Best Samuel Allis Podcasts (2025)

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Rational Security: The “Game Changers” Edition 1:15:30

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This week, Scott sat down with fellow Senior Editors Molly Reynolds and Alan Rozenshtein to talk through the week’s big national security news, including: “One Bill to rule them all, One Bill to find them, One Bill to bring them all and in the darkness bind them.” Republicans in Congress narrowly enacted President Trump’s “One Big Beautiful Bill” l…

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Lawfare Daily: The Double Black Box: Ashley Deeks on National Security AI 55:44

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Lawfare Senior Editor Alan Rozenshtein sits down with Ashley Deeks, the Class of 1948 Professor of Scholarly Research in Law at the University of Virginia School of Law, to discuss her new book, “The Double Black Box: National Security, Artificial Intelligence, and the Struggle for Democratic Accountability.” They talk about the core metaphor of th…

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Lawfare Daily: Michael Feinberg on Leaving the FBI 53:22

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Until late May, Michael Feinberg was a senior FBI counterintelligence agent focused on China. All that changed one weekend, when the Deputy FBI Director found out that he was still friends with a former FBI official who had been fired years ago. In his first interview following his essay, “Goodbye to All That,” in Lawfare last week. Feinberg sat do…

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Lawfare Daily: The Offensive Cyber Industry and U.S.-China Relations with Winnona Bernsen 40:19

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Winnona Bernsen, nonresident fellow at the Atlantic Council’s Cyber Statecraft Initiative and founder of DistrictCon, joins Lawfare Contributing Editor Justin Sherman to discuss her recently released report "Crash (Exploit) and Burn: Securing the Offensive Cyber Supply Chain to Counter China in Cyberspace." They discuss the offensive cyber industry…

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Lawfare Daily: The Trials of the Trump Administration, July 5 1:40:22

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In a live conversation on July 3, Lawfare Editor in Chief Benjamin Wittes sat down with Lawfare Legal Fellow James Pearce and Lawfare Senior Editors Anna Bower and Roger Parloff to discuss updates in the civil and criminal cases of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a D.C. district court judge's injunction against the Trump administration’s invasion proclamatio…

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Lawfare Archive: Itsiq Benizri on the EU AI Act 43:54

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From February 16, 2024: The EU has finally agreed to its AI Act. Despite the political agreement reached in December 2023, some nations maintained some reservations about the text, making it uncertain whether there was a final agreement or not. They recently reached an agreement on the technical text, moving the process closer to a successful concl…

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370: Xbox's mass layoffs, Helldivers 2 hits Xbox, Perfect Dark, Everwild, and more cancelled 5:02:18

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🦈 Get Surfshark 80% OFF! https://get.surfshark.net/aff_c?offer_id=926&aff_id=37504 | 100% log free VPN! #Sponsor Jez and Rand gear up for peek into Xbox's future, following mass layoffs hitting hundreds of staffers at Microsoft Gaming. We talk Contraband, Forza Motorsport, and other potentially damaged projects, we talk the cancellation of Perfect …

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Lawfare Archive: Mike Johnson’s National Security Agenda 49:42

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From November 7, 2023: You probably already know that Rep. Mike Johnson is the new Speaker of the House. What you may not know is that every single one of the issues on his plate is a national security issue, at least in the short term. Lawfare Editor-in-Chief Benjamin Wittes sat down with Lawfare Senior Editor and Brookings Senior Fellow Molly Rey…

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Lawfare Daily: Teun Janssen on Ukraine and a Big Europe 51:41

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Teun Jansenn is a staff member at the European Parliament who works on issues of EU expansion and support for Ukraine. He joined Editor-in-Chief Benjamin Wittes to talk about the prospects of Europe's stepping up for Ukraine as the United States backs away. He also talked about why EU enlargement is essential to getting EU governance under control …

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Lawfare Daily: Civil-Military Relations in the Trump Administration 43:10

