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The Lawfare Podcast: Patreon Edition
The Lawfare Podcast features discussions with experts, policymakers, and opinion leaders at the nexus of national security, law, and policy. On issues from foreign policy, homeland security, intelligence, and cybersecurity to governance and law, we have doubled down on seriousness at a time when others are running away from it. Visit us at www.lawfaremedia.org. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Episodes
- The Lawfare Podcast: Patreon Edition
Lawfare Daily: The Golden Dome Missile Defense Program
For today's episode, Lawfare Foreign Policy Editor Daniel Byman interviewed Tom Karako, the Director of the Missile Defense Program at CSIS, to discuss the…
The Lawfare Podcast: Patreon EditionRational Security: The "Humphrey's Executor's Executor" Edition
This week, Scott sat down with co-hosts emeritus Benjamin Wittes, Quinta Jurecic and Lawfare's new senior legal fellow James Pearce to talk through the week's…
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Lawfare Daily: What French Politics Means for Europe and the United States
On today's episode, Executive Editor Natalie Orpett spoke with Tara Varma, a fellow at the Brookings Institution, about the latest in French politics. On March…
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Lawfare Daily: Climate Security During the Trump Administration
Lawfare Associate Editor for Communications Anna Hickey spoke to Director of the Center for Climate Security Erin Sikorsky about the omission of climate change…
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Lawfare Daily: Trump’s New Global Tariffs and the Court Fights to Come, with Peter Harrell and Jennifer Hillman
For today’s episode, Lawfare General Counsel and Senior Editor Scott R. Anderson sat down with Lawfare Contributing Editor Peter Harrell, who was previously…
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Lawfare Daily: The Trials of the Trump Administration, April 6
In a live conversation on April 4, Lawfare Senior Editor Scott R. Anderson sat down with Lawfare Senior Editors Anna Bower and Roger Parloff, Lawfare Legal…
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Lawfare Archive: Government Use of Open-Source Information
From January 26, 2024: In front of a live audience at the Knight Foundation's INFORMED conference in Miami, Florida, Lawfare Editor-in-Chief Benjamin Wittes…
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Lawfare Archive: Weaponizing the Dollar with Saleha Mohsin
From March 20, 2024: Since World War II, the United States and its currency, the dollar, have come to play a central role in the broader global economy. And in…
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Lawfare Daily: Hillary Hartley and David Eaves on 18F, Its Origin, Legacy, and Lesson
Hillary Hartley, the former Chief Digital Officer of Ontario and former Co-Founder and Deputy Executive Director at 18F, and David Eaves, Associate Professor…
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Lawfare Daily: Escalation, Episode One: Chicken Kyiv
For today’s episode, we’re bringing you the opening episode of our podcast Escalation. Escalation is a multi-part narrative podcast hosted by Lawfare Managing…
The Lawfare Podcast: Patreon EditionRational Security: The “Space Base Oddity” Edition
This week, Scott joined his Lawfare colleagues Natalie Orpett and Eric Ciaramella to talk through the week’s big national security news, including:“In Mother…
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Lawfare Daily: Why Public Health is Critical to National Security
Atul Gawande is a surgeon and a public health expert. He's also the former head of global health at the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), an…
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Lawfare Daily: Adam Thierer on the AI Regulatory Landscape
Adam Thierer, Senior Fellow for the Technology & Innovation team at R Street, joins Kevin Frazier, the AI Innovation and Law Fellow at the UT Austin School of…
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Lawfare Daily: The Trials of the Trump Administration, March 28
On March 28, Lawfare Editor-in-Chief Benjamin Wittes will sit down with Lawfare Senior Editors Scott Anderson, Anna Bower, and Roger Parloff, Lawfare…
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Lawfare Archive: War Powers and the Latest U.S. Intervention in Yemen with Brian Finucane, Jack Goldsmith, and Matt Gluck
From January 30, 2024: U.S. military operations against Houthi rebels in Yemen have escalated rapidly in recent weeks, culminating in a number of major strikes…
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Lawfare Archive: 'National Security, Leaks and Freedom of the Press'
From April 22, 2021: Jack Goldsmith sat down with Lee Bollinger, the president of Columbia University, and Geoffrey Stone, the Edward H. Levy Distinguished…
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Lawfare Daily: Israel: Divided at Home and at War Yet Again
For today's episode, Lawfare Foreign Policy Editor Daniel Byman interviewed Natan Sachs, the Director of the Middle East Program of the Brookings Institution…
The Lawfare Podcast: Patreon EditionRational Security: The "New Phone, Houthis?" Edition
This week, Scott sat down with his Lawfare colleagues Benjamin Wittes and Roger Parloff to talk through the week of the most Rational Security-esque of…
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Lawfare Daily: Attack Plans Shared on Signal Released by The Atlantic
In a live recording on March 26, Lawfare Editor-in-Chief Benjamin Wittes spoke to Shane Harris of The Atlantic to discuss the decision to release the text…
