Lydia Smith
@seriouslydiaonly.bsky.social
🎙️ Serious Pod Media: Opening Arguments, Where There's Woke, Gavel Gavel, Serious Inquiries Only with @seriouspod.bsky.social
💕 Mom of 3
🏛️Former exec with CA state government
🧠Experimental Psychology background
@lydiapod.51 on Signal
💕 Mom of 3
🏛️Former exec with CA state government
🧠Experimental Psychology background
@lydiapod.51 on Signal
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Lydia Smith
@seriouslydiaonly.bsky.social
· Jan 24
In addition to being on mic for some of our projects, I also serve in a producer capacity for all of @seriouspod.bsky.social podcasts, including @openargs.bsky.social ! If you have a pitch for a show, reach out! I'm always looking for fantastic guests. #lawsky
Man, everything is so overwhelming. That's it. That's the post.
January 12, 2026 at 7:52 AM
Man, everything is so overwhelming. That's it. That's the post.
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You have to go through Congress for anything resembling this type of war. Round up Massie and Paul types and have him removed. The people in this administration are on actual drugs and have insatiable bloodlust and bespoke mental illnesses. He has to go, and everybody with him.
January 3, 2026 at 6:58 AM
You have to go through Congress for anything resembling this type of war. Round up Massie and Paul types and have him removed. The people in this administration are on actual drugs and have insatiable bloodlust and bespoke mental illnesses. He has to go, and everybody with him.
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People are going to try and lure you into debates about whether Maduro was a good guy or not and the thing is, it doesn’t matter for the purposes of discussing whether violent kidnappings and extrajudicial murders by the US government are ok. No, they aren’t! End of convo.
January 3, 2026 at 2:01 PM
People are going to try and lure you into debates about whether Maduro was a good guy or not and the thing is, it doesn’t matter for the purposes of discussing whether violent kidnappings and extrajudicial murders by the US government are ok. No, they aren’t! End of convo.
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Just woke up even angrier. Impeach, convict, remove. Draft articles now. Either we have a representative government or we don’t. Do not shut up about this until there’s a vote.
January 3, 2026 at 1:48 PM
Just woke up even angrier. Impeach, convict, remove. Draft articles now. Either we have a representative government or we don’t. Do not shut up about this until there’s a vote.
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Did you get behind on OA this year? Add this playlist to your Spotify library to catch up on (or revisit) some of our favorite episodes of 2025!
open.spotify.com/playlist/12X...
open.spotify.com/playlist/12X...
OA 2025 Top Hits
open.spotify.com
December 30, 2025 at 1:55 AM
Did you get behind on OA this year? Add this playlist to your Spotify library to catch up on (or revisit) some of our favorite episodes of 2025!
open.spotify.com/playlist/12X...
open.spotify.com/playlist/12X...
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EXCLUSIVE! By special arrangement we now have the ONLY copy of DC sandwich tosser Sean Dunn's federal trial transcript which will ever be produced after his acquittal
Look out for professional trial reenactments and analysis re: this extremely serious legal matter, soon only on #GavelGavel!
Look out for professional trial reenactments and analysis re: this extremely serious legal matter, soon only on #GavelGavel!
December 10, 2025 at 5:08 AM
EXCLUSIVE! By special arrangement we now have the ONLY copy of DC sandwich tosser Sean Dunn's federal trial transcript which will ever be produced after his acquittal
Look out for professional trial reenactments and analysis re: this extremely serious legal matter, soon only on #GavelGavel!
Look out for professional trial reenactments and analysis re: this extremely serious legal matter, soon only on #GavelGavel!
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TODAY ON OA (12/19)
-how eugenicists, "progressives", and the Klan teamed up to base the American visa system in old-timey racism
-how Trump is bringing back 1920s-style "national origins"-based immigration by executive order
-a British deli tries to trademark the concept of vegetables
-how eugenicists, "progressives", and the Klan teamed up to base the American visa system in old-timey racism
-how Trump is bringing back 1920s-style "national origins"-based immigration by executive order
-a British deli tries to trademark the concept of vegetables
December 19, 2025 at 5:13 AM
TODAY ON OA (12/19)
-how eugenicists, "progressives", and the Klan teamed up to base the American visa system in old-timey racism
-how Trump is bringing back 1920s-style "national origins"-based immigration by executive order
-a British deli tries to trademark the concept of vegetables
-how eugenicists, "progressives", and the Klan teamed up to base the American visa system in old-timey racism
-how Trump is bringing back 1920s-style "national origins"-based immigration by executive order
-a British deli tries to trademark the concept of vegetables
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ProPublica could not find evidence Trump ever lived at either of the two Florida properties he claimed as principal residences in the 1990s.
Legal documents and other records from the period give his address as Trump Tower in Manhattan.
Legal documents and other records from the period give his address as Trump Tower in Manhattan.