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For today's episode, Lawfare Foreign Policy Editor Daniel Byman interviews Lindsay Cohn, an associate professor at the Naval War College and Columbia University, to discuss the Trump administration's handling of the U.S. military. Cohn discusses the firings of senior military officials, military parades, and the use of the U.S. military at the U.S-…

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XB2+1 (Ep. 31) Talking Xbox, layoffs, and SGF with Samuel Tolbert 2:20:57

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🦈 Get Surfshark 80% OFF! https://get.surfshark.net/aff_c?offer_id=926&aff_id=37504 | 100% log free VPN! #SponsorAIRED FIRST: JUNE 24, 2025! THE THIRTY ONEST XBOX TWO PLUS SHOW is HERE! Our next guest is the INDESTRUCTIBLE SAMUEL TOLBERT of WindowsCentral.com! Follow SAMUEL on Twitter (https://twitter.com/samueltolbert)!GET EARLY ACCESS on PATREON: …

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Lawfare Daily: Prosecuting the Sahel's War Influencers with Lindsay Freeman 43:38

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On today’s episode, Lawfare Managing Editor Tyler McBrien sits down with Lindsay Freeman, Director of Technology, Law & Policy at the Human Rights Center, UC Berkeley School of Law, to discuss her recent Lawfare article, “War Crimes for Fun and Profit.” They talk about how and why so-called war influencers linked to private military companies such …

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Lawfare Daily: The Trials of the Trump Administration, June 27 1:51:09

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In a live conversation on June 27, Lawfare Editor in Chief Benjamin Wittes sat down with Lawfare Legal Fellow James Pearce and Lawfare Senior Editors Anna Bower and Roger Parloff to discuss the Supreme Court’s ruling on nationwide injunctions in the birthright citizenship case, the whistleblower complaint about Emil Bove’s actions as deputy attorne…

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Lawfare Archive: Steve Vladeck on Emergency Powers and Coronavirus 54:35

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From March 19, 2020: What can the president do in a national emergency? What limits what the president can do? What authorizes the president to do all those things he can do in a national emergency? Is the president abusing, misusing, using appropriately, or under-using emergency powers during the coronavirus crisis? And what are the logical end po…

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369: Xbox + Steam, Xbox layoffs, Xbox Meta Quest 3S VR, Death Stranding 2 4:01:30

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Jez and Rand get into another week of Xboxxy news. This week, we talk Xbox's Steam integration, the rumors of Xbox layoffs, Microsoft's Meta Quest VR partnership, Death Stranding 2 impressions, and much more. 🦈 Get Surfshark 80% OFF! https://get.surfshark.net/aff_c?offer_id=926&aff_id=37504 | 100% log free VPN! #Sponsor 💚 Support us and go AD-FREE …

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Lawfare Archive: Natan Sachs on Israeli Anti-solutionism 27:09

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From December 5, 2015: The show this week features Natan Sachs, a Fellow in Foreign Policy at the Brookings Institution, who recently published an article in Foreign Affairs on anti-solutionism as strategy in the Israel-Palestine conflict. During his conversation with Lawfare Editor-in-Chief Ben Wittes, Sachs argues that the apparent absence of a l…

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Lawfare Daily: Ukraine-Russia Negotiations with Eric Ciaramella and Samuel Charap 1:08:15

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Lawfare Legal Fellow Mykhailo Soldatenko sits down with Eric Ciaramella, Senior Fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, and Samuel Charap, Senior Political Scientist at Rand Corporation, to discuss the key issues in the Ukraine-Russia talks. They chat about the national interests of the interested parties, whether a negotiated set…

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Rational Security: The “Pronghorn Shirt Daily” Edition 1:18:09

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This week, Scott sat down with his Lawfare colleagues Benjamin Wittes and Natalie Orpett, and University of Virginia School of Law professor Ashley Deeks, to talk through the week’s big national security news, including: “Bracing for Fallout.” In a surprise move, President Trump joined Israel’s military campaign against Iran over the weekend, using…

