Slam the Gavel

    Slam the Gavel welcomes return guest, James Johnson. James was last on the podcast Season 6, Episode 398, August 31st, 2026. James Johnson is a father from San Mateo County, California. His daughter died by suicide on July 4th. He had been alienated from his daughter and spent years battling in court for the ability to see her. He describes experiencing extreme financial and litigation abuse throughout the court proce...

    Slam The Gavel welcomes back Theo Chino to the podcast. Theo has been on the podcast multiple times sharing with us his insight and expertise regarding the behavior complexities of human nature. Today we talked about the bullies in and out of the courtrooms. Whether they are the judiciary, attorneys, Guardian Ad Litems, Therapists or family members, Theo explains the extremes these individuals will go to, to bully a l...

     Slam The Gavel welcomes back Dawn McCarty to the podcast. Dawn is a criminologist, cybersecurity strategist, author and behavioral threat specialist. Dawn returns with an expanded investigative lens and her new book series that can be found on Amazon: "Unsealing the Crime Scene."

     Drawing from her lived experience as a childhood abduction survivor, Dawn examines coercive control, attachment man...

     Slam The Gavel welcomes back Hope to the podcast. Hope was last on in August 2023, Season 4, Episode 141. Today she reflected back on the murder of her adult daughter and how she got involved in the court system and realized she had to be a voice for her daughter. Hope watched the impact of the theater of Criminal Court and the judge having the final say asking, 'where are the kids going to go?' However, he was ...

     Slam The Gavel podcast welcomes James Johnson, a father from San Mateo County, California. His daughter died by suicide on July 4th, 2026. He had been alienated from his daughter and spent years battling in court for the ability to see her. He describes experiencing extreme financial and litigation abuse throughout the court process, including the removal of custody without, what he believes was "sufficient caus...

     Slam the Gavel welcomes new guest, Colin Chenery, author of, "Six Circles of Mindfulness, Living Life Fully Through Present Moment Awareness." Colin wrote "Six Circles of Mindfulness," as a personal framework for mindfulness that was developed during his travels through the Himalayas and Japan. His book offers practices for awareness, presence and an inner balance through daily life. 

     We ...

     Slam The Gavel welcomes back Marineka Bowman to the podcast. She is here today to discuss her Rule To Show Cause on July 15, 2026, lack of academics with her 9 year-old daughter, problems at the Visitation Center, and how Judge Natalie Haskins is telling Marineka to find a counselor by September 1, 2026 or custody remains with the father. The father stated at the hearing that he is, "tired of the child." Luke 11...

   Slam The Gavel welcomes back Dr. Alyse Price-Tobler PhD, back to the podcast. Dr. Alyse Price-Tobler was last on the podcast, Season 5, Episode 57, where we discussed the dynamics of Adult Children of Severe Parental Alienation.

     Today we discussed her body of work, Dr. Price-Tobler's new book found on Amazon: Healing Qualia A Clinical Treatment Protocol For Adult Survivors of Child Psychological Abus...

     Slam The Gavel welcomes back Theo Chino to the podcast to discuss an article written in the Illinois State Bar Association, The Bar News, "Illinois Supreme Court Disbars 4, Suspends 4 in Latest Disciplinary Filing." (Posted January 20th, 2026)

      We talked about how the Illinois Supreme Court at that time, issued attorney disciplinary orders during its January 2026 Term of Court. There were sanc...

   Slam the gavel welcomes back Theo Chino to discuss an Illinois article written by Jonathan Bilyk (Legal Newsline), "Appeals court: Cook divorce judges can't hold ex-husbands 'hostage' to force families to pay divorce bills" (December 26, 2024 - UPDATED May 21, 2025. We discussed what imputation of income really means, Debtor's Prison and "recalcitrance."

To Reach Theo Chino: 708-847-7151 and barinvestigation.com

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     Slam The Gavel podcast welcomes Barb Varcl Smith from Aberdeen, Scotland. Barb Varcl Smith is a Trauma Recovery Educator, Speaker, Therapist and Creator of The Ascendance Method(TM), a practical framework for understanding trauma, recovery and personal transformation.

      With over 20 years of professional experience and a unique systems-thinking background, Barb is known for making complex traum...

     Slam The Gavel podcast welcomes back Linda Denton-Harris. Linda was last on in December 2nd, 2024, Season 5, Episode 194. Linda and I discussed her bestselling book, "They're NOT Here To Help, An Advocate's Guide to Surviving Family Court, CPS and the Systems that Profit from Families." Linda talked about her 25 years inside of family court and CPS, building a constitutional case against systems that claim to se...

     Slam the Gavel host Maryann Petri, reads Michael Phillips's article written 7-4-2026, "What to the Parent is the Fourth of July?" Michael Phillips can be found on Substack with other amazing articles. Today on America's 250th birthday, the oldest liberty: the Constitution, the Supreme Court identifies, remains the very LEAST protected right in American law, especially for parents. Thank you, Michael Phillips for...

     Slam The Gavel welcomes new guests Dr. Don Murphy and John James Mckeogh to the podcast. Dr. Don Murphy is the 3rd of 12, father of 4, grandfather of 3.  He has served Colorado as a geriatrician/hospice physician over 40 years.  He co-created and managed 4 geriatric practices and served as a board member on a number of health care related foundations.  
    He was gaslighted by the Co...

     Slam The Gavel podcast welcomes back Marta Bryceland, who was last on the podcast Season 6, Episode 368. Marta came back to tell the story of her case and the court and the violations briefly of due process, discrimination and forensic expert testimony and report of child abuse by the father. Marta's own court witness were ignored and the judge removed it from the record. However, the assigned attorney, Peter Wi...

     Slam The Gavel welcomes back Amy Palacios to the podcast. Amy has been on the podcast Season 5, Episodes 308, and multiple episodes explaining the corruption of her case and giving updates. On this podcast, Amy states that they are looking to put her into JAIL June 15th, 2026 for Child Support Arrears as well as Attorney's Fees. However, Amy explains their EXTORTION monies have  already been paid and she ow...

     Slam the Gavel welcomes back Amanda Story who was last on Season 4, Episode 142, and Crystal Salazar Season 5, Episode 174. 
       Today we discussed the major human rights issue in the United States — the fact that America still does not have a fully independent National Human Rights Institution (NHRI) aligned with the UN Paris Principles, despite international efforts dating ...

   Slam The Gavel welcomes back Carrie Haight to the podcast. Carrie was last on Season 5, Episodes 185, 221, 266, and 321. We discussed her first podcast as a reference, "No One Would Listen." From there we talked about a solution to the CPS debacle and how it can easily be dissolved. Defund CPS, not law enforcement. Also how false allegations should really be handled by the police.

   Next, we discussed how a j...

    Slam the Gavel welcomes back Lisa Goodpaster to the podcast. Lisa was last on Season 4, Episode 71 where we discussed her book, "Alienated, When Parents Won't Parent." Her work exposes a major gap in the frameworks used throughout the Parental Alienation space. The frameworks that are used in the courts to decide the child's best interest have never included a child's biology: the nervous system. That's no small overs...