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CAFE Insider
Co-hosts Preet Bharara and Joyce Vance help you to make sense of law and politics each week, plus bonus content exclusive to Insider members.
Episodes
CAFE InsiderBonus: The Unsurprising Connection Among the Far-Right’s Allies (with Anne Applebaum)
In the Stay Tuned podcast bonus for Insiders, historian, Pulitzer Prize-winning author, and The Atlantic staff writer Anne Applebaum joins Preet to explain the…
CAFE InsiderTrump’s DOJ Targets Comey & Alaska’s Election
On this week’s episode of the Insider podcast, Preet Bharara and Joyce Vance discuss: – The Justice Department’s lawsuit against the state of Alaska seeking to…
CAFE InsiderThe Lawyer Challenging Trump’s Deportations and Winning (with Lee Gelernt)
On this week’s episode of the Insider podcast, Deputy Director of the ACLU Immigrants’ Rights Project Lee Gelernt joins Joyce Vance, while Preet is out, to…
CAFE InsiderBonus: AI, The New Performance-Enhancing Drug (with Adam Grant)
In the Stay Tuned podcast bonus for Insiders, Preet and psychologist, Wharton professor, and New York Times best-selling author Adam Grant discuss the…
CAFE InsiderIntoxication & Consent in the Cornell Rape Investigation (with Mimi Rocah)
On this week’s episode of the Insider podcast, former Westchester County District Attorney and experienced sex crimes prosecutor Mimi Rocah joins Preet Bharara…
CAFE InsiderBonus: How DOGE Made Us More Susceptible to Fires (with Michael Lewis)
In the Stay Tuned podcast bonus for Insiders, Preet and New York Times best-selling author Michael Lewis discuss one of the most surprising victims of DOGE’s…
CAFE InsiderA 10-Time SCOTUS Litigator on the Court’s Conservative Future
On this week’s episode of the Insider podcast, veteran Supreme Court litigator Pam Karlan joins Joyce Vance, while Preet Bharara is out. Karlan served as…
CAFE InsiderBonus: The Battle Over Jordan Neely’s Death (with Anand Giridharadas)
In the Stay Tuned podcast bonus for Insiders, Preet and Anand Giridharadas, writer, political analyst, and author of the popular Substack newsletter The Ink…
CAFE InsiderThe Press, the Polls & the Supreme Court
On this week’s episode of the Insider podcast, Preet Bharara and Joyce Vance discuss: – A federal judge’s order directing the Trump administration to restore…
CAFE InsiderBonus: On Competitiveness (with Danny Meyer)
In the Stay Tuned podcast bonus for Insiders, Preet and Danny Meyer, renowned restaurateur and founder of Shake Shack, discuss their takes on competitiveness…
CAFE InsiderTrump’s Press Ban & Kennedy Center Demolition Plan
On this week’s episode of the Insider podcast, Preet Bharara and Joyce Vance discuss: – President Trump’s decision to bar CNN, MS NOW, and Politico from the…
CAFE InsiderBonus: Trump’s Sway on Elections & the Republican Who Could Win 2028 (with Jessica Tarlov)
In the Stay Tuned podcast bonus for Insiders, Preet and Jessica Tarlov, the lone liberal co-host on Fox News’s The Five, discuss Tarlov’s predictions for the…
CAFE InsiderTrump’s Voting Loss, $5K Promise & a DOJ Resignation
On this week’s episode of the Insider podcast, Preet Bharara and Joyce Vance discuss: – The Supreme Court’s decision blocking President Trump’s executive order…
CAFE InsiderBonus: How 9/11 Reshaped Government (with Lisa Monaco & Ken Wainstein)
In the Stay Tuned podcast bonus for Insiders, Preet, Lisa Monaco, and Ken Wainstein discuss how the 9/11 attacks sparked the creation of government entities…
CAFE InsiderTrump’s Push to Reshape the 2026 Election (with Kate Shaw)
On this week’s episode of the Insider podcast, constitutional scholar and co-host of the Strict Scrutiny podcast Kate Shaw joins Joyce Vance, while Preet is…
CAFE InsiderBonus: How 9/11 United Congress (with Ken Feinberg)
In the Stay Tuned podcast bonus for Insiders, Preet and Ken Feinberg, Special Master of the 9/11 Victim Compensation Fund, discuss Congress’s response to the…
CAFE Insider2028's Ideal Democratic Candidate (with Ken Salazar)
In the Stay Tuned podcast bonus for Insiders, Preet and former U.S. Senator Ken Salazar discuss the 2028 Democratic presidential field. Plus, whether Salazar…
CAFE InsiderThe Weaponization of the FCC (with Jessica Rosenworcel)
ABC is suing the Federal Communications Commission, arguing that the agency is using its regulatory power to punish the network for its journalism and…
CAFE InsiderBonus: Liar, Bullshitter—or Both? (with Sam Harris)
