All Episodes

Stay Tuned Bonus 8/24: Chuck Rosenberg

Note From Barb 8/24: Hitting Back on Hit Lists

Now & Then Backstage 8/23: Pardons: Politics & Power

CAFE Insider 8/22: Georgia on My Mind

Note from Elie 08/18: The Problem With Pardon-Proofing

Stay Tuned Bonus 8/17: Greg Ip

Note From Melissa 8/17: An Ohio August Surprise

Now & Then Backstage 8/16: The Women’s World Cup, Title IX, and Power

CAFE Insider 8/15: The 4th Indictment

Note from Elie 8/11: A Tale of Two Judges

Stay Tuned Bonus 8/10: Margaret Hoover

Note from Asha 8/10: The Indictment We’ve All Been Waiting For

Now & Then Backstage 8/9: Telling Tales of History: The Florida Problem

CAFE Insider 8/8: Protective Orders & Trump Defenses

Note from Elie 8/4: Trump’s 3rd Indictment Is Really Not About Jan. 6

Note From Joyce 08/03: Alabama’s Attorney General Wants to Control Your Access to Reproductive Medical Care

CAFE Insider Special 8/2: Trump’s Third Indictment

Now & Then Backstage 8/2: Unions, Strikes, and the Public: What Matters?

CAFE Insider 8/1: More Trump Classified Docs Charges

Note from Elie 7/28: Donald Trump and the “One More Thing” Defense

Stay Tuned Bonus 7/27: Adam Frank

Note From Barb 7/27: In Georgia, RICO Charges May Be Worth the Wait

Now & Then Backstage 7/26: Barbie, G.I. Joe, and the Gang: Dolls Are Us

CAFE Insider 7/25: Indictment Watch III

Note from Elie 7/21: Why Fani Willis Should Stand Down

Note From Melissa 7/20: Rookie of the Year

Now & Then Backstage 7/19: The Third Party Problem

CAFE Insider 7/18: Two Americas, One SCOTUS (with Michael Dreeben)

Note from Elie 7/14: The Supreme Court: Conservative Outcomes, Activist Means

Stay Tuned Bonus 7/13: Joshua Yaffa

Note from Asha 7/13: Making Sense of the Affirmative Action Decision

Now & Then Backstage 7/12: The Titan, the Sea, and What We See

CAFE Insider 7/11: Trump Delays & Social Media Disinfo

Note from Elie 7/7: Where’s Walt?

Stay Tuned Bonus 7/6: Kate Shaw

Note From Joyce 07/06: Protecting Guns, Not People

Note From Elie 6/30: Why DOJ’s Trump Trial Should Go First

Note From Barb 6/29: Trump's Trial Tactic — Playing Out the Clock

Stay Tuned Bonus 6/29: Suzanne Nossel

Now & Then Backstage 6/28: The American Nation and Indigenous Nations: Sovereignty & Struggle

CAFE Insider 6/27: “Lordy, There Are [Trump] Tapes”

Note from Elie 6/23: Skip the Outrage Over Hunter Biden

Stay Tuned Bonus 6/22: Sally Jenkins

Note From Melissa 6/22: Waiting for a Blow (from SCOTUS)

Now & Then Backstage 6/21: Presidential Lawyer Problems

CAFE Insider 6/20: Hunter’s Guilty Plea & Trump’s Admissions

Note from Elie 6/16: Why Trump Was Charged in Florida, Not DC

Note From Asha 6/15: The "Clinton Sock Drawer" — A Smart-Sounding Defense for Dumb People

Now & Then Backstage 6/14: There's Something in the Water

CAFE Insider 6/13: Legal Hurdles in the Mar-a-Lago Case

Note From Elie 6/9: Bright Lights Can Make for Ugly Temptation

Note From Joyce 06/08: The Silly Season

Stay Tuned Bonus 6/8: Niobe Way

Now & Then Backstage 6/7: Texas Tall-Tales, Ken Paxton…and Us

CAFE Insider 6/6: Indictment, Part Deux

Note from Elie 6/2: Trump’s Longshot Case for Federal Court

Stay Tuned Bonus 6/1: Henry Grabar

Note From Barb 6/1: Don’t Dunk on Your Opponent

CAFE Insider 5/30: AI & National Security (with John Carlin & Chris Inglis)

Note From Elie 5/26: George Santos and the Cold Reality of Consequences

Stay Tuned Bonus 5/25: David Autor

Now & Then Backstage 5/24: The American Wellness Continuum: Alternative Medicine

CAFE Insider 5/23: Mifepristone In Jeopardy & U.S. Attorney Resigns

Note from Elie 5/19: Durham Report - Four Years for This?

Stay Tuned Bonus 5/18: Tom Nichols

Note From Asha 5/18: Why the Durham Report Falls Short

Now & Then Backstage 5/17: The American Wellness Continuum: Traditional Medicine

CAFE Insider 5/16: Santos Scandals

Note from Elie 5/12: What John Roberts Really Meant to Say

Note From Joyce 5/11: The Supreme Court v. Federal Agencies

Now & Then Backstage 5/10: Veep: The Real Story

CAFE Insider 5/9: Trump, Tarrio & Thomas

Note from Elie 5/5: The Justice Department’s Hunter Biden Conundrum

Stay Tuned Bonus 5/4: Noah Feldman

Note From Barb 5/4: Words That Kill

Now & Then Backstage 5/3: Not a Joke: Humor as Politics

CAFE Insider 5/2: Trump’s Trial & Roberts’s Tribulations

Note from Elie 4/28: A Trump Trial Will Happen – But When?

Stay Tuned Bonus 4/27: Jen Psaki

Now & Then Backstage 4/26: Supreme Court Scandals: A Story of Justice

CAFE Insider 4/25: Mifepristone, Bragg, & Baldwin

Note from Elie: Decoding Dominion’s Settlement with Fox

Stay Tuned Bonus 4/20: Joan Biskupic

Note From Asha 4/20: Trump's Real Defense Team? House GOP

Now & Then Backstage 4/19: Expulsions and Ousters: The Threat in Tennessee

CAFE Insider 4/18: High Court Reckonings — Clarence Thomas & the Future of Mifepristone

Note from Elie: Judge Merchan Is Admirable - But He Should Recuse

Note From Joyce 4/13: What Year Is it?

Stay Tuned Bonus 4/13: Maggie Haberman

Up Against The Mob – Bonus Episode 07

Now & Then Backstage 4/12: Hostages as Messages

CAFE Insider 4/11: Bragg's Challenges, Abortion Pill Rulings & Thomas' Freebies

Note From Elie: In the Trump Case, We’re All Courtroom Watchers

Note From Barb 4/6: Equal Justice Under Law

Up Against The Mob – Bonus Episode 06

Now & Then Backstage 4/5: Canada and the One-Way Mirror

Note From Elie: Prosecutors, Turf Battles, and Trump

Note From Melissa 3/30: Telling Tales About Abortion

Stay Tuned Bonus 3/30: George Packer

Up Against The Mob – Bonus Episode 05