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The Lawfare Podcast features discussions with experts, policymakers, and opinion leaders at the nexus of national security, law, and policy. On issues from foreign policy, homeland security, intelligence, and cybersecurity to governance and law, we have doubled down on seriousness at a time when others are running away from it. Visit us at www.lawfaremedia.org.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/lawfare. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Lawfare Daily: The Privacy Law That's Supposed To Be Protecting Us Online Turns 40

38 mins; April 03, 2026

Rational Security: The "Chicken Sh*t Bingo" Edition

68 hours 29 mins; April 02, 2026

Lawfare Daily: Beyond the Headlines: A History of U.S.-Iran Relations

62 hours 42 mins; April 02, 2026

Lawfare Daily: Joel Braunold on West Bank Violence and Israel’s New Lebanon Offensive

49 mins; April 01, 2026

Lawfare Daily: What’s Influencing Politics Online? X’s Algorithm, Creators, and the New Persuasion Machine

47 mins; March 31, 2026

Lawfare Daily: The Trials of the Trump Administration, March 27

93 hours 12 mins; March 30, 2026

Lawfare Archive: Tom Kent on the Dismantling of American Government Broadcasting

41 mins; March 29, 2026

Lawfare Archive: The New Syrian Government and Its Problems

31 mins; March 28, 2026

Lawfare Daily: How Two Intelligence Community Veterans View the Iran Conflict, with Chip Usher and Aaron Faust

57 mins; March 27, 2026

Rational Security: The “Authentic Flavors, Real Fruit” Edition

67 hours 10 mins; March 26, 2026

Lawfare Daily: The Military Domestic Deployment Legal Framework: Are the Laws Fit for Purpose?

52 mins; March 26, 2026

Lawfare Daily: CPPA’s Tom Kemp on Data Brokers, Privacy, and State Enforcement

51 mins; March 25, 2026

Lawfare Live: A Hearing on Anthropic's Preliminary Injunction Motion

33 mins; March 24, 2026

Lawfare Daily: The Gulf Widens

50 mins; March 24, 2026

Lawfare Daily: The Trials of the Trump Administration, March 20

92 hours 7 mins; March 23, 2026

Lawfare Archive: TikTok Ban at the Supreme Court

52 mins; March 22, 2026

Lawfare Archive: Accountability for Abu Ghraib

52 mins; March 21, 2026

Lawfare Daily: Can the President Declare an Elections Emergency?

43 mins; March 20, 2026

Rational Security: The “Take a Light Out of Crime” Edition

89 hours 30 mins; March 19, 2026

Lawfare Daily: Iran Will Retaliate in the U.S., and We May Not See It in Time

44 mins; March 19, 2026

Lawfare Daily: National Security, Counterintelligence, and Counterespionage: A Guide for the Perplexed

50 mins; March 18, 2026

Lawfare Daily: Inside Iran's Complicated Relationship with Russia

31 mins; March 17, 2026

Lawfare Daily: The Trials of the Trump Administration, March 13

92 hours 38 mins; March 16, 2026

Lawfare Archive: Elliot Jones on the Importance and Current Limitations of AI Testing

38 mins; March 15, 2026

Lawfare Archive: Steve Coll on Saddam Hussein and the Limits of American Power in the Middle East

58 mins; March 14, 2026

Lawfare Daily: The State of Syria, with Charles Lister

58 mins; March 13, 2026

Rational Security: The “Stop Cap” Edition

73 hours 17 mins; March 12, 2026

Lawfare Daily: Matt Olsen Talks Iran, the Justice Department, and FISA 702

45 mins; March 12, 2026

Lawfare Daily: Does the U.S. Have a Drone Defense Problem?

