Best J Public Relations Podcasts (2025)

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Lawfare Daily: Trump’s Rescissions Request, Impoundments, and the Litigation Over Foreign Assistance 59:28

11h ago59:28

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For today’s episode, Lawfare General Counsel and Senior Editor Scott R. Anderson and Lawfare Senior Editor and Brookings Institution Senior Fellow Molly Reynolds sat down for a conversation about the rescissions package President Trump recently put forward to Congress, how it relates to the litigation over the president’s attempted cuts to U.S. for…

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Why Trump’s Iran decision is splitting the Republican party 33:50

23h ago33:50

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As the world waits for Donald Trump’s decison on whether to join Israel in striking Iran’s nuclear sites, he is quickly losing support from his own party. Donald Trump has generally enjoyed party unity since returning to office in January but now faces an open revolt over the possibility of US strikes against Iran.Some of Trump’s biggest supporters…

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Lawfare Archive: Jack Goldsmith and Bob Bauer on Reforming the Insurrection Act 57:58

1d ago57:58

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From April 12, 2024: The Insurrection Act is a provision that allows the president to deploy the U.S. military for domestic law enforcement. It’s been invoked dozens of times by presidents to respond to crises in the over 230 years that it’s been around, but it hasn’t been reformed in centuries. In recent years, the Insurrection Act has come back i…

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Ask the Mayor, plus the Metro Human Relations Commission at 60 49:58

2d ago49:58

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Do you have a concern you would like him to address? Do you have a question about the direction of the city? Every month, Nashville Mayor Freddie O’Connell joins us to discuss the latest happenings in and around the city — and take your calls! Plus, we celebrate sixty years of Nashville's Metro Human Relations Commission with current executive dire…

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Is Donald Trump about to put the US at war with Iran? 31:47

2d ago31:47

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Donald Trump is considering how far the United States should go in joining Israel’s attacks on Iran. Sarah and Anthony - who were both at the G7 summit in Canada on Monday, with Anthony travelling on Air Force One with Trump - discuss whether the U.S. is on the brink of another Middle East war. The president held an emergency Situation Room meeting…

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Rational Security: The "Middle East War to End Middle East Wars" Edition 1:14:24

2d ago1:14:24

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This week, Scott sat down with Lawfare Managing Editor Tyler McBrien and Foreign Policy Editors Daniel Byman and Dana Stuster to talk through the week’s big news in Israel and Iran, including: “The Nuclear Option.” Israel crossed the rubicon late last week and took direct military action against Iran’s nuclear weapons program, among other targets, …

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Lawfare Daily: The Israel/Iran Conflict: What Do We Know So Far? 1:01:12

2d ago1:01:12

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On today's episode, Lawfare Executive Editor Natalie Orpett discussed the ongoing hostilities between Israel and Iran with Suzanne Maloney, Director of the Foreign Policy Program at the Brookings Institution, and Joel Braunold, Managing Director of the S. Daniel Abraham Center for Middle East Peace. They talked about how the conflict is unfolding, …

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Nashville's underground. Literally. 49:46

3d ago49:46

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One thing is true. What goes up must go down. That goes for relationships, that basketball you like to play with and even the city of Nashville. Recently, a study indicated Nashville is experiencing subsidence — or in simpler terms, the surface level is sinking. Experts continue to debate whether this phenomenon has any urgency. To shed light, we h…

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Lawfare Daily: Evaluating January 6 Prosecutions with Greg Rosen 55:03

3d ago55:03

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Greg Rosen, now an attorney at Rogers Joseph O’Donnell, spoke with James Pearce, Lawfare Legal Fellow, about his time prosecuting federal crimes in the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia. He focused mostly on the investigation and prosecution that followed the attack of the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021. He discussed how the U.S.…

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Americanswers… On 5 Live! Can Donald Trump stop the war between Israel and Iran? 34:09

4d ago34:09

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“I’m not going to start a war, I’m going to stop all wars.” Donald Trump’s campaign promise from 2024, which he has repeated many times. But following Israel’s attack on Iran there is debate over how involved Donald Trump has been in green lighting Israel’s attack, and how far US support will go. Sarah and Justin - along with Matt Chorley from 5 Li…

