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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.
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The Lawfare Podcast: Patreon EditionLawfare Daily: The Supreme Court Rules in Fischer v. United States
On June 28, the Supreme Court released its opinion in Fischer v. U.S., narrowing the interpretation of an obstruction statute, 18 U.S.C. § 1512(c)(2), used by…
The Lawfare Podcast: Patreon EditionLawfare Archive: Tech CEOs Head to the Hill, Again
From April 1, 2021: This week on Arbiters of Truth, the Lawfare Podcast’s miniseries on our online information ecosystem, Evelyn Douek and Quinta Jurecic spoke…
The Lawfare Podcast: Patreon EditionLawfare Daily: Trump Trials and Tribulations Weekly Round-up (June 27, 2024)
This episode of “Trump's Trials and Tribulations,” was recorded on June 27 in front of a live audience on YouTube and Zoom.Lawfare Editor-in-Chief Benjamin…
The Lawfare Podcast: Patreon EditionLawfare Daily: The Supreme Court Rules in Murthy v. Missouri
On June 26, the Supreme Court handed down its decision in Murthy v. Missouri—the “jawboning” case, concerning a First Amendment challenge to the government…
The Lawfare Podcast: Patreon EditionRational Security: The “God Given” Edition
This week, Alan, Quinta, and Scott were joined once again by Lawfare Tarbell Fellow Kevin Frazier to talk over the week’s big national security news…
The Lawfare Podcast: Patreon EditionLawfare Daily: Watching My Trial for Seditious Conspiracy with Katsiaryna Shmatsina and Benjamin Wittes
For today's episode, Lawfare Editor-in-Chief Benjamin Wittes speaks with Katsiaryna Shmatsina, a Belarusian political analyst and think tanker currently on…
The Lawfare Podcast: Patreon EditionLawfare Daily: Bananas and Corporate Accountability for Human Rights
On June 10, the jury reached a verdict in the federal trial against Chiquita Banana. It found that the company had financed a paramilitary group in Colombia in…
The Lawfare Podcast: Patreon EditionChatter: Libertarianism and National Security with Katherine Mangu-Ward
Libertarianism doesn’t fit easily on the traditional left-right spectrum of American politics. The philosophy upholds personal liberty as a core value. What…
The Lawfare Podcast: Patreon EditionLawfare Daily: Larry Lessig on the Right to Warn of AI Dangers
Larry Lessig, Roy L. Furman Professor of Law and Leadership at the Harvard Law School, joins Kevin Frazier, a Tarbell Fellow at Lawfare, to discuss the open…
The Lawfare Podcast: Patreon EditionLawfare Daily: Open Banking and the Benefits of Interoperability with Alexander Rigby and Chinmayi Sharma
Just months after many of the mandates in the European Union's Digital Markets Act (DMA) have gone into effect, interoperability and data portability are fresh…
The Lawfare Podcast: Patreon EditionLawfare Daily: Trump Trials and Tribulations Weekly Round-up (June 21, 2024)
This episode of “Trump's Trials and Tribulations,” was recorded on June 21 in front of a live audience on YouTube and Zoom.Lawfare Editor-in-Chief Benjamin…
The Lawfare Podcast: Patreon EditionLawfare Archive: A Surprise UAE-Israel Deal
From August 17, 2020: In a surprise announcement last week, the United Arab Emirates and Israel are normalizing relations, and Israel is putting on hold its…
The Lawfare Podcast: Patreon EditionLawfare Daily: A Big Week for Ukraine Agreements with Eric Ciaramella, Anastasiia Lapatina, and Scott R. Anderson
For today's episode, Lawfare Editor-in-Chief Benjamin Wittes sat down to discuss the various Ukraine-related agreements that came out of the G7 and subsequent…
The Lawfare Podcast: Patreon EditionRational Security: The “Up in Flames” Edition
This week, Quinta and Scott were joined by Lawfare Contributing Editor and Senior Fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace Eric Ciaramella to…
The Lawfare Podcast: Patreon EditionLawfare Daily: What Can Be Done to Improve Cloud Security with Maia Hamin, Trey Herr, and Marc Rogers
The Cyber Safety Review Board’s (CSRB) report on the Summer 2023 Microsoft Exchange online intrusion sheds light on how a series of flaws in Microsoft’s cloud…
The Lawfare Podcast: Patreon EditionLawfare Archive: Eric Posner on ‘The Demagogue's Playbook'
From June 29, 2020: Jack Goldsmith sat down with Eric Posner, the Kirkland & Ellis Distinguished Service Professor of Law at the University of Chicago, and the…
