rationally BASED
Welcome to rationally BASED, a podcast about law and politics, on the edge. Law professor Ilan Wurman, with co-host Kathryn Johnson, cover cutting-edge, and edgy, legal and political news, ideas, and developments.
rationally BASED
Latest Episodes
Episode 34 | Immigration and Due Process: the Emerging Battleground
"Due process of law" is emerging as THE central legal battleground for immigration reform in 2026-27. In this episode, Kathryn Johnson and law professors Joshua Kleinfeld and Ilan Wurman break down the three biggest new cases — and confront the...
Episode 33 | Give Parents the Vote
Parent proxy voting for children is in the news and it's gone viral!On Ross Douthat's podcast, Yale Law professor Samuel Moyn proposed giving 20-somethings extra votes, rather than parents, because “young people — not people who are rais...
Episode 32 | The Constitution at the National Constitution Center
In this bonus episode, we cross post our host's appearance at the National Constitution Center. You can also listen to this episode on We the People, the NCC's wonderful podcast. Julie Silverbrook, Chief Content and Learning Office...
Episode 31 | Who Writes the Rules of the Game?
Election Money, Mail-In Ballots, and the Supreme CourtIn this episode, Kathryn Johnson and law professors Joshua Kleinfeld and Ilan Wurman take on three fights over the rules of American elections — and the deeper question of who should...
Episode 30 | Are All Cultures Created Equal?
In this episode, hosts Kathryn Johnson and law professor Ilan Wurman take on a hard and controversial question: Are all cultures created equal? Or, more precisely, do all cultures have the same current capacity for constitutional self-governmen...