44 mins; March 11, 2026

Lawfare Daily: “I’m angry that I exist”: Nihilistic Violent Extremism with Seamus Hughes and Jacob Ware

44 mins; March 10, 2026

Lawfare Daily: The Trials of the Trump Administration, March 6

98 hours 0 mins; March 09, 2026

Lawfare Archive: The National Security Law Podcast Guys Talk Soleimani

74 hours 11 mins; March 08, 2026

Lawfare Archive: Hezbollah, Lebanon, Israel, Iran

56 mins; March 07, 2026

Scaling Laws: Can AI Make AI Regulation Cheaper?, with Cullen O'Keefe and Kevin Frazier

52 mins; March 06, 2026

Rational Security: The “Attacking Iran” Special Edition

81 hours 3 mins; March 05, 2026

Lawfare Daily: The Trial of the North Texas Antifa Cell

57 mins; March 05, 2026

Lawfare Daily: The Tariffs Decision and What Comes Next

54 mins; March 04, 2026

Lawfare Daily: The Pentagon Designates Anthropic as a Supply Chain Risk

54 mins; March 03, 2026

Lawfare Daily: The Trials of the Trump Administration, Feb. 27

101 hours 24 mins; March 02, 2026

Lawfare Live: U.S. and Israel Strike Iran

60 hours 15 mins; March 01, 2026

Lawfare Archive: Stephanie Leutert on Violence in Mexico and Central America

37 mins; March 01, 2026

Lawfare Archive: Trump’s Tariffs and the Law

46 mins; February 28, 2026

Lawfare Daily: Patronage Pardons: A Conversation with Prof. Lee Kovarsky about a Novel Feature of the Trump Administration

41 mins; February 27, 2026

Lawfare Live: Unpacking the Kilmar Abrego Garcia Hearing with Anna Bower

28 mins; February 26, 2026

Rational Security: The “Off the Rails” Edition

76 hours 33 mins; February 26, 2026

Lawfare Daily: The State of IHL

21 mins; February 26, 2026

Lawfare Daily: Are We Going to War in Iran?

48 mins; February 25, 2026

Lawfare Daily: Ideology, Action, and Terrorism in the 1970s

50 mins; February 24, 2026

Lawfare Daily: The Trials of the Trump Administration, Feb. 20

98 hours 30 mins; February 23, 2026

Lawfare Archive: Nick Bednar on Trump's Civil Service Executive Orders

65 hours 36 mins; February 22, 2026

Lawfare Archive: Are the Courts Ready for a Trump Presidency?

48 mins; February 21, 2026

Scaling Laws: Claude's Constitution, with Amanda Askell

48 mins; February 20, 2026

Rational Security: The “Sects, Lies, and Twin Peaks” Edition

77 hours 12 mins; February 19, 2026

Lawfare Daily: Challenging Immigration Detentions in Minnesota

47 mins; February 19, 2026

Lawfare Daily: National Security Regulation of Technology and Data Transactions

54 mins; February 18, 2026

Lawfare Daily: Ukraine After Year One of Trump’s Second Term, with Eric Ciaramella and Francis Farrell

66 hours 20 mins; February 17, 2026

Lawfare Daily: The Trials of the Trump Administration, Feb. 13

102 hours 4 mins; February 16, 2026

Lawfare Archive: Jack Goldsmith on Trump v. United States and Executive Power

53 mins; February 15, 2026

Lawfare Archive: Nayna Gupta on the Laken Riley Act

34 mins; February 14, 2026

Lawfare Daily: Lessons for Civilian Harm Mitigation in Urban Warfare, from Gaza and Beyond

55 mins; February 13, 2026

Rational Security: The “Midnight Train to Ukraine” Edition

80 hours 35 mins; February 12, 2026

Lawfare Daily: Why AI Won't Revolutionize Law (At Least Not Yet), with Arvind Narayanan and Justin Curl

44 mins; February 12, 2026

Lawfare Daily: Dockets Die in Darkness with Peter Beck and Seamus Hughes

32 mins; February 11, 2026

Lawfare Daily: What To Expect on the Immigration Front in Year 2 of Trump's Second Term

