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 Studios and the Vox Media Podcast Network.
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Join Elie Honig as he unpacks the complex legal issues shaping our country. A former prosecutor and co-chief of the organized crime unit at the Southern District of New York, CNN senior legal analyst, and author, Honig brings sharp insight and clear perspective to the intersections of law, politics, and current events. New episodes every Friday. 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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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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“The Epstein Elite” (with Anand Giridharadas)
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1:22:25What do the Epstein emails reveal about our nation’s elite class? This week, writer, political analyst, and founder of the Substack publication, The Ink, Anand Giridharadas, joins Preet to unpack his latest article, “How the Elite Behave When No One Is Watching: Inside the Epstein Emails.” Then, Preet answers your questions about President Trump’s …
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Is Smiling the Key to Winning Elections? (with Anand Giridharadas)
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11:29What exactly makes New York City mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani so popular? In the Stay Tuned bonus for Insiders, Preet and writer and political analyst Anand Giridharadas chat about the physical attribute that Anand thinks contributed to Mamdani’s quick rise through the political ranks. Thank you for being a member of the Insider community. Tweet your…
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From National Guard Tragedy to Immigration Battle
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10:56Is President Trump weaponizing the National Guard shooting in Washington, D.C., to further his immigration agenda? In an excerpt from this week’s Insider episode, Preet Bharara and Joyce Vance break down Trump’s latest plan to pause all migration from what he’s calling “third world countries,” after an Afghan man shot two members of the West Virgin…
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From National Guard Tragedy to Immigration Battle
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36:13On the Insider docket: – The National Guard shooting in Washington, D.C., which President Trump used as the basis to pause all migration from what he is calling “third world countries”; – A federal judge’s inquiry into whether the Trump administration defied his orders when it carried out deportation flights to El Salvador; and – The legal challeng…
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This week, we are sharing the latest episode of a new weekly national security and foreign policy podcast: The Long Game, hosted by Jake Sullivan and Jon Finer. Jake and Jon discuss MBS’s visit to the White House and what Saudi Arabia walked away with after meeting with Trump. A major corruption scandal inside Zelensky’s government just as Washingt…
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The Losing Isn’t Over for Trump’s Justice Department
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10:08Elie 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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How Rookie Mistakes Could Sink the Comey Prosecution
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10:47Elie 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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Bonus: What Trump Told MBS and What He Didn’t (with Jon Finer)
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8:52In the Stay Tuned podcast bonus for Insiders, Preet Bharara and Jon Finer break down Trump’s recent meeting with Saudi Prince Mohammed bin Salman at the White House, revisiting the fallout from Jamal Khashoggi’s killing and what the encounter suggests about how the administration is handling its relationship with Saudi Arabia. Thank you for being a…
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Are We Sleep Walking Into a War With Venezuela? (with Jake Sullivan and Jon Finer)
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59:43Are we Sleep Walking into a War with Venezuela? Jake Sullivan and Jon Finer, former national security advisors to the president and co-hosts of “The Long Game” podcast, join Preet to discuss the escalating situation in Venezuela, including the Trump administration’s consideration of airstrikes, the possibility of targeting Nicolás Maduro, and the l…
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Could the fight over the Epstein files mark a turning point for MAGA? In an excerpt from this week’s Insider episode, Preet Bharara and Joyce Vance discuss Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene’s break with President Trump over his administration’s stonewalling of the release of Epstein documents. They also react to Trump’s directive to his Justice Departmen…
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On the Insider docket: – President Donald Trump’s directive to his Justice Department to investigate Democrats over alleged ties to Jeffrey Epstein, while avoiding similar scrutiny of himself and Republican allies; – MAGA fallout over the Trump administration’s stonewalling of the release of Epstein files, including Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene’s br…
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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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The 1929 Stock Market Crash: Can It Happen Again? (with Andrew Ross Sorkin)
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1:04:28What can the 1929 stock market crash teach us today? This week, New York Times columnist and author Andrew Ross Sorkin joins Preet Bharara to unpack his latest book, 1929: Inside the Greatest Crash In Wall Street History—and How It Shattered a Nation, drawing on eight years of research and access to never-before-seen historical documents. Then, Pre…
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The 1929 Stock Market Crash Movie (with Andrew Ross Sorkin)
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3:39Who were the key players in the 1929 stock market crash? And who would play them in a movie? In the bonus for Insiders, Preet Bharara and New York Times columnist Andrew Ross Sorkin chat about a possible film adaption of Andrew’s new book, 1929: Inside the Greatest Crash In Wall Street History—and How It Shattered a Nation. Thank you for being a me…
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Will the Supreme Court expand presidential powers once again? In an excerpt from this week’s Insider episode, Preet Bharara and Joyce Vance break down the oral arguments before the Court over President Trump’s tariff policy — specifically, how much power a president has to levy tariffs under emergency-powers laws. In the full episode, Preet and Joy…
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On the Insider docket: – The Supreme Court oral arguments over President Trump’s tariff policy; – The wave of subpoenas issued to Trump’s political opponents by the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Florida that could result in criminal charges alleging a “grand conspiracy” against the president; and – The Justice Department’s response to …
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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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Vanquishing Justice at DOJ (with Carol Leonnig & Aaron Davis)
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1:15:57Can DOJ survive Trump? On a new episode of Stay Tuned, Pulitzer Prize–winning investigative reporters Carol Leonnig and Aaron Davis join Preet Bharara to discuss their new book, Injustice: How Politics and Fear Vanquished America’s Justice Department. They speak about the politicization of DOJ under the Trump administration, how career DOJ staff ar…
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Bonus: Political Prosecutions at DOJ (with Carol Leonnig & Aaron Davis)
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9:23In the Stay Tuned podcast bonus for Insiders, Preet Bharara and investigative reporters Carol Leonnig and Aaron Davis discuss the pressure that Trump administration leaders are putting on DOJ prosecutors to pursue politically motivated cases against Trump’s rivals, including Comey and New York Attorney General Letitia James. Thank you for being a m…
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Can the Trump administration invalidate pardons issued by former President Biden? In an excerpt from this week’s Insider episode, Preet Bharara and Joyce Vance discuss Attorney General Pam Bondi’s announcement that DOJ is reviewing Biden’s use of an autopen for pardons. In the full episode, Preet and Joyce break down: – President Donald Trump’s app…
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On the Insider docket: – President Donald Trump’s appeal of his criminal conviction in New York, in which he cites the Supreme Court’s presidential immunity decision; – Attorney General Pam Bondi’s announcement that DOJ is reviewing former President Biden’s use of an autopen for pardons; and – The National Guard cases moving toward the Supreme Cour…
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