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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.

Note from Elie 5/24: Could the Trump Jury Hang?

9 mins; May 24, 2024

Stay Tuned Bonus 5/23: Frank Bruni

6 mins; May 23, 2024

Note from Rachel 5/22: Judicial Intemperance

12 mins; May 22, 2024

CAFE Insider 5/21: Prosecution & Defense Rest in Trump Trial

52 mins; May 21, 2024

Note from Elie 5/17: The Trump Trial — What if Everyone’s a Horrible Liar?

7 mins; May 17, 2024

Note from Asha 05/15: Analysis Paralysis — Judge Cannon Stalls Again

9 mins; May 15, 2024

CAFE Insider 5/14: Cohen in Court

46 mins; May 14, 2024

Note from Elie 5/10: Will Donald Trump Take the Stand?

9 mins; May 10, 2024

Stay Tuned Bonus 5/9: David Ignatius

4 mins; May 09, 2024

Note from Joyce 5/8: But, Can We Trust the Jury?

6 mins; May 08, 2024

CAFE Insider 5/7: Spotlight on Stormy

54 mins; May 07, 2024

Note from Elie 5/3: The Tape that Will Roil the Trump Trial

8 mins; May 03, 2024

Stay Tuned Bonus 5/2: David Sanger

9 mins; May 02, 2024

CAFE Insider 4/30: Trump Fined & Weinstein Overturned

47 mins; April 30, 2024

Note from Barb 04/29: Hiding in Plain Sight

7 mins; April 30, 2024

Note from Elie 4/26: Donald Trump — Gagged But Hardly Silenced

7 mins; April 26, 2024

Note from Rachel 4/24: The Line Between Protest and Criminal Obstruction

8 mins; April 24, 2024

CAFE Insider 4/23: Trump Trial Opens

50 mins; April 23, 2024

Note from Elie 4/19: Presidential Immunity: Not As Ridiculous As You’ve Heard

8 mins; April 19, 2024

Stay Tuned Bonus 4/18: Rikki Klieman

3 mins; April 18, 2024

Note from Asha 4/17: Section 702: Mischief Managed (For Now)

12 mins; April 17, 2024

CAFE Insider 4/16: Picking Trump’s Jury

50 mins; April 16, 2024

Note from Elie 4/12: Donald Trump’s Rorschach Trial

9 mins; April 12, 2024

Stay Tuned Bonus 4/11: Doris Kearns Goodwin

7 mins; April 11, 2024

Note From Joyce 4/10: Crystal Mason Made a Mistake

8 mins; April 10, 2024

CAFE Insider 4/9: Trump’s Delay Desperation

48 mins; April 09, 2024

Note from Elie 4/5: How on Earth Do You Pick a Jury For a Trump Trial?

8 mins; April 05, 2024

Stay Tuned Bonus 4/4: Evan Osnos

3 mins; April 04, 2024

Note From Barb 4/3: Judicial Bite to Meet the Bark

7 mins; April 03, 2024

CAFE Insider 4/2: Trump Gagged Again

54 mins; April 02, 2024

Note from Elie 3/29: The Texas Immigration Law is Doomed

8 mins; March 29, 2024

Stay Tuned Bonus 3/28: Fareed Zakaria

5 mins; March 28, 2024

Note from Rachel 3/27: Sam Bankman-Fried and the Absurdity of Federal Sentencing

9 mins; March 27, 2024

CAFE Insider 3/26: Bond. Trump’s Bond.

44 mins; March 26, 2024

Note from Elie 3/22: Will We See Any Trump Trials Before the Election?

9 mins; March 22, 2024

Stay Tuned Bonus 3/21: Vinod Khosla

5 mins; March 21, 2024

Note from Asha 3/20: The Clock is Tik-Tok-ing

9 mins; March 20, 2024

CAFE Insider 3/19: Trump Delays, Willis Survives & Cannon’s Crazy Orders

46 mins; March 19, 2024

Note from Elie 3/15: The Failure of DOJ’s Special Counsel System — From Robert Mueller to Robert Hur, It Simply Hasn’t Worked

9 mins; March 15, 2024

Stay Tuned Bonus 3/14: Mark Leibovich

14 mins; March 14, 2024

Note From Joyce 3/13: Trump’s Flirtation with Fascists

7 mins; March 13, 2024

CAFE Insider 3/12: Trump’s Pretrial Games

44 mins; March 12, 2024

Note from Elie 3/8: Joe Biden's Looming Nightmare Pardons

9 mins; March 08, 2024

Stay Tuned Bonus 3/7: David Lat

7 mins; March 07, 2024

Note From Barb 3/6: No, You’re Violating My First Amendment Rights!

