Lydia Smith

Biography

Lydia left a leadership role in California state government in 2023 to bring her research instincts to podcasting full-time. Alongside Thomas on Where There's Woke, she doesn't just fact-check the "woke controversy" of the week — she traces it back to the people funding it and the corporations profiting from it. She also co-hosts Gavel Gavel, the courtroom-focused sister show to Opening Arguments, and serves as producer across the entire Serious Pod Network, keeping the trains running behind the scenes on every show in the lineup.