All Episodes

Note from Joyce 10/20: Will There Be Anything Left of the Voting Rights Act?

Backstage, Now & Then, 10/19

CAFE Insider 10/18: Premeditated

Office Hours: The First Amendment Is Alive (with Stuart Brotman)

Note from Elie: Time for DOJ to Do its Job on Jan. 6

Note From Barb 10/13: Case Closed — The January 6th Committee Will Rest

Stay Tuned Bonus 10/13: Ruth Ben-Ghiat

Backstage, Now & Then, 10/12

CAFE Insider 10/11: The “Mine, Mine, Mine” Defense

Note from Elie: DOJ Subpoenas Mark Meadows (Sort Of)

Note From Melissa: Another YOLO Term for the Supreme Court

CAFE Insider 10/4: The Cannons

Backstage, Now & Then, 10/4

Note from Elie: Nobody Wins with the Special Master

Note From Asha: Trump’s Monkey’s Paw

Stay Tuned Bonus 9/29: Julia Ioffe

CAFE Insider 9/27: Art of the Steal (with Barb McQuade)

Backstage, Now & Then, 9/27

Note from Elie: Politics Mar Trump Lawsuit

Note From Joyce: No Cake For Trump

Stay Tuned Bonus 9/22: Nina Totenberg

CAFE Insider 9/20: "Damoclean Threat"

Backstage, Now & Then, 9/20

Note from Elie: Steve Bannon’s Joy Ride is Over

DOJ Has a Lot to Chew On

Stay Tuned Bonus 9/15: Astead Herndon

CAFE Insider 9/13: Subpoenas and Special Masters

Backstage, Now & Then, 9/13

Note from Elie: The Real World Cost of Prosecutorial Delay

Stay Tuned Bonus 9/8: Anne Neuberger

CAFE Insider 9/6: “Outrageous Order” (with Maya Wiley)

Backstage, Now & Then, 9/6

Note from Elie: All the Former President’s Lawyers

Stay Tuned Bonus 9/1: Mark Leibovich

Note From Asha: Barr-a-Lago: A New Memo Reveals Lies, Deceit, and Treachery

CAFE Insider 8/30: "Are We Off Base?"

Note From Elie: Merrick Garland Holds the Line

Note From Joyce: The Magistrate Judge Doesn’t Have The Final Say

CAFE Insider 8/23: Skeletons In the Closet

Backstage, Now & Then, 8/23

Note From Elie: In Defense of the Fifth

Note From Barb: 45 Shades of Graymail

CAFE Insider 8/16: What's in the Mar-a-Lago Search Warrant?

Backstage, Now & Then, 8/16

Note from Elie: Making Sense of Mar-a-Lago

Note from Preet: Pelosi’s Taiwan Trip, Explained (with Evan Osnos)

Stay Tuned Bonus 8/11: John Avlon

Note From Melissa: Authoritarianism and Democratic Deliberation

CAFE Insider 8/9: Mar-a-Lago Search

Backstage, Now & Then, 8/9

Note from Elie: A Chance at Redemption

Note From Preet: Understanding Monkeypox (with Dr. Kavita Patel)

Stay Tuned Bonus 8/4: Franita Tolson

Mystery Inc: The Case of the Missing Secret Service Text Messages

CAFE Insider 8/2: DOJ Targets Trump

Backstage, Now & Then, 8/2

Note from Elie: Steve Bannon’s Moment of Accountability

Note From Preet: What Does it Mean That DOJ is Investigating Trump? (with Carol Leonnig)

Stay Tuned Bonus 7/28: Joe Kennedy III

Note from Joyce: Razing the Kraken: The Importance of Witnesses

CAFE Insider 7/26: 187 Minutes

Note from Elie: What If They All Went Along With It?

Note From Barb: Where is Merrick Garland?

CAFE Insider 7/19: Court of Public Opinion (with Barb McQuade)

Backstage, Now & Then, 7/19

Note from Elie: Deciphering DOJ’s Jan. 6 Contempt Decisions

Note From Preet: What Does Boris Johnson's Ouster Mean for Us? (with Ed Luce)

Stay Tuned Bonus 7/14: Nita Farahany

Note From Melissa: The Least Dangerous Branch?

CAFE Insider 7/12: Bannon's Gambit (with Dan Goldman)

Backstage, Now & Then, 7/12

Note From Elie: DOJ Delay Hurts Its Own Cause

Note From Asha: How Could the Jan 6 Committee Impact DOJ?

CAFE Insider 7/5: Investigating Domestic Terrorism (with Jim Cavanaugh)

Backstage, Now & Then, 7/5

Note from Elie: The Supreme Court and the Rule of Five

Note From Preet: What is Substantive Due Process? (with Trevor Morrison)

Stay Tuned Bonus 6/30: Jeannie Suk Gersen

Note From Joyce: The Jury That Matters Most

CAFE Insider 6/28: Dobbs Deep Dive

CAFE Insider Special 6/24: The End of Roe

Note from Elie: What Does it Mean, Exactly, to Know?

Stay Tuned Bonus 6/23: Shannon Watts

Note From Barb: Donald Trump's Al Capone Moment?

CAFE Insider 6/21: "Clear and Present Danger"

Note from Elie: Committee Hearings and Criminal Prosecution: Different Ball Games

Note From Preet: Lawyers and Lackeys

Stay Tuned Bonus 6/16: Eric Holder

CAFE Insider 6/14: "Teetering Back"

Now & Then, Backstage, 6/14

Note from Elie: “Dereliction of Duty” Is Far Too Generous to Donald Trump

Note From Preet: Who Will Stay Tuned?

Stay Tuned Bonus 6/9: Soledad O’Brien

Note From Asha: Yes, The Durham Plotline Was As Dumb As It Looked

CAFE Insider 6/7: Navarro Charged, Sussmann Acquitted

Now & Then, Backstage, 6/7

Note from Elie: The 2nd Amendment, Justice Scalia, and Selective Textualism

Note From Preet: Is This Time Different?

Stay Tuned Bonus 6/2: Rep. Mondaire Jones

Note From Joyce: What to Expect from DOJ’s Review of Uvalde