Off Air with Ron Chapman
Off Air explores the nation’s most important legal headlines with depth and context you won’t find in mainstream media.
Hosted by Attorney and TV news analyst Ron Chapman, Off Air brings real courtroom experience to the stories shaping the country. Neil Cavuto has called Chapman an “attorney extraordinaire,” and a federal judge described him as “one of the best attorneys I’ve seen in my 20 years on the bench.”
With more than 175 acquitted counts in federal cases, Chapman delivers real-world insight and rigorous legal analysis on the cases that matter most.
Episodes
28 episodes
Social Media on Trial: 7 Tactics Exposed in Court
Two major lawsuits and a $6 million verdict have forced social media companies to answer for the systems they built. Whistleblower testimony, expert witnesses, and internal documents exposed a series of deliberate design choices meant to keep u...
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Episode 28
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22:27
Iranian Drones Over Barksdale: The Threat to U.S. Soil
Between March 9 and March 15, 2026, organized waves of drones flew over Barksdale Air Force Base — home to the United States nuclear strike capability. Four-hour sorties. Nuclear zones entered. Jamming technology that didn't work.Federal...
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12:05
How the U.S. Uses AI to Select Targets in Iran
Artificial intelligence is now being used in military target selection in Iran, changing how the U.S. identifies and prioritizes strikes. Federal criminal defense attorney Ron Chapman breaks down how AI warfare actually works—and where human ac...
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Episode 26
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17:28
The Iran Warship Strike: War or War Crime?
On March 4th, 2026, a U.S. submarine sank the Iranian warship IRIS Dena in international waters. Federal criminal defense attorney and former Marine Corps officer Ron Chapman breaks down whether it was a lawful military strike or a war crime un...
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Episode 25
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11:13
Trump’s Two-Front Strategy: Why Venezuela Came Before Iran
Trump hit Venezuela first. Then Iran. That order wasn't random — and almost nobody has explained why. On this week's episode of Off Air, federal criminal defense attorney Ron Chapman breaks down the full strategic picture.The st...
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Episode 24
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23:50
Inside the Clinton Deposition: What Congress Didn’t Ask
The Clinton depositions are finished. But if you were expecting answers, you probably didn’t get them.In this episode of Off Air, Federal Criminal Defense Attorney Ron Chapman explains why the outcome of the deposition may have been pred...
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Episode 23
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15:40
Inside Praxis: The Startup Nation Rethinking Democracy
Praxis is a Peter Thiel-backed online community with 151,000 members, $500 million in capital, and a roadmap to becoming a physical nation-state. Most people have never heard of it. Federal criminal defense attorney Ron Chapman signed up, read ...
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Episode 22
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13:00
Peter Thiel’s Antichrist Thesis and the Future of Global Governance
Federal criminal defense attorney Ron Chapman examines Peter Thiel’s closed-door “Antichrist” speeches and what they reveal about the future of global power.In September 2025, Thiel gathered a select group of Silicon Valley leaders for a...
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Episode 21
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19:14
Hillary Clinton’s Testimony and the Collapse of the Old Elite
Hillary Clinton is about to raise her right hand and testify before Congress, while the Epstein files continue to roll out piece by piece. What looks like political theater may actually signal the collapse of the old Clinton-Obama power structu...
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27:37
Jeffrey Epstein and the Origins of the Internet
In this episode of Off Air, federal trial lawyer Ron Chapman examines the hidden origins of today’s digital world, tracing how government-backed research programs, elite academic institutions, and private financiers helped shape the systems we ...
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Episode 19
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34:05
Jeffrey Epstein and the Secret Program That Built Modern AI
Jeffrey Epstein’s name is usually tied to scandal. But the deeper story is about power, data, and the origins of modern artificial intelligence.In this episode of Off Air, federal trial lawyer Ron Chapman examines Epstein’s role in the e...
