Stay Tuned with Preet

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Join former U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara as he breaks down legal topics in the news and engages thought leaders in a podcast about power, policy, and justice.

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Stay Tuned with Preet episodes:

04.18.2024
The Trump Trials Begin (with Rikki Klieman)
Rikki Klieman is a CBS News legal analyst, attorney, and best-selling author. She joins Preet to discuss the start of trial this week in the Manhattan DA’s hush money prosecution of Donald Trump. They cover jury selection, general trial analysis...
04.16.2024
CAFE Insider 4/16: Picking Trump’s Jury
On a new episode of the CAFE Insider podcast, Preet Bharara and Joyce Vance discuss the start of former President Donald Trump’s hush money criminal trial in Manhattan, the first ever criminal trial of a former president in United States...
04.15.2024
The Art of Jury Selection (with Mimi Rocah)
Mimi Rocah is the District Attorney for Westchester County and a former federal prosecutor. She joins Joyce Vance to discuss the procedure and strategy of jury selection. They preview what we can expect from the start of former President Donald...
04.11.2024
History’s Rhymes and Revolutions (with Doris Kearns Goodwin)
Doris Kearns Goodwin is a Pulitzer Prize-winning presidential historian and author of the new book, An Unfinished Love Story: A Personal History of the 1960s, which explores the decade through the memories of her late husband, Dick Goodwin, a political...
04.08.2024
Trump Media Goes Public (with Felix Salmon)
Felix Salmon is the chief financial correspondent for Axios. He joins Preet to discuss the volatile stock market debut of Trump Media, trading under the ticker DJT. They cover meme stocks, Trump’s net worth, and Trump’s ever-expanding docket of lawsuits. Stay...
04.04.2024
How Biden Can Beat Trump, Again (with Evan Osnos)
Evan Osnos is a staff writer at The New Yorker and expert on all things Joe Biden. Osnos first appeared on Stay Tuned in 2021 after publishing a biography of the President. Osnos is now back to discuss what’s happening...
04.02.2024
CAFE Insider 4/2: Trump Gagged Again
In this excerpt from the CAFE Insider podcast, Preet Bharara and Joyce Vance discuss the gag order imposed on former President Donald Trump in the hush money prosecution in Manhattan. The gag order initially prevented Trump from criticizing witnesses, court...
04.01.2024
Controlling Birth Control (with Mary Ziegler)
Mary Ziegler is a law professor and expert on the law and politics of reproductive freedom. She joins Preet to discuss a recent ruling by the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals that a federal program providing confidential family planning services...
03.28.2024
Revolutions, from 1600 to Trump (with Fareed Zakaria)
Fareed Zakaria is the host of CNN’s Fareed Zakaria GPS and a foreign affairs columnist at the Washington Post. He joins Preet to discuss his new book Age of Revolutions: Progress and Backlash from 1600 to the Present, and how...
03.25.2024
Is TikTok’s Time Up? (with Lauren Feiner)
Lauren Feiner is a senior policy reporter for The Verge. She joins Preet to discuss the House’s recent vote to ban TikTok if it remains under Chinese ownership. They analyze US national security concerns, the legal challenges a ban might...
03.21.2024
Innovation and the Future of AI (with Vinod Khosla)
Vinod Khosla, legendary venture capitalist and entrepreneur, joins Preet to discuss the future of AI, the trouble with predictions, and how to bet big on the right founder. Plus, does Trump have to file for bankruptcy? How often are prosecutors “conflicted”...
03.19.2024
CAFE Insider 3/19: Trump Delays, Willis Survives & Cannon’s Crazy Orders
In this excerpt from the CAFE Insider podcast, Preet Bharara and Joyce Vance discuss the 30-day adjournment of former President Donald Trump’s trial in the Manhattan DA’s hush money case as Trump’s lawyers review new evidence provided to them by...
03.18.2024
AI on Trial: Bot Bharara Steals Stay Tuned
How might AI infringe on intellectual property and personality rights? And could AI replace Preet as the host of Stay Tuned? This is the final episode of a Stay Tuned miniseries, “AI on Trial,” featuring Preet Bharara in conversation with Nita...
03.14.2024
The Biden-Trump Rematch (with Mark Leibovich)
Mark Leibovich is a leading political analyst, journalist, and author, currently writing for The Atlantic. He joined Preet live at SXSW to break down the state of play in the Biden-Trump presidential rematch—from Super Tuesday results, to recent polling, to...
03.11.2024
AI on Trial: Deepfakes v. Democracy
How might AI impact our elections? This is the second episode of a Stay Tuned miniseries, “AI on Trial,” featuring Preet Bharara in conversation with Nita Farahany, professor of law and philosophy at Duke University. Preet and Nita discuss the hypothetical case...
03.07.2024
The Federal Judiciary & Trump (with David Lat)
David Lat is a lawyer-turned-writer, who publishes a weekly newsletter on Substack titled “Original Jurisdiction.” He joins Preet to discuss the federal judiciary, Trump’s many trials, and the free speech controversies roiling universities and law schools around the country. Plus, what...
