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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.

Scaling Laws: A Year That Felt Like a Decade: 2025 Recap with Sen. Maroney and Neil Chilson

54 mins; January 09, 2026

Rational Security: The “Caracas Like a Hurricane” Special Venezuela Edition

65 hours 47 mins; January 08, 2026

Lawfare Daily: Mary Clare Jalonik on ‘Storm at the Capitol’

47 mins; January 08, 2026

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

80 hours 21 mins; January 07, 2026

Lawfare Daily: Jan. 6, 2025: Five Years of Congressional Action and Inaction

64 hours 52 mins; January 06, 2026

Lawfare Live: The U.S. Strike on Venezuela and Capture of Nicolás Maduro

49 mins; January 05, 2026

Lawfare Archive: How the FCC is Tackling National Security with Enforcement Bureau Chief Loyaan Egal

55 mins; January 04, 2026

Lawfare Archive: Mayor Adams, the Feds, and a Whole Lot of Foreign Money

45 mins; January 03, 2026

Lawfare Daily: Ask Us Anything About 2025

88 hours 40 mins; January 02, 2026

Lawfare Archive: FISA 702 Passes the House

54 mins; January 01, 2026

Lawfare Archive: Russia’s Aggression Against Ukraine and the International Legal Order

89 hours 6 mins; December 31, 2025

Rational Security: The “Inadequate Chicken Moved to Inferior Location” Special End-of-Year Edition

64 hours 5 mins; December 30, 2025

Lawfare Daily: Tom Brzozowski on Domestic Terrorism Investigations and Prosecutions

52 mins; December 30, 2025

Lawfare Daily: The 2026 National Defense Authorization Act

60 hours 32 mins; December 29, 2025

Lawfare Archive: Lidsky and Koningisor on First Amendment Disequilibrium

51 mins; December 28, 2025

Lawfare Archive: Ask Us Anything About 2024

76 hours 28 mins; December 27, 2025

Lawfare Daily: The Year That Was: 2025

55 mins; December 26, 2025

Lawfare Archive: The National Security Law Podcast: Han Shot First

57 mins; December 25, 2025

Lawfare Archive: ‘How Elon Musk Destroyed Twitter’ with Kate Conger and Ryan Mac

43 mins; December 24, 2025

Lawfare Daily: Civ-Mil Relations: Where Are We Now and How Did We Get Here?

53 mins; December 23, 2025

Lawfare Daily: The Trials of the Trump Administration, Dec. 19

104 hours 21 mins; December 22, 2025

Lawfare Archive: Why Pakistan is Deporting Afghan Refugees with Madiha Afzal

43 mins; December 21, 2025

Lawfare Archive: Memorializing Babyn Yar after the Russian Invasion of Ukraine

44 mins; December 20, 2025

Lawfare Daily: ‘Deportation, Inc.’ and the Rise of the Immigration Enforcement Economy

45 mins; December 19, 2025

Lawfare Daily: Trump Admin Attacks on Inspectors General with Cristin Dorgelo and Rob Storch

48 mins; December 18, 2025

Rational Security: The “Chestbursters Roasting on an Open Fire” Edition

82 hours 27 mins; December 17, 2025

Lawfare Daily: Scott Anderson on How Social Media Platforms Should Handle Unrecognized Regimes

42 mins; December 17, 2025

Lawfare Daily: Ukraine’s Asymmetric Blueprint in the Black Sea

38 mins; December 16, 2025

Lawfare Daily: The Trials of the Trump Administration, Dec. 12

97 hours 8 mins; December 15, 2025

Lawfare Archive: Introducing Allies: A Podcast Series from Lawfare and Goat Rodeo

