The Appeal Podcast, hosted by Adam Johnson, is where we take a deeper look at the most important criminal justice stories of the week—featuring reporters, lawyers, activists, analysts, and those personally affected by the American legal system. The Appeal is available on iTunes, Soundcloud and LibSyn RSS. You can also check us out on Twitter.
With special guest host Leo Beletsky, a professor of Law and Health Sciences at Northeastern University, and criminal justice reform advocate Morgan Godvin.
Feb 27, 2020
With Jordan Smith and Liliana Segura of The Intercept.
Adam H. Johnson Feb 13, 2020
With journalist Roxanna Asgarian.
Adam H. Johnson Feb 06, 2020
With Appeal staff reporter Lauren Gill.
Jan 30, 2020
With Appeal staff reporter Elizabeth Weill-Greenberg.
Adam H. Johnson Jan 23, 2020
With Taylor Elizabeth Eldridge, a Type Investigations Ida B. Wells Fellow and Appeal contributor.
Adam H. Johnson Jan 16, 2020
With Appeal contributor Zachary Siegel, a journalism fellow at Northeastern University Law School’s Health in Justice Action Lab, and Lev Facher of STAT News.
Adam H. Johnson Dec 12, 2019
With Daniel Harawa, assistant professor at Washington University in St. Louis School of Law.
Adam H. Johnson Dec 05, 2019
With Danielle Sered of Common Justice
Adam H. Johnson Nov 21, 2019
With Appeal staff reporter Lauren Gill
Adam H. Johnson Nov 14, 2019
With Civil Rights Corps founder Alec Karakatsanis
Adam H. Johnson Nov 07, 2019
With Appeal contributors Julia Rock and Harry August
Adam H. Johnson Oct 31, 2019
With journalist Sessi Kuwabara Blanchard
Adam H. Johnson Oct 24, 2019
With Appeal staff reporter Elizabeth Weill-Greenberg
Adam H. Johnson Oct 03, 2019
With Miriam Mack and Elizabeth Tuttle Newman of The Bronx Defenders
Adam H. Johnson Sep 26, 2019
With Chesa Boudin, candidate for San Francisco district attorney
Adam H. Johnson Sep 19, 2019
With Appeal contributor Guy Hamilton-Smith and Elizabeth Letourneau of the Moore Center for the Prevention of Child Sexual Abuse at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Adam H. Johnson Sep 12, 2019
With Appeal contributor Maia Szalavitz
Adam H. Johnson Jul 18, 2019
With Appeal reporter Josh Vaughn
Adam H. Johnson Jul 11, 2019
With Appeal contributors Amir H. Ali and Emily Clark of the MacArthur Justice Center
Adam H. Johnson Jun 20, 2019
With Jailhouse Lawyers Speak spokesperson and Right 2 Vote national coordinator Amani Sawari
Adam H. Johnson Jun 13, 2019
With Appeal contributor Mike Hayes
Adam H. Johnson Jun 06, 2019
With Caroline Isaacs of the American Friends Service Committee
Adam H. Johnson May 30, 2019
With City University of New York law professor Babe Howell
Adam H. Johnson May 23, 2019
With Chicago activist Celia Colón
Adam H. Johnson May 16, 2019
With Appeal contributor Meg O’Connor
Adam H. Johnson May 02, 2019
With Leo Beletsky, Appeal contributor and Associate Professor of Law and Health Sciences at Northeastern University.
Adam H. Johnson Apr 25, 2019
With Appeal contributor Amelia McDonell-Parry
Adam H. Johnson Apr 18, 2019
With Appeal contributor Jon Campbell
Adam H. Johnson Apr 11, 2019
With Hannah Sassaman and Matt Henry
Adam H. Johnson Apr 04, 2019
With Appeal senior staff reporter Aaron Morrison
Adam H. Johnson Mar 14, 2019
With Appeal staff reporter Kira Lerner
Adam H. Johnson Mar 07, 2019
With Appeal contributor Ko Bragg
Adam H. Johnson Feb 28, 2019
With Appeal contributor Keri Blakinger
Adam H. Johnson Feb 21, 2019
With Appeal contributor Darwin BondGraham
Adam H. Johnson Feb 14, 2019
With Appeal contributor Raina Lipsitz
Adam H. Johnson Feb 07, 2019
With Craig Cesal and Amy Ralston Povah
Adam H. Johnson Jan 24, 2019
With Appeal contributors Clarissa Sosin and Daryl Khan.
