Episodes
Karen Tumulty is a political columnist for The Washington Post who was on the ground for last week’s Iowa Republican caucuses and this week’s New Hampshire presidential primary. She joins Preet from Manchester, New Hampshire, to talk about why Nikki Haley and Ron DeSantis have been unable to dethrone Trump and what the early effective end to the primary season says about this fraught election year.  Plus, could we see additional charges brought against Trump related to classified documents...
Published 01/25/24
In this excerpt from the CAFE Insider podcast, Preet Bharara and Joyce Vance assess the quality of the legal representation former President Donald Trump is receiving from lawyer Alina Habba in the E. Jean Carroll defamation trial, offering some lessons on courtroom procedure along the way.   In the full episode, Preet and Joyce discuss Trump’s arguments in a Supreme Court brief asking the justices to overturn the Colorado Supreme Court decision disqualifying him from the presidential...
Published 01/24/24
Over the last few weeks, the US and UK conducted military strikes in Yemen after repeated attacks by a group called the Houthis on US-allied ships in the Red Sea. Former CIA Director John Brennan joins Preet to discuss the history of the Houthis, the influence of Iran, and the threat level for US national security.  Stay Tuned in Brief is presented by CAFE and the Vox Media Podcast Network. Please write to us with your thoughts and questions at [email protected], or leave a voicemail at...
Published 01/22/24
Dexter Filkins is a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and staff writer at the New Yorker. He joins Preet to discuss his reporting on the southern border, where a record number of migrants are crossing into the US seeking asylum. The surge has overwhelmed federal, state, and city officials, posing a significant challenge for the Biden Administration.  Plus, what to make of judges consuming news relevant to their cases and the concerns over Judge Cannon delaying the trial in the Trump...
Published 01/18/24
In this excerpt from the CAFE Insider podcast, Preet Bharara and Joyce Vance break down the arguments made by a Trump co-defendant in Georgia accusing Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis of engaging in an improper relationship with a lead prosecutor in the case. In the full episode, Preet and Joyce discuss: – The closing arguments in former President Donald Trump’s New York civil fraud trial, and Trump’s in-court speech criticizing the case; – Trump’s motions to dismiss the Georgia...
Published 01/17/24
To honor Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Preet talks with Dr. Clayborne Carson, the former director of the King Papers Project and the Martin Luther King, Jr. Research and Education Institute, about Dr. King’s iconic 1963 Letter from Birmingham Jail.  Preet and Dr. Carson explore the road that Dr. King took to write the letter, the unique and powerful lyricism of King’s prose, and what we can learn from King’s words today.  Stay Tuned in Brief is presented by CAFE and the Vox Media Podcast...
Published 01/15/24
Ian Bremmer, founder and president of Eurasia Group, joins Preet to discuss Eurasia Group’s annual “Top Risks” report. Preet and Ian discuss the specter of the 2024 presidential election, the risks of ungoverned Artificial Intelligence, and the ongoing crises in the Middle East – and they review whether Ian’s 2023 risk predictions hold up.  Plus, did DOJ violate the stay in the Trump election subversion criminal case? How does the OLC memo prohibiting the federal indictment of a sitting...
Published 01/11/24
In this excerpt from the CAFE Insider podcast, Preet Bharara and Joyce Vance break down the oral arguments heard by a panel of D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals judges on former President Donald Trump’s claims of absolute immunity in the election subversion criminal case. In the full episode, Preet and Joyce discuss the efforts in multiple states seeking to disqualify Trump from running for president again by citing Section 3 of the 14th Amendment, including the Supreme Court’s decision to grant...
Published 01/09/24
A Washington D.C. jury recently ordered Rudy Giuliani to pay $148 million to two election workers who he defamed after the 2020 election. Michael Gottlieb, who represented plaintiffs Ruby Freeman and Shaye Moss in the litigation, joins Preet to discuss the significance of his clients’ victory and to detail what happens now to the former Trump attorney.  Stay Tuned in Brief is presented by CAFE and the Vox Media Podcast Network. Please write to us with your thoughts and questions at...
Published 01/08/24
Tim Alberta is a staff writer at The Atlantic and the author of The Kingdom, The Power, and the Glory: American Evangelicals in an Age of Extremism. He joins Preet to discuss the modern evangelical movement, the Republican party, and his family’s own relationship with Christianity.  Plus, how federal sentencing guidelines are decided, the differences between misdemeanors and felonies, and the distinction between a criminal indictment and a criminal information.  For show notes and a...
Published 01/04/24
In this special episode of the CAFE Insider podcast, Joyce Vance interviews Rachel Barkow, while Preet is out. Barkow, who recently became a CAFE contributor, is a professor at NYU Law School and author of Prisoners of Politics: Breaking the Cycle of Mass Incarceration. She also served on the U.S. Sentencing Commission from 2013 to 2019. In this excerpt from the show, Barkow discusses the high stakes of the forthcoming oral arguments in Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo, a case that asks...
Published 01/02/24
Preet shares an episode of On with Kara Swisher, hosted by the award-winning journalist who covers tech, politics and other breaking news topics. In this episode, Kara speaks with Rockefeller Foundation President Rajiv Shah about the recent UN Climate Conference in Dubai, the unequal impact of climate change globally, and whether billionaire philanthropy is actually making a dent in the problem.  We’ll be back next week with a regular Stay Tuned episode.  Have a question for Preet? Ask...