03.05.2024
CAFE Insider 3/5: A Predictable SCOTUS Ruling
In this excerpt from the CAFE Insider podcast, Preet Bharara and Joyce Vance break down the Supreme Court’s unanimous ruling that states cannot disqualify former President Donald Trump from the ballot for his role in the January 6 insurrection and...
03.04.2024
AI on Trial: Bot-Crossed Lovers
What happens when an AI chatbot takes part in a crime? This is the first episode of a Stay Tuned miniseries, “AI on Trial,” featuring Preet Bharara in conversation with Nita Farahany, professor of law and philosophy at Duke University. Preet and...
02.29.2024
Trump & the Age of Disinformation (with Barb McQuade)
Barb McQuade is the former US Attorney from Michigan, and current University of Michigan Law School professor, NBC legal analyst, and Cafe contributor. She joins Preet to discuss her new book, Attack from Within: How Disinformation Is Sabotaging America, and...
02.27.2024
CAFE Insider 2/27: Embryos & Gag Orders
In this excerpt from the CAFE Insider podcast, Preet Bharara and Joyce Vance break down the Alabama Supreme Court ruling that frozen embryos are children under state law, and individuals may be held liable for destroying them. In the full episode,...
02.26.2024
Two Years of the Russia-Ukraine War (with Dr. Evelyn Farkas)
Dr. Evelyn Farkas is the Executive Director of the McCain Institute and the former deputy assistant secretary of defense for Russia, Ukraine, and Eurasia. She joins Preet to discuss the two-year anniversary of the war in Ukraine, Donald Trump’s pro-Russia...
02.22.2024
The State of Our Scandals (with Jake Tapper)
Jake Tapper is a journalist, news anchor for CNN, and author. He joins Preet to discuss his new six-part series on CNN, United States of Scandal, what to expect in the 2024 presidential election, and the ongoing wars between Israel...
02.19.2024
On Being Civil (with Alexandra Hudson)
Alexandra Hudson is a writer, public speaker, and the author of The Soul of Civility: Timeless Principles to Heal Society and Ourselves. She joins Preet to discuss her book, the difference between politeness and civility, and the many figures that...
02.15.2024
On Basketball, Politics & Life (with Bill Bradley)
Former Senator and two-time NBA champion Bill Bradley joins Preet to talk about his new one-man show, Rolling Along. In it, he reflects on his life’s path and the lessons he learned along the way about basketball, politics, and our...
02.14.2024
CAFE Insider 2/13: The Hur Report
In this excerpt from the CAFE Insider podcast, Preet Bharara and Joyce Vance break down special counsel Robert Hur’s report detailing his findings from the investigation into President Joe Biden’s handling of classified documents. In the full episode, Preet and Joyce...
02.12.2024
Leading the World Bank (with Ajay Banga)
Ajay Banga is the president of the World Bank, which aims to support innovation in developing countries. He was previously the CEO and president of Mastercard. Banga and Preet discuss the function of the bank and its shift to focus...
02.08.2024
Unbecoming the President (with Jared Cohen)
Jared Cohen is the author of the new book “Life After Power: Seven Presidents and Their Search for Purpose Beyond the White House.” The book explores how former presidents—from Thomas Jefferson to George Bush—transition after reaching the height of power....
02.06.2024
CAFE Insider 2/6: No Immunity for Citizen Trump
In this excerpt from the CAFE Insider podcast, Preet Bharara and Joyce Vance break down the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals ruling that former presidents, including Donald Trump, are not absolutely immune from criminal prosecution. In the full episode, Preet and...
02.05.2024
Homelessness Heads to SCOTUS (with Abbie VanSickle)
The Supreme Court will hear a case about whether a city in Oregon can ban unhoused people from camping on public property without violating the 8th Amendment’s cruel and usual punishment clause. Abbie VanSickle, who covers the Supreme Court at...
02.01.2024
Imagining Alien Contact (with Garrett Graff)
Garrett Graff is a journalist and the author of UFO: The Inside Story of the US Government's Search for Alien Life Here—and Out There. He joins Preet to discuss what alien contact might look like, the viral nature of conspiracy...
01.30.2024
CAFE Insider 1/30: Carroll’s Victory & Border Battles
In this excerpt from the CAFE Insider podcast, Preet Bharara and Joyce Vance break down the Supreme Court’s ruling permitting Border Patrol to cut the razor wire installed by the National Guard, at the direction of Texas Governor Greg Abbott,...
01.29.2024
Abortion Back at SCOTUS (with Steve Vladeck & Dara Kass)
Earlier this month, the Supreme Court agreed to consider whether the federal Emergency Medical Treatment & Labor Act (EMTALA) requires doctors to perform emergency abortions in states that have passed strict anti-abortion laws. Steve Vladeck, a law professor and Supreme...
01.25.2024
Report from New Hampshire (with Karen Tumulty)
Karen Tumulty is a political columnist for The Washington Post who was on the ground for last week’s Iowa Republican caucuses and this week’s New Hampshire presidential primary. She joins Preet from Manchester, New Hampshire, to talk about why Nikki...
01.24.2024