What is the difference between a liar and a bullshitter? And why does that distinction matter in politics? In this exclusive segment for Stay Tuned Insiders…
CAFE InsiderLuigi Mangione’s Guilty Plea—and What Comes Next
On the Insider podcast docket: – Luigi Mangione’s guilty plea to federal stalking charges in connection with his killing of healthcare CEO Brian Thompson and…
CAFE InsiderBonus: Defining Liberalism (with Daron Acemoglu)
In the Stay Tuned podcast bonus for Insiders, economist Daron Acemoglu defines some of the key terms from his latest book, What Happened to Liberal Democracy?…
CAFE InsiderFauci Pleads the Fifth
On the Insider podcast docket: – Dr. Anthony Fauci’s testimony before a Senate committee where he invoked the Fifth Amendment over 100 times; – The Senate vote…
CAFE InsiderBonus: Nixon Would've Survived Watergate Today (with David Axelrod)
In the Stay Tuned podcast bonus for Insiders, Preet and David Axelrod, a former Obama advisor and co-host of the Hacks on Tap podcast, discuss how President…
CAFE InsiderAre the Midterms Safe? (with Ben Ginsberg)
On this week’s Insider podcast, Preet Bharara and Joyce Vance are joined by veteran Republican election lawyer Ben Ginsberg to break down the debate over the…
CAFE InsiderBonus: Trump & Netanyahu Meet Again (with Ian Bremmer)
In the Stay Tuned podcast bonus for Insiders, Preet and Ian Bremmer, a political scientist and the President and founder of Eurasia Group, discuss President…
CAFE InsiderFormer Prosecutors Break Down New York Times Subpoenas (with Mimi Rocah)
On this week’s Insider podcast, Preet Bharara and Joyce Vance are joined by their friend and former DOJ colleague Mimi Rocah to discuss: – Why NY federal…
CAFE InsiderBonus: Reading Hannah Arendt (with Rose Horowitch)
In the Stay Tuned podcast bonus for Insiders, Preet and Rose Horowitch, a staff writer for The Atlantic, discuss her senior thesis on German-American…
CAFE InsiderThis Lawsuit Could Force a Full Epstein Files Release (with Katie Phang)
On this week’s Insider podcast, Preet Bharara and Joyce Vance are joined by lawyer and legal analyst Katie Phang. They discuss Phang’s lawsuit against acting…
CAFE InsiderBonus: Is Trump The Most Unthoughtful President? (with Mark Leibovich)
In the Stay Tuned podcast bonus for Insiders, Preet and The Atlantic politics writer Mark Leibovich discuss whether Donald Trump can be classified as the most…
CAFE InsiderTrump Sued Himself and… Lost?
On the Insider podcast docket: – The passing of Senator Lindsey Graham, his legacy, and the legal process to replace him in the Senate and committees; – A…
CAFE InsiderHow the Supreme Court Is Reshaping American Government (with Leah Litman)
On this week’s Insider podcast, Joyce Vance speaks with Leah Litman while Preet is out. Litman is a professor at the University of Michigan Law School and…
CAFE InsiderBonus: Trump Against Civic Education (with Danielle Allen & Mary Bilder)
In the Stay Tuned podcast bonus for Insiders, Preet and historians Danielle Allen and Mary Bilder discuss the Trump administration’s impact on civic education…
CAFE InsiderThe Supreme Court’s Biggest Day of the Year (with Melissa Murray)
The Supreme Court term is officially over. On this week’s Insider podcast, Preet Bharara and Joyce Vance are joined by NYU Law professor and co-host of the…
CAFE InsiderBonus: The Decision That Defined the Republic (with Joanne Freeman)
In the Stay Tuned podcast bonus for Insiders, Preet and historian Joanne Freeman discuss President George Washington’s remarkable and prescient decision to…
CAFE InsiderSCOTUS is Making It Harder to Fight for Your Rights (with Steve Vladeck)
On this week’s Insider podcast, Preet Bharara and Joyce Vance are joined by Supreme Court expert and Georgetown Law professor Steve Vladeck to discuss: – The…
CAFE InsiderBonus: Career Prosecutors Are Over Trump (with Devlin Barrett)
In the Stay Tuned podcast bonus for Insiders, Preet and New York Times Justice Department reporter Devlin Barrett discuss why so many DOJ employees are willing…
CAFE InsiderTrump Picks a New Director of National Intelligence
On this week’s Insider podcast, Preet Bharara and Joyce Vance discuss: – President Trump’s nomination of Manhattan U.S. Attorney Jay Clayton for the role of…
CAFE InsiderBonus: Healthcare’s Original Sin (with Atul Gawande)
