9 episodes
First Street Realm
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- Society & Culture
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4.8 • 96 Ratings
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Four recent law school graduates clerk for the Supreme Court, navigating life and love while confronting the toughest cases of their generation.
As any young lawyer knows, clerking for a Supreme Court Justice could make or break your career before it even begins. Tensions are already high as four very different candidates vie for the highly coveted positions, their reasons for being there informed by their backgrounds— and personal baggage. But as they tackle case after case, each more difficult and emotional than the last, the clerks realize the Court must reckon with an internal threat if justice is to be truly served.
First Street is a Realm production, created by Catherine McKenzie and written by Catherine McKenzie, Jasmine Guillory, Elyssa Friedland, Shawn Klomparens, Randy Susan Meyers, and Kermit Roosevelt III. Listen away.
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Death Clerk
As the four clerks-to-be fight for their places, the court hears a death penalty case with a twist: can a man with a traumatic brain injury inflicted in prison be executed for a crime he can’t remember?
Episode written by Catherine McKenzie. For more shows like this, visit Realm.fm
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The First Day of School
While the new clerks settle in, two cases pick up media attention: a woman fighting to destroy frozen embryos that her late husband’s parents want to keep, and an injunction related to a law in Texas requiring school children to be vaccinated.
Episode written by Randy Susan Meyers. For more shows like this, visit Realm.fm
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Spin Cycle
Sexual tension sparks between Odessa and Jack. And Charlotte starts to worry when Justice Russo, renowned for her encyclopedic knowledge, misquotes a law.
Episode written by Elyssa Friedland and Kermit Roosevelt III. For more shows like this, visit Realm.fm
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OYEZ, OYEZ
Gabriel learns that he wasn’t the first choice for his position and Jack is unable to avoid an awkward lunch with his dad and the Chief Justice.
Episode written by Shawn Klomparens and edited by Catherine McKenzie. For more shows like this, visit Realm.fm
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Nobody Panic
Some Sunday evening bonding turns sour when Gabriel and Jack get aggressive with each other on the basketball court.
Episode written by Catherine McKenzie. For more shows like this, visit Realm.fm
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Pleasure Seekers United
Privacy is the word of the day as the court hears a class action lawsuit over a dildo—or, rather, “sexual enhancement device”—that sends personal information to the app developers.
Episode written by Elyssa Friedland and Kermit Roosevelt III. For more shows like this, visit Realm.fm
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When the most critical reviews are still generally glowing, it's a sign to subscribe. I loved the script, the nuanced and likeable characters and the atmosphere. I think it needed a couple more voice actors, or at least a versatile man to do the various men's characters. At times it seemed like the narrator's voice seemed dry and frail, but overall she pulled it off, I would say. I resorted to jotting down notes to keep everyone straight, between the two breakups, and the switching between judges. But I guess keeping notes is a sign that the show is engaging. It's excellent overall, and I would definitely recommend it.
An immersive political environment with stunning characters
The characters are really well crafted, the narrator is really good as she goes to emphasize even a smirk like “peaking Harvard” and smirks at that. I don’t know why this isn’t a tv show. You could call this the next award winning program. I wished ever since the blazing wannabes of The West Wing were more like this