7 mins; March 06, 2024

CAFE Insider 3/5: A Predictable SCOTUS Ruling

46 mins; March 05, 2024

Note from Elie 3/5: Crash and Burn — The Cost of the Doomed, Hubristic 14th Amendment Campaign

7 mins; March 05, 2024

Note from Elie 2/29: The Supreme Court Doesn’t Give a Damn About Jack Smith’s Timeline (And It Shouldn’t)

9 mins; February 29, 2024

Stay Tuned Bonus 2/29: Barb McQuade

4 mins; February 29, 2024

Note from Rachel 2/28: The Birth of a New Era in Reproductive Regulation

8 mins; February 28, 2024

CAFE Insider 2/27: Embryos & Gag Orders

50 mins; February 27, 2024

Note from Elie 2/23: Michael Cohen’s Moment of Truth Has Arrived

9 mins; February 23, 2024

Stay Tuned Bonus 2/22: Jake Tapper

7 mins; February 22, 2024

Note from Asha 2/21: Smirnov on Ice

10 mins; February 21, 2024

CAFE Insider 2/20: Trump’s NY State of Mind

47 mins; February 20, 2024

Note from Elie 2/16: The Real Biden Documents Scandal (It’s Not the Old Man Stuff)

10 mins; February 16, 2024

Stay Tuned Bonus 2/15

3 mins; February 15, 2024

Note From Joyce 2/14: Prosecuting the Parents isn’t Enough

6 mins; February 14, 2024

CAFE Insider 2/13: The Hur Report

50 mins; February 13, 2024

Note from Elie 2/9: Donald Trump Has a Jury Problem

7 mins; February 09, 2024

Stay Tuned Bonus 2/8: Jared Cohen

10 mins; February 08, 2024

Note From Barb 2/7: Time to Put Anonymity in the Dog House

6 mins; February 07, 2024

CAFE Insider 2/6: No Immunity for Citizen Trump

33 mins; February 06, 2024

Note from Elie 2/2: Fani Willis Has Problems (Upon Problems)

9 mins; February 02, 2024

Stay Tuned Bonus 2/1: Garrett Graff

7 mins; February 01, 2024

Note from Rachel 1/31: The Most Immodest Court

7 mins; January 31, 2024

CAFE Insider 1/30: Carroll’s Victory & Border Battles

49 mins; January 30, 2024

Note from Elie 1/26: How Merrick Garland Saved E. Jean Carroll – and His Own Trump Prosecution

8 mins; January 26, 2024

Note from Asha 1/24: The Seriousness of Swatting

7 mins; January 24, 2024

CAFE Insider 1/23: Trump’s Ineffective Counsel

55 mins; January 23, 2024

Note from Elie 1/19: The Word Jack Smith Will Never Say

8 mins; January 19, 2024

Stay Tuned Bonus 1/18: Dexter Filkins

8 mins; January 18, 2024

Note From Joyce 1/17: The New Birtherism

6 mins; January 17, 2024

CAFE Insider 1/16: Dismissal & Disqualification

51 mins; January 16, 2024

Note From Elie 1/12: The Supreme Court’s Silver Bullet Solution to the Fourteenth Amendment Problem

7 mins; January 12, 2024

Stay Tuned Bonus 1/11: Ian Bremmer

2 mins; January 11, 2024

Note From Barb 1/10: The 25 Percenters

6 mins; January 10, 2024

CAFE Insider 1/9: Trump Immunity & Insurrection

51 mins; January 09, 2024

Note from Elie 1/5: The Trail to 2024 Trump Trials

10 mins; January 05, 2024

CAFE Insider 1/2: Do Agencies Have Agency? (with Rachel Barkow)

55 mins; January 02, 2024

Note from Elie 12/29: 2023 Legal News Trivia

32 mins; December 29, 2023

Note from Rachel 12/28: The Tragic Decline of Clemency

9 mins; December 28, 2023

Note from Elie 12/22: The Danger of Weaponization – No Matter Who Does It

8 mins; December 22, 2023

Stay Tuned Bonus 12/21: Jill Lepore

5 mins; December 21, 2023

Note From Joyce 12/21: Are Women Second Class Citizens Now?

7 mins; December 21, 2023

CAFE Insider 12/19: Obstruction at the Insurrection

50 mins; December 19, 2023

Note from Elie 12/15: The Supreme Court Puts Jack Smith in a Bind

9 mins; December 15, 2023

Stay Tuned Bonus 12/14: Morgan Housel

5 mins; December 14, 2023

Note From Barb 12/14: The Search Warrant: A Prosecutor’s Best Friend

6 mins; December 14, 2023

CAFE Insider 12/12: Mr. Smith Goes to SCOTUS

51 mins; December 12, 2023

Note From Elie 12/8: The Joe Biden Impeachment Inquiry: Promise Everything, Deliver Nothing

8 mins; December 08, 2023

Stay Tuned Bonus 12/7: Jonathan Karl

7 mins; December 07, 2023

Note from Rachel 12/07: Trump’s Il Duce Plan

7 mins; December 07, 2023

CAFE Insider 12/5: Trump’s Immunity Defenses

47 mins; December 05, 2023

Note from Elie 12/1: My Carroll Hardy Moment

9 mins; December 01, 2023

Note from Asha 11/30: A Post-Thanksgiving Social Media Round-Up

8 mins; November 30, 2023

CAFE Insider 11/28: Another Rights Rollback

44 mins; November 28, 2023

CAFE Insider 11/21: Gobble Gobble, Gag Order

45 mins; November 21, 2023

Note from Elie 11/17: Take Donald Trump at His Word

9 mins; November 17, 2023

Stay Tuned Bonus 11/16: Fareed Zakaria

5 mins; November 16, 2023

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