Published 12/28/23
Harvard Professor of American History and New Yorker staff writer Jill Lepore joins Preet to discuss what happened when the U.S. failed to prosecute Confederate President Jefferson Davis. They also talk about Lepore’s new essay collection The Deadline and how on earth we can make sense of the intervening four years since Lepore last appeared on Stay Tuned.  Plus, could Ginni Thomas face legal peril due to her involvement in the Jan. 6 insurrection? And, entertaining a scenario where (1)...
Published 12/21/23
In this excerpt from the CAFE Insider podcast, Preet Bharara and Joyce Vance break down the Supreme Court’s decision to grant review in a case that concerns the scope of the obstruction statute prosecutors have used to charge January 6 rioters and Donald Trump. In the full episode, Preet and Joyce discuss:  – The vote by House Republicans to formally launch an impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden;  – The Supreme Court’s decision to grant review in a case that involves potential...
Published 12/19/23
Scott Mendelson is a film critic and journalist, who’s been studying the film industry for almost three decades. He’s currently a box office columnist at Puck News and the author of The Outside Scoop newsletter on Substack. Mendelson joins Preet to discuss how the box office is doing, how streaming has impacted the industry, and the best movies of 2023.  Stay Tuned in Brief is presented by CAFE and the Vox Media Podcast Network. Please write to us with your thoughts and questions at...
Published 12/18/23
Can money buy happiness? Finance writer Morgan Housel made waves in 2020 with the publication of his runaway hit The Psychology of Money: Timeless Lessons on Wealth, Greed, and Happiness. Housel’s new book, Same as Ever: A Guide to What Never Changes, is an instant bestseller. Housel joins Preet to talk about the psychology of money and the motivations that can help and hurt investors – and all of us.  Plus, the problem with referring to federal judges by the presidents who appointed them...
Published 12/14/23
In this excerpt from the CAFE Insider podcast, Preet Bharara and Joyce Vance break down special counsel Jack Smith’s petition to the Supreme Court, in the election subversion case against Donald Trump, asking the justices to decide whether a former president is absolutely immune from criminal prosecution for crimes committed while in office. In the full episode, Preet and Joyce discuss:  – Trump’s decision not to testify in his defense in the NY civil fraud trial; and  – Hunter Biden’s...
Published 12/13/23
Mark Chiusano is the author of The Fabulist: The Lying, Hustling, Grifting, Stealing, and Very American Legend of George Santos. He joins Preet to discuss Santos’s lifetime of lies, and what his ascension to power says about our political system.  Stay Tuned in Brief is presented by CAFE and the Vox Media Podcast Network. Please write to us with your thoughts and questions at [email protected], or leave a voicemail at 669-247-7338. For analysis of recent legal news, join the CAFE Insider...
Published 12/11/23
How has Donald Trump maintained his hold on the Republican Party? ABC News Chief Washington Correspondent Jonathan Karl joins Preet to discuss his new book, Tired of Winning: Donald Trump and the End of the Grand Old Party. The two break down Trump’s resurgence in the GOP post-Jan. 6 and what he might do if he returns to the presidency  Plus, Trump’s Georgia trial timing and Judge Chutkan’s denial of Trump’s motion to dismiss based on presidential immunity in Jack Smith’s election subversion...
Published 12/07/23
In this excerpt from the CAFE Insider podcast, Preet Bharara and Joyce Vance break down the ruling by a panel of D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals judges that held that presidential immunity does not shield former President Donald Trump from civil liability related to his efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 election. In the full episode, Preet and Joyce discuss:  – The ruling by a D.C. District Court judge that rejected Trump’s motion to dismiss the criminal charges in the election...
Published 12/05/23
Last week in New York, federal prosecutors announced murder-for-hire charges against an Indian national, Nikhil Gupta, who allegedly paid a DEA agent posing as a hitman to assassinate, on U.S. soil, a Sikh attorney and political activist, who is a U.S. citizen residing in NYC. The attempted killing comes just over two months after Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau accused Indian agents of killing a Sikh leader in Vancouver.    Preet speaks with John Carlin, a top DOJ official in both...
Published 12/04/23
What does the recent chaos at OpenAI say about the state of—and fears about—the development of artificial intelligence? Kara Swisher is the host of the popular podcasts On with Kara Swisher and Pivot and has been a leading voice on tech and business for three decades. Kara joins Preet to break down the OpenAI saga.  Plus, the constitutional “oopsie” of the QAnon Shaman’s congressional campaign, disbarring Supreme Court Justices, and federal judges asking each other for advice.  For...
Published 11/30/23
In this excerpt from the CAFE Insider podcast, Preet Bharara and Joyce Vance break down the 8th Circuit Court of Appeals ruling that held that only the federal government, not private litigants, could bring lawsuits under Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act, which prohibits voting practices that discriminate on the basis of race. In the full episode, Preet and Joyce further discuss the Voting Rights Act ruling. They also break down developments in former President Donald Trump’s Georgia...
Published 11/28/23
Will former President Trump’s federal criminal trial for his efforts to overturn the 2020 election be televised? Trump wants the broadcast. Media companies want the broadcast. Special Counsel Jack Smith’s office, citing a federal prohibition, decidedly does not want the broadcast. New York Times Supreme Court Correspondent Adam Liptak joins Preet to talk through the political and legal football of televising the Trump trial.  Stay Tuned in Brief is presented by CAFE and the Vox Media Podcast...
Published 11/27/23
In this excerpt from the CAFE Insider podcast, Preet Bharara and Joyce Vance break down the oral arguments heard by the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals in former President Donald Trump’s challenge to the gag order imposed in his federal election interference case. In the full episode, Preet and Joyce discuss: – The protective order issued by the judge overseeing Trump’s Georgia prosecution that bars the public release of discovery materials; – The many subpoenas being issued relating to...
Published 11/21/23