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The Lawfare Podcast: Patreon Edition

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The Lawfare Podcast features discussions with experts, policymakers, and opinion leaders at the nexus of national security, law, and policy. On issues from foreign policy, homeland security, intelligence, and cybersecurity to governance and law, we have doubled down on seriousness at a time when others are running away from it. Visit us at www.lawfaremedia.org. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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41:38

Lawfare Daily: Patronage Pardons: A Conversation with...

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2026/02/27

Lee Kovarsky, an endowed chair professor at the University of Texas School of Law, speaks with Senior Editor Roger Parloff about patronage pardons, the subject of his forthcoming article in the Duke Law Journal.Patronage pardons are pardons a president issues to reward and possibly even induce criminality by political supporters. Kovarsky discusses whether the founders anticipated such pardons, gives examples of such pardons, explores how they differ from ordinary pardons, and ponders whether

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28:11

Lawfare Live: Unpacking the Kilmar Abrego Garcia...

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2026/02/26

In a Feb. 26 Lawfare Live, Lawfare Editor in Chief Benjamin Wittes and Lawfare Senior Editor Anna Bower discussed the evidentiary hearing in the Kilmar Abrego Garcia criminal case which focused on the motion to dismiss for vindictive prosecution.This episode is a part of Lawfare’s new livestream series, Lawfare Live: The Now. Subscribe to Lawfare on Substack or YouTube to receive an alert for future livestreams. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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1:16:33

Rational Security: The “Off the Rails” Edition

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2026/02/26

This week, Scott was joined by Lawfare Managing Editor Tyler McBrien, Lawfare Senior Editor Molly Roberts, and University of Virginia Professor of Law Paul Stephan to talk through the week’s big news in national security, including:“Textual Healing.” On Friday, a 6-3 Supreme Court majority brought an end to at least the current iteration of President Trump’s controversial tariff policies, ruling that language in the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (or IEEPA) authorizing the “regulation

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21:12

Lawfare Daily: The State of IHL

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2026/02/26

Loren Voss, Public Service Fellow at Lawfare, sits down with Stuart Casey Maslen, the head of the IHL in Focus project at the Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights. They discuss the Geneva Academy's “IHL in Focus Report” covering all the major armed conflicts around the world, the role of new technology such as drones, the threats to IHL compliance and accountability, and the possibility of new treaty rules.Maslen describes the 20+ year degradation of IHL and trends

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48:36

Lawfare Daily: Are We Going to War in Iran?

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2026/02/25

Lawfare Public Service Fellow Ariane Tabatabai and Eric Brewer of the Nuclear Threat Initiative join Lawfare Editor in Chief Benjamin Wittes in a discussion of the possibly impending U.S. strike on Iran. Is the United States about to go to war? If so, over what? And with what objectives? Does this relate primarily to Iran's residual nuclear program or the Iranian regime's recent massacres of protestors? What would an American attack on Iran look like? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more

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50:57

Lawfare Daily: Ideology, Action, and Terrorism in the...

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2026/02/24

Senior Editor Michael Feinberg is joined by Jason Burke ofThe Guardian, the author of “The Revolutionists: The Story of the Extremists who Hijacked the 1970s.” The two discuss the roots of European and Middle Eastern terrorist organizations from that decade, as well as the response of governments to their attacks and the lingering hold that the milieu still maintains on popular culture. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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1:38:30

Lawfare Daily: The Trials of the Trump...

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2026/02/23

In a live conversation on YouTube, Lawfare Editor in Chief Benjamin Wittes sat down with Lawfare Senior Editors Eric Columbus, Roger Parloff, and Anna Bower, Lawfare Public Service Fellow Troy Edwards, and Lawfare Student Contributor Peyton Baker to discuss the arraignment of Don Lemon and his co-defendants in Minnesota, affidavits released for the FBI search of Fulton County, the Justice Department’s attempt to wipe out Steve Bannon’s conviction, and more.You can find information on legal

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1:05:42

Lawfare Archive: Nick Bednar on Trump's Civil Service...

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2026/02/22

From January 28, 2025: In today’s episode,LawfareSenior Editor Alan Z. Rozenshtein speaks with his University of Minnesota Law colleague, Nick Bednar, about the wave of Day 1 executive orders affecting the civil service. Bednar recently analyzed these orders in apiece forLawfare. They discuss what the orders say, how they might be challenged in court, and what this means for the next four years and beyond. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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48:26

Lawfare Archive: Are the Courts Ready for a Trump...

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2026/02/21

From February 13, 2025: Only a few weeks have passed since inauguration, but President Trump's barrage of executive orders has already generateddozens of legal challenges. Which raises the question: are the courts up to the job? Executive Editor Natalie Orpett sat down with Benjamin Wittes,Lawfare's Editor-in-Chief, to discuss his recent article,“Are the Courts Up to the Situation?,” published inLawfareearlier this week. They talked about the courts' role in the face of unprecedented assertions of

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48:28

Scaling Laws: Claude's Constitution, with Amanda Askell

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2026/02/20

Alan Rozenshtein, research director at Lawfare, and Kevin Frazier, senior editor at Lawfare, speak with Amanda Askell, head of personality alignment at Anthropic, aboutClaude's Constitution, a 20,000-word document that describes the values, character, and ethical framework of Anthropic's flagship AI model and plays a direct role in its training.The conversation covers how the constitution is used during supervised learning and reinforcement learning to shape Claude's behavior; analogies to

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1:17:12

Rational Security: The “Sects, Lies, and Twin Peaks”...