CAFE Insider 1/23: Trump’s Ineffective Counsel
In this excerpt from the CAFE Insider podcast, Preet Bharara and Joyce Vance assess the quality of the legal representation former President Donald Trump is receiving from lawyer Alina Habba in the E. Jean Carroll defamation trial, offering some lessons...
01.22.2024
Is Iran Provoking War? (with John Brennan)
Over the last few weeks, the US and UK conducted military strikes in Yemen after repeated attacks by a group called the Houthis on US-allied ships in the Red Sea. Former CIA Director John Brennan joins Preet to discuss the...
01.18.2024
Biden and the Border (with Dexter Filkins)
Dexter Filkins is a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and staff writer at the New Yorker. He joins Preet to discuss his reporting on the southern border, where a record number of migrants are crossing into the US seeking asylum. The surge...
01.17.2024
CAFE Insider 1/16: Dismissal & Disqualification
In this excerpt from the CAFE Insider podcast, Preet Bharara and Joyce Vance break down the arguments made by a Trump co-defendant in Georgia accusing Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis of engaging in an improper relationship with a lead...
01.15.2024
The Legacy and Lyricism of Dr. King (with Clayborne Carson)
To honor Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Preet talks with Dr. Clayborne Carson, the former director of the King Papers Project and the Martin Luther King, Jr. Research and Education Institute, about Dr. King’s iconic 1963 Letter from Birmingham Jail. Preet...
01.11.2024
The Fate of the World in 2024 (with Ian Bremmer)
Ian Bremmer, founder and president of Eurasia Group, joins Preet to discuss Eurasia Group’s annual “Top Risks” report. Preet and Ian discuss the specter of the 2024 presidential election, the risks of ungoverned Artificial Intelligence, and the ongoing crises in...
01.09.2024
CAFE Insider 1/9: Trump Immunity & Insurrection
In this excerpt from the CAFE Insider podcast, Preet Bharara and Joyce Vance break down the oral arguments heard by a panel of D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals judges on former President Donald Trump’s claims of absolute immunity in the...
01.08.2024
The Price of Rudy’s Lies (with Michael Gottlieb)
A Washington D.C. jury recently ordered Rudy Giuliani to pay $148 million to two election workers who he defamed after the 2020 election. Michael Gottlieb, who represented plaintiffs Ruby Freeman and Shaye Moss in the litigation, joins Preet to discuss...
01.04.2024
Evangelical America & Trump (with Tim Alberta)
Tim Alberta is a staff writer at The Atlantic and the author of The Kingdom, The Power, and the Glory: American Evangelicals in an Age of Extremism. He joins Preet to discuss the modern evangelical movement, the Republican party, and...
01.02.2024
CAFE Insider 1/2: Do Agencies Have Agency? (with Rachel Barkow)
In this special episode of the CAFE Insider podcast, Joyce Vance interviews Rachel Barkow, while Preet is out. Barkow, who recently became a CAFE contributor, is a professor at NYU Law School and author of Prisoners of Politics: Breaking the...
12.28.2023
The Big Bet on Climate Change Solutions (with Kara Swisher and Rajiv Shah)
Preet shares an episode of On with Kara Swisher, hosted by the award-winning journalist who covers tech, politics and other breaking news topics. In this episode, Kara speaks with Rockefeller Foundation President Rajiv Shah about the recent UN Climate Conference...
12.21.2023
Amending History (with Jill Lepore)
Harvard Professor of American History and New Yorker staff writer Jill Lepore joins Preet to discuss what happened when the U.S. failed to prosecute Confederate President Jefferson Davis. They also talk about Lepore’s new essay collection The Deadline and how...
12.19.2023
CAFE Insider 12/19: Obstruction at the Insurrection
In this excerpt from the CAFE Insider podcast, Preet Bharara and Joyce Vance break down the Supreme Court’s decision to grant review in a case that concerns the scope of the obstruction statute prosecutors have used to charge January 6...
12.18.2023
Box Office Boom or Bust? (with Scott Mendelson)
Scott Mendelson is a film critic and journalist, who’s been studying the film industry for almost three decades. He’s currently a box office columnist at Puck News and the author of The Outside Scoop newsletter on Substack. Mendelson joins Preet...
12.14.2023
Money and Happiness (with Morgan Housel)
Can money buy happiness? Finance writer Morgan Housel made waves in 2020 with the publication of his runaway hit The Psychology of Money: Timeless Lessons on Wealth, Greed, and Happiness. Housel’s new book, Same as Ever: A Guide to What...
12.13.2023
CAFE Insider 12/12: Mr. Smith Goes to SCOTUS
In this excerpt from the CAFE Insider podcast, Preet Bharara and Joyce Vance break down special counsel Jack Smith’s petition to the Supreme Court, in the election subversion case against Donald Trump, asking the justices to decide whether a former...
12.11.2023
Lies, Damn Lies, and George Santos (with Mark Chiusano)
Mark Chiusano is the author of The Fabulist: The Lying, Hustling, Grifting, Stealing, and Very American Legend of George Santos. He joins Preet to discuss Santos’s lifetime of lies, and what his ascension to power says about our political system. Stay...