Trump’s Own Mortgages Match His Description of Mortgage Fraud, Records Reveal
The Trump administration has argued that Fed board member Lisa Cook may have committed mortgage fraud by declaring more than one primary residence on her loans. We found Trump once did the very thing ...
www.propublica.org
December 17, 2025 at 2:30 AM
ProPublica could not find evidence Trump ever lived at either of the two Florida properties he claimed as principal residences in the 1990s.
Legal documents and other records from the period give his address as Trump Tower in Manhattan.
Legal documents and other records from the period give his address as Trump Tower in Manhattan.
Support your fave independent media because today I had two of our three kids home sick while trying to do a videosode that ended up going twice as long as we normally do. NO DAYS OFF FOR US FOLK. (also there's plenty of other reasons to support us lol, I'm just tired right now)
December 17, 2025 at 3:19 AM
Support your fave independent media because today I had two of our three kids home sick while trying to do a videosode that ended up going twice as long as we normally do. NO DAYS OFF FOR US FOLK. (also there's plenty of other reasons to support us lol, I'm just tired right now)
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Pop star Sabrina Carpenter slams the White House for using “Juno” in an ICE arrest video:
“This video is evil and disgusting. Do not ever involve me or my music to benefit your inhumane agenda.”
“This video is evil and disgusting. Do not ever involve me or my music to benefit your inhumane agenda.”
December 2, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Pop star Sabrina Carpenter slams the White House for using “Juno” in an ICE arrest video:
“This video is evil and disgusting. Do not ever involve me or my music to benefit your inhumane agenda.”
“This video is evil and disgusting. Do not ever involve me or my music to benefit your inhumane agenda.”
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Years ago, my colleagues at Business Insider and I tracked YouTuber “cancellation” arcs. What we found is that for many entertainers, “cancellation” actually sets the stage for a redemption arc, one that can raise their profile higher than ever. It wasn’t career-ending. It was fuel.
November 29, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Years ago, my colleagues at Business Insider and I tracked YouTuber “cancellation” arcs. What we found is that for many entertainers, “cancellation” actually sets the stage for a redemption arc, one that can raise their profile higher than ever. It wasn’t career-ending. It was fuel.
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This week's conversation with author, jorunalist, & convicted murderer John J. Lennon calling in from Sing Sing is one of the most interesting we've ever had. John's new book has so much to say about the true crime industrial complex, and what it is doing to us all
www.amazon.com/Tragedy-True...
www.amazon.com/Tragedy-True...
The Tragedy of True Crime: Four Guilty Men and the Stories That Define Us
The Tragedy of True Crime: Four Guilty Men and the Stories That Define Us [Lennon, John J.] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. The Tragedy of True Crime: Four Guilty Men and the Stories That Define Us
www.amazon.com
November 25, 2025 at 5:46 AM
This week's conversation with author, jorunalist, & convicted murderer John J. Lennon calling in from Sing Sing is one of the most interesting we've ever had. John's new book has so much to say about the true crime industrial complex, and what it is doing to us all
www.amazon.com/Tragedy-True...
www.amazon.com/Tragedy-True...
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Proud to see that two of our favorite author interviews each made the NYT Best Non-Fiction list this year!
Well-deserved congratulations to John J. Lennon (The Tragedy of True Crime, OA1210) and Professor Michelle Adams (The Containment, OA 1198)
Well-deserved congratulations to John J. Lennon (The Tragedy of True Crime, OA1210) and Professor Michelle Adams (The Containment, OA 1198)
November 26, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Proud to see that two of our favorite author interviews each made the NYT Best Non-Fiction list this year!
Well-deserved congratulations to John J. Lennon (The Tragedy of True Crime, OA1210) and Professor Michelle Adams (The Containment, OA 1198)
Well-deserved congratulations to John J. Lennon (The Tragedy of True Crime, OA1210) and Professor Michelle Adams (The Containment, OA 1198)
I hope Bill Cassidy feels real fucking proud of himself.
Amazing. Dude is just winking at Cassidy and telling him what a schmuck he is while he kills children.
Apparently RFK Jr. promised Senator Bill Cassidy that he wouldn’t remove the statement
“Vaccines do not cause autism” from the CDC website.
So what RFK Jr. did instead is spit in his face by leaving the statement there and adding this:
“Vaccines do not cause autism” from the CDC website.
So what RFK Jr. did instead is spit in his face by leaving the statement there and adding this:
November 20, 2025 at 6:09 PM
I hope Bill Cassidy feels real fucking proud of himself.
I hate this place.
The CDC amended its website to suggest that vaccines may cause autism. It now declares that experts “ignored” a potential link between infant vaccination and autism, and asserts that its earlier rejection of such a link was not “evidence-based.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/20/h...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/20/h...
