re: Is there any scenario where cops legally can question someone without a lawyer?

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Do lots of people actually willingly talk to cops without one?

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Go watch a few episodes of "The First 48" and you will be amazed at how many of these dumbasses talk to the police. The majority of them either end up confessing, or start talking and can't keep their lies straight and ask for an attorney after it's too late and they've already incriminate themselves. And these are murder suspects.

Like others said, criminals are usually pretty fricking stupid.

Yes. Cops can and will casually question you as long as they can without you “clearly” asking for a lawyer.

Remember “anything you say can and will be used against you” nothing will be used to help you. Say nothing to the police, ever.

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Yeah but stupidly enough you better invoke it verbally, because cops have used silence as evidence of guilt and courts have supported it.

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Because of terrible jurisprudence on the subject, I no longer advise people to invoke the right to remain silent. Invoke your right to counsel. Much better jurisprudence surrounding that.

Used to be in LE. Majority of that time was in investigations. However my most embarrassing/funny memory surrounding the Miranda warnings is this one. Way back up during my first days "on the road". I'm fresh out the academy and the leather on my boots isn't even wrinkled. Guy gets put in handcuffs by my training officer. He looks at me and tells me to read the guy his rights and walks away. I freeze. Those few sentences erased from my mind. I look at this guy serious as shite and ask "You watch COPS?" He confirms that he does. I said, "well then you know your rights then". He says "yep, I do". I nod and don't even think to ask him anything else. A few minutes later, he is released and I promise you after that I made sure I could say that shite up, down and sideways at the drop of a hat.