Adam H. Johnson Jan 17, 2019
With Appeal contributor Jessica Pishko.
Adam H. Johnson Jan 10, 2019
With Appeal senior reporter Debbie Nathan.
Adam H. Johnson Dec 13, 2018
With Angela J. Davis, Appeal contributor and professor of law at American University's Washington College of Law.
Adam H. Johnson Dec 06, 2018
With Jessica Brand, Legal Director at The Justice Collaborative and Appeal contributor.
Adam H. Johnson Nov 29, 2018
With Appeal senior staff reporter, and co-host of the Justice in America podcast, Josie Duffy Rice.
Adam H. Johnson Nov 15, 2018
With Appeal writer Aviva Stahl and trans rights activist Ceyenne Doroshow.
Adam H. Johnson Nov 08, 2018
With Mercedes Montagnes of the Promise of Justice Initiative.
Adam H. Johnson Nov 01, 2018
With Appeal staff reporter Raven Rakia.
Adam H. Johnson Oct 25, 2018
With Appeal contributor Katie Rose Quandt.
Adam H. Johnson Oct 04, 2018
With Appeal staff reporter George Joseph.
Adam H. Johnson Sep 27, 2018
With Dominique Walker of the ACLU, Reverend Edwin Robinson of Faith in Texas, and Joe Estelle of Texas Organizing Project.
Adam H. Johnson Sep 20, 2018
With activist and scholar Danny Murillo.
Adam H. Johnson Sep 13, 2018
With Appeal contributor Zoé Samudzi.
Adam H. Johnson Sep 06, 2018
With journalist Jessica Pishko.
Adam H. Johnson Aug 09, 2018
With journalist Roxanna Asgarian.
Adam H. Johnson Aug 02, 2018
With journalist Bryce Covert.
Adam H. Johnson Jul 26, 2018
We are excited to announce The Appeal's newest podcast, "Justice in America,” which launches on Wednesday, July 25.
Jul 23, 2018
With Appeal reporter Max Rivlin-Nadler.
Adam H. Johnson Jul 19, 2018
With William C. Anderson, journalist and co-author of As Black As Resistance.
Adam H. Johnson Jul 12, 2018
With journalist Victoria Law.
Adam H. Johnson Jun 28, 2018
With Appeal staff reporter George Joseph.
Adam H. Johnson Jun 21, 2018
With journalists Raven Rakia and Ashoka Jegroo.
Adam H. Johnson Jun 15, 2018
Guest Zachary A. Siegel is a journalist covering the opioid crisis.
Adam H. Johnson Jun 07, 2018
Our debut episodes feature Josie Duffy Rice on prosecutors and Melissa Gira Grant on criminalizing sex work.
Adam H. Johnson May 31, 2018
With Melissa Gira Grant, senior staff reporter at The Appeal.
With Josie Duffy Rice, senior staff reporter at The Appeal.
With special guest host Leo Beletsky, a professor of Law and Health Sciences at Northeastern University, and criminal justice reform advocate Morgan Godvin.
Feb 27, 2020
With Jordan Smith and Liliana Segura of The Intercept.
Adam H. Johnson Feb 13, 2020
With journalist Roxanna Asgarian.
Adam H. Johnson Feb 06, 2020
With Appeal staff reporter Lauren Gill.
Jan 30, 2020
With Appeal staff reporter Elizabeth Weill-Greenberg.
Adam H. Johnson Jan 23, 2020
With Taylor Elizabeth Eldridge, a Type Investigations Ida B. Wells Fellow and Appeal contributor.
Adam H. Johnson Jan 16, 2020
With Appeal contributor Zachary Siegel, a journalism fellow at Northeastern University Law School’s Health in Justice Action Lab, and Lev Facher of STAT News.
Adam H. Johnson Dec 12, 2019
With Daniel Harawa, assistant professor at Washington University in St. Louis School of Law.
