Stay Tuned with Preet
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Stay Tuned with Preet
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 Studios and the Vox Media Podcast Network.
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Elections: From Mamdani to Trump (with Astead Herndon)
What can we learn from the rise of NYC mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani? This week, Vox Media’s newest addition Astead Herndon joins Preet Bharara to...
Trump Admin Ramps Up Airstrikes (with Barb McQuade)
Are the U.S. airstrikes on alleged drug traffickers aboard vessels in the Caribbean and the Pacific legal? Law professor and legal analyst Barb McQuad...
Giving Up Is Unforgivable (with Joyce Vance)
How can we protect our democracy from President Trump’s overreach? Joyce Vance is a former U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Alabama, a law p...
The Vindictiveness of Donald John Trump
Will Jim Comey succeed in seeking dismissal of his criminal charges? In an excerpt from this week’s Insider episode, Preet Bharara and Joyce Vance dis...
Peace in the Middle East? (with Dan Senor)
A fragile but momentous ceasefire has taken effect in Israel’s two year war against Hamas, following the terror group’s brutal attack on October 7th....
The Rise, Rationale, and Reversal of Affirmative Action
The Supreme Court’s decision in Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard ended decades of race-conscious admissions in higher education. Supporters arg...
Vindictive Prosecution? Comey & Abrego Garcia
The FBI has reportedly discussed staging a “perp walk” with former FBI Director Jim Comey. In an excerpt from this week’s Insider episode, Preet Bhara...
Trump’s Plan for Gaza (with Antony Blinken)
Antony Blinken was the 71st Secretary of State, serving under President Joe Biden. As the nation’s top diplomat, he worked on restoring U.S. ties with...
Is the Comey Prosecution Fatally Flawed?
Is the Jim Comey indictment fatally flawed? In an excerpt from this week’s Insider episode, Preet Bharara and Joyce Vance discuss the weaknesses in th...
James Comey Indicted
A federal grand jury in the Eastern District of Virginia has indicted former FBI Director James Comey on charges of making a false statement to Congre...
Common Knowledge in the Trump Era (with Steven Pinker)
How does common knowledge become… common knowledge? Steven Pinker is a cognitive psychologist and professor at Harvard University. He joins Preet to d...
Trump Ramps Up Retribution
Why is President Trump’s recent Truth Social post directed at Attorney General Pam Bondi so dangerous? In an excerpt from this week’s Insider episode,...
How to Investigate a President (with Elie Honig)
Ever wonder how special counsel investigations really work, and what goes on behind the scenes? Former Assistant U.S. Attorney for the Southern Distri...
SCOTUS’ Game of Chicken with Trump (with Dahlia Lithwick)
How is the Supreme Court emboldening President Trump's continuing expansion of power? In an excerpt from this week’s Insider episode, Joyce Vance disc...
Guns, Law, and the Culture War (with John Feinblatt and Adam Winkler)
Programming Note: This conversation was recorded on Monday, 9/8, before the horrific and tragic killing of political activist Charlie Kirk.
Trump’s America: Do We All Need to Carry Papers Now?
In an excerpt from this week’s Insider episode, Preet Bharara and Joyce Vance discuss the Supreme Court ruling that loosened restrictions on immigrati...
Is Trump an Economic Despot? (with Daron Acemoglu)
What comes first, a prosperous economy or stable democratic institutions? Nobel Prize-winning economist and MIT professor Daron Acemoglu joins Preet t...
Can Trump Do Whatever He Wants?
In an excerpt from this week’s Insider episode, Preet Bharara and Joyce Vance discuss President Donald Trump’s threats that he will deploy National Gu...
Raging Moderates: How Trump Could Win a Nobel Peace Prize (ft. Hillary Clinton)
Preet's out this week, so we're excited to share an episode of Raging Moderates with Scott Galloway and Jessica Tarlov, which we think listeners of St...
With Putin, Trump Bends the Knee (with Tom Nichols)
Trump’s recent meetings with Vladimir Putin and Volodymyr Zelenskyy have raised urgent questions about America’s role in global affairs and the future...
