Doug Defends

Have you ever wondered how many laws Batman breaks in Gotham City? Or maybe you’ve always wondered what legal trouble InGen would be in for actually bringing dinosaurs back to life in Jurassic Park? Well, wonder no more! Defense attorney and former district attorney Doug Ridley and Producer Billy Business analyze your favorite movie and TV shows from a real life legal perspective! Each week will be a deep dive into a new franchise...from ”Star Wars” to ”Power Rangers” all the way to America’s favorite sitcom ”Friends”, Doug and Billy are putting your favorite properties on trial! Want more? All our links in one place: https://linktr.ee/dougdefends

Doug Defends is a tv podcast hosted by Doug Ridley & Billy Business, with 53 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

Doug Ridley & Billy Business hosts Doug Defends, a tv show with 53 episodes published.

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  Episode #53

  Is Scott's Tots Illegal? Doug Defends The Office (Volume 2)

  Sep 7, 20261h 13m

  Michael Scott promised an entire class of students that he would pay their college tuition… but was that promise actually legally binding? Real defense attorney Doug Ridley returns to Dunder Mifflin for The Office: Volume 2, breaking down even more of the show's biggest legal disasters. We look at whether the students from Scott's Tots could actually sue Michael, Dwight forcing employees to disclose their medical conditions, Robert California's infamous pool party, Ryan abandoning his baby, Dwight and Angela's bizarre baby contract, Ryan's Dunder Mifflin Infinity fraud, and Michael Scott's disastrous deposition in Jan's lawsuit against the company. Could Scott's Tots have become a multimillion-dollar lawsuit? Could Dunder Mifflin be held responsible? And somehow… is the baby contract one of the less legally troubling things anyone does in this episode? The Doug Defends Team: Doug Ridley - Host, Defense Attorney at Ridley Defense Billy Business - Co-Host, Producer, Editor Linda Weg - Director of Operations Music by www.purple-planet.com

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  Episode #52

  Illegal Criminal Gang?! Doug Defends Minions / Despicable Me

  Aug 31, 202642 min

  The Minions may be cute, chaotic, and obsessed with bananas...but legally, are they actually an organized criminal gang? In this episode of Doug Defends, criminal defense attorney Doug Ridley breaks down the surprisingly complicated legal relationship between Gru and the Minions. We break down: - Whether Minions would qualify as sentient legal persons - Whether the Minions are actually Gru’s employees - What happens when your boss orders you to commit a crime - Whether Gru is responsible when the Minions go rogue - Why Gru could potentially be liable for crimes committed during one of his schemes - Whether the Minions legally qualify as a gang - How much involvement a Minion actually needs before becoming part of a criminal conspiracy - Whether Gru “owns” the Minions And, most importantly…can you legally steal the Moon? The Doug Defends Team: Doug Ridley - Host, Defense Attorney at Ridley Defense Billy Business - Co-Host, Producer, Editor Linda Weg - Director of Operations Music by www.purple-planet.com

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  Episode #51

  Your Move, Creep! Doug Defends Robocop (1987)

  Aug 24, 20261h 30m

  RoboCop is the future of law enforcement...but is he actually legally allowed to be a cop? In 1987’s RoboCop, Detroit police officer Alex Murphy is brutally killed, rebuilt by OCP and sent back onto the streets as a heavily armed cyborg police officer. But if Murphy was legally declared dead, can OCP simply turn him back into a cop? Can a robot or AI be given police powers? And if RoboCop is just a machine, are any of his arrests actually legal? Real defense attorney Doug Ridley and Billy Business break down the surprisingly complicated law behind RoboCop, including whether a corporation can fund and control a public police department, whether Directive 4 effectively puts OCP executives above the law, and how much police authority could ever be delegated to artificial intelligence. Then there’s RoboCop’s actual police work. When an armed robber unloads a shotgun into him, RoboCop responds by launching the guy through glass…and then just leaves without arresting him. Was the force justified? And does RoboCop have a legal duty to take the suspect into custody and get him medical attention? We also tackle OCP’s catastrophic ED-209 demonstration, where an employee is killed in a boardroom and everyone somehow just goes back to work, plus your fan questions about Murphy’s marriage, RoboCop testifying in court, who owns his recorded memories and whether RoboCop could ever retire. By the end, we finally answer the question: Is RoboCop legally a cop? The Doug Defends Team: Doug Ridley - Host, Defense Attorney at Ridley Defense Billy Business - Co-Host, Producer, Editor Linda Weg - Director of Operations Music by www.purple-planet.com

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  Episode #50

  It's Not THAT Bad! Doug Defends Green Lantern (2011)

  Aug 17, 202656 minS2026

  It’s the 50th episode of Doug Defends and this time, Doug isn’t just defending a character. He’s defending the movie. Green Lantern (2011) has spent the last 15 years being called one of the worst superhero movies ever made. But does it really deserve that reputation? Doug and Billy make the case for Ryan Reynolds’ infamous DC movie while digging into the surprisingly complicated legal questions behind the Green Lantern Corps. If Green Lanterns are basically space cops, who gave them jurisdiction? Can you commit a crime in outer space? What happens if a murder takes place aboard a spacecraft with no witnesses and no body? Could Hal Jordan legally arrest someone on Earth and take them to Oa? And does a dying Green Lantern handing over his ring actually give his replacement any legal authority? Plus, Doug shares his personal connection to Green Lantern and the unforgettable Comic-Con moment involving his son Connor and Ryan Reynolds that made his family fans of the movie before they had even seen it. Green Lantern may not be the greatest superhero movie ever made. But the defense is prepared to prove one thing: It’s NOT that bad. The Doug Defends Team: Doug Ridley - Host, Defense Attorney at Ridley Defense Billy Business - Co-Host, Producer, Editor Linda Weg - Director of Operations Music by www.purple-planet.com Ridley Defense – Criminal Defense in Ventura, Los Angeles, and Santa Barbara Charged with a crime? Talk to a lawyer before you talk to anyone else. (805) 208-1866 https://ridleydefense.com/ Doug Ridley is a former Ventura County Deputy District Attorney and the founder of Ridley Defense. He has been named to the Southern California Super Lawyers list every year since 2017, teaches Police Practices as an adjunct professor at Pepperdine Caruso School of Law, and serves as a legal analyst for ABC News. This content is for general information only and is not legal advice. Watching these videos or contacting the firm does not create an attorney-client relationship. Do not send confidential information through this channel.

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  Episode #49

  Does Barbie Have Legal Rights?? Doug Defends Barbie (2023)

  Aug 10, 202643 minS2026

  When does Barbie become a legal person? Doug and Billy enter Barbieland to tackle one of the strangest questions yet on the Doug Defends Sentience Scale. As Barbie begins to think, feel and make independent choices, at what point does she stop being property and start having legal rights? What happens when she enters the real world with no legal identity, citizenship or documentation? And when Barbie finally chooses to become human, how could she legally exist in the United States? Criminal defense attorney Doug Ridley breaks down the surprisingly complicated legal personhood questions hiding inside Barbie (2023). The Doug Defends Team: Doug Ridley - Host, Defense Attorney at Ridley Defense Billy Business - Co-Host, Producer, Editor Linda Weg - Director of Operations Music by www.purple-planet.com

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