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In Episode 9, Ryan Clarkson turns the mic around — and his co-host, Shireen Clarkson, becomes the guest. Who is Shireen, where did she come from, and what shaped her into one of the country's leading consumer advocates?

In this episode:

• Growing up Persian-American in the Bay Area — navigating dual identity, feeling like an outsider in two worlds, and how that feeling became fuel
• The "you don't need a man" household: how Shireen's Iranian immigrant parents raised two fiercely independent daughters — including Shireen's sister, actress Necar Zadegan
• From UCSB to UC Hastings (now UC Law San Francisco) to the courtroom: the winding road that led Shireen to plaintiff-side class action work, and the mentors who shaped her along the way
• The hard no that became a yes: how Shireen turned down Ryan's pitch to leave Milstein Adelman and start a firm together — and what changed her mind
• Food law as a calling: why Shireen has spent 15+ years going after the biggest food corporations in America, and why the fight never gets old
• Motherhood, balance, and capacity: how becoming Adia's mom deepened her sense of purpose — both inside and outside the courtroom
• Advice for young lawyers: the one question Shireen wishes she'd asked herself sooner

This episode is about the forces — family, identity, ambition, and a healthy refusal to accept the way things are — that produce someone who doesn't shy away from the biggest corporations in America.

Because justice doesn't move on its own. It moves when people demand it.

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Welcome to Represent More, a production of We Are Them Media.

This week, Ryan and Shireen are back in the studio fresh off a big win — a $250 million settlement against Apple in what may be the largest false advertising settlement in history. The case centers on "AI washing": Apple's alleged failure to deliver on the artificial intelligence features it used to sell its iPhone 15 and 16 models. Ryan breaks down how the settlement works, what class members can expect, and why this verdict matters beyond the dollar figure.

Then Shireen digs into something that affects every single person who eats: the fight over GRAS — "Generally Recognized as Safe" — the FDA designation that lets food companies quietly introduce untested chemicals into the food supply without meaningful government oversight. With 28 food safety bills currently moving through Congress, she explains what's at stake, what the GRAS loophole actually means, and why reform is long overdue.

Topics covered this episode:

• The $250M Apple AI washing settlement — what it means, how to claim your share, and what "AI washing" as a legal theory looks like going forward
• GRAS explained: how a 1950s-era FDA designation became a loophole for synthetic food chemicals, and why 99% of food chemicals introduced since 2000 have entered the food supply through industry self-affirmation
• The 28 food safety bills working through Congress right now — including a major GRAS reform proposal
• The glyphosate/Roundup preemption case at the Supreme Court and the Trump administration's troubling position
• Industry consolidation as a common thread — from food to airlines — and what happens to accountability when competition is just an illusion

From the courtroom to the grocery store, accountability requires someone willing to fight for it. If you want to stay up to date on the Apple case and the firm's other AI litigation, visit https://togetheron.ai to sign up for updates.

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Welcome to Represent More, a production of We Are Them Media.

In Episode 7, co-host Shireen Clarkson turns the tables and puts Ryan Clarkson in the hot seat — tracing the arc of his life from a big Midwestern family to the courtroom, and asking the questions that reveal what really drives one of the country's leading consumer and public interest litigators.

In this episode:

• Ryan's upbringing in Michigan — a factory-worker dad, a community-minded mom, and the values they instilled that still show up in how he practices law
• How he found his way to law without a single lawyer in the family — and the early career moments that forged his instincts
• What separates a good litigator from a great one, and how Ryan knows in his gut when a case is worth fighting
• The misconceptions people have about plaintiff lawyers — and why Ryan believes corporations are running a deliberate disinformation campaign against the very people fighting for everyday consumers
• How his definition of success has shifted with age, and what the "back nine" of life has clarified about what actually matters

When the legislature won't act and the executive branch won't regulate, the courts become the last line of defense. Ryan has spent decades showing up to that fight — and this episode is the story of how he got there.

If you believe justice doesn't move on its own, this one's for you.

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