Adam H. Johnson Dec 05, 2019
With Danielle Sered of Common Justice
Adam H. Johnson Nov 21, 2019
With Appeal staff reporter Lauren Gill
Adam H. Johnson Nov 14, 2019
With Civil Rights Corps founder Alec Karakatsanis
Adam H. Johnson Nov 07, 2019
With Appeal contributors Julia Rock and Harry August
Adam H. Johnson Oct 31, 2019
With journalist Sessi Kuwabara Blanchard
Adam H. Johnson Oct 24, 2019
With Appeal staff reporter Elizabeth Weill-Greenberg
Adam H. Johnson Oct 03, 2019
With Miriam Mack and Elizabeth Tuttle Newman of The Bronx Defenders
Adam H. Johnson Sep 26, 2019
With Chesa Boudin, candidate for San Francisco district attorney
Adam H. Johnson Sep 19, 2019
With Appeal contributor Guy Hamilton-Smith and Elizabeth Letourneau of the Moore Center for the Prevention of Child Sexual Abuse at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Adam H. Johnson Sep 12, 2019
With Appeal contributor Maia Szalavitz
Adam H. Johnson Jul 18, 2019
With Appeal reporter Josh Vaughn
Adam H. Johnson Jul 11, 2019
With Appeal contributors Amir H. Ali and Emily Clark of the MacArthur Justice Center
Adam H. Johnson Jun 20, 2019
With Jailhouse Lawyers Speak spokesperson and Right 2 Vote national coordinator Amani Sawari
Adam H. Johnson Jun 13, 2019
With Appeal contributor Mike Hayes
Adam H. Johnson Jun 06, 2019
With Caroline Isaacs of the American Friends Service Committee
Adam H. Johnson May 30, 2019
With City University of New York law professor Babe Howell
Adam H. Johnson May 23, 2019
With Chicago activist Celia Colón
Adam H. Johnson May 16, 2019
With Appeal contributor Meg O’Connor
Adam H. Johnson May 02, 2019
With Leo Beletsky, Appeal contributor and Associate Professor of Law and Health Sciences at Northeastern University.
Adam H. Johnson Apr 25, 2019
With Appeal contributor Amelia McDonell-Parry
Adam H. Johnson Apr 18, 2019
With Appeal contributor Jon Campbell
Adam H. Johnson Apr 11, 2019
With Hannah Sassaman and Matt Henry
Adam H. Johnson Apr 04, 2019
With Appeal senior staff reporter Aaron Morrison
Adam H. Johnson Mar 14, 2019
With Appeal staff reporter Kira Lerner
Adam H. Johnson Mar 07, 2019
With Appeal contributor Ko Bragg
Adam H. Johnson Feb 28, 2019
With Appeal contributor Keri Blakinger
Adam H. Johnson Feb 21, 2019
With Appeal contributor Darwin BondGraham
Adam H. Johnson Feb 14, 2019
With Appeal contributor Raina Lipsitz
Adam H. Johnson Feb 07, 2019
With Craig Cesal and Amy Ralston Povah
Adam H. Johnson Jan 24, 2019
With Appeal contributors Clarissa Sosin and Daryl Khan.
Adam H. Johnson Jan 17, 2019
With Appeal contributor Jessica Pishko.
Adam H. Johnson Jan 10, 2019
With Appeal senior reporter Debbie Nathan.
Adam H. Johnson Dec 13, 2018
With Angela J. Davis, Appeal contributor and professor of law at American University's Washington College of Law.
Adam H. Johnson Dec 06, 2018
With Jessica Brand, Legal Director at The Justice Collaborative and Appeal contributor.
Adam H. Johnson Nov 29, 2018
With Appeal senior staff reporter, and co-host of the Justice in America podcast, Josie Duffy Rice.
Adam H. Johnson Nov 15, 2018
With Appeal writer Aviva Stahl and trans rights activist Ceyenne Doroshow.
Adam H. Johnson Nov 08, 2018
With Mercedes Montagnes of the Promise of Justice Initiative.
Adam H. Johnson Nov 01, 2018
With Appeal staff reporter Raven Rakia.
Adam H. Johnson Oct 25, 2018
With Appeal contributor Katie Rose Quandt.
Adam H. Johnson Oct 04, 2018
With Appeal staff reporter George Joseph.
Adam H. Johnson Sep 27, 2018
With Dominique Walker of the ACLU, Reverend Edwin Robinson of Faith in Texas, and Joe Estelle of Texas Organizing Project.