The Lawfare Podcast: Patreon EditionChatter: The People Who Turn Lies into Reality, with Renée DiResta
Renée DiResta is the author of Invisible Rulers: The People Who Turn Lies into Reality. Until the other day, she was one of the brains behind the Stanford…
The Lawfare Podcast: Patreon EditionLawfare Daily: Former Amb. Roberta Jacobson on the Mexico Presidential Election
On June 2, Mexico held one of the largest elections in its history, and the electorate voted in the country's first woman, and Jewish, president, Claudia…
The Lawfare Podcast: Patreon EditionLawfare Daily: Senator Menendez On Trial
Lawfare Senior Editors Molly Reynolds and Quinta Jurecic checked in on the status of Senator Bob Menendez’s ongoing criminal trial in the Southern District of…
The Lawfare Podcast: Patreon EditionLawfare Archive: John Allen and Darrell West on Artificial Intelligence
From July 17, 2020: Darrell West and John Allen are the authors of the book, "Turning Point: Policymaking in the Era of Artificial Intelligence," a broad look…
The Lawfare Podcast: Patreon EditionLawfare Daily: Trump Trials and Tribulations Weekly Round-up (June 13, 2024)
This episode of “Trump's Trials and Tribulations,” was recorded on June 13 in front of a live audience on YouTube and Zoom.Lawfare Associate Editor for…
The Lawfare Podcast: Patreon EditionMissouri’s Legal Fight Against China Continues with Sean Mirski and Aaron Sobel
On today’s episode, Matt Gluck, Research Fellow at Lawfare, spoke with Sean Mirski and Aaron Sobel of Arnold & Porter. Mirski practices foreign-relations…
The Lawfare Podcast: Patreon EditionRational Security: The “Miami Vices” Edition
This week, Alan, Quinta, and Scott were joined by Lawfare Editor-in-Chief Benjamin Wittes to talk through some of the week’s biggest national security news…
The Lawfare Podcast: Patreon EditionLawfare Daily: Is Complying with the Law of War a Defense to Genocide?
On today’s episode, Lawfare General Counsel and Senior Editor Scott R. Anderson sat down with Gabor Rona, Professor of Practice at Cardozo Law, and Natalie…
The Lawfare Podcast: Patreon EditionLawfare Daily: Natan Sachs on the Latest Israeli Political Crisis
Natan Sachs is the Director of the Center for Middle East Policy at the Brookings Institution. He joined Lawfare's Editor in Chief, Benjamin Wittes, to discuss…
The Lawfare Podcast: Patreon EditionLawfare Daily: Behind the Scenes of Lawfare's Trump New York Trial Coverage
The first criminal trial of a former president of the United States began in April and reached a verdict on May 30. As Lawfare readers and listeners know, we…
The Lawfare Podcast: Patreon EditionLawfare Daily: Charlotte Willner and David Sullivan on Content Moderation in the Age of AI
Charlotte Willner, Executive Director of the Trust and Safety Professional Association, and David Sullivan, Executive Director of the Digital Trust & Safety…
The Lawfare Podcast: Patreon EditionLawfare Archive: A Trip Around Africa with Judd Devermont and Emilia Columbo
From March 3, 2020: The population of Africa is projected to double by 2050, giving the continent one quarter of the world's people by then. Nigeria alone will…
The Lawfare Podcast: Patreon EditionLawfare Daily: Trump Trials and Tribulations Weekly Round-up (June 6, 2024)
This episode of “Trump's Trials and Tribulations,” was recorded on June 6 in front of a live audience on YouTube and Zoom.Lawfare Editor-in-Chief Benjamin…
The Lawfare Podcast: Patreon EditionLawfare Archive: The Migrant Caravan and Its Dissenters
From October 27, 2018: There is a caravan—you've probably heard something about it. Stephanie Leutert, director of the Mexico Security Initiative at the Robert…
The Lawfare Podcast: Patreon EditionLawfare Daily: Mary McCord on the Effort to Hold Fake Electors Accountable
In 2022, Georgetown University Law Center’s Institute for Constitutional Advocacy and Protection and Stafford Rosenbaum filed a lawsuit against ten Wisconsin…
The Lawfare Podcast: Patreon EditionRational Security: The “Morning After” Edition
This week, Quinta and Scott were joined by Lawfare Managing Editor Tyler McBrien to discuss how he is coping with the end of the New York trial and to run…
The Lawfare Podcast: Patreon EditionLawfare Daily: OpenAI’s Shutdown of State-Backed Information Operations with Alex Iftimie
On today’s episode, Lawfare Senior Editor Scott R. Anderson sits down with Alex Iftimie, a Deputy General Counsel at OpenAI, to talk over their recent report…