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Bob Clement, career public servant 49:56

4d ago49:56

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Bob Clement’s life has been a fascinating one. At 29, he became the youngest Tennessean elected to statewide office, a title he still holds today. After his time at the PSA, President Jimmy Carter tapped him for a spot on the board of Tennessee Valley Authority. In the late eighties, he ran and won the congressional race for the 5th district. He se…

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Lawfare Daily: The Trials of the Trump Administration, June 13 1:36:15

4d ago1:36:15

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In a live conversation on June 13, Lawfare Editor in Chief Benjamin Wittes sat down with Lawfare Legal Fellow James Pearce and Lawfare Senior Editors Anna Bower, Quinta Jurecic, and Roger Parloff to discuss the legality of President Trump federalizing the California National Guard to send them to L.A., the pretrial detention hearing of Kilmar Abreg…

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Lawfare Archive: The Court at War 1:03:03

5d ago1:03:03

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From December 26, 2023: The Supreme Court during World War II issued some of the most notorious opinions in its history, including the Japanese exclusion case, Korematsu v. United States, and the Nazi saboteur military commission case, Ex parte Quirin. For a fresh take on these and related cases and a broader perspective on the Supreme Court during…

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Lawfare Archive: Protests, the Police, and the Press 48:20

6d ago48:20

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From June 21, 2023: Carolyn Cole, a Pulitzer-Prize winning staff photographer for the Los Angeles Times, has covered wars and other conflicts in Afghanistan, Iraq, Israel, Kosovo, Liberia, Sudan, Nicaragua, Haiti, and the U.S.-Mexico border. Over the course of her 30 year career, she has been seriously injured on the job precisely once—when members…

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Why has RFK Jr sacked an entire US vaccine safety committee? 24:20

7d ago24:20

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By popular demand the Americast team turn their focus on stories that have flown under the radar during the blanket coverage of the disorder in LA this week. Why has the US Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Junior sacked all the members of a committee which makes recommendations on immunisations, and why is there some concern over his new picks? W…

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Lawfare Daily: U.S. Troops on the Streets of Los Angeles 1:25:21

7d ago1:25:21

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For today's episode, Lawfare Senior Editor and General Counsel Scott R. Anderson sat down with three leading legal experts on domestic military deployments: William Banks of Syracuse University College of Law, Laura Dickinson of the George Washington University Law School, and Chris Mirasola of the University of Houston Law Center. They discussed t…

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Escalation, Episode Seven: Boiling the Frog 58:28

8d ago58:28

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Today, it’s Episode Seven of Escalation, our latest narrative series co-hosted by Lawfare Managing Editor Tyler McBrien and Ukraine Fellow Anastasiia Lapatina. Throughout the show, Nastya and Tyler trace the history of U.S.-Ukrainian relations from the time of Ukrainian independence through the present. You can listen to Escalation in its entirety,…

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The snakes in our grass 50:04

8d ago50:04

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Like it or not, it’s snake season. They eat rats, mice and moles. Some good snakes even eat "bad" ones! They help keep lakes and rivers clean. Their venom has been used to treat diseases from high blood pressure to cancer. Whether it's a harmless corn snake or a coiled-up copperhead — rarely are they a welcome sight. But knowledge is power, so we’r…

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Lawfare Daily: McCarthyism and Its Echoes in Modern Politics with Clay Risen 43:24

8d ago43:24

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Lawfare Contributing Editor Renée DiResta sits down with Clay Risen to talk about his book “Red Scare: Blacklists, McCarthyism, and the Making of Modern America,” exploring the historical context of McCarthyism and its relevance to contemporary issues. They discuss the dynamics of accusation versus evidence during the Red Scare, the impact of vigil…

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Did Donald Trump deliberately provoke the LA protests? 32:29

9d ago32:29

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Sarah and Anthony are joined by Miles Taylor to discuss events in LA and to ask whether the President is deliberately stoking protest for political ends. Miles was the Chief of Staff at the Department of Homeland Security during Donald Trump’s first term but has since become a vocal critic. He talks about President Trump’s ambition to enact similar…

