Jonathan Hirsch

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  • Username: jonathanihirsch
  • Producer, Sound Designer, Reporter
  • Role: Producer/Reporter: Independent

Recent Pieces from Jonathan Hirsch

Caption: Douglas Collier outside his cell, Credit: Greg Eskridge and Elisabeth Fall

Life of the Law #93: Last Count (17:52)
From: Life of the Law

Douglas Collier is a life-term inmate at San Quentin State Prison. For years he shared a 9'x4' foot cell with his friend Tony, a fellow inmate -- until Tony died and Douglas ...
Caption: Arminio Órtiz Pérez, Credit: Eilís O’Neill

Life of the Law #91: Death on a Dairy (20:18)
From: Life of the Law

Working on a dairy--especially a small dairy--is one of the most dangerous jobs in the country, more dangerous even than construction. Over the past decade in New York State, ...
Caption: Odessa Summers

Life of the Law #89: Live Law Philadelphia - Beyond the Walls: Prison Positive (01:01:58)
From: Life of the Law

For 22 years, Philadelphia FIGHT has hosted an entire month of free workshops, trainings, and outreach about HIV and AIDS. This year, Life of the Law traveled to Philly on ...
Caption: John and Stuart celebrate after legally marrying in 2008., Credit: Bella Pictures

Life of the Law #86: Winter of Love (31:17)
From: Life of the Law

Marrying the person you love is the ideal, right? So what happens when you finally get to do that, only to have the government tell you, never mind, your marriage doesn’t ...
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Sacred Operator (10:47)
From: Jonathan Hirsch

A tarot card reader details how he got into the business of divination.
Caption: Host Osagie Obasogie, Credit: Riverview Photography

Life of the Law #85: Live Law New Orleans - A Scholar's Life (01:00:41)
From: Life of the Law

This week we take you to New Orleans, for stories told by legal scholars about what life's like as a legal scholar.
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Life of the Law #84: Liberité & Securité (25:50)
From: Life of the Law

France has been under a “state of emergency” since November, raising questions about the appropriate balance between security and civil liberties.
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Life of the Law #82: The Hold Up (22:00)
From: Life of the Law

There are 28 judicial emergencies on federal courts throughout the country. A judicial emergency is when there's been a vacancy on the court for too long, or unfilled seats ...
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Life of the Law #80: Live Law - Nashville (59:00)
From: Life of the Law

This week we take you to Nashville for BLOOD, SWEAT, AND TEARS: stories about the blues, jazz, songwriting and a cabin in the woods.
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Norman's House (20:25)
From: Jonathan Hirsch

A story of three friends, a disease, and the opera.