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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.

CAFE Insider 1/17: Second Special Counsel

45 mins; January 17, 2023

Note From Elie: What Should We Make of the Biden Documents Matter

8 mins; January 13, 2023

Note From Barb 01/12: Stopping the Spread of Insurrection

6 mins; January 12, 2023

Stay Tuned Bonus 1/12: Ruth Marcus

5 mins; January 12, 2023

Now & Then Backstage 1/11: Things Are Looking Up? A New Year’s Show

13 mins; January 11, 2023

CAFE Insider 1/10: Biden Documents & Trump Investigations

42 mins; January 10, 2023

Note From Elie: DOJ and The Cost of Getting There Second

9 mins; January 06, 2023

Note From Melissa 01/05: “Lights, Camera, Classroom!”

9 mins; January 05, 2023

Stay Tuned Bonus 1/5: Ian Bremmer

4 mins; January 05, 2023

CAFE Insider 1/3: Unpacking the Jan 6 Report

43 mins; January 03, 2023

Note From Elie: Legal Heroes of 2022

8 mins; December 23, 2022

Note From Asha: "Let's Kill All the Lawyers"

7 mins; December 22, 2022

Now & Then Backstage 12/21: Georgia (Voting Rights) On My Mind (with Carol Anderson)

15 mins; December 21, 2022

CAFE Insider 12/20: Will the Jan 6 Referrals Matter?

41 mins; December 20, 2022

Note from Elie: End Game for the January 6 Committee

7 mins; December 16, 2022

Note from Joyce 12/15: Democracy for Christmas

7 mins; December 15, 2022

Stay Tuned Bonus 12/15: Adam Liptak

10 mins; December 15, 2022

Now & Then Backstage 12/14: Why "Terminating" the Constitution Matters

11 mins; December 14, 2022

CAFE Insider 12/13: The War on Rats

36 mins; December 13, 2022

Note from Elie: Loose Lips Sink Ships: Justice Alito and the Supreme Court’s Credibility Crisis

10 mins; December 09, 2022

Note From Barb 12/7: What If?

5 mins; December 08, 2022

Stay Tuned Bonus 12/8: Ezra Klein

5 mins; December 08, 2022

Now & Then Backstage 12/7: FTX, Con Men, and the Power of Grift

14 mins; December 07, 2022

CAFE Insider 12/6: Documents & Democracy

41 mins; December 06, 2022

Note from Elie: An Indictment (or Two) Won't End Trump's 2024 White House Bid

8 mins; December 02, 2022

Stay Tuned Bonus 12/1: Aswath Damodaran

6 mins; December 01, 2022

CAFE Insider 11/29: Pence on the Fence

52 mins; November 29, 2022

Note From Asha - Midterm Psychology

7 mins; November 23, 2022

Stay Tuned Bonus 11/23: Maya Shankar

6 mins; November 23, 2022

CAFE Insider 11/22: Special Counsel Surprise

39 mins; November 22, 2022

Note From Elie — Trump Prosecutors: Focus on the People, Not the Label

7 mins; November 18, 2022

Stay Tuned Bonus 11/17: Barton Gellman

4 mins; November 17, 2022

Now & Then Backstage 11/16: The Power of the Youth Vote

11 mins; November 16, 2022

CAFE Insider 11/15: Giuliani, Student Debt, & IRS

37 mins; November 15, 2022

Note From Elie: On Antisemitism

8 mins; November 11, 2022

CAFE Insider 11/9: "Mythical Republican Unicorn"

29 mins; November 09, 2022

Backstage, Now & Then, 11/8

11 mins; November 08, 2022

Note from Elie: Can a Republican Majority in Congress Derail the Justice Department?

8 mins; November 04, 2022

Backstage, Now & Then, 11/2

12 mins; November 02, 2022

CAFE Insider 11/1: Pelosi Attack & the New Trump Prosecutor

53 mins; November 01, 2022

Note From Elie: Gaetz Skates — Prosecutorial Malpractice

7 mins; October 28, 2022

Stay Tuned Bonus 10/27: Al Franken

5 mins; October 27, 2022

Backstage, Now & Then, 10/26

18 mins; October 26, 2022

CAFE Insider 10/25: To Testify or Not to Testify

48 mins; October 25, 2022

Note From Elie: Donald Trump’s Shot at History

7 mins; October 21, 2022

Stay Tuned Bonus 10/20: Michael Beschloss

10 mins; October 20, 2022

Note from Joyce 10/20: Will There Be Anything Left of the Voting Rights Act?