35 mins; December 14, 2025

Lawfare Archive: President-elect Trump's National Security Appointments

68 hours 32 mins; December 13, 2025

Lawfare Live: The Trump Administration’s 2025 National Security Strategy

56 mins; December 12, 2025

Lawfare Daily: The Duty to Disobey Unlawful Orders

53 mins; December 11, 2025

Rational Security: The “Adverse Possession” Edition

64 hours 41 mins; December 10, 2025

Lawfare Daily: The Defense Tech Paradox, with Susannah Glickman

52 mins; December 10, 2025

Lawfare Daily: Wikipedia, Ref-Working, and the Battle Over Reality

50 mins; December 09, 2025

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

97 hours 47 mins; December 08, 2025

Lawfare Archive: Lynzy Billing on Afghanistan's Zero Unit Night Raids

42 mins; December 07, 2025

Lawfare Archive: How Congressional Staffers Helped Our Afghan Allies

38 mins; December 06, 2025

Lawfare Live: The EU Fines X 120 M Euros - What Comes Next?

35 mins; December 05, 2025

Scaling Laws: Caleb Withers on the Cybersecurity Frontier in the Age of AI

49 mins; December 05, 2025

Lawfare Daily: The End of New START? With John Drennan and Matthew Sharp

58 mins; December 04, 2025

Rational Security: The “Living La Vida Off Camera” Edition

89 hours 25 mins; December 03, 2025

Lawfare Daily: The Besieged District Judges, with Reynolds Holding and Judge Jed Rakoff

50 mins; December 03, 2025

Lawfare Daily: America's Defense Industrial Base

43 mins; December 02, 2025

Lawfare Daily: Grading the Trump Administration's Cybersecurity Efforts, with Rear Admiral (Ret.) Mark Montgomery

35 mins; December 01, 2025

Lawfare Archive: Russia and the American Far-right, with Marlene Laruelle

41 mins; November 30, 2025

Lawfare Archive: Deploying the Military at the Southern Border, with Chris Mirasola

42 mins; November 29, 2025

Lawfare Archive: Zelensky’s Victory Plan, with Anastasiia Lapatina and Eric Ciaramella

43 mins; November 28, 2025

Lawfare Archive: AI Regulation and Free Speech: Navigating the Government’s Tightrope

83 hours 10 mins; November 27, 2025

Lawfare Daily: Anastasiia Lapatina and Eric Ciaramella Talk Russia, Ukraine, and Trump

56 mins; November 26, 2025

Lawfare Daily: Inside the Law Letting Senators Sue Over Phone Data

46 mins; November 25, 2025

Lawfare Live: Judge Dismisses Indictments Against James Comey and Letita James

40 mins; November 24, 2025

Lawfare Daily: The Trials of the Trump Administration, Nov. 21

105 hours 18 mins; November 24, 2025

Lawfare Archive: The Saudi-Iran Deal Featuring China

57 mins; November 23, 2025

Lawfare Archive: Explaining the Michigan Fake Electors Prosecution

42 mins; November 22, 2025

Lawfare Daily: The New U.N. Security Council Resolution on Trump’s Gaza Peace Plan, with Amb. Jeffrey Feltman and Joel Braunold

63 hours 19 mins; November 21, 2025

Lawfare Daily: All Things Ukrainian Energy with Anastasiia Lapatina

49 mins; November 20, 2025

Lawfare Live: Discussing the Hearings on James Comey’s Prosecution and the Alien Enemies Act

53 mins; November 19, 2025

Rational Security: The “Chicken Fight” Edition

77 hours 47 mins; November 19, 2025

Lawfare Daily: Emily Hoge on Russian Mobsters at the Front

46 mins; November 19, 2025

Lawfare Daily: The Epstein Files and the Politicization of the Justice Department

57 mins; November 18, 2025

Lawfare Daily: The Trials of the Trump Administration, Nov. 14

89 hours 23 mins; November 17, 2025

Lawfare Archive: Big Tech and Law Enforcement, with Lukas Bundonis

49 mins; November 16, 2025

Lawfare Archive: Will Generative AI Reshape Elections?

