LSAT Logical Reasoning: The Argument-Type Playbook
This podcast turns LSAT Logical Reasoning preparation into an audio-friendly skill. Each episode focuses on one core method, applies it to original arguments, and highlights common traps to avoid. It is designed as a supplement to your practice question bank, helping you internalize strategies through listening. The show is produced by Jellypod.
Episodes
Episode 1: How the LSAT Works Now, and Argument Anatomy
Learn how the modern LSAT is structured now that Logic Games is gone, and why Logical Reasoning carries so much weight on the test. This episode breaks down the core argument pattern—conclusion, premises, and assumption—and shows how to spot the conclusion using the Why Test and key signal words.
Episode 2: Conditional Logic and the Contrapositive
Learn how to spot sufficient vs. necessary conditions, decode trigger words like if and only if, and avoid the classic LSAT trap of reading an arrow backward. The episode also breaks down the contrapositive and the two common mistakes that make conditional reasoning go wrong.
Episode 3: The Assumption Family: Necessary vs Sufficient Assumptions
Learn how to spot whether an LSAT assumption stem asks for something required to survive or enough to guarantee the conclusion. The episode breaks down the Negation Test for necessary assumptions, common negation mistakes, and how to build a sufficient assumption that closes the gap.
Episode 4: Strengthen and Weaken Questions
Learn the one-skill framework behind Strengthen and Weaken questions by focusing on the argument gap, not the stated facts. This episode breaks down why tempting choices that attack the premises are wrong, and shows three reliable ways to weaken an argument without falling for LSAT traps.
Episode 5: Flaw Questions and the Flaw Taxonomy
Learn a fast method for tackling Flaw questions by identifying the gap between premises and conclusion, prephrasing the error, and testing each answer choice against the argument itself. The episode also breaks down the biggest trap in LSAT reasoning: answers that sound right in the abstract but fail because they describe a flaw the author never actually made.
Episode 6: Causal Reasoning
Learn how to spot when an LSAT argument jumps from correlation to causation, and why that leap hides a key assumption. This episode breaks down the three classic attacks on causal claims: alternative causes, reverse causation, and coincidence.
Episode 7: Inference: Must Be True and Most Strongly Supported
This episode breaks down inference questions in logical reasoning, showing how to separate Must Be True from Most Strongly Supported. It also teaches a fast overreach test for spotting answers that go one step too far, especially when quantifiers like some, most, and all are in play.
Episode 8: Principle and Parallel Reasoning
Learn how to strip away topic traps and identify the logical skeleton underneath arguments, with a focus on principle questions, parallel reasoning, and parallel flaw. The episode also drills conditional logic, necessary vs. sufficient conditions, and how to match arguments by structure instead of subject matter.
Episode 9: Method, Role, and Point at Issue
This episode shifts from attacking flaws to describing arguments accurately, breaking down the three main structure question types: Method of Reasoning, Role of a Statement, and Point at Issue. Learn how to spot the move, label a sentence’s job, and identify where two speakers disagree without getting distracted by hidden flaws.
Episode 10: Paradox, Evaluate, and the Rare Types
This episode breaks down three rare LSAT question types: paradox, evaluate, and cannot be true. Learn how to spot each stem fast, avoid common traps, and use the right strategy to make conflicting facts fit or identify the key missing link.
Episode 11: Reading the Answer Choices: Traps and Timing
Learn how test writers plant answers that sound decisive but miss the logic of the argument. This episode breaks down a five-part trap checklist, plus prephrasing and pacing tactics you can use to eliminate wrong choices fast.
Episode 12: The Full LR Attack Plan
This episode breaks down a full Logical Reasoning game plan: how to use pacing, the skip rule, and two-pass section strategy to avoid burning time on one hard question. It also explains how question types map to the same argument structure, then shows how blind review can turn missed questions into points.
LSAT’s New Reality: RC Strategy and the Writing Section Shakeup
With Logic Games retired, this episode breaks down why Reading Comp has become the new score separator, from the “nouns versus verbs” approach to pacing and blind review tactics. It also covers the redesigned argumentative writing task, remote proctoring rules, and why the unscored sample may soon matter for admissions.
Why PT 141 Is a Ghost and How to Survive Triple LR
Learn why the new triple-digit LSAT prep tests can hide years of older explanations, and how LSAC’s conversion tables help you find the original sources. The episode also breaks down the 66% chance of an experimental Logical Reasoning section and why you need stamina training to handle three LR sections without burning out.