In the Stay Tuned podcast bonus for Insiders, Preet and Dr. Atul Gawande discuss affordability and the original sin of our healthcare system. For more content…
CAFE InsiderIran, Bolton, Pulte & Blanche (with Ben Wittes)
On this week’s Insider podcast, Ben Wittes joins Preet Bharara and Joyce Vance. Wittes is the co-founder and editor-in-chief of Lawfare and a senior fellow at…
CAFE InsiderBonus: How to Fix DOJ Damage (with Barb McQuade)
In the Stay Tuned podcast bonus for Insiders, Preet and former U.S. Attorney Barb McQuade discuss restoring public faith in the Justice Department, the most…
CAFE InsiderTrump Blocked: Slush Fund & Kennedy Center
On this week’s Insider podcast, Preet Bharara and Joyce Vance discuss: – A federal judge’s order blocking President Trump’s efforts to add his own name to the…
CAFE InsiderBonus: DOJ’s Worst Offense? (with Dan Goldman)
In the Stay Tuned podcast bonus for Insiders, Preet and New York Congressman Dan Goldman take on the impossible challenge of choosing DOJ’s worst offense yet…
CAFE InsiderIs SCOTUS Diluting Your Vote? (with Doug Jones)
On this week’s Insider podcast, Doug Jones, former Senator from Alabama and current candidate for the state’s governor, joins Preet Bharara and Joyce Vance to…
CAFE InsiderBonus: Evan Osnos on the American Relationship with Wealth
In the Stay Tuned podcast bonus for members of the CAFE Insider community, Preet Bharara and Evan Osnos continue their conversation with a discussion about…
CAFE InsiderTrump's Revenge Fund
On this week’s Insider podcast, Preet Bharara and Joyce Vance discuss: – The Trump administration’s new $1.776 billion settlement fund to compensate January 6…
CAFE InsiderBonus: The Politics We Deserve (with George Packer)
In the Stay Tuned podcast bonus for Insiders, Preet and The Atlantic staff writer George Packer examine the prevailing personality trait among members of…
CAFE InsiderThe Abortion Pill on SCOTUS’s Shadow Docket (with Mary Ziegler)
On this week’s Insider podcast, UC Davis law professor and reproductive rights expert Mary Ziegler joins Preet Bharara and Joyce Vance to break down the…
CAFE InsiderBonus: Building a Fulfilling Career
In the Stay Tuned podcast bonus for Insiders, Preet and Jodi Kantor discuss how to build a fulfilling career, the importance of teachers, and why a good boss…
CAFE InsiderIs the Voting Rights Act Dead? (with Janai Nelson)
Is the Voting Rights Act dead? On this week’s Insider podcast, Joyce Vance speaks with President and Director-Counsel of the NAACP’s Legal Defense Fund, Janai…
CAFE InsiderBonus: The Decline of Thoughtfulness
In the Stay Tuned podcast bonus for Insiders, Preet and Ben Smith discuss the decline of thoughtfulness, parent-child competition, and the trouble with wanting…
CAFE InsiderTrump Goes After Civil Rights Groups
On a new episode of the Insider podcast, Preet Bharara and Joyce Vance discuss: – The federal charges filed against the Southern Poverty Law Center alleging…
CAFE InsiderBonus: How Rebecca Weiner Found Her Way to Counterterrorism
In the Stay Tuned podcast bonus for Insiders, Preet Bharara and Rebecca Weiner discuss the personal roots of her career in counterterrorism, from a family…
CAFE InsiderTrump v. the Courts v. Congress. Who Will Win?
On a new episode of the Insider podcast, Preet Bharara and Joyce Vance focus on the power struggle between the three branches of government in the context of…
CAFE InsiderBonus: State Prisons & Reforming Rikers Island
Preet responds to a listener’s question about conditions in state prisons and shares his experience working to reform one of New York City’s most notorious…
CAFE InsiderSwalwell, Blanche, Bondi & Presidential Records Act (with Mimi Rocah)
On a new episode of the Insider podcast, Joyce Vance is joined by former Westchester County, New York, District Attorney Mimi Rocah while Preet is out. They…
CAFE InsiderBonus: 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…
CAFE InsiderBondi, 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…
CAFE InsiderBonus: 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…
CAFE InsiderTrump’s Criminal Profit Motive
On the Insider docket: – New reporting alleging that President Trump took classified documents to Mar-a-Lago to aid his business interests; – The $1.2 million…
CAFE InsiderBonus: The FCC Attempts to Censor Broadcasters
In the Stay Tuned podcast bonus for Insiders, Preet answers listener questions. He explains whether the FCC can legally strip TV broadcasters of their licenses…