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Theater of War: Rural Tennesseans, Hollywood actors and a live studio audience 49:46

9d ago49:46

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Last month, rural Tennesseans, Hollywood actors and a live studio audience in New York City came together. On the agenda were issues that bind us. Theater of War is a New York theater company that "presents community-specific, theater-based projects that address pressing public health and social issues." Recently, they approached WPLN criminal just…

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Rational Security: The “How Many Constitutional Crises Can We Fit Into One Episode?” Edition 1:17:17

9d ago1:17:17

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This week, Scott sat down with Lawfare Senior Editors Molly Reynolds and Quinta Jurecic, and Contributing Editor Chris Mirasola, to focus on the week’s big domestic news, including: “Drama Majors, Meet Major Drama.” In the glittering city of Los Angeles, the Trump administration has taken the dramatic step of calling up the California National Guar…

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Lawfare Daily: Christina Knight on AI Safety Institutes 38:53

9d ago38:53

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Christina Knight, Machine Learning Safety and Evals Lead at Scale AI and former senior policy adviser at the U.S. AI Safety Institute (AISI), joins Kevin Frazier, the AI Innovation and Law Fellow at Texas and a Senior Editor at Lawfare, to break down what it means to test and evaluate frontier AI models as well as the status of international effort…

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Escalation, Episode Six: Nothing Else Matters 57:50

10d ago57:50

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Today, it’s Episode Six of Escalation, our latest narrative series co-hosted by Lawfare Managing Editor Tyler McBrien and Ukraine Fellow Anastasiia Lapatina. Throughout the show, Nastya and Tyler trace the history of U.S.-Ukrainian relations from the time of Ukrainian independence through the present. You can listen to Escalation in its entirety, a…

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J. Percy Priest: Nashville's Lake 50:07

10d ago50:07

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We’re sailing over to Nashville's waterfront. Percy Priest is a local's lake — and the experiences there are as diverse as the growing communities surrounding it. We’re sharing stories about the land, the water and the wildlife. And we're opening the phone lines to hear your stories! (Extra credit if you call in while on the water.) Situated betwee…

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Building a Local Community that Fosters Resilience and Support for Wedding Photographers with Chris J. Evans - Ep. 178 24:51

10d ago24:51

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We are chatting with Chris J. Evans all about how to build a local community that fosters resilience and support for wedding photographers. Chris shares his personal stories of how to authentically connect with your peers and create lasting relationships that will help your business grow year after year. A little bit about Chris, He is a luxury wed…

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Lawfare Daily: Censorship, Civilizational Allies, and Codes of Practice 57:17

10d ago57:17

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Lawfare Contributing Editor Renée DiResta sits down with Daphne Keller, Director of the Program on Platform Regulation at Stanford University's Cyber Policy Center; Dean Jackson, Contributing Editor at Tech Policy Press and fellow at American University's Center for Security, Innovation, and New Technology; and Joan Barata, Senior Legal Fellow at T…

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Samar Ali, peacemaker 49:59

11d ago49:59

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Growing up as an Arab-American woman in rural Waverly — and traveling for her career — have shaped Samar Ali's life as a peacemaker. Her journey includes stops at Vanderbilt University, the Supreme Court of South Africa, the White House, and eventually back to her home state. Along the way, she has faced and overcome personal attacks. It's all fuel…

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Americanswers... on 5 Live! Why has Donald Trump sent the National Guard to protests in LA? 25:14

11d ago25:14

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Donald Trump has defended his decision to deploy the National Guard to Los Angeles despite criticism from Democrats and California officials. The US president says LA would have been "completely obliterated" otherwise and hits out at Democrat California Governor Gavin Newsom, who says he's suing the Trump administration. Trump deployed 2,000 Nation…

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Lawfare Daily: The Trials of the Trump Administration, June 6 1:32:00

12d ago1:32:00

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In a live conversation on June 6, Lawfare Editor in Chief Benjamin Wittes sat down with Lawfare Legal Fellow James Pearce and Lawfare Senior Editors Anna Bower, and Roger Parloff to discuss a breaking Supreme Court opinion which blocks discovery against DOGE, the criminal indictment of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, President Trump’s recent executive order …