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Lawfare Daily: Shane Harris Talks ‘Houthi PC Small Group’
Shane Harris of The Atlantic joins Lawfare Editor-in-Chief Benjamin Wittes to talk about war planning on Signal, the Trump administration’s remarkable security…
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Lawfare Daily: Tom Kent on the Dismantling of American Government Broadcasting
Tom Kent ran Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty and is a longtime Russia watcher. He talks to Lawfare Editor-in-Chief Benjamin Wittes about President Trump’s…
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Lawfare Daily: The Trials of the Trump Administration, March 21
On March 21, Lawfare Editor-in-Chief Benjamin Wittes sits down with Lawfare Senior Editors Anna Bower, Quinta Jurecic, and Roger Parloff to discuss the status…
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Lawfare Archive: Charles Dunst on Defeating the Dictators
From March 21, 2023: By many accounts, the United States is living through a new era of competition—not just between major powers and strategic rivals, but…
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Lawfare Archive: El Salvador’s President Cracks Down on Gangs—and Democracy
From May 9, 2023: Since March 2022, El Salvador has been under a state of exception as its President Nayib Bukele seeks to crack down on the country’s powerful…
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Lawfare Daily: The U.S. Bombing of Yemen and the Houthi Response
For today's episode, Lawfare Foreign Policy Editor Daniel Byman interviewed Gregory Johnsen, a non-resident fellow at the Arab Gulf States Institute in…
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Lawfare Daily: Dan Hendrycks on National Security in the Age of Superintelligent AI
Dan Hendrycks, Director of the Center for AI Safety, joins Kevin Frazier, the AI Innovation and Law Fellow at the UT Austin School of Law and Contributing…
The Lawfare Podcast: Patreon EditionRational Security: The “Berry Boy Blue” Edition
This week, Scott sat down with Rational Security veterans and Lawfare colleagues Benjamin Wittes and Molly Reynolds to talk through the week’s big national…
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Lawfare Daily: The New Syrian Government and Its Problems
For today's episode, Lawfare Foreign Policy Editor Daniel Byman interviewed Steven Heydemann, the Director of the Middle East Studies Program at Smith College…
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Lawfare Daily: Derek Thompson on Abundance and a New Political Order
Derek Thompson, a senior editor at The Atlantic and co-author (with Ezra Klein) of Abundance, joins Renée DiResta, Associate Research Professor at the McCourt…
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March Minipod: What Are the Limits to the President’s Use of the Military?
On this month’s minipod, Lawfare Associate Editor for Communications Anna Hickey talked to Lawfare Contributing Editor Chris Mirasola about the limits to the…
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Lawfare Daily: The Trials of the Trump Administration, March 14
In a live conversation on March 14, Lawfare Editor in Chief Benjamin Wittes, sat down with assistant professor of law at the University of Kentucky Matt Boaz…
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Lawfare Archive: Yaya Fanusie on 'Central Bank Digital Currencies: The Threat From Money Launderers and How to Stop Them'
From December 15, 2020: Alan Rozenshtein sat down with Yaya Fanusie, a former CIA analyst and an expert on the national security implications of…
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Lawfare Archive: Jeff Kosseff on Why the First Amendment Protects False Speech
From October 6, 2023: The First Amendment protects speech, but what kind? True speech, sure. But what about false or misleading speech? What if it's harmful?…
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Lawfare Daily: A World Without Caesars
This episode of the Lawfare Podcast features Glen Weyl, economist and author at Microsoft Research; Jacob Mchangama, Executive Director of the Future of Free…
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Lawfare Daily: ‘The Rivalry Peril’ with Van Jackson and Michael Brenes
On today’s episode, Van Jackson, Professor of International Relations at Victoria University of Wellington, and Michael Brenes, Associate Director of the…
The Lawfare Podcast: Patreon EditionRational Security: The “Botanical Bros” Edition
This week, Scott sat down with Lawfare Senior Editor and co-host emeritus Alan Rozenshtein and Lawfare Executive Editor Natalie Orpett to talk through the…
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Lawfare Daily: Zachary Price on Judging in a Divided Republic
Jack Goldsmith sits down with Zachary Price, Professor of Law at UC Law San Francisco and author of the new book, “Constitutional Symmetry: Judging in a…
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Lawfare Daily: Carla Reyes and Drew Hinkes on the Evolution and Future of Crypto Policy
Carla Reyes, Associate Professor of Law at SMU Dedman School of Law, and Drew Hinkes, a Partner at Winston & Strawn with a practice focused on digital assets…
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Lawfare Daily: The Trials of the Trump Administration, March 7
In a live conversation on March 7, Lawfare Executive Editor Natalie Orpett, sat down with associate professor of law at the University of Minnesota Law School…
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Lawfare Archive: Making Sense of the Unprecedented Sanctions on Russia
