Join former U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara as he breaks down legal topics in the news and engages thought leaders in a podcast about power, policy, and justice.
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Why did President Joe Biden pardon his son, Hunter, despite vowing not to? In an excerpt from a new episode of the CAFE Insider podcast, Preet Bharara and Joyce Vance break down Biden’s pardon decision.
In the full episode, Preet and Joyce further analyze the Hunter Biden pardon. They also discuss President-elect Donald Trump’s selection of his ally, Kash Patel, as FBI Director.
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Trump’s New National Security Playbook (with John Carlin and Jeremy Bash)
On a special episode of Stay Tuned in Brief, national security experts John Carlin and Jeremy Bash discuss President-elect Donald Trump’s nominees for national security roles, the newly-created Department of Government Efficiency or DOGE, and U.S. foreign policy.
John Carlin is the former Acting Deputy Attorney General of the United States. He previously was the top national security official for the U.S. Department of Justice, and the Chief of Staff of the FBI under Robert Mueller. He's now a partner at the law firm Paul Weiss.
Jeremy Bash spent over a decade in government, occupying various high-level national security positions, including Chief of Staff at the CIA and Defense Department under President Barack Obama. He’s now the managing director and partner at Beacon Global Strategies.
This conversation was recorded on Monday, November 25, 2024.
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Getting Over the Election (with Adam Grant)
Adam Grant is an organizational psychologist and author who teaches at the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. He joins Preet to discuss:
Post-election anxiety and where we go from here
Why we should (or shouldn’t) trust experts
Taking a break from the news
Meritocracies and measuring success
To watch this interview on YouTube, click here.
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For show notes and a transcript of the episode head to: https://cafe.com/stay-tuned/election-news-fatigue-psychology-adam-grant/
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Evolution on Trial: How the Scopes Case Changed America (with Brenda Wineapple)
Brenda Wineapple joins Preet to discuss her new book about the Scopes Monkey trial, “Keeping the Faith: God, Democracy, and the Trial that Riveted America.” The trial, often called 'the trial of the century,' was not just a courtroom battle but a flashpoint in a broader cultural war that continues to echo in debates over science, religion, and education today.
For show notes and a transcript of the episode head to: https://cafe.com/stay-tuned/the-scopes-monkey-trial-revisited-brenda-wineapple
Have a question for Preet? Ask @PreetBharara on Threads, or Twitter with the hashtag #AskPreet. Email us at [email protected], or call 669-247-7338 to leave a voicemail.
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57:44
Preserving Democracy (with Garry Kasparov)
Garry Kasparov is a chess grandmaster and Chairman of the Renew Democracy Initiative, a nonprofit dedicated to defending liberal democracies worldwide. He joins Preet to discuss:
Trump’s plans to consolidate power within the Executive Branch
The need for change within the Democratic Party
What normalcy might look like in four years
How Trump may impact Russia’s war in Ukraine
Strategies for surviving political exhaustion
Plus, will Matt Gaetz be the new Attorney General? Will the Department of Education be dismantled? And, can Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg convince judge Merchan not to dismiss Trump’s Manhattan criminal conviction?
After the election, our work making sense of legal news continues. For the month of November, visit cafe.com/november to get 40% off your membership for the first year.
For show notes and a transcript of the episode head to: https://cafe.com/stay-tuned/trump-democracy-garry-kasparov-musk-gaetz/
Have a question for Preet? Ask @PreetBharara on Threads, or Twitter with the hashtag #AskPreet. Email us at [email protected], or call 669-247-7338 to leave a voicemail.
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Join former U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara as he breaks down legal topics in the news and engages thought leaders in a podcast about power, policy, and justice.
From CAFE and the Vox Media Podcast Network.
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