Episodes
How do we assess the report from the Jan 6 Committee and where do the investigations go from here? We talk to Rep. Raskin and one of the Committee's star witnesses, retired Federal Appelette Court Judge J. Michael Luttig.
Published 12/24/22
Published 12/24/22
We talk to two leading experts on the subject of the JFK assassination about the newly released material on the matter, former New York Times reporter Phil Shenon and former Washington Post Reporter Jeff Morley.
Published 12/16/22
On this episode of the podcast, we sit down with Ron Deibert, who runs the University of Toronto’s Citizen Lab, to discuss the “mercenary spyware” industry.
Published 12/16/22
On this episode of the podcast, we sit down with Robert Draper to talk about just how the GOP has, as he says, “lost its mind.”
Published 12/08/22
On this episode of “Buried Treasure,” we sit down with Hochschild to look back on this all too often unremembered period that gave birth to the Espionage Act - some of the “darkest years of the republic” in which the government and political establishment weren’t at all opposed to blatantly illiberal approaches to achieving their desired outcomes.
Published 12/02/22
We talk to Jason Rezaian about the World Cup, the future of the Iranian protests, and his experiences as a journalist being imprisoned by the Iranian regime.
Published 11/30/22
We discuss Merrick Garland's appointment of Special Council Jack Smith overseeing the ongoing probes in whether or not Trump tried to overturn the 2020 Election.
Published 11/19/22
We check in with Molly Jong-Fast, a popular liberal podcaster and social media influencer, about what she makes of Trump’s candidacy and the unexpected midterm results.
Published 11/17/22
If Kevin McCarthy and the GOP gain control of the House, how much power will he actually have with their potential majority being of the slimmest of margins?
Published 11/11/22
What do the election results say about what passes for the conventional wisdom in American politics? And what do they mean for a 2024 Presidential contest?
Published 11/09/22
We talk to Vivian Schiller about what we should make of the Musk takeover and what it portends for the future of Twitter, social media, and American Democracy.
Published 11/05/22
The CIA's former top Russia analyst, George Beebe, joins to answer the question, Is there any hope for diplomacy in the Russia-Ukraine war?
Published 11/02/22
We discuss the upcoming Supreme Court cases alongside Leah Litman a Law Professor at the University of Michigan and Jess Bravin of the Wall Street Journal.
Published 10/29/22
We talk to Democratic pollster Mark Mellman as well as Republican consultant Brian Robinson to breakdown the upcoming midterm elections.
Published 10/26/22
how effective really was The Lincoln Project? We talk to the film makers Karim Amer and Fisher Stevens.
Published 10/20/22
We talk to veteran Democratic consultant Lis Smith, author of the new book, "Any Given Tuesday: A Political Love Story," about the upcoming midterm elections.
Published 10/18/22
We discuss the final January 6th Committee hearing with Matt Miller, former Chief of Public Affairs of the Justice Department under Democratic Attorney General Eric Holder.
Published 10/14/22
We talk Senator Chris Murphy about the US-Saudi relationship, the war in Ukraine, and the billion dollar verdict against conspiracy theorist Alex Jones for his lies about the 2012 massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School.
Published 10/13/22
We talk to the Daily Beast reporter who broke the Herschel Walker story, Roger Sollenberger, and also Slate's Dahlia Lithwick about the new Supreme Court term.
Published 10/08/22
We talk to Cirincione and game out the ever more frightening possibilities of Putin's potential nuclear war.
Published 10/03/22
Peter Baker and Susan Glasser discuss Trump's still puzzling relationship with a scary autocrat very much dominating the world stage, Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Published 10/01/22
This episode recounts how senior U.S. officials became increasingly dubious about sensational claims about Havana Syndrome pointing to the lack of any hard evidence that a secret microwave weapon even exists.
Published 09/24/22
An examination of the Cold War mystery over suspected microwave attacks on the U.S. Embassy in Moscow and how Pentagon fears about such bombardments heavily influenced the initial response to Havana Syndrome.
Published 09/24/22
Host Michael Isikoff and his producer Mark Seman travel to Cuba to talk find out how the reports of Havana Syndrome were viewed by the country's leadership.
Published 09/24/22