backing Down

   Welcome to Represent More, produced by We Are Them Media. In Episode 9, Ryan Clarkson turns the mic around — and his co-host, Shireen Clarkson, becomes the guest. Who is Shireen, where did she come from, and what shaped her into one of the country's leading consumer advocates? In this episode: Growing up Persian-American in the Bay Area — navigating dual identity, feeling like an outsider in two worlds, and how that feeling became fuelThe "you don't need a man" household: how Shireen's Irania...

10. 

    3 Jun 2026

    "Food Is Safe, Just Ask the Food Company" — AI Washing, the Apple Settlement & the Fight Over What's in Your Food

    Welcome to Represent More, a production of We Are Them Media. This week, Ryan and Shireen are back in the studio fresh off a big win — a $250 million settlement against Apple in what may be the largest false advertising settlement in history. The case centers on "AI washing": Apple's alleged failure to deliver on the artificial intelligence features it used to sell its iPhone 15 and 16 models. Ryan breaks down how the settlement works, what class members can expect, and why this verdict matte...

11. 

    6 May 2026

    "If It Makes Your Skin Crawl…" — Ryan Clarkson on Law, Life, and the Cases Worth Fighting For

    Welcome to Represent More, a production of We Are Them Media. In Episode 7, co-host Shireen Clarkson turns the tables and puts Ryan Clarkson in the hot seat — tracing the arc of his life from a big Midwestern family to the courtroom, and asking the questions that reveal what really drives one of the country's leading consumer and public interest litigators. In this episode: Ryan's upbringing in Michigan — a factory-worker dad, a community-minded mom, and the values they instilled that still s...

12. 

    22 Apr 2026

    "Because Bees Be Bees" — False Advertising, Kratom's Hidden Toll, and the Corporate Playbook for Avoiding Accountability

    Welcome to Represent More, brought to you by We Are Them Media. In Episode 6, Ryan and Shireen dig into two stories about what happens when companies make promises they never intend to keep — and then blame you for believing them. This week: Panelli v. Target — A Ninth Circuit Win for Consumers: Target sold bedsheets labeled as "800 thread count." Testing revealed the actual count was 288. When the case was dismissed at the district court level using an "impossibility defense" — the idea that...

13. 

    9 Apr 2026

    "An Underdog Spirit" – Inside the Fight for Everyday People with Appellate Lawyer Glenn Danas

    Welcome to Represent More, produced by We Are Them Media. In Episode 5, Ryan and Shireen sit down with Glenn Danas, partner at Clarkson and chair of the firm's Appellate and Employment Litigation practice groups, for a wide-ranging conversation about what it means to fight for everyday people from inside the legal system. Glenn's path from Big Law to public interest litigation — and why it felt like coming homeThe landmark Iskanian v. CLS Transportation decision and the ongoing battle over ma...

14. 

    27 Mar 2026

    "This Is Just the Start" – Social Media Addiction Lawsuits, Landmark Verdicts & the Coming Wave of Big Tech Accountability

    Welcome to Represent More, brought to you by We Are Them Media. In Episode 4, Ryan and Shireen dig into the wave of social media addiction lawsuits making their way through the courts — and what two landmark verdicts this week tell us about where this fight is headed. What a Los Angeles bellwether jury found when it ruled YouTube and Meta liable for negligence and failure to warnWhy a $375 million verdict against Meta in New Mexico barely moved the company's stock — and what that may mean for...

15. 

    11 Mar 2026

    “People Are Going to Be Alarmed” – Meta’s AI Glasses, Data Collection, and the Fight for Transparency

    Welcome back to Represent More, a podcast from We Are Them Media. In Episode 3, hosts Ryan Clarkson and Shireen Clarkson break down a week packed with major legal developments — including a brand new lawsuit that's already making waves in the tech world and beyond. Fresh off a weekend in Cabo, Ryan and Shireen get into it, covering: The Meta AI glasses lawsuit: why Clarkson filed a false advertising case against Meta in the Northern District of California — and what investigative journalists ...

16. 

    25 Feb 2026

    "It Can't Be Good" — AI Copyright Theft, Microplastics, and the Corporate Greed Fueling Both

    Welcome back to Represent More, a podcast from We Are Them Media. In Episode 2, hosts Ryan Clarkson and Shireen Clarkson dive into two of the most consequential — and underreported — legal battlegrounds of our time: the fight over who actually owns the content that built the AI revolution, and the slow-moving public health crisis hiding in your water bottle, your food containers, and your bloodstream. Fresh off their annual Clarkson law firm partner retreat in Ojai, Ryan and Shireen get into ...

17. 

    11 Feb 2026

    "Privatized Profits, Socialized Harms" — AI, Social Media, ICE & the Fight for Accountability

    Episode 1: Privatized Profits, Socialized Harms — AI, Social Media, ICE & the Fight for Accountability Welcome to the very first episode of Represent More, a podcast from We Are Them Media. Hosts Ryan Clarkson and Shireen Clarkson — married partners and founders of one of the nation's leading public interest law firms — pull back the curtain on the world of consumer protection, class actions, and holding powerful interests accountable. In this inaugural conversation, they dive into the is...

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