The Lawfare Podcast: Patreon EditionLawfare Daily: Ashley Deeks and Mark Klamberg on AI and National Security
Ashley Deeks, Professor at the University of Virginia School of Law, and Dr. Mark Klamberg, Professor at Stockholm University, Visiting Professor at American…
The Lawfare Podcast: Patreon EditionChatter: The Harrowing History of the Soviet Space Program with John Strausbaugh
In the wake of World War II, the United States and the Soviet Union set off on the great space race, competing to see which super power could put the first…
The Lawfare Podcast: Patreon EditionLawfare Daily: Eisenhower, D-Day, and the Birth of the American Superpower with Michel Paradis
This episode, Lawfare Senior Editor Scott R. Anderson sat down with author, attorney, legal scholar, and Lawfare Contributing Editor Michel Paradis to discuss…
The Lawfare Podcast: Patreon EditionMay Minipod: What Are the Different Protections for Humanitarian Workers in Conflict Areas?
On this month’s minipod episode, Lawfare Associate Editor for Communications Anna Hickey was joined by General Counsel and Senior Editor at Lawfare Scott R…
The Lawfare Podcast: Patreon EditionLawfare Daily: What the ‘Kids’ Think of NATO with Rachel Rizzo
Rachel Rizzo, a nonresident senior fellow at the Atlantic Council’s Europe Center, joins Lawfare Managing Editor Tyler McBrien to talk about last month’s NATO…
The Lawfare Podcast: Patreon EditionLawfare Archive: Should Humans Communicate With Aliens?
From July 31, 2018: For years, Shane Harris of the Washington Post has been fascinated with the search for extraterrestrial life in the universe. But that…
The Lawfare Podcast: Patreon EditionLawfare Archive: Scott Anderson and Richard Gowan on the Disagreement in the Security Council on the Snapback of UN Sanctions on Iran
From August 19, 2020: Late last week, the UN Security Council voted down a resolution, offered by the United States, to indefinitely extend a conventional arms…
The Lawfare Podcast: Patreon EditionLawfare Daily: Trump Trials and Tribulations Weekly Round-up (May 30, 2024)
This episode of “Trump's Trials and Tribulations,” was recorded on May 30 in front of a live audience on YouTube and Zoom.Lawfare Editor-in-Chief Benjamin…
The Lawfare Podcast: Patreon EditionTrump Trials and Tribulations: N.Y. Trial Dispatch - Trump Convicted
This episode of “Trump's Trials and Tribulations, N.Y. Dispatch” was recorded on May 30 in front of a live audience on YouTube and Zoom.Lawfare Editor-in-Chief…
The Lawfare Podcast: Patreon EditionRational Security: The “Cute Little Ears” Edition
This week, a Quinta-less Alan and Scott sat down with Lawfare all-stars Natalie Orpett, Eugenia Lostri, and Kevin Frazier to talk about the week’s big national…
The Lawfare Podcast: Patreon EditionLawfare Daily: Former FCC Chair Tom Wheeler on AI Regulation
Former FCC Chair Tom Wheeler joins Lawfare Tarbell Fellow Kevin Frazier and Lawfare Senior Editor Alan Rozenshtein to discuss the latest developments in AI…
The Lawfare Podcast: Patreon EditionLawfare Daily: Georgia's Foreign Agent Bill with Thomas de Waal
On May 14, the Georgian parliament passed a controversial foreign agent bill titled “Transparency of Foreign Influence,” which has led to mass protests across…
The Lawfare Podcast: Patreon EditionTrump Trials and Tribulations: N.Y. Trial Dispatch (May 28, 2024)
It's Trump's Trials and Tribulations, New York Trial Dispatch, May 28. Roger Parloff sat down with Benjamin Wittes, Anna Bower, Tyler McBrien, and Katerine…
The Lawfare Podcast: Patreon EditionChatter: Oceania's Nuclear and Climate Storytelling with Anaïs Maurer
Raised in Mā’ohi Nui (French Polynesia), Dr. Anaïs Maurer is assistant professor of literature at Rutgers University and author of The Ocean on Fire. Her…
The Lawfare Podcast: Patreon EditionLawfare Daily: The EU Parliamentary Elections and What’s Ahead with Molly Reynolds, Tara Varma, and Sophie Roehse
Between June 6–9, voters across the EU’s member states will go to the polls to select members of the European Parliament. For today’s episode, Brookings Senior…
The Lawfare Podcast: Patreon EditionLawfare Archive: Trump Takes Aim at TikTok and WeChat
From August 12, 2020: President Trump recently issued executive orders aimed at banning TikTok and WeChat from operating in the United States. To discuss the…
The Lawfare Podcast: Patreon EditionLawfare Archive: Scott Anderson and Suzanne Maloney on Iran, WTF?