52 mins; February 10, 2026

Lawfare Daily: The Trials of the Trump Administration, Feb. 6

85 hours 4 mins; February 09, 2026

Lawfare Archive: Asylum-Seekers and the EU Migration Pact

55 mins; February 08, 2026

Lawfare Archive: Anna Bower on Judge McBurney’s Deliberations

42 mins; February 07, 2026

Lawfare Daily: Iran Protests and Internet Shutdown

47 mins; February 06, 2026

Rational Security: “The Story of Three Warrants” Edition

82 hours 51 mins; February 05, 2026

Lawfare Daily: The U.S. Plan for Venezuelan Oil Revenue

63 hours 56 mins; February 05, 2026

Lawfare Daily: Unearthing and Reckoning with the Intelligence Excesses of the Cold War

55 mins; February 04, 2026

Lawfare Daily: Misogyny and Violent Extremism with Cynthia Miller-Idriss

51 mins; February 03, 2026

Lawfare Daily: The Trials of the Trump Administration, Jan. 30

88 hours 11 mins; February 02, 2026

Lawfare Archive: Discussing President Trump’s First Batch of Executive Orders

57 mins; February 01, 2026

Lawfare Archive: Judge Cannon Dismisses Classified Documents Case Against Trump

58 mins; January 31, 2026

Lawfare Daily: The Thousands of Lawsuits Challenging Pres. Trump’s Mandatory Alien Detention Policy

38 mins; January 30, 2026

Rational Security: The “Pawing at Scott” Edition

73 hours 12 mins; January 29, 2026

Lawfare Daily: Trump, Greenland, and the International Order

42 mins; January 29, 2026

Lawfare Daily: Elizabeth Tsurkov on Her Captivity in Iraq

70 hours 43 mins; January 28, 2026

Lawfare Daily: The Military’s Operational Technology Cyber Vulnerabilities

48 mins; January 27, 2026

Lawfare Daily: The Trials of the Trump Administration, Jan. 23

101 hours 9 mins; January 26, 2026

Lawfare Archive: Joel Braunold on What Donald Trump's Return Might Mean for the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict

63 hours 24 mins; January 25, 2026

Lawfare Archive: Anna Bower on the Confirmation Hearing of Pete Hegseth

56 mins; January 24, 2026

Scaling Laws: Rapid Response to the Implications of Claude's New Constitution

56 mins; January 23, 2026

Rational Security: The “Just Chilling in My Padded Room” Edition

81 hours 24 mins; January 22, 2026

Lawfare Daily: Can Minnesota Prosecute ICE Agent Jonathan Ross?

43 mins; January 22, 2026

Lawfare Daily: Trump's Board of Peace and What's Next for Gaza, with Joel Braunold

53 mins; January 21, 2026

Lawfare Daily: Grand Conspiracy with Molly Roberts

47 mins; January 20, 2026

Lawfare Daily: The Trials of the Trump Administration, Jan. 16

95 hours 16 mins; January 19, 2026

Lawfare Archive: Content Moderation Comes for Parler and Gettr

57 mins; January 18, 2026

Lawfare Archive: The Trump Administration’s Latest Moves to Dismantle the Iran Nuclear Agreement with Peter Harrell and Richard Nephew

37 mins; January 17, 2026

Scaling Laws: How AI Can Transform Local Criminal Justice, with Francis Shen

52 mins; January 16, 2026

Rational Security: The “Scare Them When They’re Young” Edition

77 hours 22 mins; January 15, 2026

Lawfare Daily: Entrepreneurial Federalism and the New National Security, with Ashley Deeks and Kristen Eichensehr

42 mins; January 15, 2026

Lawfare Daily: The U.S. Foreign Service at a ‘Breaking Point,’ with John Dinkelman

28 mins; January 14, 2026

Lawfare Daily: The Latest in Iran, with Richard Nephew

53 mins; January 13, 2026

Lawfare Daily: The Trials of the Trump Administration, Jan. 5

100 hours 30 mins; January 12, 2026

Lawfare Archive: Former Ambassador Roberta Jacobson on the Mexico Presidential Election

45 mins; January 11, 2026

Lawfare Archive: A Jan. 6 Committee Staffer on Far-Right Extremism

57 mins; January 10, 2026

Lawfare Daily: The Legal Fallout After a Fatal ICE Shooting in Minneapolis

40 mins; January 09, 2026

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