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Talking Feds

Talking Feds is a roundtable discussion that brings together prominent former government officials, journalists, and special guests for a dynamic and in-depth analysis of the most pressing questions in law and politics.

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00:54:15

Signposts of Democratic Decline

Talking Feds ·

2025/02/06

Harry talks with Andrea Pitzer, who has reported extensively on democratic decline in countries such as Chile, Russia, and Hungary, and has written extensively about historical examples especially Nazi Germany.

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00:53:19

DEFCONstitution

Talking Feds ·

2025/02/03

A great panel stocked with political experience & law enforcement experience—Asha Rangappa, Stuart Stevens & Rick Wilson—join Harry to analyze the dregs of Trump’s nominees, whose prospects for confirmation cannot be counted out given Trump’s vice grip on Senate Rs.

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00:54:56

Mayday at DOJ (Special Episode)

Talking Feds ·

2025/01/30

In this special emergency episode, some of the most outstanding and experienced DOJ alumni—Paul Fishman, Amy Jeffress, Mimi Rocah—take stock of the damage inflicted and assess the department’s ability to recover after enduring the chaos of Trump’s rule.

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00:31:04

Executive Orders – What Can’t Trump Do?

Talking Feds ·

2025/01/30

Harry talks with federal courts and constitutional law expert Steve Vladeck about the hailstorm of Trump executive orders in the first week.

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00:54:24

"F**k it: Release ‘em All"

Talking Feds ·

2025/01/27

No need to mince words: it was the most damaging week for the constitution, and the Founders’ carefully calibrated system of checks & balances, since at least the Civil War.

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00:54:33

“Friday night was the danger zone” (1-on-1 with Fired...

Talking Feds ·

2025/01/26

Harry talks with Mark Greenblatt, one of the Inspectors General fired suddenly in the “Friday night purge” of the vast majority of Senate-confirmed IG’s.

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00:46:39

We Already Know a Lot About Volume Two of the Smith...

Talking Feds ·

2025/01/23

Harry checks in again with Marcy Wheeler, whose blog, emptywheel.net, consistently presents the most in-depth and comprehensive accounts of the public record.

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00:48:42

A Cold Day in Hell

Talking Feds ·

2025/01/20

A great roundtable of Talking Feds stalwarts--Jonathan Alter, Norm Eisen, & Jen Rubin--assesses the confirmation hearings & what they suggest about the nature of Trump rule, as well as the prospects for the most controversial nominees, especially Kash Patel.

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00:31:33

Trouble Ahead for Election Fight and Traditional Media

Talking Feds ·

2025/01/16

Harry speaks again with Marc Elias, the nation’s most important election-law lawyer, about some of the sharpest challenges on the current landscape and that he anticipates will come our way once Trump takes office.

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00:57:12

Convict in Chief

Talking Feds ·

2025/01/13

After six weeks of special episodes to prepare for Trump 2.0, Talking Feds returns to its normal format of 3 stellar commentators—Jason Kander, Charlie Sykes, & Ali Vitali—working through the big news.

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00:25:41

AI and Income Inequality

Talking Feds ·

2025/01/09

Harry sits down with Representative Ro Khanna, who from his perch in the heart of Silicon Valley has become a national leader on issues of artificial intelligence and economic innovation.

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00:49:20

There’s No Vaccine Against Crazy (Special Episode on...

Talking Feds ·

2025/01/06

Continuing with our series of subject-specific episodes to gear up for Trump 2.0, a great panel of healthcare policy experts—Dan Diamond, Ezekiel Emanuel, and Kavita Patel—sizes up the critical series of issues about to confront the country.

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00:26:58

A Blue Man in a Red State

Talking Feds ·

2025/01/02

Harry sits down with Greg Casar, the youngest member of the Texas delegation in Congress and an unapologetic progressive in the some-time hostile landscape of Texas (albeit the famous enclave of Austin).

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00:53:52

Hold Steady States (Special Episode on State/Local...

Talking Feds ·

2024/12/30

A great roundtable of former state AG’s and senior federal officials—Rich Cordray, Heidi Heitkamp, and Phil Weiser—explain the formidable tools that the states can deploy to parry aggressive federal policies within their own borders.

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00:27:48

Megalomania Mash

Talking Feds ·

2024/12/26

The latest entry in the Harry-Molly mix-it-up—the first since the election—with Molly peppering Harry with legal questions while Harry parries with political ones for her.

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00:55:12

AlieNation (Special Episode on Immigration)

Talking Feds ·

2024/12/23

Three experts in immigration policy and governmental oversight—Doris Meissner, Kristie De Pena, and Leon Rodriguez—join Harry for a preview of what’s coming and the mobilization of state governments and the private sector to push back.

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00:42:49

Pardons Here, There, and Everywhere

Talking Feds ·

2024/12/19

Harry talks with law professor and former prosecutor, Kim Wehle, one of the country’s foremost experts on the pardon power.

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00:57:17

Tarrifying

Talking Feds ·

2024/12/16

Our regular economics panel–the fantastic trio of Dean Baker, Paul Kruman, and Stephanie Ruhle–assesses the latest reports & the disconnect between people’s views of the economy & its actual robust state.

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00:36:39

Gun violence and the Second Amendment with...

Talking Feds ·

2024/12/12

This episode features a special recording from our Talking San Diego speaker series, spotlighting Congressman Jamie Raskin, a fourth-term Democratic representative from Maryland’s 8th Congressional District.

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00:53:57

Kash and Burn

Talking Feds ·

2024/12/09

Continuing in our series of subject-specific topics leading up to Trump 2.0, we convene a great set of experts—Frank Figliuzzi, Juliette Kayyem, and Asha Rangappa—to assess the landscape in national security, beginning with the selection of Kash Patel to head the FBI.

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