Architects May Come
We continue our Supreme Court series as the term has comes to a close. Akhil profiles the “middle three” Justices: Alito, Sotomayor, and Kagan. Their backgrounds, their finest, and their not-so-fin...
14 Jul 20211h 52min
Political Football
After decades on the bench, Justice Breyer’s distinguished career is, for better or worse, fodder for discussion and debate. Akhil has brought a “refined legal realism” to profiling the various justi...
7 Jul 20211h 37min
Know the Nine You Will
The Supreme Court’s 2020-21 term is closing, and we are opening a window into the Court. We begin this multiple-episode series by looking closely at each Justice - specifically, their backgrounds and...
30 Jun 20211h 50min
Yale's Constitution - Special Episode - Guest Nicholas Christakis
In this “additional” episode, Andy and Akhil switch roles and put the US Constitution aside for an hour, as they take a deep dive into the governance and politics of their beloved alma mater. Yale re...
28 Jun 20211h 24min
They Are Small Colleges
Akhil and Andy continue their tour of the 9 established colleges at the Founding, 7 were in the Ivy League, so the Ancient Eight will inevitably stand out in our survey - but they are not alone, as we...
23 Jun 20211h 12min
Princeton Palaver Present
Akhil and Andy move from The College of New Jersey - Princeton in the period of America’s Founding - to the Princeton University of today, and discuss matters of agreement and disagreement between Akh...
16 Jun 20212h 6min
Princeton Palaver Past
Akhil and Andy continue their look around the Ivy League. Having dispensed with Harvard, Princeton enters their sights, particularly their great early product, James Madison. Was he truly “the fathe...
9 Jun 20211h 27min
Harvard Hooey
That little-known school in Cambridge, Massachusetts keeps popping up. Akhil and Andy, objective Yale men as always, look at how Harvard was in the room at the American Revolution’s first stirrings, ...
2 Jun 20211h 25min