Inside the New LSAT: Prometric Pressure and UI Delays
LSAT prep is changing fast as remote testing disappears for most takers and Prometric centers become the new normal. The hosts break down how to train for sensory overload, adapt to the new LawHub interface, and avoid the hidden time costs of extra clicks.
Show Notes
Upcoming Changes to the LSAT Process: https://lawhub.org/prepare-for-the-lsat/about-the-lsat/upcoming-changes-lsat-process-aug-202
Stop the LSAT Spreadsheet Trap
The hosts unpack why overanalyzing LSAT question subtypes can become a form of data sickness, and explain how to use performance tracking without getting lost in spreadsheets. They also share a practical review method: hide the answer choices, reconstruct the argument in plain English, and identify the logical gap before checking the key.
Why Your LSAT Diagnostic Is Not Your Destiny
This episode breaks down why your LSAT diagnostic is just a single data point, not a verdict on your future, and how the right mindset turns wrong answers into a map of teachable logic errors. It also covers a tiered test-taking strategy for the new LawHub interface, including why some students should stop chasing completion and focus on maximizing accuracy where it counts.
Show Notes
Update on
LSAT 2026: The Extra-Click Trap and PrepTest Strategy
This episode breaks down the coming LSAT interface changes, from the new extra-click answer elimination process to the physical challenges of in-center Prometric testing. It also tackles PrepTest scarcity anxiety and explains how to budget the 101–158 test pool for drills, diagnostics, and full timed practice.
Show Notes
Update on the New LSAT User Interface for the 2026-2027 Testing ...: https:
LawHub’s Hidden 168: Fresh LSAT Questions Without Spoiling PrepTests
Learn how LawHub’s hidden cache of 168 official LSAT questions can help you preserve fresh PrepTests while building core Logical Reasoning and Reading Comprehension skills. The hosts also break down the platform’s UI traps, untimed count-up timer, and a simpler way to think through LSAC’s notoriously dense answer explanations.
Upstream vs. Downstream Errors in Your Wrong Answer Journal
Learn how to tell whether a missed question came from an upstream reading error or a downstream answer-choice mistake, and why that distinction matters for real improvement. The hosts also walk through a practical Cover-and-Compare Audit and a six-point wrong-answer journal system to pinpoint exactly where your reasoning breaks down.
The RC Timing Paradox: Read Slower, Score Higher
This episode breaks down why rushing through LSAT Reading Comprehension is a trap, and shows how spending more time reading can actually make questions faster and easier. The hosts also discuss sentence-by-sentence translation, stripping away jargon, and building a Paragraph Function Map instead of relying on digital highlighting.
Show Notes
How to Master Active Reading on the LSAT: https://lsat
LSAT Writing Without Scratch Paper
This episode breaks down the LSAT Argumentative Writing section’s digital-only format, explaining why physical scratch paper is banned and how the redesigned prompts can create cognitive overload. It also offers a practical strategy for the 15-minute prep window: building a simple perspective matrix on screen to stay organized and write under pressure.
LSAC’s Strategy Booster: Why More Tracking Isn’t Better
This episode breaks down LSAC’s new LawHub Strategy Booster and argues that too much categorizing, scoring, and clicking “Show Answer” can create the illusion of progress instead of real LSAT growth. The hosts share better ways to use diagnostics, practice tests, and low-tech habits to build genuine reasoning skills.
Show Notes
Presenting Free Official LSAT Prep: LawHub and Khan Academy: https:/
Stop Chasing Practice Tests: Break the LSAT Plateau
Why back-to-back practice tests can sabotage progress, and how to tell the difference between a real plateau and normal score variance. The episode also covers an untimed second-try audit, strategic skip lists, and why rest and recovery can help your reasoning skills solidify.
Show Notes
How to break your LSAT score plateau: https://blog.cambridgecoaching.com/how-to-break-your-lsat-score-plateau
LawHub’s New Tools: Helpful or a Trap?
LSAT test-takers break down the newest LawHub interface changes, including why highlighting answer choices can create visual pollution and hurt focus. They also explain how the Reset Response button can fuel indecision, while the updated question bar helps pacing across Reading Comprehension passages.
Why a 170 Isn’t What It Used to Be
This episode breaks down why a 170 no longer carries the same weight on the LSAT, from percentile shifts and applicant compression to the end of Logic Games. It also explores how the new format makes Logical Reasoning more important than ever, and why modern prep now demands deeper analysis and simulation under real testing conditions.
Why LSAT Review Tricks Your Brain
This episode tackles the cosmetic memory trap in LSAT prep and explains why simply recognizing old question stems can backfire. The hosts break down a smarter review method using a forgetting window, a three-box Leitner-style system, and sister questions to rebuild true logical skill.