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Lawfare Daily: ‘Ransom War’ with Max Smeets 53:06

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Max Smeets, Co-Director of Virtual Routes and Senior Researcher at ETH Zurich, joins Lawfare’s Jonathan Cedarbaum and Justin Sherman to discuss his recently released book “Ransom War: How Cybercrime Became a Threat to National Security.” They discuss the history of ransomware (including the term itself), how the threats have evolved over the years,…

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Allie Bailey | 1st Place - Summer Spine Challenger North 54:48

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Get in touch with Ultrarunning Sam here ⬅️ Allie returns to the podcast to talk about her recent win at the Summer Spine Challenger North! Allie took on the 160 mile ultra as part of her training towards the Full Winter Spine this coming January 2026. This is a race I know really well, having done it back in 2023. So we shared horror stories of des…

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Lawfare Daily: A Right to Warn: Protecting AI Whistleblowers with Charlie Bullock 41:11

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In the wake of controversy over OpenAI’s restrictive nondisclosure agreements, a bipartisan group of senators has introduced the AI Whistleblower Protection Act. In this episode, Lawfare Research Director Alan Rozenshtein spoke with Charlie Bullock, Senior Research Fellow at the Institute for Law & AI and co-author of a new Lawfare article on the b…

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Lawfare Daily: U.S. Strikes on Iranian Nuclear Facilities 59:34

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In a live conversation on June 23, Lawfare Editor-in-Chief Benjamin Wittes spoke to Lawfare Senior Editor Scott Anderson, Lawfare Foreign Policy Editor and CSIS fellow Daniel Byman, and Vice President and Director of Foreign Policy at the Brookings Institution Suzanne Maloney about the American attacks on Iranian nuclear sites, what the reaction wi…

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Lawfare Daily: The Trials of the Trump Administration, June 20 1:34:12

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In a live conversation on June 20, Lawfare Executive Editor Natalie Orpett sat down with Lawfare Legal Fellow James Pearce and Lawfare Senior Editors Anna Bower, Scott Anderson, and Roger Parloff to discuss the litigation over President Trump federalizing the California National Guard to send them to L.A., the the order for the release of Mahmoud K…

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Jews & Jazz | Episode 46 1:07:25

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In this episode: Learn more about some of the most iconic names in Jewish jazz with Josh Dolgin Ian Cooney performs some of your favourite jingles Plus, reports on Federation CJA’s campaign closing event with Rachel Goldberg Polin and Jon Polin & Entrepreneurs Week Jewish thoughts with Miny Sarna Zobin 17th of Tammuz falls this year on July 13, 202…

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Lawfare Archive: Eric Adamson on the NATO Summit 37:54

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From July 14, 2023: The NATO summit in Vilnius, Lithuania, just wrapped up, and the big news is that Sweden is in, and Ukraine is not. Eric Adamson of the Atlantic Council and the Swedish Defense Association is a Swedish defense policy analyst who observed the NATO summit. He joined Lawfare Editor-in-Chief Benjamin Wittes to discuss the two big thi…

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368: Xbox + AMD, Xbox confirms next-gen hardware, FF16, Sony wants Warner Bros? 4:29:05

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Rand and Jez discuss another hot week of Xboxxy news. We talk Xbox and AMD, next-gen Xbox and Steam implications, FF16 hitting Xbox, Sony wanting Warner Bros, breaking news about Xbox and Meta's VR headset, and much more. 💚PATREON 20% OFF: Support us and get Q&A WEEKLY on http://Patreon.com/XB2! Extra shows, ad-free audio, and more. TIMESTAMPS: 00:…

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Lawfare Archive: El Salvador’s President Cracks Down on Gangs—and Democracy 1:05:52