Law & Order, Hold the Law
In an excerpt from this week’s Insider episode, Preet Bharara and Joyce Vance discuss the agreement between the D.C. government and the Trump administ...
Why Good Laws Aren’t Enough (with Martha Minow)
Should the law be more forgiving? Martha Minow, former dean of Harvard Law School, joins Preet for a wide-ranging conversation on what justice means t...
Trump's DC Police Takeover
Does President Trump have the legal authority to put Washington, D.C.’s police under federal control? In an excerpt from this week’s Insider episode,...
Can Democrats Win Back Rural America? (with Joe Kennedy III)
Joe Kennedy III is trying to rebuild Democratic power from the ground up—in places where the party has long been written off. The former Massachusetts...
Is Being Undocumented a Crime?
What does it mean to be undocumented? And is it always illegal? In an excerpt from this week’s Insider episode, Preet Bharara and Joyce Vance discuss...
DOJ's Shifting Sands on Epstein (with Mimi Rocah, Elie Honig & Asha Rangappa)
Donald Trump and the Justice Department are at the center of bipartisan furor over the case files of Jeffrey Epstein and the administration’s about-fa...
The Epstein Files (with Ben Wittes)
Deputy AG Todd Blanche met with Jeffrey Epstein’s convicted co-conspirator Ghislaine Maxwell. How unusual is that and where does this development fit...
Confessions of a Mogul (with Barry Diller)
Media executive Barry Diller, one of the industry's most successful moguls, is behind some of America’s most popular films and TV shows, from Home Alo...
Epstein Fallout
In an excerpt from this week’s Insider episode, Preet Bharara and Joyce Vance break down President Donald Trump’s push to unseal grand jury testimony...
Remaining Hopeful Amid Political Chaos (with Jonathan Capehart)
Preet recently sat down with Washington Post columnist Jonathan Capehart at the Aspen Ideas Festival to discuss his new memoir, Yet Here I Am: Lessons...
AI in Trump's America (with Nita Farahany)
On this week’s Insider episode, Joyce Vance is joined by CAFE contributor Nita Farahany, while Preet is out. Farahany is a professor of law and philos...
The Decline of Reality-Based Politics (with Anne Applebaum)
If Trumpism is a reaction to an earlier era of politics, what will be the reaction to the reaction? Preet is joined by Anne Applebaum, a staff writer...
Fighting Trump’s Asylum Ban
What qualifies as an invasion at the U.S.-Mexico Border? In an excerpt from this week’s Insider episode, Preet Bharara and Joyce Vance break down a fe...
Checks and Balances in the Balance at SCOTUS (with Melissa Murray, Trevor Morrison & Jack Goldsmith)
The Supreme Court just wrapped its term, handing down many consequential decisions, including in the birthright citizenship case which significantly l...
SCOTUS to America: "You Deal With Him"
In another 6-3 decision, the Supreme Court’s conservative majority limited district court judges’ power to issue nationwide injunctions. In an excerpt...
Did Bombing Iran Work? (with Jake Sullivan & Jon Finer)
Days after the U.S. bombed Iranian nuclear sites, President Trump announced a ceasefire between Israel and Iran. Jake Sullivan and Jon Finer, Presiden...
Deportations at SCOTUS
In a 6-3 decision, the Supreme Court has allowed the Trump administration to deport immigrants to countries other than their homeland. In an excerpt f...
Iran, Russia, & Trump’s War Dilemma (with Ed Luce & Karim Sadjadpour)
With Trump at the helm, U.S. foreign policy is in a perilous position. This week, Preet is joined by Iran expert Karim Sadjadpour to talk about the es...
Minnesota Killings, LA Protests, & ICE Raids
President Trump continues his quest for unchecked power. In an excerpt from this week’s Insider episode, Preet Bharara and Joyce Vance discuss the lat...
Tariffs, Trade & Tyranny (with Larry Summers)
What damage could Trump’s ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ do? Former Treasury Secretary Larry Summers joins Preet to discuss the stakes of the spending bill, Ame...