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Co-hosts Preet Bharara and Joyce Vance help you to make sense of law and politics each week, plus weekly notes and bonus content exclusive to CAFE Insider members.
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Join former U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara as he breaks down legal topics in the news and engages thought leaders in a podcast about power, policy, and justice. From CAFE and the Vox Media Podcast Network.
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How can the past help inform today’s most pressing challenges? Every Wednesday, award-winning historians Heather Cox Richardson and Joanne Freeman use their encyclopedic knowledge of US history to bring the past to life. Together, they make sense of the week in news by discussing the people, ideas, and events that got us here today. Now and Then is produced by CAFE and the Vox Media Podcast Network.
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Join a team of experts — from former prosecutors to legal scholars — as they break down the complex legal issues shaping our country today. Twice a week, Elie Honig and other CAFE Contributors examine the intersecting worlds of law, politics, and current events. Twice a week, a CAFE contributor – Joyce Vance, Barbara McQuade, Asha Rangappa, Rachel Barkow, and Elie Honig – will examine the intersecting worlds of law, politics, and current events. New episodes out Wednesdays and Fridays. From ...
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Elie Honig spent fourteen years as a federal and state prosecutor in New York and New Jersey. In Up Against the Mob, he peels back the curtain on the real-life, inside stories of the modern-day mafia with unprecedented access to the people who lived them. In season two, The Springfield Crew, Elie tells the story of the shocking murder of mob boss Al Bruno, and the rise and fall of a powerful faction of the Genovese crime family. New episodes drop every Wednesday starting March 1st. Up Agains ...
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Preserving Democracy (with Garry Kasparov)
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Garry Kasparov is a chess grandmaster and Chairman of the Renew Democracy Initiative, a nonprofit dedicated to defending liberal democracies worldwide. He joins Preet to discuss: Trump’s plans to consolidate power within the Executive Branch The need for change within the Democratic Party What normalcy might look like in four years How Trump may im…
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In this bonus from Stay Tuned, chess grandmaster and human rights activist Garry Kasparov discusses reporting that Trump will seek retribution against those involved in the US withdrawal in Afghanistan. Thank you for being a member of the CAFE Insider community. Tweet your questions to @PreetBharara with hashtag #askpreet, email us at letters@cafe.…
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Note From Joyce 11/20: The Harsh Reality of Trump on Immigration
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Joyce Vance, co-host of the CAFE Insider podcast, is a former U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Alabama, a University of Alabama Law School professor, and an MSNBC legal analyst. For a transcript of Joyce’s note head to CAFE.com. To access the full archive of Contributor Notes and other exclusive content, become a CAFE Insider today at CAF…
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Preet, Joyce, and the CAFE team are celebrating the 300th episode of the CAFE Insider podcast. Thank you for listening and for creating such an engaged community. In an excerpt from the show, Preet and Joyce discuss President-elect Donald Trump’s nomination of former Rep. Matt Gaetz as Attorney General. In the full episode, Preet and Joyce further …
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Preet, Joyce, and the CAFE team are celebrating the 300th episode of the CAFE Insider podcast. Thank you for listening and for creating such an engaged community. In this episode, Preet and Joyce discuss President-elect Donald Trump’s nomination of former Rep. Matt Gaetz as Attorney General, and his recent resignation from Congress days before the …
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Can Trump Say "You're Fired" to the Fed Chair? (with Sarah Binder)
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With Donald Trump soon to be sworn in as the 47th president, he’s made clear he wants to shake up Washington — including possibly firing Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell. Political scientist Sarah Binder joins Preet to discuss whether a president has the legal authority to fire the Fed chair and how it could impact the economy. For show notes an…
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The OLC Memos & Presidential Immunity (with Trevor Morrison)
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What’s going to happen to Jack Smith’s criminal cases against president-elect Donald Trump? In this excerpt of CAFE Insider, Elie Honig and Trevor Morrison explain why they agree with the Office of Legal Counsel’s 1973 and 2000 memos on presidential immunity. Trevor Morrison is a law professor and Dean Emeritus at New York University School of Law.…
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The OLC Memos & Presidential Immunity (with Trevor Morrison)
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Why are presidents immune from criminal prosecution? Trevor Morrison is a law professor and Dean Emeritus at New York University School of Law. He joins Elie Honig to discuss the 1973 and 2000 Office of Legal Counsel Memos that laid the groundwork for presidential immunity. This is the latest installment of a new special series of episodes exclusiv…
