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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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00:48:53

Goodbye Rudy Tuesday

Talking Feds ·

2020/11/23

Charter feds Frank Figliuzzi, Paul Fishman, and Amy Jeffress discuss the costs to national security and the country of Trump’s hopeless campaign to block President-Elect Biden's formal transition and then analyze what Biden’s initial decisions indicate about his coming Administration.

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00:43:02

Biden Our Time

Talking Feds ·

2020/11/16

Peter Baker, Laura Jarrett and Robert Raben join Harry to discuss a strange and troubling week when President Trump, abetted by cabinet members and Senate Republicans, hunkered down and refused to allow President-Elect Joe Biden to begin a transition.

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00:48:34

Welcome Back, America

Talking Feds ·

2020/11/09

In the wake of the call of the election for Joe Biden and Kamala Harris, Feds Natasha Bertrand, Joe Lockhart, and Mike Murphy review Biden’s winning strategy and turn to the challenges the new Administration inherits, offering some surprising conclusions about how Biden can make important headway even if McConnell remains Majority Leader.

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00:53:36

Scenarios

Talking Feds ·

2020/11/05

The day after the contested Presidential election, Feds Matt Miller, Melissa Murray, and Norm Ornstein convene to explain just where the country is and where we’re headed.

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00:48:30

And Yet they Persisted

Talking Feds ·

2020/11/02

A powerhouse crew of Senator Sheldon Whitehouse, Congress Member Adam Schiff and Kristen Clarke, President of the Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, join Harry to take final stock of the political landscape just before the election.

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00:47:57

Rounding the Corner... to what?

Talking Feds ·

2020/10/26

In the wake of the final presidential debate, Vanita Gupta, Matt Miller, and Congressman Jamie Raskin join Harry to analyze the candidates’ final messages and anticipate what possible bumps may lie on the short ride to the finish line.

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00:49:20

Confirming Amy... Recuse, Refuse...We Lose

Talking Feds ·

2020/10/19

With two weeks to go until the election, Al Franken, Dahlia Lithwick and Bill Kristol join Harry and take up first the confirmation hearings for soon-to-be Justice Barrett.

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00:50:32

Talking Zeds: Social Media is Our Country

Talking Feds ·

2020/10/15

In this special bonus episode, Harry sits down with four young voters and leaders -- Xiye Bastida, Victor Shi, Bianca Vivion Brooks, and Ziad Ahmed -- to discuss climate change, the Supreme Court, intersectional politics, the electoral college, and why social media is their love language.

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00:49:00

Treasonable Doubt

Talking Feds ·

2020/10/12

Michael Steele, Laura Jarrett, & Steve Vladeck join Harry on a week when President Trump returned to the White House from Walter Reed hospital and proceeded to act even more erratically than usual. They then take up the DOJ’s change to its hands-off election year policies, and its announcement, to Trump's chagrin, that there will be no Durham report pre-election.

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00:57:23

Talking Feds Now: Positive Uncertainty

Talking Feds ·

2020/10/04

Recorded on Friday, in the wake of the mind-blowing revelation that both the President and the First Lady have tested positive for COVID 19, Laura Coates, Norm Orenstein, and Michael Schmidt join Harry to analyze the dizzying questions of law, medicine, national security, and politics that Trump’s sickness put into play.

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00:51:43

Judging Amy

Talking Feds ·

2020/09/28

Convening in the wake of President Trump’s selection of Judge Amy Comey Barrett for the Sup Ct vacancy caused by Justice Ginsburg’s death, Feds Dahlia Lithwick, Joe Lockhart, and Bret Stephens analyze Barrett’s qualifications and the politics surrounding her confirmation.

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01:07:56

Honoring RBG: May her Memory be a Revolution

Talking Feds ·

2020/09/21

This episode features Feds Natasha Bertrand, former Senator Al Franken, and Matt Miller delving into a discussion about RBG’s death and its implications, tthe stark, Orwellian divide between the true facts about the virus, the DOJ, and misinformation on the one hand, and the wholly fictional account propounded by the President and his Administration on the other.

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00:41:36

Before She was Notorious: Clerking for Ruth Bader...

Talking Feds ·

2020/09/20

In this special bonus Talking Feds: Women at the Table, three #Sistersinlaw, all clerks to Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, come together to describe what Justice Ginsburg really was like as a mentor, judge, spouse, and improbable pop culture hero.

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00:48:25

Homeland Insecurity: Flying Blind

Talking Feds ·

2020/09/14

Convening on the 19th anniversary of 9/11, fed regulars Frank Figliuzzi, David Frum, and Juliette Kayyem take stock of the most pressing threats to the homeland; the largely fictitious threats that the President continues to proffer; and the consequences for the country of the divide between the two.

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00:52:02

The Vote is in the Mail: Election Protection (from...

Talking Feds ·

2020/09/08

A dream team of Democratic Party leaders -- Marc Elias, the leading lawyer in the country for election protection, Senator Amy Klobuchar, and Congresswoman Katie Porter -- join Talking Feds host Harry Litman to discuss the gargantuan efforts afoot to protect the right to vote in the November election.

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00:41:05

Sisters in Law Special Voters Rights Edition: Use it...

Talking Feds ·

2020/09/03

In Part 2 of a special bonus edition of Talking Feds commemorating the 100th anniversary of the 19th amendment, Jill Wine-Banks, Joyce Vance, and Barbara McQuade speak with Sherrilyn Ifill, President and Director-Counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) about voter suppression, the unravelling of our democracy that has been going on for years, and the role the legal community has played in these failures.

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00:49:31

Married to the Don

Talking Feds ·

2020/08/31

In the wake of the Republican convention and the renomination of President Trump, MSNBC host Chris Hayes, Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal, and author Jeff Toobin join Harry for a 360° review of the Convention and what it portends about the Republicans’ election strategy going forward.

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00:48:14

Conventional Wisdom: It Is What It Is

Talking Feds ·

2020/08/24

It was the week when the Democrats formally selected their standard bearers in the 1st-ever virtual convention, and feds Laura Jarrett, Frank Figliuzzi, & Matt Miller assess the Convention and the Dems’ message.

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00:48:33

The Sisters in Law Special Edition: Nasty Women Vote

Talking Feds ·

2020/08/19

In part one of this special Sisters-in-Law edition of Talking Feds commemorating the 100th anniversary of the 19th amendment granting women the right to vote, Jill Wine-Banks, Joyce Vance, and Barbara McQuade speak with civil rights attorney Vanita Gupta and lawyer and Stanford Law School professor Pam Karlan about protecting voters rights.

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00:50:15

Kamala: Game On!

Talking Feds ·

2020/08/17

In a week dominated by Democratic nominee Joe Biden’s selection of California Senator Kamala Harris to be his running mate, Jonathan Alter, Joe Lockhart, Asha Rangappa, and Harry discuss the behind-the-scenes selection of Harris and then proceed to evaluate the choice

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