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Michael Alkaraki
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A Real Law & Policy podcast with Mike Alk & friends

Episodes

  1. Nick Schafer

    May 1

    Nick Schafer

    Restorative justice, work/professional life as a mission, fundraising v sales, intersection of faith and policy and more

    1h 3m
  2. Alderman Byron Sigcho-Lopez

    Feb 10

    Alderman Byron Sigcho-Lopez

    Intresections of Immigration, Palestine and civil rights in the City of Chicago with 25th Ward Alderman Byron Sigcho-Lopez who is currently running for Congress in Illinois' 4th District.  This discussion was recorded in November of 2025 for a diffrent platform but is being published here instead with permission from all parties.

    27 min
  3. Sladjana Vuckovic

    Jan 2

    Sladjana Vuckovic

    "Extra-curricular" advocacy as central to lawyering, first amendment/free speech issues, intersections of justice from Gaza to domestic civil right suppression, mitigating cognitive bias, principles of veganism and more.

    1h 30m
  4. Amanda Garcia

    10/15/2025

    Amanda Garcia

    Law & advocacy as a calling, immigration law practice in the context of weaponized immigration policy, ICE & militarization of communities, navigating clients through trauma & uncertainty, justifying philosophy degrees and more

    1h 5m
  5. Bruce Fein

    08/07/2025

    Bruce Fein

    The great American lawyer, philosopher and U.S. Dept. of Justice veteran Bruce Fein on civics, structural democracy, constitutional law, foreign policy, human nature and the roles of lawyers and citizens in maintaining liberty and equality in the face of consolidated power, corruption and tyranny.

    1h 4m
  6. Jeff Tischauser, PhD

    05/02/2025

    Jeff Tischauser, PhD

    Jeff's work monitoring, documenting and exposing right wing ethnonationalist movements including in relation to the Trump administration and MAGA, broader discussion of nationalism and patriotism in the context of liberal pluralistic democracy, linguistics, semantics, word games, rhetorical branding and domestic democracy, civil rights and rule of law degradation against the backdrop and because of foreign conflict engagements and "forever wars."

    1h 56m
  7. William Nissen

    02/05/2025

    William Nissen

    Naval and community service, criminal justice reform including death penalty abolition and elder parole, continuing education, international securites and futures regulation and litigation and more with retired big law partner William Nissen.

    48 min
  8. Michelle Carey

    01/30/2025

    Michelle Carey

    Service and leadership through the Judicial Evaluations Committee of The Chicago Bar Association, motivations for becoming a lawyer and dedication to rule of law, the role of the judiciary in democracy, reflections on the current state of the judiciary and democracy, the importance of civics and an educated public and the value of local engagement and action.

    59 min
  9. Bruce Fein

    01/11/2025

    Bruce Fein

    The legendary constitutional, international and human rights lawyer, fomer Justice Department Official, consultant, scholar, author and more on his recent lawsuit against the U.S. Secretary of State, Gaza v. Blinken, on behalf of Palestinians alleging violation of the U.S. Federal Leahy Law via weapons provision to Israel while Israel is engaged in gross human rights violations, the role of lawyers in society, the philosophical origins and dynamics of rule of law and democracy and beyond.

    1h 19m
  10. John Heiderscheidt

    12/11/2024

    John Heiderscheidt

    Immigration and the intersections of economics, national security and criminal law, the threat of mass deportations, fear politics, the spirit/ideals of the U.S., practical and political challenges to consistent sound policy, potential solutions/reforms and much more with the multitalented and interdiscsiplinary attorney John Heiderscheidt.

    1h 16m
  11. Chuck Wolf

    10/23/2024

    Chuck Wolf

    Retired big law partner, University of Chicago law professor, recent Biden administration/Dept. of Labor appointee and renaissance man Chuck Wolf on the election, constitutional and structural design, foundations of democracy and more, for the inagural episode of Democracy Doctors.

    37 min
  12. Placekeeper - Show coming soon or eventually!

    09/26/2024

    Placekeeper - Show coming soon or eventually!

    A real law & policy podcast with Mike Alk & friends

    6 sec

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A Real Law & Policy podcast with Mike Alk & friends

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  • Creator
    Michael Alkaraki
  • Years Active
    2024 - 2026
  • Episodes
    12
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © 2024
  • Show Website
    Democracy Doctors