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Lawfare Archive: A New Sanctions Approach for Humanitarian Assistance 44:07

12d ago44:07

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From March 14, 2023: For years, the international community has wrestled with how to reconcile sanctions policies targeting terrorist groups and other malevolent actors with the need to provide humanitarian assistance in areas under those groups’ control. Late last year, both the Biden administration and the UN Security Council took major steps tow…

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Lawfare Archive: Protecting Civilians in Gaza and Beyond with Marc Garlasco and Emily Tripp 57:17

13d ago57:17

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From January 18, 2024: Last month, the Department of Defense released its first-ever policy on civilian harm reduction. But as Marc Garlasco recently wrote in Lawfare, “[T]he policy comes at an awkward time … The U.S. military has issued guidance on how to protect civilians during operations just as its close ally Israel has reportedly killed thous…

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Elon Musk says Donald Trump is "in the Epstein files” 29:24

14d ago29:24

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How did one of the most powerful alliances in American politics blow up? The falling out between Donald Trump and Elon Musk has been playing out very publicly on social media, with back and forth insults and threats. Sarah Smith, Marianna Spring, Justin Webb and Anthony Zurcher unpack how the row intensified with Trump threatening to revoke Musk’s …

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Lawfare Daily: WITAOD? 52:00

14d ago52:00

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Lawfare Senior Editor Anna Bower has been on a quest. She wants to identify the administrator of DOGE. It's partly a comedic bit. And her lengthy article on the subject on Lawfare last week is laugh-out-loud funny. But it's also deadly serious. She came on the Lawfare Podcast to discuss the serious questions behind WITAOD with Editor-in-Chief Benja…

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Why has Trump imposed a new travel ban and who’s on the list? 30:16

15d ago30:16

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The US president Donald Trump has imposed a full travel ban on 12 countries mainly in Africa and the Middle East, following through on a promise made in 2024 on the campaign trail. But why has the president chosen to implement the ban now, and how likely is it to survive a legal challenge? The ban includes Afghanistan, Iran, Somalia and Libya. But …

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Escalation, Episode Five: Resets 51:53

15d ago51:53

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Today, it’s Episode Five of Escalation, our latest narrative series co-hosted by Lawfare Managing Editor Tyler McBrien and Ukraine Fellow Anastasiia Lapatina. Throughout the show, Nastya and Tyler trace the history of U.S.-Ukrainian relations from the time of Ukrainian independence through the present. You can listen to Escalation in its entirety, …

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Your Turn to Talk: The $3.8 billion dollar Metro Budget 50:04

15d ago50:04

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Fifty-seven percent of the mayor’s recommended budget for next year comes from property taxes. Another almost twenty percent comes from local sales tax. But what are the other funding sources? And what does the budget cover? On today’s episode we cover many of the details of the proposed $3.8 billion spending plan — how the money's allocated, how m…

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Lawfare Daily: A Tumultuous Week in Ukraine-Russia Relations, with Anastasiia Lapatina and Mykhailo Soldatenko 58:29

15d ago58:29

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It’s been a big week in Ukrainian-Russian relations. There were surprise attacks, an amassing of troops, the blowing up of bridges, and peace talks in Istanbul that didn’t really go anywhere. To talk through all of this and more, Lawfare Editor-in-Chief Benjamin Wittes sat down with Lawfare’s Ukraine Fellow Anastasiia Lapatina and Legal Fellow Mykh…

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Happy 35th birthday, Athena! 50:04

16d ago50:04

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Every year, thousands enter the temple in Nashville's Parthenon to view the nearly 42-foot statue of Athena. But this year, she turns 35 years young. The Greek goddess of warfare and wisdom, carved out of gypsum cement, took eight years to complete. On today's show, we chat with the sculptor behind the deity, Alan LeQuire, to hear about his process…

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Elon Musk trashes Donald Trump's big tax bill 25:20

16d ago25:20

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Donald Trump's One Big Beautiful Bill is causing a rift with Elon Musk after the Tesla founder labelled it a "disgusting abomination". If passed, it would add trillions of dollars onto America’s deficit over the next decade. After the bill narrowly passed the House of Representatives it now faces an even tougher passage in the Senate after senior f…