From June 17, 2019: It's getting ugly in the Persian Gulf: Iran allegedly attacks two oil tankers. It announces that it's going to violate the JCPOA, the…
The Lawfare Podcast: Patreon EditionLawfare Daily: Trump Trials and Tribulations Weekly Round-up (May 23, 2024)
This episode of “Trump's Trials and Tribulations,” was recorded on May 23 in front of a live audience on YouTube and Zoom.Lawfare Editor-in-Chief Benjamin…
The Lawfare Podcast: Patreon EditionLawfare Daily: How to Protect Undersea Cables with Kevin Frazier
Undersea cables carry more than 95 percent of the world’s digital traffic. The system of cables is vulnerable to a range of threats, from fishing accidents and…
The Lawfare Podcast: Patreon EditionRational Security: The “Closing the Clubhouse” Edition
This week, Alan, Quinta, and Scott were joined by Lawfare Editor-in-Chief Benjamin Wittes, fresh from his New York rumspringa, to talk over the week’s big…
The Lawfare Podcast: Patreon EditionLawfare Daily: Prosecuting the Gaza War Before the International Criminal Court with Chimène Keitner
For today’s episode, Lawfare Senior Editor Scott R. Anderson sat down with Chimène Keitner, a Professor of Law at UC Davis School of Law and former Counselor…
The Lawfare Podcast: Patreon EditionLawfare Daily: DHS Under Secretary Robert Silvers on the CSRB's Report on the Summer 2023 Microsoft Exchange Online Intrusion
In March, the Cyber Safety Review Board issued a report examining the Summer 2023 Microsoft Exchange Online Intrusion. Stephanie Pell, Senior Editor at…
The Lawfare Podcast: Patreon EditionTrump Trials and Tribulations: N.Y. Trial Dispatch (May 21, 2024)
It's Trump's Trials and Tribulations, New York Trial Dispatch, May 21. Katherine Pompillo, an associate editor of Lawfare, sat down with Benjamin Wittes, Anna…
The Lawfare Podcast: Patreon EditionChatter: American Evangelicals in an Age of Extremism, with Tim Alberta
Tim Alberta is an American journalist and author, and son of an evangelical pastor. Following his father’s death in 2019, Alberta began a four year journey…
The Lawfare Podcast: Patreon EditionLawfare Daily: Chinese Property Ownership and National Security
Across the country, state lawmakers are joining the effort to address the perceived national security threat from China by passing a number of measures…
The Lawfare Podcast: Patreon EditionTrump Trials and Tribulations: N.Y. Trial Dispatch (May 20, 2024)
It's Trump's Trials and Tribulations, New York Trial Dispatch, May 20. Roger Parloff sat down with Benjamin Wittes, Anna Bower, Quinta Jurecic, and Tyler…
The Lawfare Podcast: Patreon EditionLawfare Daily: Peter Salib on AI Self-Improvement
In foundational accounts of AI risk, the prospect of AI self-improvement looms large. The idea is simple. For any capable, goal-seeking system, the system’s…