49 mins; November 15, 2025

Scaling Laws: The AI Economy and You: How AI Is, Will, and May Alter the Nature of Work and Economic Growth with Anton Korinek, Nathan Goldschlag, and Bharat Chander

44 mins; November 14, 2025

Rational Security: The “Video Killed the Podcast Star” Edition

85 hours 41 mins; November 13, 2025

Lawfare Daily: Revolutions and the Rule of Law

49 mins; November 13, 2025

Lawfare Daily: Tim Wu on ‘The Age of Extraction’

50 mins; November 12, 2025

Lawfare Archive: Lindsay Chervinsky on ‘Making the Presidency’

68 hours 51 mins; November 11, 2025

Lawfare Daily: The Trials of the Trump Administration, Nov. 7

101 hours 4 mins; November 10, 2025

Lawfare Archive: Waxman and Ramsey on Delegating War Power

52 mins; November 09, 2025

Lawfare Archive: The Dangers of Deploying the Military on U.S. Soil

93 hours 52 mins; November 08, 2025

Lawfare Daily: Supreme Court Oral Arguments on President Trump’s Tariffs

62 hours 24 mins; November 07, 2025

Lawfare Daily: Seeking Meaning at the Soviet Collapse, with Joseph Kellner

37 mins; November 06, 2025

Rational Security: The “Wea Culpa” Edition

74 hours 26 mins; November 05, 2025

Lawfare Daily: The Looming Fall of Pokrovsk

42 mins; November 05, 2025

Lawfare Daily: How Social Media Threatens Democracy, with Rick Pildes

55 mins; November 04, 2025

Lawfare Daily: The Trials of the Trump Administration, Oct. 31

102 hours 15 mins; November 03, 2025

Lawfare Archive: Michael Beckley and Arne Westad on the U.S.-China Relationship

56 mins; November 02, 2025

Lawfare Archive: ‘Threat Multiplier,’ Climate, and the Military with Sherri Goodman

54 mins; November 01, 2025

Scaling Laws: The GoLaxy Revelations: China's AI-Driven Influence Operations, with Brett Goldstein, Brett Benson, and Renée DiResta

56 mins; October 31, 2025

Rational Security: The “Tyler’s Revenge” Edition

69 hours 46 mins; October 30, 2025

Lawfare Daily: Why We Fall for Charlatans, with Quico Toro

30 mins; October 30, 2025

Lawfare Daily: NATO’s Eastern Flank: The View from Lithuania

49 mins; October 29, 2025

Lawfare Daily: State Cyber Corps and Volunteer Programs

41 mins; October 28, 2025

Lawfare Daily: The Trials of the Trump Administration, Oct. 24

94 hours 10 mins; October 27, 2025

Lawfare Archive: CYBERCOM Legal Conference: The Role of the Private Sector in Conflict

57 mins; October 26, 2025

Lawfare Archive: Gabe Rottman on the Justice Department's New Guidelines on Press Subpoenas

40 mins; October 25, 2025

Scaling Laws: Sen. Scott Wiener on California Senate Bill 53

50 mins; October 24, 2025

Lawfare Daily: External Powers Competition in Africa: Aid, Security, Tech—and African Agency

52 mins; October 23, 2025

Rational Security: The “Pickled Fish in Cozy Sweaters” Edition

78 hours 37 mins; October 22, 2025

Lawfare Daily: Political Change in Madagascar and Kenya

26 mins; October 22, 2025

The Now: Anna Bower's Signal Exchange with Lindsey Halligan

32 mins; October 21, 2025

Lawfare Daily: Tomahawks, Trump, and Armed Neutrality for Ukraine

60 hours 34 mins; October 21, 2025

Lawfare Daily: The Trials of the Trump Administration, Oct. 17

93 hours 15 mins; October 20, 2025

Lawfare Archive: The Potential for an Afghan Adjustment Act

42 mins; October 19, 2025

Lawfare Archive: How Internet Infrastructure Affects Digital Repression in Venezuela

38 mins; October 18, 2025

Scaling Laws: AI and Energy: What Do We Know? What Are We Learning?

52 mins; October 17, 2025

Lawfare Daily: Prosecuting Terrorism and the Pursuit of Justice, with Jake Tapper

53 mins; October 16, 2025

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