The Coronavirus Pandemic is causing more people to work from home than ever. People all over the world are self-isolating, and practising social distancing. You’re probably getting more done now that your co-workers are not popping over for a chat every 10 minutes. But the silence of your apartment is also starting to get on your nerves. With this unprecedented public health crisis forcing people to stay indoors, various entertainment options are gaining popularity. An increase in the demand for audio content in India has led to a surge in the popularity of podcasts.
For those who don’t know, a podcast is an audio program, just like Talk Radio, but you subscribe to it on your smartphone and listen to it whenever you like. It is usually an episodic series of the spoken word digital audio files. The digital audio files often focus on a particular topic or theme. People often multitask while they listen to podcasts. You can listen to a podcast episode while you cook, clean, or doing some other work.
What are Legal Podcasts?
Legal Podcasts are informative audio episodes that are streamed to educate, inform, and entertain the lawyers who are looking to stay up-to-date on legal issues.
Indian Lawyers who are stuck at home looking to stay up-to-date with current events, legal news, legal debates, and landmark rulings of the ever-changing world of law can tune into one of the below podcasts and get their fix.
Here are Top 5 Podcasts for Every Lawyer in 2020:
1) Know your Kanoon
Hosted By: Amber Rana
About the Podcast: This podcast aims to help you get an inch closer to understanding Indian Laws and Your Rights as a Citizen of India. Further, it also tries to bring clarity and awareness with regard to the legal justice system of India. The show is hosted by Amber Rana, a civil, criminal, and tax lawyer. She takes questions from her listeners and gives them insights into the various implications of the laws, rights, and sections applicable in India.
Link: https://www.podbean.com/podcast-detail/urzbj-73623/Know-Your-Kanoon-Podcast
2) Justify
Hosted By: Arghya Sengupta
About the Podcast: This podcast is on law and politics in India. It is hosted by Dr. Arghya Sengupta. The podcast currently has 11 Episodes. It includes discussions on the various topics that include,
- Supreme Court judgments like Ayodhya, Sabarimala, RTI, etc
- Deep constitutional issues of Kashmir
- The Basic Structure Doctrine
- The Opportunities and Challenges for Sharad Arvind Bobde: Chief Justice of India
- A special episode with a Supreme Court judge
Link: https://vidhilegalpolicy.in/justify/
3) 39 A Podcast
Hosted By: Yash S Vijay
About the Podcast: 39 A is India’s First Podcast on Criminal Justice. The podcast has a limited number of episodes but is still quite informative. The mandate of this podcast is to make issues on criminal justice accessible. The podcast includes discussions on the various topics that include,
- Mental Health and Criminal Justice
- Death Penalty
- Bollywood’s Law and Justice
- Beggary, Torture, Insanity, and Burari
These episodes are available on SoundCloud, iTunes, and YouTube.
Link: https://www.project39a.com/podcast
4) A New Republic
Hosted By: Sidin Sunny
About the Podcast: This is an old podcast but still very relevant if you want to know more about the Indian Constitution and how it came to be. If you are interested in the history of it all and want to know the events leading up to the day to which the Indian Constitution was coined then this podcast is for you
Link: https://soundcloud.com/anewrepublic
5) Pragati Podcast
Hosted By: Pavan Srinath
About the Podcast: While this podcast is not strictly legal, it takes a step back from the noisy political debates and touches upon topics like public policy, economics, and international relations. As a lawyer, it would be in your interest to keep up to date on the current affairs and various policies that will ultimately affect the legal world. The host Pavan Srinath talks to scholars and experts on various issues with new episodes airing every Thursday.
Link: https://ivmpodcasts.com/the-pragati-podcast
Conclusion
Indians have been hungry for audio content for ages now. From tuning in to public radio stations to shifting to podcasts, we have come a long way. With great audio set-ups and quality content now being made available on more and more free online platforms like Gaana, Spotify, JioSaavn, Sound Cloud, etc more people are gravitating towards it. Well, whether you were looking for a new source to get legal news or just want to hear some unique perspectives of experts from the legal field, we hope you have found some new podcasts to listen to during this pandemic. Happy listening! Do tell us some of your favorite legal podcasts in the comments section below.
