Join former U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara as he breaks down legal topics in the news and engages thought leaders in a podcast about power, policy, and justice. From CAFE and the Vox Media Podcast Network.
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Think Like an Economist and you’ll see the world more clearly, empowering you to make better decisions at work, at home, and in your community. Leading economists Betsey Stevenson and Justin Wolfers will take you on a joyous romp through their field as they introduce you to the big ideas in economics, and show how you can apply them to live in your own life. Their signature approach reveals that every decision is an economic decision and this podcast uncovers the economic forces that shape t ...
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Background Briefing goes far beyond the headlines and deep under the radar to bring forward truths unheard elsewhere in American media. Background Briefing features international and national news, expert guests, policymakers, and critics offering analysis and insight on national security, foreign and domestic policy, political, cultural, and social issues. backgroundbriefing.org/donate twitter.com/ianmastersmedia facebook.com/ianmastersmedia
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The Teach Economics podcast series features conversations between the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis’ Economic Education team and thought leaders, innovators and high-profile economic educators. Topics range from trends in the field to why it’s important to teach economics. The series can be used as a resource for educators, and parents also may find it useful. (Views expressed are not necessarily those of the St. Louis Fed or Federal Reserve System.)
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April 20, 2025 - Charles Kupchan | Justin Wolfers | Jake Werner
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1:03:37Putin's Brief Easter Ceasefire and Trump's Warning he Might "Take a Pass" if a Russia/Ukraine Peace Deal Can't be Made | Trump Threatens To Fire the Chairman of the Fed Which He Can't Do But That Won't Stop Him From Trying | In Picking a Trade War With China, Trump Might End Up With a Real War backgroundbriefing.org/donatetwitter.com/ianmastersmedi…
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Trump’s Tariff U-Turn (with Justin Wolfers)
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46:49Is Trump’s tariff rollout a three-dimensional chess game or an economic house fire? Economist Justin Wolfers breaks down the stock market crashing chaos, the erosion of global trust, the 125% tariffs on China, and what it all means for your wallet and America. You can now watch portions of our episodes on YouTube! Head to CAFE’s Youtube channel and…
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April 24, 2025 - Jacob Heilbrunn | Jameel Jaffer | David Graham
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1:02:36Why Should Putin Accept Trump's Peace Deal When He Can Wait for Him to Walk Away as Promised? | One-By-One News Organizations are Caving to Trump's Extortion | Inside Project 2025 and the Right Wing Zealots and Culture Warriors Who Crafted the Roadmap For Trump backgroundbriefing.org/donatetwitter.com/ianmastersmediabsky.app/profile/ianmastersmedia…
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The Supreme Court Has No Army (with Dahlia Lithwick)
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1:19:12What happens if the Trump administration defies court orders? Dahlia Lithwick, a Supreme Court expert and host of Amicus, joins Preet to discuss the fragility of the American legal system, and, from the Abrego Garcia case to Harvard, what to do when executive power gets out of control. Plus, Preet answers questions about why the Trump administratio…
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April 23, 2025 - Fred Turner | Olga Lautman
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1:01:27The Incredible Shrinking Billionaire Who is Destroying Our Government Blames Tesla's Sales Slump on "Paid" Demonstrators | Vance Announces a Shameful Sellout Of Ukraine Allowing Russia to Conquer and Subjugate What Putin Could Not Win on the Battlefieldbackgroundbriefing.org/donatetwitter.com/ianmastersmediabsky.app/profile/ianmastersmedia.bsky.soc…
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Who gets due process? Did the Trump administration deny Kilmar Abrego Garcia due process by deporting him to El Salvador despite an immigration judge’s prior order blocking his removal? Listen to an excerpt from the Insider podcast with Preet Bharara and Joyce Vance. In the full episode, Preet and Joyce further discuss the Abrego Garcia case, inclu…
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April 22, 2025 - J.W. Mason | Kate McElwee | Malcolm Harris
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1:00:12Trump's Self-Inflicted Wound on Our Economy as Overseas Investors Retreat from Treasuries and the Dollar | An Update From Rome on the Conclave With Cardinals From the Global South in the Mix For a New Pope | On This Earth Day Strategies For Collective Political Action to Make Climate Change the Unifying Crisis of Our Timebackgroundbriefing.org/dona…
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April 21, 2025 - Kenneth Briggs | Frances Kissling | Lawrence Korb
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1:00:15Sadness Around the World at the Death of a Good Man, Pope Francis | The Gap Between a Tolerant and Empathetic Pope and the Reactionary Male-Dominated Institution He Headed | Another Scandal From the White Nationalist, Racist, Book-Burning Reality TV Hire of Trump's at the Pentagonbackgroundbriefing.org/donatetwitter.com/ianmastersmediabsky.app/prof…
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April 17, 2025 - Bruce Fein | Bill Scher | Scott Kennedy
