Gavel Gavel
Thomas Smith
Gavel Gavel is the podcast that takes you inside the courtroom! Comedian Thomas Smith asks questions and cracks jokes while real legal experts with actual trial experience provide unique analysis.
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Mar 26, 2026 • 1h 4min
U.S. v. Dunn 5 - Sandwiched Man Grilled By Defense
GG64 - U.S. v. Dunn 5 Time for our hotshot defense attorney to grill Agent Lairmore!
Mar 17, 2026 • 1h 6min
U.S. v. Dunn 4 - Victim #1
GG63 - U.S. v. Dunn 4 We hear from the mangled corpse of victim #1. It's a medical wonder that he's even talking.
Mar 10, 2026 • 46min
U.S. v. Dunn 3 - Opening Condiments
GG62 - U.S. v. Dunn 3 More like US v FUN. Join Matt Thomas and Lydia and we finally get to listen to real, authentic, 100% genuine simulated trial audio! It's the opening statements from each side.
Mar 4, 2026 • 51min
U.S. v. Dunn 2 - "If You Spit, We Hit"
GG61 - U.S. v. Dunn 2 Matt takes us through some very interesting pre-trial motions.
Mar 2, 2026 • 1h 20min
Lively v. Baldoni 59 - Causes of Action, Cause for Celebration!
GG60 - Lively v. Baldoni 59 - Wayfarer v. Lively 25 WE MADE ITTTTT! We're FINISHING the idiotic human rights abuse that is the Baldoni amended complaint! And to celebrate this immense accomplishment, we've got none other than MJ Morley for a double album extra longo!
Mar 1, 2026 • 52min
Lively v. Baldoni 58 - Metadata Reveals NYT Worked on Lively/Baldoni Story BEFORE Publishing It
GG59 - Lively v. Baldoni 58 - Wayfarer v. Lively 24 This is truly a game changer. We're honestly not sure what to think anymore now that we've found out the NYT worked on their story before publishing it. We're honestly shaken. ALMOST DONE with this complaint! Only 1 more ep after this, with MJ Morley!
Feb 28, 2026 • 48min
Lively v. Baldoni 57 - Don't You DARE Grab Your Friends. AND PUT DOWN THOSE FLORALS
GG58 - Lively v. Baldoni 57 - Wayfarer v. Lively 23 Workin' our way through! Can you believe Blake had the GALL to say grab your friends and wear your florals? Is she some kind of horrible idiot monster clueless victim hating b@#$% or something?
Feb 26, 2026 • 47min
Lively v. Baldoni 56 - They Had Us Down There With the Soda Bottles. THE SODA BOTTLES, I SAY!
GG57 - Lively v. Baldoni 56 - Wayfarer v. Lively 22 We're back and unironically happy to be digging back into this stupid complaint! Let's get it donnnnnnnnne!!! Doooooooone? That can't be right. DoneeeeeeeeeNOPE ok no good way to do that. I stand by donnnnnnnnnnne.
Feb 6, 2026 • 47min
Lively v. Baldoni 55 - I SAID. NO ONE'S LEAVING UNTIL WE SOLVE THIS.
GG56 - Lively v. Baldoni 55 - Wayfarer v. Lively 21 EVEN MORE revelations about the August 8th-9th interactions. This is the last one on this! Then we can finally move on like the ghost army that Aragorn brought to Gondor which was kinda cheating, if you ask me.
Feb 5, 2026 • 52min
Lively v. Baldoni 54 - Alright We're Not Leaving Until We Solve This
GG55 - Lively v. Baldoni 54 - Wayfarer v. Lively 20 Buckle up. It's time for some Perry Mason shit with these August 8th-9th texts and emails.