Adam H. Johnson Sep 20, 2018
With activist and scholar Danny Murillo.
Adam H. Johnson Sep 13, 2018
With Appeal contributor Zoé Samudzi.
Adam H. Johnson Sep 06, 2018
With journalist Jessica Pishko.
Adam H. Johnson Aug 09, 2018
With journalist Roxanna Asgarian.
Adam H. Johnson Aug 02, 2018
With journalist Bryce Covert.
Adam H. Johnson Jul 26, 2018
We are excited to announce The Appeal's newest podcast, "Justice in America,” which launches on Wednesday, July 25.
Jul 23, 2018
With Appeal reporter Max Rivlin-Nadler.
Adam H. Johnson Jul 19, 2018
With William C. Anderson, journalist and co-author of As Black As Resistance.
Adam H. Johnson Jul 12, 2018
With journalist Victoria Law.
Adam H. Johnson Jun 28, 2018
With Appeal staff reporter George Joseph.
Adam H. Johnson Jun 21, 2018
With journalists Raven Rakia and Ashoka Jegroo.
Adam H. Johnson Jun 15, 2018
Guest Zachary A. Siegel is a journalist covering the opioid crisis.
Adam H. Johnson Jun 07, 2018
Our debut episodes feature Josie Duffy Rice on prosecutors and Melissa Gira Grant on criminalizing sex work.
Adam H. Johnson May 31, 2018
With Melissa Gira Grant, senior staff reporter at The Appeal.
With Josie Duffy Rice, senior staff reporter at The Appeal.
With special guest host Leo Beletsky, a professor of Law and Health Sciences at Northeastern University, and criminal justice reform advocate Morgan Godvin.
Feb 27, 2020
With Jordan Smith and Liliana Segura of The Intercept.
Adam H. Johnson Feb 13, 2020
With journalist Roxanna Asgarian.
Adam H. Johnson Feb 06, 2020
With Appeal staff reporter Lauren Gill.
Jan 30, 2020
With Appeal staff reporter Elizabeth Weill-Greenberg.
Adam H. Johnson Jan 23, 2020
With Taylor Elizabeth Eldridge, a Type Investigations Ida B. Wells Fellow and Appeal contributor.
Adam H. Johnson Jan 16, 2020
With Appeal contributor Zachary Siegel, a journalism fellow at Northeastern University Law School’s Health in Justice Action Lab, and Lev Facher of STAT News.
Adam H. Johnson Dec 12, 2019
With Daniel Harawa, assistant professor at Washington University in St. Louis School of Law.
Adam H. Johnson Dec 05, 2019
With Danielle Sered of Common Justice
Adam H. Johnson Nov 21, 2019
With Appeal staff reporter Lauren Gill
Adam H. Johnson Nov 14, 2019
With Civil Rights Corps founder Alec Karakatsanis
Adam H. Johnson Nov 07, 2019
With Appeal contributors Julia Rock and Harry August
Adam H. Johnson Oct 31, 2019
With journalist Sessi Kuwabara Blanchard
Adam H. Johnson Oct 24, 2019
With Appeal staff reporter Elizabeth Weill-Greenberg
Adam H. Johnson Oct 03, 2019
With Miriam Mack and Elizabeth Tuttle Newman of The Bronx Defenders
Adam H. Johnson Sep 26, 2019
With Chesa Boudin, candidate for San Francisco district attorney
Adam H. Johnson Sep 19, 2019
With Appeal contributor Guy Hamilton-Smith and Elizabeth Letourneau of the Moore Center for the Prevention of Child Sexual Abuse at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Adam H. Johnson Sep 12, 2019
With Appeal contributor Maia Szalavitz
Adam H. Johnson Jul 18, 2019
With Appeal reporter Josh Vaughn
Adam H. Johnson Jul 11, 2019
With Appeal contributors Amir H. Ali and Emily Clark of the MacArthur Justice Center
Adam H. Johnson Jun 20, 2019
With Jailhouse Lawyers Speak spokesperson and Right 2 Vote national coordinator Amani Sawari
Adam H. Johnson Jun 13, 2019
With Appeal contributor Mike Hayes
Adam H. Johnson Jun 06, 2019
With Caroline Isaacs of the American Friends Service Committee
Adam H. Johnson May 30, 2019
With City University of New York law professor Babe Howell
Adam H. Johnson May 23, 2019
With Chicago activist Celia Colón
Adam H. Johnson May 16, 2019
With Appeal contributor Meg O’Connor
Adam H. Johnson May 02, 2019
With Leo Beletsky, Appeal contributor and Associate Professor of Law and Health Sciences at Northeastern University.
