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Excited Utterance is a podcast focusing on scholarship on evidence law and proof. Created in August 2016, the podcast aims to provide a weekly virtual workshop in the world of evidence. Professor Edward K. Cheng of Vanderbilt Law School hosts the podcast. Every week of the academic year, Excited Utterance releases a 25-minute episode, consisting of an interview with an author about a recent piece of scholarship related to evidence that he/she has written.

Produced and run by Professor Cheng, the staff of the podcast includes two associate producers, G. Alexander Nunn and Margo Wilkinson Smith, an audio production editor, Carsen Smith, and a research assistant, Benjamin Bassoff. Excited Utterance is released every Monday during the academic year.

The name Excited Utterance references Federal Rule of Evidence Rule 803(2), which is an exception to the hearsay rule. Ordinarily, the hearsay rule prevents parties from introducing witnesses from testifying about out-of-court statements when those statements are offered for the truth of the matter asserted. In other words, witnesses may not testify about what they heard other people say -- or hearsay. One exception to the hearsay rule is for excited utterances, statements made by a person in response to a startling or shocking event.

Excited Utterance has gained over 1500 subscribers since its launch, and has hosted twenty-eight episodes(see list of episodes).