The Scofflaws: A History of Law and Disorder

Kate and Sean celebrate Christmas the only way they know how, by talking about Santa robbing a bank! I usually make these descriptions longer, but I don't think I can top that sentence.

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Kate and Sean get in the holiday spirit and discuss Christmas crimes! What do you think is the worse crime discussed today, and why is it the guy who just went around telling kids Santa isn't real? I mean, who does that?!

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Kate and Sean discuss the power of proper branding through one of the greatest self-promoters of all time, Jesse James! Also, not enough people have names that start with z, and the Wisconsin Minnesota dairy wars.

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Kate and Sean go back to the Roaring Twenties and look into the "perfect" crime of Leopold and Leob. If you've ever wondered what a Home Alone sequel would be like if it turned out Harry was Kevin's long lost uncle, and the wet bandits decided to pick him up from soccer practice and try to murder him, this is about as close as you're gonna get to that. Also, Is ThIs AnNoYiNg AlTeRnAtInG tExT iRrItAtInG tO yOu? One of two podcast hosts probably agrees with you!

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Substitute cohost Cody and Sean remember Stan Lee fondly and talk about people who probably do the same, Real Life Superheroes! Who knows the secrets that lay in the hearts of men? Who watches the watchmen? Are they faster than a speeding bullet? Listen in to find the answer to literally none of these questions!

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Substitute cohost John and Sean talk about the ultraviolence of Cormac McCarthy. What is morality when it's put against extreme circumstances? Where does one's humanity go when... what? Who's Cormac McCarthy? He wrote No Country for Old Men. No, the book, not the movie. YES, IT WAS A BOOK FIRST!

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Substitute cohost Alison and Sean talk about the disparity of law enforcement in relation to women. No, there's no exclamation point there. That sentence it way too dry to say excited. What? Don't believe me? YOU try saying it like your super jazzed about it. Sometimes you just have to get information across.

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Substitute cohost Cody and Sean tackle the tough question of: What if a dog is not a good boy/girl? Impossible, I know, but some animals can and have broken the laws of man and nature. What happens in that case? Can animals be tried in a court? Is there some sort of police procedural about crimes committed by animals? If there isn't should we cast Snoop Dog in it?

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Substitute cohost Cody and Sean leave behind the realm of Man and discuss the law of Middle-Earth's boxy little craftsmen, Dwarves! Specifically, the laws presented in the game Dwarf Fortress. How does society based around drink and industry function? When is a public beating preferable to jail time? Where do vampires fit into the criminal justice system? Listen in and find out!

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Substitute cohost John and Sean switch to the darker side of crime fiction and talk about the man who codified the gentleman theif, Arsene Lupin. Listen as Sean tries in vain to pronounce French names in any way successfully. Does he succeed? Tune in and find ou--No, no he doesn't. Not even close.

Music: Prohibition Blues (Scofflaws remix) from www.purple-planet.com, remixed by Trai Orthal