From March 1, 2022: Over the past week, the United States and its allies have responded to Russia's military invasion of Ukraine with some unprecedented…
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Lawfare Archive: How Much Trouble is NATO Really In? with Scott R. Anderson
From February 26, 2024: At a South Carolina campaign rally on Feb. 10, former President Donald Trump told a crowd of supporters that while he was president he…
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"Chokepoints: American Power in the Age of Economic Warfare," with author Edward Fishman
For today's episode, Lawfare general counsel and senior editor Scott R. Anderson sat down with Edward Fishman, a senior research scholar at the Center for…
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Lawfare Daily: The Impoundment Crisis, One Month In
In the first weeks of the second Trump administration, the Office of Management and Budget abruptly froze trillions of dollars in federal funds—sparking a…
The Lawfare Podcast: Patreon EditionRational Security: The “A Perfect Meeting” Edition
This week, Scott was joined by his Lawfare colleagues Molly Reynolds and Quinta Jurecic to work through the week’s big national security news stories…
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Lawfare Daily: The State of the Gaza Ceasefire and Related Issues, with Joel Braunold
For today's episode, Lawfare General Counsel and Senior Editor Scott R. Anderson sat down with Joel Braunold, the Managing Director for the S. Daniel Abraham…
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Lawfare Daily: Tim Fist and Arnab Datta on the Race to Build AI Infrastructure in America
Tim Fist, Director of Emerging Technology Policy at the Institute for Future Progress, and Arnab Datta, Director of Infrastructure Policy at IFP and Managing…
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Lawfare Daily: The Trials of the Trump Administration, Feb. 28
In a live conversation on February 28, Lawfare Editor-in-Chief Benjamin Wittes spoke to Lawfare Senior Editors Anna Bower and Roger Parloff and Assistant…
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Lawfare Archive: The Authoritarian Playbook in 2025
From February 21, 2024: The advocacy group Protect Democracy last month issued an updated version of its report entitled, “The Authoritarian Playbook.” The new…
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Lawfare Archive: How Ukraine is Changing European Security
From March 14, 2022: Russia's war of aggression in Ukraine has undermined some of the fundamental assumptions underlying the security of Europe through much of…
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Lawfare Daily: Dispatches from the Sahel, with Rachel Chason and John Lechner
On today’s episode, the Washington Post's West Africa bureau chief Rachel Chason and freelance journalist John Lechner join Lawfare Managing Editor Tyler…
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Lawfare Daily: Trump’s Tariffs and the Law
For today’s episode, Lawfare Senior Editor Scott R. Anderson sat down with Kathleen Claussen, an expert in international economic law and professor at the…
The Lawfare Podcast: Patreon EditionRational Security: The “Leftover Chicken Kyiv” Edition
This week, Scott joined his Lawfare colleagues Benjamin Wittes, Natalie Orpett, and Anastasiia Lapatina for a rare, all-in-person discussion of the week’s big…
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Lawfare Daily: The Fate of Ukraine
On Feb. 24, Fiona Hill (Senior Fellow, Foreign Policy, Center on the United States and Europe), Constanze Stelzenmüller, (Director at the Center on the United…
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Lawfare Daily: Alexandra Reeve Givens, Courtney Lang, and Nema Milaninia on the Paris AI Summit and the Pivot to AI Security
Alexandra Reeve Givens, CEO of the Center for Democracy & Technology; Courtney Lang, Vice President of Policy for Trust, Data, and Technology at ITI and a…
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Lawfare Daily: The Trials of the Trump Administration, Feb. 21
In a live conversation on February 21, Lawfare Editor-in-Chief Benjamin Wittes spoke to Lawfare Senior Editors Anna Bower, Scott Anderson, and Roger Parloff…
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Lawfare Archive: A Weaponized World Economy with Henry Farrell and Abe Newman
From September 20, 2023: Economic warfare isn’t a new concept. Protectionist policies, asymmetrical trade agreements, currency wars—those are just a few…
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Lawfare Archive: Daniel Richman and Sarah Seo on Law Enforcement Federalism
From June 11, 2021: Daniel Richman and Sarah Seo are professors at Columbia Law School, and they are co-authors of a recent article on Lawfare entitled…
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Lawfare Daily: DOGE’s Attack on the Treasury Department
Before January, most Americans had probably never heard of the Bureau of the Fiscal Service (BFS), a Treasury Department agency that distributes payments from…
The Lawfare Podcast: Patreon EditionRational Security: The “These Are the Days that Never End’ Edition
This week, Scott sat down with his colleagues Tyler McBrien and Roger Parloff, as well as special guest Claire Meynial, U.S. correspondent for Le Point, to…
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Lawfare Daily: Guantanamo, Immigration, and the U.S. Military
On Jan. 29, President Trump ordered the expansion of facilities at Guantanamo Bay to hold migrants being deported from the United States. It was the latest—and…