Not So Grand Jury

Merry Christmas, Happy Festivus, and Happy Holidays to all of our listeners!  This sidebar is not only the last one of 2025, it's also the last sidebar of Season 1!  Season 2 starts next week.  (Having a new season does not really mean all that much, although we are excited that we've done enough episodes to call something "Season 2".)  The first episode of Season 2 will be released on New Year's Day, and we will be discussed Her, the 2013 Spike Jonze movie starting Joaquin Phoenix and the voice of Scarlett Johansson.We spend most of the time this sidebar discussing the many tropes from Season 1's movies and shows.  We apologize for our audio quality - Mike's audio was lost, so we had to rely on the Zoom recording.  Nothing like ending Season 1 on a snafu...  But don't worry, stick around for after the outro where you can listen to the moment where we all learned that Mike's audio was lost.And finally, please let us know your favorite parts of 2025!  What were your favorite episodes?  What was your favorite specific discussion?   What did we screw up?  What recommendations do you have for Season 2?  We want to hear from you!Comments? Questions? Corrections? Send us a message!Please connect with us! IG: @notsograndjury. Email: [email protected]. LinkedIn: Not So Grand Jury. Bluesky: @notsograndjury.bsky.social.

Geoff, Mike, and Derrick discuss the latest installment of the Knives Out movies, Wake Up Dead Man, which was released for a brief theatre run on November 26, 2025 and started streaming exclusively on Netflix last Friday, December 12, 2025.  HUGE spoiler alert for this one (maybe more than others) given the recent release.  For the first time, all three of us watched the movie in the theatre and recorded this episode before having the ability to watch it on streaming.In this episode we talk about Benoit Blanc's assumptions, acknowledgement of parentage questions, priest-penitent privilege, murder v. manslaughter, audio recording consent law, and other issues.The sponsor of the podcast is Moore Law PLLC, a law firm that focuses on business law and general commercial litigation.  If you would like to set up a free consultation, please fill out the form located at https://www.mooreatty.com/contact.Thank you to our editors Colleen and Anthony.Comments? Questions? Corrections? Send us a message!Please connect with us! IG: @notsograndjury. Email: [email protected]. LinkedIn: Not So Grand Jury. Bluesky: @notsograndjury.bsky.social.

As is normally the case when we invite on guest hosts, some of the conversation that we had with Will Kent in last week's Spy Game episode did not make it into the original edit.  So, we present it along with a little background on NDAs and SCIFs, for those of you not familiar with them.  Enjoy!Our next episode will be released on Thursday, December 18.  We will be discussing Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery.  Currently on a short theatre run, it starts streaming exclusively on Netflix tomorrow, Friday, December 12.  Watch it before our episode drops!Comments? Questions? Corrections? Send us a message!Please connect with us! IG: @notsograndjury. Email: [email protected]. LinkedIn: Not So Grand Jury. Bluesky: @notsograndjury.bsky.social.

In the episode, Geoff, Mike, Derrick, and special guest Will Kent discuss Spy Game with the late great Robert Redford playing veteran CIA operative Nathan Muir and an up-and-coming Brad Pitt playing Muir's protégé, Tom Bishop.  Our guest Will Kent is a former military intelligence officer in the US Army and now works on international commercial issues in development.  In this episode, we talk about, among other things, espionage, unauthorized foreign operations, the many breach of agency protocols and federal crimes that Muir probably commits, prisoner status, and many other things.  The sponsor of the podcast is Moore Law PLLC, a law firm that focuses on business law and general commercial litigation.  If you would like to set up a free consultation, please fill out the form located at https://www.mooreatty.com/contact.Thank you to our editors Colleen and Anthony. Thank you for Will for prepping for the recording (and finally finding time to actually record).Comments? Questions? Corrections? Send us a message!Please connect with us! IG: @notsograndjury. Email: [email protected]. LinkedIn: Not So Grand Jury. Bluesky: @notsograndjury.bsky.social.

Quick-ish sidebar this week to discuss a correction to our commentary in last week's Good Place episode and some separate listener feedback.  As discussed in our listener feedback:Here's the link to Kevin Goldberg's co-authored piece for Freedom Forum on Bad Online Reviews: Can You Get Sued for Leaving a Bad Review? Maybe. Here's the link to John Oliver's Last Week Tonight segment:  Felony Murder: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO).  Our next episode will be released in a week, when we will talk about the movie Spy Game with guest host Will Kent a friend of the podcast, former military intelligence officer, and currently working on international commercial issues in development.Comments? Questions? Corrections? Send us a message!Please connect with us! IG: @notsograndjury. Email: [email protected]. LinkedIn: Not So Grand Jury. Bluesky: @notsograndjury.bsky.social.