The Lawfare Podcast

Chimène Keitner speaks to Scott Anderson about her experience as international law counselor at the State Department and the future of the department after Secretary Rex Tillerson's departure.

Direct download: Keitner_mixdown.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 6:32pm EDT

Jack Goldsmith interviews Niall Ferguson about Ferguson's latest book, "The Square and the Tower: Networks, Hierarchies, and the Struggle for Power."

Direct download: Niall_Ferguson_mixdown.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 4:59pm EDT

Jack Goldsmith talks to Yale Law School professor Amy Chua about her new book, "Political Tribes: Group Instinct and the Fate of Nations," at the Hoover Book Soiree.

Direct download: Amy_Chua_mixdown.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 8:43pm EDT

Shortly before last Sunday's election in Russia, Alina Polyakova spoke to Liza Osetinskaya, editor of The Bell and former editor of Forbes Russia and independent Russian news agency RBC. They discussed the Kremlin’s approach to censorship and how the Putin regime reacted when RBC, under Osetinskaya’s leadership, began covering the Panama Papers.

Direct download: Osetinskaya_mixdown.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 8:35pm EDT

Matthew Kahn speaks to John Feerick, dean emeritus of Fordham Law School and an adviser to the congressional committees that drafted the 25th Amendment.

Direct download: FEERICK_FINAL.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 6:07pm EDT

Last week, former Secretary of Homeland Security Jeh Johnson addressed the Boston Conference on Cybersecurity in a speech titled "Cyberspace is the New Battlespace." The next day, Secretary Johnson sat down with Harvard Law professor and Lawfare co-founder Jack Goldsmith to discuss the themes his speech reflected on. They discussed the hacking and exfiltration of data, the vulnerabilities of the U.S. electoral infrastructure to cyberattacks, and the problem of fake news and disinformation—and what we might do to stem it.

Direct download: Johnson-Goldsmith_mixdown.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 8:06pm EDT

Benjamin Wittes speaks to Yascha Mounk about his new book: 'The People vs. Democracy: Why Our Freedom Is in Danger and How to Save It."

 
 
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Category:general -- posted at: 11:28pm EDT

Benjamin Wittes interviews Max Boot on Boot's new book, "The Road Not Taken," for the Hoover Book Soiree.

Direct download: HooverBoot_mixdown.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 1:27am EDT

Alina Polyakova speaks to Zhanna Nemtsova about the life and political legacy of her father, Boris Nemtsov. Learn more about Nemtsova's work at nemtsovfund.org.

Direct download: Zhanna_Nemtsova_mixdown.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 5:28pm EDT

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