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Note from Elie 11/15: Trump’s Nomination of Matt Gaetz Is a Sign of Dark Intentions
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Elie Honig is a former Assistant U.S. Attorney and co-chief of the organized crime unit at the Southern District of New York, where he prosecuted more than 100 mobsters, including members of La Cosa Nostra, and the Gambino and Genovese crime families. He went on to serve as Director of the Department of Law and Public Safety at New Jersey Division …
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A New Era for Democrats (with Astead Herndon)
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Astead Herndon is a New York Times national politics reporter and the host of the politics podcast “The Run-Up.” He joins Preet to make sense of Donald Trump’s reelection. They discuss: The failures of the Joe Biden Democratic coalition Outcomes of the 2022 midterm vs. 2024 presidential elections How assumptions about race and gender played into Tr…
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In this bonus from Stay Tuned, New York Times national politics reporter Astead Herndon discusses the impact of celebrity endorsements for Kamala Harris. Thank you for being a member of the CAFE Insider community. Tweet your questions to @PreetBharara with hashtag #askpreet, email us at letters@cafe.com, or call 669-247-7338 to leave a voicemail. S…
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Barb McQuade is the former U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Michigan, a law professor at the University of Michigan, and a legal analyst for NBC News and MSNBC. For a transcript of Barb’s note and the full archive of contributor notes, head to CAFE.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices…
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On the CAFE Insider docket: – How Trump’s return to the White House will likely mark the end of his criminal prosecutions, with the federal election interference case and sentencing in Manhattan already facing new delays; – Trump’s ongoing nominations of cabinet members and other high-profile positions, and his request that candidates vying to repl…
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What are recess appointments? And with Republicans controlling the Senate, will President-elect Trump’s nominees face any hurdles in their confirmation process? In an excerpt from a new episode of the CAFE Insider podcast, Preet Bharara and Joyce Vance discuss Trump’s ongoing nominations of cabinet members and other high-profile positions. Despite …
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Abortion Access Gains in Red America (with Kate Shaw)
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In this year’s election, abortion protection measures were on the ballot in ten different states. While they succeeded in seven, they failed in three. So where does that leave the future of abortion access? This week, Preet speaks with University of Pennsylvania constitutional law professor and co-host of Strict Scrutiny Kate Shaw. They break down …
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Will the Trump Prosecutions Go Away? (with Barb McQuade)
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How will Donald Trump’s return to the White House impact his four criminal prosecutions? What will Trump’s Department of Justice look like? And how might Trump further shape the Supreme Court? Barb McQuade, CAFE Contributor and former U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Michigan, joins Elie Honig to discuss the rule of law under Trump’s secon…
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Will the Trump Prosecutions Go Away? (with Barb McQuade)
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Donald Trump has won the presidential election, so where does that leave his pending civil cases? In this excerpt of CAFE Insider, Elie Honig and Barb McQuade break down the status of Trump’s Manhattan and Georgia cases. Barb McQuade is a CAFE Contributor and former U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Michigan. In the full episode, Elie and B…
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Note from Elie 11/08: Trump's Gamble Pays Off As Cases Fade Away
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Elie Honig is a former Assistant U.S. Attorney and co-chief of the organized crime unit at the Southern District of New York, where he prosecuted more than 100 mobsters, including members of La Cosa Nostra, and the Gambino and Genovese crime families. He went on to serve as Director of the Department of Law and Public Safety at New Jersey Division …
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Donald Trump is returning to the White House. The day after the election, Preet is joined by former US Attorney Joyce Vance, historian Joanne Freeman, and political scientist Ian Bremmer to discuss what happened on election night, and how the next four years could reshape America. For show notes and a transcript of the episode head to: https://cafe…
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On a scale of 1-10, how progressive is Kamala Harris? In this excerpt of CAFE Insider, CAFE Contributor Elie Honig speaks with political journalist Marisa Lagos about Kamala Harris’s prosecutorial background and how it has informed her current policies. This is the fifth episode in a new series of special episodes exclusively for members of CAFE In…
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