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Serious Trouble

Hosted by Josh Barro and Ken White · news · EN

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An irreverent podcast about the law from Josh Barro and Ken White. www.serioustrouble.show

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Booking probability

36%

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Selective

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Questions about Serious Trouble

Who hosts Serious Trouble?

Serious Trouble is hosted by Josh Barro and Ken White. The show has published 200 episodes to date.

What has Serious Trouble covered recently?

Recent episodes include "Court Officers Behaving Badly" (29 May 2026, 23 minutes), "The No-Judgment Fund" (22 May 2026, 30 minutes), and "'Advice of Counsel' Does Not Apply to Advice from Licensed Airboat Captains" (15 May 2026, 17 minutes).

How often does Serious Trouble publish?

Serious Trouble publishes roughly weekly, with episodes averaging 24 minutes across 200 episodes.

How hard is it to get booked on Serious Trouble?

Booking probability for Serious Trouble is 36%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. Serious Trouble requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. Serious Trouble's contact route on record: verified email.

Who should pitch Serious Trouble?

The strongest fits for Serious Trouble are Law & Legal Services. Serious Trouble has a news audience.

About the host

Josh Barro and Ken White hosts Serious Trouble, a news podcast with 200 episodes published.

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Recent episodes

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  • May 29, 202623 minS0

    This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.serioustrouble.show<br/><br/><p>The ‘Broadview Six’ case was one of the Trump administration’s prominent prosecutions of anti-ICE protesters. Federal...

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    The No-Judgment Fund

    May 22, 202630 minS0

    This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.serioustrouble.show<br/><br/><p>Donald Trump has announced a new $1.776 billion “anti-weaponization fund” to be doled out as he sees fit to “victims” of...

  • May 7, 202624 minS0

    This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.serioustrouble.show<br/><br/><p>There's a lot of stupid litigation to cover this week, starting with the lawsuit so many of you asked us about. An...

  • May 1, 202621 minS0

    This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.serioustrouble.show<br/><br/><p>This week Ken and Josh discuss the James Comey indictment, this time, purportedly for threatening the president with...

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  • Apr 18, 202619 minS0

    This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.serioustrouble.show<br/><br/><p>This week Ken and Josh discuss Eric Swallwell and how prosecutors in Manhattan and Los Angeles are looking into sexual...

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    Welcome Home, Michael

    Apr 12, 202622 minS0

    This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.serioustrouble.show<br/><br/><p>This week Ken and Josh discuss updates on three of their favorite characters: Michael Avenatti, Pam Bondi, and Ed...

  • Apr 5, 202621 minS0

    This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.serioustrouble.show<br/><br/><p>This week Ken and Josh discuss Anthropic's big win, the injunction on Trump's ballroom construction, and what to make of...

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    Pro Se Exam

    Mar 27, 202624 minS0

    This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.serioustrouble.show<br/><br/><p>This week Ken and Josh discuss Judge Lewis Kaplan losing some patience with Sam Bankman-Fried, and not just because...

  • Mar 20, 202625 minS0

    This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.serioustrouble.show<br/><br/><p>This week Ken and Josh discuss the Afroman trial and also look at a rough hearing for AUSAs in New Jersey, as the Trump...

  • Mar 13, 202620 minS0

    This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.serioustrouble.show<br/><br/><p>This week Ken and Josh discuss the Customs Service saying its computers won't let it refund IEEPA tariffs, more...

  • Feb 26, 202622 minS0

    This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.serioustrouble.show<br/><br/><p>This week Ken and Josh discuss more on tariffs — what awaits litigants like FedEx who seek refunds of payments they made...

  • Feb 21, 202635 minS0

    <p>This week Ken and Josh discuss the Supreme Court's ruling in Learning Resources v. Trump, throwing out the massive country-specific tariffs the president purported to impose under the Nixon-era International...

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    Hell No Bill

    Feb 13, 202620 minS0

    This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.serioustrouble.show<br/><br/><p>This week Ken and Josh discuss a D.C. grand jury declining to indict Democrats in Congress, Don Lemon's new high-profile...

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    Court Therapy

    Feb 7, 202624 minS0

    This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.serioustrouble.show<br/><br/><p>This week, Ken and Josh discuss Julie Le, the DOJ lawyer who vented in court that it "sucks" to represent this...

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    Lemon Law

    Jan 31, 202644 minS0

    <p>This week Ken and Josh discuss how the Feds got an arrest warrant for Don Lemon after all. Before prosecutors got the grand jury indictment, they tried through some really irregular channels to get Lemon arrested...

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    120 Days

    Jan 23, 202619 minS0

    This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.serioustrouble.show<br/><br/><p>This week, Ken and Josh discuss the end of Lindsey Halligan's purported reign in the Eastern District of Virginia, and...

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    You Are Not Jay Powell

    Jan 16, 202627 minS0

    This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.serioustrouble.show<br/><br/><p>Fed Chair Jerome Powell dropped a bombshell on Sunday: a video disclosing the Fed had been subpoenaed in a criminal...

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