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From May 9, 2023: Since March 2022, El Salvador has been under a state of exception as its President Nayib Bukele seeks to crack down on the country’s powerful gangs. Bukele, who once described himself on Twitter as the “world’s coolest dictator,” has engaged in a prolonged attack on El Salvador’s democratic institutions. And the crackdown has resu…

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UNBREAKABLE 2 | JB Benna - Film Maker - Ultrarunner 1:05:49

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Get in touch with Ultrarunning Sam here ⬅️ In this episode, JB Benna the creative force behind the now iconic film Unbreakable, speaks to the podcast about why the project to cover this years race (Unbreakable 2) isn't happening after all. We discuss his early years racing ultramarathons with some of the OG goats of the 90' and 2000's. How his runn…

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Lawfare Daily: Trump’s Rescissions Request, Impoundments, and the Litigation Over Foreign Assistance 59:28

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For today’s episode, Lawfare General Counsel and Senior Editor Scott R. Anderson and Lawfare Senior Editor and Brookings Institution Senior Fellow Molly Reynolds sat down for a conversation about the rescissions package President Trump recently put forward to Congress, how it relates to the litigation over the president’s attempted cuts to U.S. for…

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Lawfare Archive: Jack Goldsmith and Bob Bauer on Reforming the Insurrection Act 57:58

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From April 12, 2024: The Insurrection Act is a provision that allows the president to deploy the U.S. military for domestic law enforcement. It’s been invoked dozens of times by presidents to respond to crises in the over 230 years that it’s been around, but it hasn’t been reformed in centuries. In recent years, the Insurrection Act has come back i…

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Special Edition - Israel at War | Episode 45 44:22

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In this bonus episode: Expert insights and analysis from renowned historian and scholar Gil Troy Hear from 2025 Journey of Hope co-chairs Dov Wolman and Marnie Zigman Stern on the ground in Israel Find out how your Israel Emergency Fund donations are supporting psychiatric services for Israelis in desperate need The Pulse of Montreal's Jewish Commu…

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Rational Security: The "Middle East War to End Middle East Wars" Edition 1:14:24

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This week, Scott sat down with Lawfare Managing Editor Tyler McBrien and Foreign Policy Editors Daniel Byman and Dana Stuster to talk through the week’s big news in Israel and Iran, including: “The Nuclear Option.” Israel crossed the rubicon late last week and took direct military action against Iran’s nuclear weapons program, among other targets, …

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Lawfare Daily: The Israel/Iran Conflict: What Do We Know So Far? 1:01:12

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On today's episode, Lawfare Executive Editor Natalie Orpett discussed the ongoing hostilities between Israel and Iran with Suzanne Maloney, Director of the Foreign Policy Program at the Brookings Institution, and Joel Braunold, Managing Director of the S. Daniel Abraham Center for Middle East Peace. They talked about how the conflict is unfolding, …

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Lawfare Daily: Evaluating January 6 Prosecutions with Greg Rosen 55:03

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Greg Rosen, now an attorney at Rogers Joseph O’Donnell, spoke with James Pearce, Lawfare Legal Fellow, about his time prosecuting federal crimes in the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia. He focused mostly on the investigation and prosecution that followed the attack of the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021. He discussed how the U.S.…

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Lawfare Daily: The Trials of the Trump Administration, June 13 1:36:15

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In a live conversation on June 13, Lawfare Editor in Chief Benjamin Wittes sat down with Lawfare Legal Fellow James Pearce and Lawfare Senior Editors Anna Bower, Quinta Jurecic, and Roger Parloff to discuss the legality of President Trump federalizing the California National Guard to send them to L.A., the pretrial detention hearing of Kilmar Abreg…

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Lawfare Archive: The Court at War 1:03:03

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From December 26, 2023: The Supreme Court during World War II issued some of the most notorious opinions in its history, including the Japanese exclusion case, Korematsu v. United States, and the Nazi saboteur military commission case, Ex parte Quirin. For a fresh take on these and related cases and a broader perspective on the Supreme Court during…

