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The Press, the Polls & the Supreme Court

Sep 29, 202645 min

Bonus: On Competitiveness (with Danny Meyer)

Sep 24, 20264 min

Trump’s Press Ban & Kennedy Center Demolition Plan

Sep 22, 202646 min

Bonus: Trump’s Sway on Elections & the Republican Who Could Win 2028 (with Jessica Tarlov)

Sep 17, 20266 min

Trump’s Voting Loss, $5K Promise & a DOJ Resignation

Sep 15, 202641 min

Bonus: How 9/11 Reshaped Government (with Lisa Monaco & Ken Wainstein)

Sep 10, 20265 min

Trump’s Push to Reshape the 2026 Election (with Kate Shaw)

Sep 8, 202658 min

Bonus: How 9/11 United Congress (with Ken Feinberg)

Sep 3, 20265 min

2028's Ideal Democratic Candidate (with Ken Salazar)

Aug 27, 20266 min

The Weaponization of the FCC (with Jessica Rosenworcel)

Aug 25, 202644 min

Bonus: Liar, Bullshitter—or Both? (with Sam Harris)

Aug 20, 20267 min

Luigi Mangione’s Guilty Plea—and What Comes Next

Aug 18, 202650 min

Bonus: Defining Liberalism (with Daron Acemoglu)

Aug 13, 20269 min

Fauci Pleads the Fifth

Aug 11, 202647 min

Bonus: Nixon Would've Survived Watergate Today (with David Axelrod)

Aug 6, 20264 min

Are the Midterms Safe? (with Ben Ginsberg)

Aug 4, 202652 min

Bonus: Trump & Netanyahu Meet Again (with Ian Bremmer)

Jul 30, 20264 min

Former Prosecutors Break Down New York Times Subpoenas (with Mimi Rocah)

Jul 28, 202637 min

Bonus: Reading Hannah Arendt (with Rose Horowitch)

Jul 23, 20266 min

This Lawsuit Could Force a Full Epstein Files Release (with Katie Phang)

Jul 21, 202648 min

Bonus: Is Trump The Most Unthoughtful President? (with Mark Leibovich)

Jul 16, 20264 min

Trump Sued Himself and… Lost?

Jul 14, 202646 min

How the Supreme Court Is Reshaping American Government (with Leah Litman)

Jul 7, 202650 min

Bonus: Trump Against Civic Education (with Danielle Allen & Mary Bilder)

Jul 2, 202610 min

The Supreme Court’s Biggest Day of the Year (with Melissa Murray)

Jun 30, 202654 min

Bonus: The Decision That Defined the Republic (with Joanne Freeman)

Jun 25, 20265 min

SCOTUS is Making It Harder to Fight for Your Rights (with Steve Vladeck)

Jun 23, 202653 min

Bonus: Career Prosecutors Are Over Trump (with Devlin Barrett)

Jun 18, 20265 min

Trump Picks a New Director of National Intelligence

Jun 16, 202643 min

Bonus: Healthcare’s Original Sin (with Atul Gawande)

Jun 11, 20269 min

Iran, Bolton, Pulte & Blanche (with Ben Wittes)

Jun 9, 202647 min

Bonus: How to Fix DOJ Damage (with Barb McQuade)

Jun 4, 20269 min

Trump Blocked: Slush Fund & Kennedy Center

Jun 2, 202646 min

Bonus: DOJ’s Worst Offense? (with Dan Goldman)

May 28, 20268 min

Is SCOTUS Diluting Your Vote? (with Doug Jones)

May 26, 202651 min

Bonus: Evan Osnos on the American Relationship with Wealth

May 21, 20269 min

Trump's Revenge Fund

May 19, 202645 min

Bonus: The Politics We Deserve (with George Packer)

May 14, 20267 min

The Abortion Pill on SCOTUS’s Shadow Docket (with Mary Ziegler)

May 12, 202657 min

Bonus: Building a Fulfilling Career

May 7, 20267 min

Is the Voting Rights Act Dead? (with Janai Nelson)

May 5, 202652 min

Bonus: The Decline of Thoughtfulness

Apr 30, 20266 min

Trump Goes After Civil Rights Groups

Apr 28, 202653 min

Bonus: How Rebecca Weiner Found Her Way to Counterterrorism

Apr 23, 20265 min

Trump v. the Courts v. Congress. Who Will Win?

Apr 21, 202650 min

Bonus: State Prisons & Reforming Rikers Island

Apr 16, 20264 min

Swalwell, Blanche, Bondi & Presidential Records Act (with Mimi Rocah)

Apr 14, 202655 min

Ep 691Bonus: Press Controversy at DOD (with Jim Sciutto)

In the Stay Tuned podcast bonus for Insiders, Preet and Jim Sciutto discuss the controversy surrounding press coverage at the Defense Department.   For more content at the intersection of law, politics, and policy, sign up to receive the weekly CAFE Brief newsletter, for free: cafe.com/briefTweet your questions to @PreetBharara with hashtag #AskPreet, email us at [email protected], or call 833-997-7338 to leave a voicemail.Stay Tuned with Preet is brought to you by CAFE and the Vox Media Podcast Network.

Apr 9, 20264 min

Ep 690Bondi, Birthright & Conversion Therapy (with Dahlia Lithwick)

On a new episode of the Insider podcast, Preet Bharara and Joyce Vance are joined by Dahlia Lithwick, senior editor at Slate and host of the Amicus podcast. They discuss:– President Trump’s firing of Attorney General Pam Bondi; – Supreme Court oral arguments in a case challenging President Trump’s effort to restrict birthright citizenship; and– The Court’s 8–1 decision in favor of a therapist who challenged a Colorado law banning conversion therapy for minors.We hope you’re finding CAFE Insider informative. Email us at [email protected] with your suggestions and questions for Preet and Joyce. Watch livestreams on YouTube or Substack.This podcast is brought to you by CAFE and Vox Media Podcast Network. Executive Producer: Tamara Sepper; Supervising Producer: Jake Kaplan; Associate Producer: Claudia Hernández; Senior Audio Producer: Matthew Billy; CAFE Team: Celine Rohr, Nat Weiner, Jennifer Indig, and Liana Greenway.

Apr 7, 202649 min

Ep 689Bonus: Death, Taxes, and Consciousness (with Michael Pollan)

Does life truly have meaning without death? In the Stay Tuned podcast bonus for Insiders, author Michael Pollan and Preet discuss what differentiates humans from machines. Plus, is it possible to control our own thoughts?For more content at the intersection of law, politics, and policy, subscribe to the Stay Tuned with Preet Substack: staytuned.substack.comTweet your questions to @PreetBharara with hashtag #AskPreet, email us at [email protected], or call 833-997-7338 to leave a voicemail.Stay Tuned with Preet is brought to you by CAFE and the Vox Media Podcast Network.

Apr 2, 20264 min