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.
Bonus: Language in This New Trump Era (with Frank Bruni, Joanne Freeman, & Jonah Goldberg)
6 mins; March 06, 2025
DOGE Legal Drama
41 mins; March 04, 2025
Democracy in the Trump Era: Special Live Event
51 mins; February 27, 2025
Bongino for FBI & DOGE Email
44 mins; February 25, 2025
Bonus: Measuring Social Progress (with Michael Sandel)
9 mins; February 20, 2025
Resignations Rock DOJ
45 mins; February 18, 2025
Bonus: Does Charisma Change History? (with Francis Fukuyama)
4 mins; February 13, 2025
Coup, There It Isn’t
46 mins; February 11, 2025
Bonus: Will AI Ever Become Sentient?
7 mins; February 06, 2025
Trump’s FBI Loyalty Test
56 mins; February 04, 2025
Bonus: Is Atheism Sustainable? (with Niall Ferguson)
1 min; January 30, 2025
Gone With the Watchdogs
51 mins; January 28, 2025
Bonus: How Will Joe Biden’s Presidency Be Remembered?
10 mins; January 23, 2025
Pardon My Executive Orders
48 mins; January 21, 2025
Bonus: Death of a Statesman (with Ian Bremmer)
5 mins; January 16, 2025
What’s in Jack Smith’s Report?
46 mins; January 14, 2025
Stay Tuned Bonus 1/9: Death Row Commutations
3 mins; January 09, 2025
The Battle Over Jack Smith’s Report
41 mins; January 07, 2025
DOGE 1.0 (with David Osborne)
22 mins; December 20, 2024
Stay Tuned Bonus 12/19: Dr. Laurie Santos
5 mins; December 19, 2024
Drone On
46 mins; December 17, 2024
The Daniel Penny Trial (with Rikki Klieman)
35 mins; December 13, 2024
Stay Tuned Bonus 12/12: George Packer
6 mins; December 12, 2024
Preemptive Pardons, Mangione, & Trans Rights
40 mins; December 10, 2024
Presidential Pardons & the Death Penalty (with Rachel Barkow)
43 mins; December 06, 2024
Stay Tuned Bonus 12/5: Sam Harris
8 mins; December 05, 2024
Kash Rules Everything Around Me
55 mins; December 03, 2024
Cases Closed
48 mins; November 26, 2024
Trump’s Puzzling Free Speech Proposals (with Lee Bollinger)
31 mins; November 22, 2024
Stay Tuned Bonus 11/21: Garry Kasparov
4 mins; November 21, 2024
Gaetz of Wrath
43 mins; November 19, 2024
The OLC Memos & Presidential Immunity (with Trevor Morrison)
25 mins; November 15, 2024
Stay Tuned Bonus 11/14: Astead Herndon
4 mins; November 14, 2024
Trump Nominations & Recess Appointments
48 mins; November 12, 2024
Will the Trump Prosecutions Go Away? (with Barb McQuade)
28 mins; November 08, 2024
Covering Kamala Harris (with Marisa Lagos)
27 mins; November 01, 2024
Stay Tuned Bonus 10/31: Donald Trump and the Logan Act
3 mins; October 31, 2024
Some Trump 2.0 Worst Case Scenarios
48 mins; October 29, 2024
What's the Deal with TikTok? (with Asha Rangappa)
26 mins; October 25, 2024
Stay Tuned Bonus 10/24: Douglas Brinkley
6 mins; October 24, 2024
Securing the Vote (with Marc Elias)
43 mins; October 22, 2024
The Menendez Brothers (with Jesse Weber)
33 mins; October 18, 2024
Ghost Guns & Election Day Terror Plot
40 mins; October 15, 2024
Diddy’s Indictment & More Thoughts on Jack Smith (with Mimi Rocah)
53 mins; October 11, 2024
Stay Tuned Bonus 10/10: Gillian Tett
5 mins; October 10, 2024
In Defense of Jack Smith
48 mins; October 08, 2024
Stay Tuned Bonus 10/2: David Frum
3 mins; October 02, 2024
Trump Hack, Assassination Attempt & Fraud Appeal
27 mins; October 01, 2024
NYC Mayor Eric Adams Indicted (with Barb McQuade)
24 mins; September 27, 2024
Stay Tuned Bonus 9/26: Aaron Zebley & Andrew Goldstein
5 mins; September 26, 2024
CAFE Insider 9/24: Could SCOTUS Decide the Election? (with Dahlia Lithwick)
63 hours 10 mins; September 24, 2024
Stay Tuned Bonus 9/19: Listener Q&A
5 mins; September 19, 2024
CAFE Insider 9/17: Trump Assassination Attempt & Terror Groups Charged (with Mimi Rocah)
