Julia Longoria is the host and managing editor of More Perfect. She got her start in local public radio newsrooms — at WLRN in her hometown Miami and at WNYC News. She was previously the host of The Experiment, The Atlantic’s flagship weekly show and produced narrative audio stories for the New York Times. Her work has also aired on Radiolab, Latino USA, Marketplace, The World, and Planet Money.
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Julia Longoria appears in the following:
No More Souters
Friday, September 01, 2023
The unassuming Justice David Souter confounded the hopes of the Republican Party, and inspired a backlash that changed the Supreme Court. A special episode from WNYC’s “More Perfect.”
No More Souters
Friday, September 01, 2023
The unassuming Justice David Souter confounded the hopes of the Republican Party, and inspired a backlash that changed the Supreme Court. A special episode from WNYC’s “More Perfect.”
Andy Warhol and the Art of Judging Art
Thursday, August 03, 2023
Is law in the eye of the beholder? The Supreme Court considers a case about copyright, pop art, and Prince.
The Original Anti-Vaxxer
Thursday, July 27, 2023
Where do our rights over our own bodies end and our duties to others begin?
Not Even Past: Dred Scott Reprise
Thursday, July 20, 2023
More than 150 years later, two families grapple with one terrible Supreme Court decision.
No More Souters
Thursday, July 13, 2023
How a surprisingly moderate justice paved the way for today’s precedent-busting Court.
Adoptive Couple v. Baby Girl Reprise
Thursday, June 22, 2023
From the Radiolab archives, the story of one little girl, two families, and a painful legacy.
Part 2: If Not Viability, Then What?
Thursday, June 15, 2023
What if people who have been pregnant decided abortion law?
Part 1: The Viability Line
Thursday, June 08, 2023
The abortion debate, a legal compromise, and the nightmare that came next.
The Political Thicket Reprise
Thursday, June 01, 2023
The little-known case that changed the course of the Supreme Court forever.
The Court’s Reporters
Thursday, May 25, 2023
How do journalists cover an institution cloaked in secrecy?
The Supreme Court v. Peyote
Thursday, May 11, 2023
When do religious people get to sidestep the law?
The End of This Experiment
Thursday, June 02, 2022
For The Experiment’s final episode, a meditation on our strange, sometimes beautiful, often frustrating country
The 50-Square-Mile Zone Where the Constitution Doesn't Apply
Thursday, May 26, 2022
Deep in Yellowstone National Park, Mike Belderrain stumbled into an area where, technically, the law couldn’t touch him.
Fighting to Remember Mississippi Burning
Thursday, May 19, 2022
At the height of Freedom Summer, the KKK killed three civil-rights workers in Philadelphia, Mississippi. Now, reporter Ko Bragg searches for memories in a town that would rather forget.
Judge Judy’s Law
Thursday, May 05, 2022
For decades, Americans have been bypassing the court system and settling their disputes on Judge Judy. But can people really find justice in a TV courtroom?
The Abortion Underground
Wednesday, May 04, 2022
Activists are once again preparing to take abortion into their own hands.