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Episode 18
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29:26
Fulton County’s Election Cover-Up Is Unraveling
In this episode of Off Air, I break down the unprecedented federal raid on Fulton County’s election offices, and why the seizure of nearly 700 boxes of ballots, records, and machine data signals something far bigger than politics.<...
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Episode 17
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26:31
Funding Anti-ICE Protests: Follow the Money
In this episode of Off Air, I break down the funding mechanisms behind the anti-ICE protests unfolding across Minnesota, and why what’s being presented as grassroots outrage is anything but spontaneous.This episode isn’t about i...
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Episode 16
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23:24
The Real Epstein Story: How the Clintons Built a Nonprofit Fraud Machine
In this episode of Off Air, I break down what most people still don’t understand about Jeffrey Epstein, and why Bill and Hillary Clinton are now facing criminal contempt of Congress.What they’re showing you is gossip, speculatio...
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Episode 15
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9:55
Defying Congress: Why the Clintons Refused to Testify
In this episode of Off Air, I break down why Bill and Hillary Clinton defied a lawful congressional subpoena, and why that decision may have sealed their legal fate.This isn’t speculation. Refusing to appear before Congress is c...
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Episode 14
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16:24
Ilhan Omar, Tim Walz, and the Terrorism Connection in The Minnesota Fraud Case
You work hard, pay taxes, and play by the rules, so why is your money funding fake daycare centers and maybe even terrorism?In this episode, I’m scrutinizing one of the biggest fraud scandals in America, happening right under our noses i...
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35:32
3 Reasons and 80,000 Lives to Justify a Military Strike on Venezuela
If a foreign enemy killed 80,000 Americans, we’d call it war. But when those deaths come from overdose? We call it crime.In this episode, I will lay out the shocking reality of how state-sponsored drug networks are waging war on the U.S ...
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24:50
The FBI's Role in January 6th: Were Sources Behind the Chaos?
They instigated the January 6 events and lied about it. This isn’t some tinfoil-hat conspiracy theory. This is a documented fact.In this episode of ‘Off Air’, I lay out the truth the media doesn’t want you to hear.The FBI had 26 c...
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46:56
A Tish Best Served Cold
Ron’s New Book: https://open.substack.com/pub/ronaldwchapman/p/truth-and-persuasion-free-sample?r=5ojo21&utm_medium=ios
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Season 2
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Episode 1
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13:13
The End of "Red Flag" Prosecutions
In United States v. Campbell, Ron Chapman argues before the 6th Circuit Court of Appeals against the "deliberate ignorance" jury instruction used in the case of Dr. Campbell, a Louisville physician acquitted of improper prescriptions. The gover...
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14:21
Clear and Present Danger? Trump and Biden Convictions Spell a Danger to our Constitution
Donald Trump is now a convicted felon, Hunter Biden is now a convicted felon. If we think this wasn't political, think again. This begs the question, how far is too far when vague statutes are used to wage political warfare with jail as a conse...
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Season 1
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Episode 8
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38:33
"A Decision for the Ages" United States v. Trump Oral Argument
BONUS EPISODE United States v. Trump oral argument. Website: https://ronaldwchapman.comBook: https://ronaldwchapman.com/book
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Season 1
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Episode 7
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15:36
SCOTUS Reverses Colorado High Court Decision 9-0
Website: https://ronaldwchapman.comBook: https://ronaldwchapman.com/bookThe Supreme Court, in a
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Season 1
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Episode 7
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26:01
Trump Immunity Headed to Supreme Court: One Word in the Order Sheds Light on Decision
Ron Chapman is a federal criminal defense attorney who is admitted before the Supreme Court and breaks down the Supreme Court's decision to stay Trump's trial pending a decision on presidential immuni...
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Season 1
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Episode 6
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23:54
Anatomy of an Opioid Trial, United States v. Hansen (2024)
A topic near and dear to Ron's heart, he discusses the federal structure surrounding the scheduling of drugs. He goes all the way back to the early 1900's to discuss the early cases against physicians walking the listener through the changes in...
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Season 1
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Episode 5
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1:43:52