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Rational Security: The “Huffin’ and Puffin” Edition 1:10:20

16d ago1:10:20

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This week, Scott sat down with Lawfare’s Ukraine Fellow Anastasiia Lapatina and Contributing Editors Eric Ciaramella and Alex Zerden to talk through the week’s big national security and foreign policy news, including: “The Road to Damascus.” Over the past two weeks, the Trump administration has done an extraordinary about-face on U.S. policy toward…

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Lawfare Daily: Democratic Backsliding and the Role of Technology 1:25:56

16d ago1:25:56

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Political scientists who study democratic backsliding—the slow erosion of a country’s institutions—have raised alarms about the state of democracy in the United States under the second Trump administration. At the same time, the administration has embraced technology—particularly AI—as a tool for implementing many of its policies, from immigration …

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Escalation, Episode Four: The Worst of Both Worlds 40:46

17d ago40:46

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Today, it’s Episode Four of Escalation, our latest narrative series co-hosted by Lawfare Managing Editor Tyler McBrien and Ukraine Fellow Anastasiia Lapatina. Throughout the show, Nastya and Tyler trace the history of U.S.-Ukrainian relations from the time of Ukrainian independence through the present. You can listen to Escalation in its entirety, …

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How do rites of passage mark important milestones? 50:00

17d ago50:00

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Across cultures, rites of passage often honor a transition from one cycle of life to another. On today's show, three Nashvillians share their own experiences and how it felt entering a new stage of life. From performing a bat mitzvah to living as a Buddhist monk — and even undergoing a "croning" — each of these ceremonies left an impact on our gues…

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Lawfare Daily: Two Courts Rule Against Trump’s IEEPA Tariffs, with Peter Harrell 59:49

17d ago59:49

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For today’s episode, Lawfare General Counsel and Senior Editor Scott R. Anderson sat down with Contributing Editor and leading sanctions expert Peter Harrell to talk over the not one but two judicial rulings that enjoined President Trump's tariffs last week. They discussed the similarities and differences between the two rulings, what seems likely …

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Americanswers... on 5 Live! Who controls Donald Trump's Truth Social account? 31:49

18d ago31:49

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Donald Trump founded Truth Social in 2022 after he was banned from major social media platforms like Facebook and Twitter. But is the president the sole user of his account, and are there any “tells” for when someone else has posted on his account? We also answer your questions about whether funding cuts in the latest instalment of Donald Trump’s w…

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Maryam Abolfazli, activist and community leader 49:57

18d ago49:57

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For over two decades, native Tennessean Maryam Abolfazli has been a leader in economic development and the nonprofit sector. Then in 2023, she became a leading voice among gun safety organizers after the Covenant School shooting tragedy. So much so that she ran for Congress in 2024. Today we sit down with Abolfazli to learn what it’s like to run fo…

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Lawfare Daily: The Trials of the Trump Administration, May 30 1:28:24

18d ago1:28:24

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In a live conversation on May 30, Lawfare Editor in Chief Benjamin Wittes sat down with Lawfare Senior Editors Anna Bower, Scott Anderson, and Roger Parloff to discuss legal challenges against President Trump’s executive actions, including two court rulings finding President Trump’s IEEPA tariffs to be unlawful, the government’s appeal of those rul…

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Lawfare Archive: Chinese Property Ownership and National Security 41:04

19d ago41:04

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From May 21, 2024: Across the country, state lawmakers are joining the effort to address the perceived national security threat from China by passing a number of measures attempting to curb Chinese influences in their states. One such effort in Florida prevents Chinese citizens from owning property in the state. Lawfare’s Associate Editor Hyemin Ha…

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Lawfare Archive: Prosecuting the Gaza War Before the International Criminal Court with Chimène Keitner 53:06

20d ago53:06

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From May 23, 2024: For today’s episode, Lawfare Senior Editor Scott R. Anderson sat down with Chimène Keitner, a Professor of Law at UC Davis School of Law and former Counselor on International Law at the U.S. Department of State, to discuss the recent applications for arrest warrants filed by the prosecutor for the International Criminal Court (IC…

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