Split Reading Dual Passages: Beat the Silence Trap
Learn how to tackle dual passages with the Split Reading Method, using LawHub’s new passage separators to keep questions organized and memory load low. The episode also breaks down the One Author Silence Trap and a simple 3-value audit for eliminating deceptive comparative answer choices.
Show Notes
Update on the New LSAT User Interface for the 2026-2027 Testing ...: https://www.lsac.org/blog/up
The Shared Hub Rule: Most, All, and Logical Traps
Learn the logic behind the Shared Hub Rule and why two “most” statements only guarantee overlap when they share the same reference group. The episode also breaks down how all statements change quantifier chaining and why arrow direction matters in logical reasoning.
Show Notes
Inference: https://www.varsitytutors.com/practice/subjects/lsat/lessons/inference
Stop Falling for Equivocation Traps
This episode breaks down how equivocation really works in logical reasoning questions and why vague-sounding answer choices are often just traps. Learn a fast synonym substitution check and a 5-second elimination rule to spot the real flaw instead of falling for jargon bait.
Show Notes
Strawman vs. Equivocation Flaws - LSAT Discussion Forum: https://forum.powerscore.com/viewtopic.php?t=40639
Mastering Unless: LSAT Logic Traps and De Morgan's Law
Learn the mechanical rule for translating unless, except, until, and without into conditional logic, then see how contrapositive checks prevent costly reversal errors under time pressure.
The episode also tackles compound exception clauses and De Morgan’s Law, showing how to flip and/or correctly when these traps show up on logical reasoning questions.
Show Notes
LSAT Conditional Reasoning: Dia
Why Mixed LSAT Drills Beat Blocked Practice
This episode breaks down why high scores on single-type drill sets can create the illusion of competence and collapse on real test day. The hosts explain how interleaved practice, mixed Logical Reasoning sets, and the 20/80 rule build lasting retention and better LSAT performance.
Floor vs. Guarantee: Sufficient vs. Necessary Assumptions
Learn the crucial difference between Sufficient and Necessary Assumption questions in Logical Reasoning, using memorable examples like the floor vs. the ladder. The hosts break down when to use concept bridging, when to use the Negation Test, and why strong language can be either a trap or a clue depending on the stem.
Show Notes
LSAT Inbox - April 2026 LSAT Prep and General Information: https:/
Spotting Percentage Traps and Biased Samples
This episode breaks down two of the biggest Logical Reasoning traps: mistaking percentages for meaningful totals and overlooking a hidden baseline. It also covers how self-selected samples create bias, plus quick tactics like the Denominator Audit and Group Size Swap to spot flawed arguments fast.
Show Notes
Quantitative reasoning and statistics in arguments: https://www.pastpaperhero.com/resour
Absence of Evidence: The LSAT Trap
This episode breaks down a classic Logical Reasoning mistake: treating something as false just because it has not been proven, whether that happens through weak evidence or the collapse of a bad argument. It also covers a fast recognition strategy for spotting the “sharp about face” in stimuli and a simple replacement test for eliminating answer choices.
Show Notes
The Absence of Evidence Fallac
Causal Arguments: The 3 Weaken Traps
Learn how to separate causal claims from conditional logic and spot the real weak point in an argument: whether the cause belongs in a premise or a conclusion. The episode also breaks down the three classic attacks on causal reasoning—reverse causation, third variables, and alternative causes—using vivid, test-ready examples.
LSAT Trap Choices: Circular Reasoning vs. Contradiction
Learn why tempting flaw answers like circular reasoning and internal contradiction are usually trap choices on LSAT Logical Reasoning. This episode breaks down how to spot the rare real examples, avoid jargon-based mistakes, and use a quick finger-cover test to separate true logic flaws from simple weakness in an argument.
Show Notes
Flaws in Logical Reasoning Part VII: Internal Contradiction -
Beat the Topic Match Trap
This episode breaks down how to avoid the topic match trap in dense logic questions by stripping away surface details and identifying the underlying structure fast. It also covers argument fingerprinting, force-matching, and how to eliminate wrong answers in parallel flaw and parallel reasoning questions.
Show Notes
Solving “Parallel Reasoning” and “Parallel Flaw” Questions: https://lsatdemon.co
Point at Issue Traps: Silence, Premise Attacks, and Disguised Conflict
Learn how to spot the silence trap in point at issue questions, avoid matching answer choices to only one speaker, and use a simple two-step test to eliminate unsupported options fast. The episode also breaks down disguised conflicts, where speakers agree on the conclusion but clash over the key premise underneath.
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