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Lawfare Archive: Protests, the Police, and the Press 48:20

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From June 21, 2023: Carolyn Cole, a Pulitzer-Prize winning staff photographer for the Los Angeles Times, has covered wars and other conflicts in Afghanistan, Iraq, Israel, Kosovo, Liberia, Sudan, Nicaragua, Haiti, and the U.S.-Mexico border. Over the course of her 30 year career, she has been seriously injured on the job precisely once—when members…

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367: Xbox Showcase reaction, SGF, Xbox Ally info, Game Pass price hike? 5:00:32

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🦈 Get Surfshark 80% OFF! https://get.surfshark.net/aff_c?offer_id=926&aff_id=37504 | 100% log free VPN! #Sponsor Jez and Rand dive into another week of crazy Xbox news. This week, we react to SGF and the Xbox Showcase, talk Xbox Ally, future Xbox hardware plans, and much more. 💚 Support us and go AD-FREE on http://Patreon.com/XB2! Extra shows, Q&A …

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Lawfare Daily: U.S. Troops on the Streets of Los Angeles 1:25:21

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For today's episode, Lawfare Senior Editor and General Counsel Scott R. Anderson sat down with three leading legal experts on domestic military deployments: William Banks of Syracuse University College of Law, Laura Dickinson of the George Washington University Law School, and Chris Mirasola of the University of Houston Law Center. They discussed t…

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Summer Spine 2025 | Full Spine and Sprint Preview 1:07:41

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Get in touch with Ultrarunning Sam here ⬅️ Episode 2 of 2 Podcast regular Jon Shield and and newbie Louise Goddard come onto the podcast to talk about their upcoming races this weekend. Jon returns to put the full Spine to bed after his DNF last year with a stomach bug. We find out how his recent training and racing has gone. We talk about his feet…

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Summer Spine 2025 | Challenger South Preview 1:08:55

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Get in touch with Ultrarunning Sam here ⬅️ Episode 1 of 2. Julian Ayres and Chris Andrade return to the podcast to talk about Challenger South starting this Saturday morning. We catch up on what they've been up to since we last spoke to them. We find out their reasons for doing this race with the choice 5 races on offer now, with the addition of Sp…

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Escalation, Episode Seven: Boiling the Frog 58:28

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Today, it’s Episode Seven of Escalation, our latest narrative series co-hosted by Lawfare Managing Editor Tyler McBrien and Ukraine Fellow Anastasiia Lapatina. Throughout the show, Nastya and Tyler trace the history of U.S.-Ukrainian relations from the time of Ukrainian independence through the present. You can listen to Escalation in its entirety,…

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Lawfare Daily: McCarthyism and Its Echoes in Modern Politics with Clay Risen 43:24

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Lawfare Contributing Editor Renée DiResta sits down with Clay Risen to talk about his book “Red Scare: Blacklists, McCarthyism, and the Making of Modern America,” exploring the historical context of McCarthyism and its relevance to contemporary issues. They discuss the dynamics of accusation versus evidence during the Red Scare, the impact of vigil…

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Rational Security: The “How Many Constitutional Crises Can We Fit Into One Episode?” Edition 1:17:17

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This week, Scott sat down with Lawfare Senior Editors Molly Reynolds and Quinta Jurecic, and Contributing Editor Chris Mirasola, to focus on the week’s big domestic news, including: “Drama Majors, Meet Major Drama.” In the glittering city of Los Angeles, the Trump administration has taken the dramatic step of calling up the California National Guar…

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Lawfare Daily: Christina Knight on AI Safety Institutes 38:53

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Christina Knight, Machine Learning Safety and Evals Lead at Scale AI and former senior policy adviser at the U.S. AI Safety Institute (AISI), joins Kevin Frazier, the AI Innovation and Law Fellow at Texas and a Senior Editor at Lawfare, to break down what it means to test and evaluate frontier AI models as well as the status of international effort…