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2026/02/19

This week, Scott sat down with his foreign-policy-minded colleagues Daniel Byman, Michael Feinberg, and Ari Tabatabai to talk through some recent big news stories around the world, including:“Beer Hall Push-back.” Over the weekend, a raft of bipartisan U.S. and European officials headed to Bavaria for the annual Munich Security Conference. Last year, Vice President J.D. Vance gave a barnburner of a speech, accusing European allies of restraining free speech and giving succor to the European far

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1:00:51

Ask Lawfare Anything: February 2026

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2026/02/19

If you prefer, you can watch the webinar here: https://youtu.be/Rxm8AcFqA6s Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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47:36

Lawfare Daily: Challenging Immigration Detentions in...

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2026/02/19

The dramatic influx of immigration enforcement actions in Minnesota have landed an enormous number of people in detention. It's led to an unprecedented number of petitions for habeas corpus—that is, people arguing that their detention is unlawful.On today's podcast,Lawfare's Executive Editor Natalie Orpett talked with John Albanese, an attorney at the law firm Berger Montague in Minneapolis, who represents people who are bringing these challenges. They talked about what the flood of habeas petitions

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54:07

Lawfare Daily: National Security Regulation of...

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2026/02/18

Lawfare Book Review Editor Jonathan Cedarbaum sits down with Justin Sherman, the CEO of Global Cyber Strategies, to discuss his new book, "Navigating Technology and National Security: The Intersection of CFIUS, Team Telecom, AI Controls, and Other Regulations," in which Sherman describes and assesses the proliferation of U.S. regulatory programs designed to guard against national security risks arising from transactions involving technology and data. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more

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1:06:20

Lawfare Daily: Ukraine After Year One of Trump’s...

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2026/02/17

Eric Ciaramella of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and Francis Farrell, a reporter at the Kyiv Independent who covers military and security dynamics in Ukraine, join Lawfare’s Ukraine Fellow Anastasiia Lapatina for a look back at the first year of the Trump presidency through the lens of the war Ukraine.The three delve into the expectations surrounding the Trump administration's approach to Ukraine, the evolving battlefield situation, and the dynamics of U.S. aid. They also analyze

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1:42:04

Lawfare Daily: The Trials of the Trump...

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2026/02/16

In a live conversation on YouTube, Lawfare Editor in Chief Benjamin Wittes sat down with Lawfare Senior Editors Eric Columbus, Roger Parloff, and Anna Bower, Lawfare Public Service Fellow Troy Edwards, and Lawfare Student Contributor Peyton Baker to discuss the arraignment of Don Lemon and his co-defendants in Minnesota, affidavits released for the FBI search of Fulton County, the Justice Department’s attempt to wipe out Steve Bannon’s conviction, and more.You can find information on legal

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53:00

Lawfare Archive: Jack Goldsmith on Trump v. United...

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2026/02/15

From February 12, 2025: Jack Goldsmith, the Learned Hand Professor at Harvard Law School and co-founder ofLawfare, joins Alan Rozenshtein, Associate Professor of Law at the University of Minnesota and Senior Editor atLawfare, to talk about hisrecentLawfarearticlediscussing last year's Supreme Court decision inTrump v. United Statesand its implications for executive power. They discuss how the ruling extends beyond presidential immunity, the broader shift toward a maximalist theory of executive

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34:48

Lawfare Archive: Nayna Gupta on the Laken Riley Act

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2026/02/14

From February 7, 2025: On today’s podcast,LawfareAssociate Editor for Communications Anna Hickey spoke to Nayna Gupta, Director of Policy at the American Immigration Council, about the Laken Riley Act, the first piece of legislation signed by President Trump in his second term, its start as a messaging bill in the last Congress, and its impact on the immigration detention system. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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55:48

Lawfare Daily: Lessons for Civilian Harm Mitigation...

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2026/02/13

For today's podcast, we're bringing you the audio for a panel discussion that Senior Editor Scott R. Anderson hosted this past November, at a conference on Precision Lethality and Civilian Harm Mitigation, hosted by the Center for Ethics and the Rule of Law (CERL) at the University of Pennsylvania.Joining him on the panel were Professor Claire Finkelstein, CERL's founder and director; Christopher Maier, a former Assistant Secretary of Defense for Special Operations and Low Intensity Conflict in the

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1:20:35

Rational Security: The “Midnight Train to Ukraine”...

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2026/02/12

This week, Scott sat down with Editor in Chief Benjamin Wittes, who recently returned from Ukraine, and Lawfare’s Ukraine Fellow Anastasiia Lapatina, to go through the latest developments in that country, including:“Cold War.” Russia’s ongoing winter campaign against Ukraine’s energy infrastructure has created a humanitarian crisis in many parts of the country. In Kyiv, at least one major power plant has been completely destroyed, and many more energy sites have been damaged. Numerous other parts of

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