What podcasts say about James Joseph Sexton
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What James Joseph Sexton has said on podcasts
60 statements · 24 positive · 14 negative · 2 mixed · 20 neutral
Birkin bags and shoes can qualify as wasteful dissipation of marital assets.
“we've actually made a successful argument that like someone buying a lot of Birkin bags and shoes was wasteful dissipation of marital assets.”
Open the episode · James Sexton, Rick Glassman, Matt McCusker - Mostly Wise #4 - #1156Listen at 2:15
Divorce lawyers generally do not find their clients attractive after seeing marital problems.
“you would never find a woman attractive when you're her divorce lawyer because you just see the absolute worst parts of it.”
Open the episode · James Sexton, Rick Glassman, Matt McCusker - Mostly Wise #4 - #1156Listen at 8:37
James Sexton recommends discussing prenuptial agreements by the third date.
“I talk about a prenup on the 3rd date.”
Open the episode · James Sexton, Rick Glassman, Matt McCusker - Mostly Wise #4 - #1156Listen at 9:20
Couples should discuss relationship expectations, obligations, and exchanged value early.
“right away that you need to start getting that discourse out there about like, what is the economy of this relationship? What's the intention? Like, what are we going to owe each other? What do we want from each other?”
Open the episode · James Sexton, Rick Glassman, Matt McCusker - Mostly Wise #4 - #1156Listen at 9:22
Fred Rogers uniquely taught children a basic emotional vocabulary.
“he was teaching children to have a basic emotional vocabulary in a way that no one else was.”
Open the episode · James Sexton, Rick Glassman, Matt McCusker - Mostly Wise #4 - #1156Listen at 15:39
Trial lawyers should adapt their presentation to diverse judges and courtroom audiences.
“you have to be kind of a blank slate when you're a trial lawyer because you're dealing with judges that are like, you know, the old school, like old white man. And then you have like a lot of— because it's an elected position, you have a lot of like, you know, uh, women and diverse, you know, bench now. And you kind of have to go in with this like, okay, I gotta figure out how to be something for all of these.”
Open the episode · James Sexton, Rick Glassman, Matt McCusker - Mostly Wise #4 - #1156Listen at 19:55
James Sexton says divorce cases are decided in bench trials, not jury trials.
“There's no such thing as jury work. It's all bench trials.”
Open the episode · James Sexton, Rick Glassman, Matt McCusker - Mostly Wise #4 - #1156Listen at 20:33
A great lawyer understands the presiding judge, beyond knowing the law.
“a good lawyer knows the law, a great lawyer knows the judge.”
Open the episode · James Sexton, Rick Glassman, Matt McCusker - Mostly Wise #4 - #1156Listen at 21:12
James Sexton claims female judges can be especially harsh toward female litigants.
“women are merciless to women.”
Open the episode · James Sexton, Rick Glassman, Matt McCusker - Mostly Wise #4 - #1156Listen at 21:58
The legal system protects presumption of innocence, burdens of proof, and zealous advocacy within legal limits.
“our legal system is designed with the presumption of innocence, and it's the burden of proof, the concept of the burden of proof, and the right to zealous advocacy within the bounds of the law.”
Open the episode · James Sexton, Rick Glassman, Matt McCusker - Mostly Wise #4 - #1156Listen at 26:50
Strong factual evidence can defeat even a highly skilled opposing lawyer.
“a mediocre at best lawyer armed with real facts is going to kick my ass because the facts just have a way of coming out sometimes.”
Open the episode · James Sexton, Rick Glassman, Matt McCusker - Mostly Wise #4 - #1156Listen at 27:34
James Sexton evaluates the current legal system as effective.
“we have a good model and it works.”
Open the episode · James Sexton, Rick Glassman, Matt McCusker - Mostly Wise #4 - #1156Listen at 28:09
James Sexton sometimes refrains from humiliating opposing counsel when he could.
“I've had times where I could humiliate opposing counsel and I choose not to”
Open the episode · James Sexton, Rick Glassman, Matt McCusker - Mostly Wise #4 - #1156Listen at 28:48
Lawyers should establish grounds before aggressively cross-examining witnesses.
“you have to earn the right to beat up witness.”
Open the episode · James Sexton, Rick Glassman, Matt McCusker - Mostly Wise #4 - #1156Listen at 29:30
James Sexton finds spontaneous, unplanned sex often better than deliberately planned sex.
“the sex that like you just didn't— like on a Tuesday that you just randomly were like, maybe we will, maybe we won't, and then you have like just mind-blowingly good sex, like that you weren't like trying to have good sex. I've always found like the best sex snuck up on you in some way.”