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1:02:12The Looming Constitutional Crisis as Trump Continues to Defy the Supreme Court and Federal District Courts With "The Dog Ate My Homework" Excuses | A Little-Noticed FEC Ruling Opens the Door For the Next Frontier of Plutocracy | The Tariff War Trump Has Launched Against China That He Will Surely Losebackgroundbriefing.org/donatetwitter.com/ianmaste…
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Trump’s Economic Own Goal (with Ian Bremmer)
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1:14:33It’s been almost three months since Trump’s inauguration. Political scientist Ian Bremmer joins Preet to discuss the profound and chaotic changes to America and the world, from tariffs, to federal cuts, to deportations—and how foreign and domestic entities, like China and Harvard University, are fighting back. Plus, Preet answers questions about Tr…
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April 16, 2025 - Edward McCaffery | Nancy Altman | Craig Unger
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1:01:34Trump Appoints Another Unqualified Hack as the Deliberate Destruction of the IRS Continues | The Deliberate Destruction of Social Security With Biden the Wrong Person to Lead the Effort to Save it | An Assessment of Rumors about Witkoff's Ties To Russian Money-launderers backgroundbriefing.org/donatetwitter.com/ianmastersmediabsky.app/profile/ianma…
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Harnessing Student Curiosity to Fuel Economic Education
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39:20Wendy Stock, a professor of economics at Montana State University, doesn’t begin the first day of the semester reviewing a syllabus with her students. Rather, she asks them what topics in the world are the most important to them. Stock then uses their answers to frame lessons about how economics can help them better understand what they feel most a…
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What the Abrego Garcia Case Means for You
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10:00Will the Trump administration facilitate the return of Kilmar Abrego Garcia to the United States after officials admitted he was erroneously deported to El Salvador, or will it defy the Supreme Court’s order? Listen to an excerpt from the Insider podcast with Preet Bharara and Joyce Vance. In the full episode, Preet and Joyce further discuss Abrego…
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April 15, 2025 - Ryan Enos | Aram Shabanian | Nader Hashemi
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59:08Harvard Stands up to Trump Then He Hits Then For $2.2 Billion and Threatens Their Tax-exempt Status | Trump's Escalating War on the Press as he Threatens CBS Over an Accurate 60 Minutes Report on Ukraine | A Professor Who Just visited His Postdoctoral Student in an ICE Detention Campbackgroundbriefing.org/donatetwitter.com/ianmastersmediabsky.app/p…
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April 14, 2025 - Ben Wizner | Ana María Méndez-Dardón | Steven Simon
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1:03:40Is Trump Using El Salvador's Techno-Autocrat Bukele as an Excuse to Defy the Supreme Court? | Trump and Erik Prince's Plans to Rendition 100,000 Prisoners from American Jails to El Salvador | The New Hegemon in the Middle East: Israel backgroundbriefing.org/donatetwitter.com/ianmastersmediabsky.app/profile/ianmastersmedia.bsky.socialfacebook.com/ia…
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April 13, 2025 - Manuel Pastor | Stephen Walt | Christopher Whipple
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1:01:31How to Ruin a Country | From a Nation of Immigrants to a Nation of Hate, Xenophobia, Exclusion and Cruelty | An Inside Look Into the Fateful Campaign That Brought Back Trump to Finish Off AmericaHost: Ian MastersProducer: Graham FitzGibbonAssistant Producer: Asher PriceBy Ian Masters
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April 10, 2025 - Joseph Stiglitz | Barry Eichengreen | Christopher Meissner
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1:00:07Trump's MAGA Economy Driven by Greed, Stupidity and Cowardice | Will Trump's Weakening of the Dollar Lead to a New Global Reserve Currency? | The Hollow Nature of Trump's Promise of Gain After the Painbackgroundbriefing.org/donatetwitter.com/ianmastersmediabsky.app/profile/ianmastersmedia.bsky.socialfacebook.com/ianmastersmedia…
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Judiciary Under Pressure (with Justice Stephen Breyer)
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1:15:43Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer joins Preet to discuss his book Reading the Constitution: Why I Chose Pragmatism Not Textualism. They talk about judicial integrity and political pressure, how the Court deliberates and decides cases, and Justice Breyer’s response to calls to impeach judges based on their rulings. The conversation was recorded b…
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April 9, 2025 - Robert Hockett | Matt Gold | Gregory Brew
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1:03:05Trump's Amateurism on Display or is He Shorting the Market for His Family and Cronies? | An Assessment of the Amount of Damage Ahead From Trump's Trade War | Today's Drop in Oil To $56 From $72 a Barrel Last Week and What Kind of a Deal Could Emerge Between the US and Iran on Saturday? backgroundbriefing.org/donatetwitter.com/ianmastersmediabsky.ap…
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SCOTUS Hands Trump Deportation Win (with Barb McQuade & Ben Wittes)
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20:34What’s the correct legal path—and the proper venue—for someone facing deportation to challenge their removal in court? On this week’s Insider episode, Joyce Vance is joined by former U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Michigan Barb McQuade and Lawfare editor-in-chief Ben Wittes, while Preet is out. In an excerpt from the show, they break dow…
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