Adam H. Johnson Apr 25, 2019
With Appeal contributor Amelia McDonell-Parry
Adam H. Johnson Apr 18, 2019
With Appeal contributor Jon Campbell
Adam H. Johnson Apr 11, 2019
With Hannah Sassaman and Matt Henry
Adam H. Johnson Apr 04, 2019
With Appeal senior staff reporter Aaron Morrison
Adam H. Johnson Mar 14, 2019
With Appeal staff reporter Kira Lerner
Adam H. Johnson Mar 07, 2019
With Appeal contributor Ko Bragg
Adam H. Johnson Feb 28, 2019
With Appeal contributor Keri Blakinger
Adam H. Johnson Feb 21, 2019
With Appeal contributor Darwin BondGraham
Adam H. Johnson Feb 14, 2019
With Appeal contributor Raina Lipsitz
Adam H. Johnson Feb 07, 2019
With Craig Cesal and Amy Ralston Povah
Adam H. Johnson Jan 24, 2019
With Appeal contributors Clarissa Sosin and Daryl Khan.
Adam H. Johnson Jan 17, 2019
With Appeal contributor Jessica Pishko.
Adam H. Johnson Jan 10, 2019
With Appeal senior reporter Debbie Nathan.
Adam H. Johnson Dec 13, 2018
With Angela J. Davis, Appeal contributor and professor of law at American University's Washington College of Law.
Adam H. Johnson Dec 06, 2018
With Jessica Brand, Legal Director at The Justice Collaborative and Appeal contributor.
Adam H. Johnson Nov 29, 2018
With Appeal senior staff reporter, and co-host of the Justice in America podcast, Josie Duffy Rice.
Adam H. Johnson Nov 15, 2018
With Appeal writer Aviva Stahl and trans rights activist Ceyenne Doroshow.
Adam H. Johnson Nov 08, 2018
With Mercedes Montagnes of the Promise of Justice Initiative.
Adam H. Johnson Nov 01, 2018
With Appeal staff reporter Raven Rakia.
Adam H. Johnson Oct 25, 2018
With Appeal contributor Katie Rose Quandt.
Adam H. Johnson Oct 04, 2018
With Appeal staff reporter George Joseph.
Adam H. Johnson Sep 27, 2018
With Dominique Walker of the ACLU, Reverend Edwin Robinson of Faith in Texas, and Joe Estelle of Texas Organizing Project.
Adam H. Johnson Sep 20, 2018
With activist and scholar Danny Murillo.
Adam H. Johnson Sep 13, 2018
With Appeal contributor Zoé Samudzi.
Adam H. Johnson Sep 06, 2018
With journalist Jessica Pishko.
Adam H. Johnson Aug 09, 2018
With journalist Roxanna Asgarian.
Adam H. Johnson Aug 02, 2018
With journalist Bryce Covert.
Adam H. Johnson Jul 26, 2018
We are excited to announce The Appeal's newest podcast, "Justice in America,” which launches on Wednesday, July 25.
Jul 23, 2018
With Appeal reporter Max Rivlin-Nadler.
Adam H. Johnson Jul 19, 2018
With William C. Anderson, journalist and co-author of As Black As Resistance.
Adam H. Johnson Jul 12, 2018
With journalist Victoria Law.
Adam H. Johnson Jun 28, 2018
With Appeal staff reporter George Joseph.
Adam H. Johnson Jun 21, 2018
With journalists Raven Rakia and Ashoka Jegroo.
Adam H. Johnson Jun 15, 2018
Guest Zachary A. Siegel is a journalist covering the opioid crisis.
Adam H. Johnson Jun 07, 2018
Our debut episodes feature Josie Duffy Rice on prosecutors and Melissa Gira Grant on criminalizing sex work.
Adam H. Johnson May 31, 2018
With Melissa Gira Grant, senior staff reporter at The Appeal.
With Josie Duffy Rice, senior staff reporter at The Appeal.