Open the episode · James Sexton, Rick Glassman, Matt McCusker - Mostly Wise #4 - #1156Listen at 40:27
Accepting positive reviews requires accepting negative reviews too.
“if you believe the good reviews, you have to believe the bad ones.”
Open the episode · James Sexton, Rick Glassman, Matt McCusker - Mostly Wise #4 - #1156Listen at 48:01
Low-status, seemingly natural comedy resonates amid highly performative social media culture.
“I think it's really resonating because we're in this moment where everything's so fucking performative all the time.”
Open the episode · James Sexton, Rick Glassman, Matt McCusker - Mostly Wise #4 - #1156Listen at 50:19
Very few men satisfy Brooke LeBlanc's dating requirements.
“It would be an unbelievably small number.”
Open the episode · James Sexton, Rick Glassman, Matt McCusker - Mostly Wise #4 - #1156Listen at 55:49
Women generally marry economically equal or higher, while men generally marry lower.
“women tend to marry even or up, like economically. Men usually down.”
Open the episode · James Sexton, Rick Glassman, Matt McCusker - Mostly Wise #4 - #1156Listen at 1:00:31
Inherited-wealth people tend to fall into two broad categories.
“they've, in my experience, fall into 2 categories.”
Open the episode · James Sexton, Rick Glassman, Matt McCusker - Mostly Wise #4 - #1156Listen at 1:01:17
Inherited-wealth people commonly fall into highly accomplished or severely dysfunctional groups.
“they've, you know, dug wells in Sudan. And then there's like the opiate-addicted complete screw-up ones”
Open the episode · James Sexton, Rick Glassman, Matt McCusker - Mostly Wise #4 - #1156Listen at 1:01:29
A prenup reduced alimony by $50,000 for each ten pounds gained.
“for every 10 pounds that she gained during the marriage, she lost $50,000 in alimony.”
Open the episode · James Sexton, Rick Glassman, Matt McCusker - Mostly Wise #4 - #1156Listen at 1:02:17
Prenup discussions should jointly establish each partner's needs and protections.
“a prenup conversation should be that conversation. It should be, hey, what, what, what would we need?”
Open the episode · James Sexton, Rick Glassman, Matt McCusker - Mostly Wise #4 - #1156Listen at 1:07:51
Prenup discussions should address what both partners need and would consider fair.
“a prenup conversation should be that conversation.”
Open the episode · James Sexton, Rick Glassman, Matt McCusker - Mostly Wise #4 - #1156Listen at 1:07:51
Every marriage ends through death or divorce.
“Every marriage ends. It ends in death or divorce.”
Open the episode · James Sexton, Rick Glassman, Matt McCusker - Mostly Wise #4 - #1156Listen at 1:08:07
Prenuptial agreements have been meaningfully enforceable since the 1960s.
“They've been enforceable in a real way since the 1960s.”
Open the episode · James Sexton, Rick Glassman, Matt McCusker - Mostly Wise #4 - #1156Listen at 1:10:57
Rising awareness of marriage failure rates helped popularize prenups.
“people started to see the marriage fail rate being as high as it is”
Open the episode · James Sexton, Rick Glassman, Matt McCusker - Mostly Wise #4 - #1156Listen at 1:11:20
Partners should discuss loss of attraction after major weight gain.
“You have an obligation to say it.”
Open the episode · James Sexton, Rick Glassman, Matt McCusker - Mostly Wise #4 - #1156Listen at 1:13:50
Relationship circumstances inevitably change over time.
“when things change, because they will change”
Open the episode · James Sexton, Rick Glassman, Matt McCusker - Mostly Wise #4 - #1156Listen at 1:14:51
Partners should explicitly discuss changes in relationships as they occur.
“when things change, because they will change, no, like, you, you have to say, like, you know, hey, let's notice that this changed”
Open the episode · James Sexton, Rick Glassman, Matt McCusker - Mostly Wise #4 - #1156Listen at 1:14:51
Statements are attributed to the speaker as said on the episode and reflect their view at the time, not PodLume's. They are not advice.
What others have said about James Joseph Sexton
1 statement · 1 neutral
James’s vasectomy did not change his sex drive or fertility.
“it certainly didn't change change my, my sex drive and change my fertility.”
Open the episode · James Sexton, Rick Glassman, Matt McCusker - Mostly Wise #4 - #1156Listen at 2:40:17
Statements are attributed to the speaker as said on the episode and reflect their view at the time, not PodLume's. They are not advice.