C.D.C. Changes Website to Reflect Kennedy’s Vaccine Skepticism
www.nytimes.com
November 20, 2025 at 5:16 PM
I hate this place.
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We had a great time with Illinois Congressional candidate @katmabu.bsky.social talking about her unique campaign, what ICE is doing to Chicago right now, and what it is going to take for Democrats not to suck. All kinds of hope in here, you won't want to miss this one!
youtu.be/U7OEJJwsajA?...
youtu.be/U7OEJJwsajA?...
Kat Abughazaleh - Indicted by Trump's DoJ for Protesting ICE while running for Congress
YouTube video by Serious Pod Network
youtu.be
November 12, 2025 at 5:01 PM
We had a great time with Illinois Congressional candidate @katmabu.bsky.social talking about her unique campaign, what ICE is doing to Chicago right now, and what it is going to take for Democrats not to suck. All kinds of hope in here, you won't want to miss this one!
youtu.be/U7OEJJwsajA?...
youtu.be/U7OEJJwsajA?...
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😎😎😎😎 GOOD THINGS CAN STILL HAPPEN 😎😎😎😎
November 5, 2025 at 5:22 AM
😎😎😎😎 GOOD THINGS CAN STILL HAPPEN 😎😎😎😎
I saw a post recently that we should include random questions in elections to get people to vote. I LOVE this, and it could be a surprise question every election. This cycle: what's the best ice cream flavor, next cycle was the dress black/blue or white/gold? Etc etc.
October 31, 2025 at 6:18 PM
I saw a post recently that we should include random questions in elections to get people to vote. I LOVE this, and it could be a surprise question every election. This cycle: what's the best ice cream flavor, next cycle was the dress black/blue or white/gold? Etc etc.
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Nine months ago I put most of my hope in major institutions continuing to hold fascism in check, but had little expectation that regular people with little to no power would step up and put themselves at risk.
I had it exactly backward.
I had it exactly backward.
signs like these are up all over Chicago cafes and storefronts (here, cafes in Brighton Park and Back of the Yards) warning ICE not to enter without a judicial warrant
October 26, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Nine months ago I put most of my hope in major institutions continuing to hold fascism in check, but had little expectation that regular people with little to no power would step up and put themselves at risk.
I had it exactly backward.
I had it exactly backward.
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There are shows which break down bad movies, shows which break down classic SCOTUS cases, shows which break down terrible rightwing content, & shows which cover the rise of American fascism without breaking down. But just one which does all of that, and you can listen ad-free here
Patreon.com/law
Patreon.com/law
Get more from Opening Arguments on Patreon
Creating the legal podcast that helps you make sense of the news
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October 22, 2025 at 1:59 AM
There are shows which break down bad movies, shows which break down classic SCOTUS cases, shows which break down terrible rightwing content, & shows which cover the rise of American fascism without breaking down. But just one which does all of that, and you can listen ad-free here
Patreon.com/law
Patreon.com/law
Love this community!!!!
This is & so many other things I have been able to do in the past 18 months are exactly what I wanted OA to be when I joined, and I can't thank @seriouspod.bsky.social and @seriouslydiaonly.bsky.social enough for the vision and values which make this show something special. Pls support indie media!
COMING SOON: excited to announce that we have just scheduled interviews with two different incarcerated authors in the coming months about each of their outstanding books
October 22, 2025 at 1:50 AM
Love this community!!!!
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COMING SOON: excited to announce that we have just scheduled interviews with two different incarcerated authors in the coming months about each of their outstanding books
October 22, 2025 at 1:43 AM
COMING SOON: excited to announce that we have just scheduled interviews with two different incarcerated authors in the coming months about each of their outstanding books
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You DON'T want to miss this Sunday's California Freethought Day (livestreamed and at the State Capitol).
Register at FreethoughtDay.org (1/2)
Register at FreethoughtDay.org (1/2)
October 10, 2025 at 9:03 PM
You DON'T want to miss this Sunday's California Freethought Day (livestreamed and at the State Capitol).
Register at FreethoughtDay.org (1/2)
Register at FreethoughtDay.org (1/2)
This is such a waste of pixels and time. BE BETTER.
In @nytopinion.nytimes.com
As post-liberal tendencies take hold, “they take substantially different forms on the left versus the right — and those differences help explain why people on either side of the divide struggle so mightily to understand their opponents,” our columnist Ross Douthat writes.
As post-liberal tendencies take hold, “they take substantially different forms on the left versus the right — and those differences help explain why people on either side of the divide struggle so mightily to understand their opponents,” our columnist Ross Douthat writes.
Opinion | Why Left and Right Can’t Understand Each Other’s Fears
Getting past the urge to reduce all politics to existential conflict.
nyti.ms
October 5, 2025 at 12:08 AM
This is such a waste of pixels and time. BE BETTER.