8 mins; October 20, 2022

Backstage, Now & Then, 10/19

15 mins; October 19, 2022

CAFE Insider 10/18: Premeditated

42 mins; October 18, 2022

Office Hours: The First Amendment Is Alive (with Stuart Brotman)

56 mins; October 17, 2022

Note from Elie: Time for DOJ to Do its Job on Jan. 6

7 mins; October 14, 2022

Note From Barb 10/13: Case Closed — The January 6th Committee Will Rest

6 mins; October 13, 2022

Stay Tuned Bonus 10/13: Ruth Ben-Ghiat

11 mins; October 13, 2022

Backstage, Now & Then, 10/12

8 mins; October 12, 2022

CAFE Insider 10/11: The “Mine, Mine, Mine” Defense

53 mins; October 11, 2022

Note from Elie: DOJ Subpoenas Mark Meadows (Sort Of)

7 mins; October 07, 2022

Note From Melissa: Another YOLO Term for the Supreme Court

19 mins; October 06, 2022

CAFE Insider 10/4: The Cannons

39 mins; October 04, 2022

Backstage, Now & Then, 10/4

15 mins; October 04, 2022

Note from Elie: Nobody Wins with the Special Master

7 mins; September 30, 2022

Note From Asha: Trump’s Monkey’s Paw

8 mins; September 29, 2022

Stay Tuned Bonus 9/29: Julia Ioffe

3 mins; September 29, 2022

CAFE Insider 9/27: Art of the Steal (with Barb McQuade)

50 mins; September 27, 2022

Backstage, Now & Then, 9/27

10 mins; September 27, 2022

Note from Elie: Politics Mar Trump Lawsuit

6 mins; September 23, 2022

Note From Joyce: No Cake For Trump

7 mins; September 22, 2022

Stay Tuned Bonus 9/22: Nina Totenberg

13 mins; September 22, 2022

CAFE Insider 9/20: "Damoclean Threat"

45 mins; September 20, 2022

Backstage, Now & Then, 9/20

12 mins; September 20, 2022

Note from Elie: Steve Bannon’s Joy Ride is Over

6 mins; September 16, 2022

DOJ Has a Lot to Chew On

7 mins; September 15, 2022

Stay Tuned Bonus 9/15: Astead Herndon

6 mins; September 15, 2022

CAFE Insider 9/13: Subpoenas and Special Masters

42 mins; September 13, 2022

Backstage, Now & Then, 9/13

13 mins; September 13, 2022

Note from Elie: The Real World Cost of Prosecutorial Delay

7 mins; September 09, 2022

Stay Tuned Bonus 9/8: Anne Neuberger

20 mins; September 08, 2022

CAFE Insider 9/6: “Outrageous Order” (with Maya Wiley)

61 hours 24 mins; September 06, 2022

Backstage, Now & Then, 9/6

11 mins; September 06, 2022

Note from Elie: All the Former President’s Lawyers

8 mins; September 02, 2022

Stay Tuned Bonus 9/1: Mark Leibovich

4 mins; September 01, 2022

Note From Asha: Barr-a-Lago: A New Memo Reveals Lies, Deceit, and Treachery

9 mins; September 01, 2022

CAFE Insider 8/30: "Are We Off Base?"

50 mins; August 30, 2022

Note From Elie: Merrick Garland Holds the Line

6 mins; August 26, 2022

Note From Joyce: The Magistrate Judge Doesn’t Have The Final Say

6 mins; August 24, 2022

CAFE Insider 8/23: Skeletons In the Closet

51 mins; August 23, 2022

Backstage, Now & Then, 8/23

9 mins; August 23, 2022

Note From Elie: In Defense of the Fifth

7 mins; August 19, 2022

Note From Barb: 45 Shades of Graymail

7 mins; August 17, 2022

CAFE Insider 8/16: What's in the Mar-a-Lago Search Warrant?

44 mins; August 16, 2022

Backstage, Now & Then, 8/16

9 mins; August 16, 2022

Note from Elie: Making Sense of Mar-a-Lago

7 mins; August 12, 2022

Note from Preet: Pelosi’s Taiwan Trip, Explained (with Evan Osnos)

15 mins; August 11, 2022

Stay Tuned Bonus 8/11: John Avlon

5 mins; August 11, 2022

Note From Melissa: Authoritarianism and Democratic Deliberation

17 mins; August 10, 2022

CAFE Insider 8/9: Mar-a-Lago Search

52 mins; August 09, 2022

Backstage, Now & Then, 8/9

13 mins; August 09, 2022

Note from Elie: A Chance at Redemption

8 mins; August 05, 2022

Note From Preet: Understanding Monkeypox (with Dr. Kavita Patel)

15 mins; August 04, 2022

Mystery Inc: The Case of the Missing Secret Service Text Messages

8 mins; August 03, 2022

CAFE Insider 8/2: DOJ Targets Trump

38 mins; August 02, 2022

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