Benjamin Nathans on Alexei Navalny
Benjamin Nathans is a professor of Russian and Soviet history at the University of Pennsylvania, with a particular specialty in the history of Russian and Soviet dissidents. He joined Lawfare Editor-i...
27 Mar 202449min
What Should We Do About Special Counsels?
In February, Special Counsel Robert Hur released a report declining to prosecute President Biden for his handling of classified material. Earlier this month, Hur testified before the House Judiciary C...
26 Mar 202451min
One Year Since the Kidnapping of Elizabeth Tsurkov
One year ago, Elizabeth Tsurkov, a graduate student at Princeton University, was abducted by the terrorist organization Kata'ib Hezbollah in Baghdad, where she was doing fieldwork. Since that day, her...
25 Mar 202450min
Rational Security: The “Tyler’s Grandma’s Matzah Ball Soup” Edition
This week on Rational Security, Alan and Quinta were joined by Lawfare Managing Editor Tyler McBrien and Lawfare Legal Fellow and Courts Correspondent Anna Bower to talk through the week's big nationa...
24 Mar 20241h 7min
Trump's Trials and Tribulations: Judge Cannon's Concerning Jury Instructions
It's another episode of “Trump's Trials and Tribulations,” recorded on March 21 in front of a live audience on YouTube and Riverside. Lawfare Senior Editor Quinta Jurecic sat down with Lawfare Editor-...
23 Mar 20241h 21min
Lawfare Archive: Allies, Episode 1: Faithful and Valuable Service
From May 16, 2022: In order to tell you this story, we need to start at the beginning, just before the U.S. invasion. After 9/11, the CIA set their sights on al-Qaeda’s base in Afghanistan. After a mi...
23 Mar 202435min
Matt Perault, Ramya Krishnan, and Alan Rozenshtein Talk About the TikTok Divestment and Ban Bill
Today, we’re bringing you an episode of Arbiters of Truth, our series on the information ecosystem.Last week the House of Representatives overwhelmingly passed a bill that would require ByteDance, the...
22 Mar 202450min
Chatter: From Right-Wing Radio to the Heart of the Never Trump Movement, with Charlie Sykes
Charlie Sykes recently stepped down as host of the Bulwark Podcast. He's a regular commentator on MSNBC, and has written a number of books. He tells the story here of his political journey, from being...
21 Mar 20241h 16min
