Patrick O'Neal joins the podcast to talk about his life and career. Topics include being born into an acting family (4:00), his sister Tatum's success (9:00), interest in being a child actor (13:00), bonding with his father Ryan over sports (16:00), high school and college gigs working in radio and acting (19:00), his acting career in the late 1980s and 1990s (21:30) and landing his big roles in Die Hard 2 (24:30) and Beverly Hills 90210 (31:30), growing up a sports fan in LA (35:00), growing up around famous people (37:00), the point where he decided to give up acting (42:30), breaking into sports (49:00), covering the LA sports scene (1:11:00) and the best moments of his career (1:21:30). And three spree hit on the biggest celebrity contacts in Pat's phone (1:00:45), his three favorite interviews (1:03:00) and three movies that best define LA (1:08:00).

Inside Job Podcast

Episode 25 with Patrick O'Neal

This week's pod is a conversation with Death Penalty Information Center Director of Research and Special Projects Robin Konrad. Robin and I spoke about her career, defending Death Row inmates and Glossip v Gross, a landmark case she litigated in front of the United States Supreme Court. Our conversation included talk of our hometown of Lake Worth, Florida (1:00); not wanting to attend college but ending up at Boston University (05:00); thoughts of law school after discovering the story of a civil rights leader in Florida named Harry T. Moore (10:00); Howard Law School (13:00); her clerkship for Judge Damon J. Keith of the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals (23:00); her move into Capital Habeas work (25:40); our Three Spree segment featuring three places to visit in D.C., three moments in her lifelong Duran Duran fandom, and her three favorite athletes (can she name three?!?!) (29:30); fighting the death penalty in different parts of the country (39:45); arguing Glossip v Gross (41:30) before the SCOTUS; and the debate over the death penalty (59:45).

Episode 24 with Robin Konrad

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Episode 25 with Patrick O'Neal

Episode 24 with Robin Konrad