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Stay Tuned with Preet episodes:

The Trump Trials Begin (with Rikki Klieman)

CAFE Insider 4/16: Picking Trump’s Jury

The Art of Jury Selection (with Mimi Rocah)

History’s Rhymes and Revolutions (with Doris Kearns Goodwin)

Trump Media Goes Public (with Felix Salmon)

How Biden Can Beat Trump, Again (with Evan Osnos)

CAFE Insider 4/2: Trump Gagged Again

Controlling Birth Control (with Mary Ziegler)

Revolutions, from 1600 to Trump (with Fareed Zakaria)

Is TikTok’s Time Up? (with Lauren Feiner)

Innovation and the Future of AI (with Vinod Khosla)

CAFE Insider 3/19: Trump Delays, Willis Survives & Cannon’s Crazy Orders

AI on Trial: Bot Bharara Steals Stay Tuned

The Biden-Trump Rematch (with Mark Leibovich)

AI on Trial: Deepfakes v. Democracy

The Federal Judiciary & Trump (with David Lat)

CAFE Insider 3/5: A Predictable SCOTUS Ruling

AI on Trial: Bot-Crossed Lovers

Trump & the Age of Disinformation (with Barb McQuade)

CAFE Insider 2/27: Embryos & Gag Orders

Two Years of the Russia-Ukraine War (with Dr. Evelyn Farkas)

The State of Our Scandals (with Jake Tapper)

On Being Civil (with Alexandra Hudson)

On Basketball, Politics & Life (with Bill Bradley)

CAFE Insider 2/13: The Hur Report

Leading the World Bank (with Ajay Banga)

Unbecoming the President (with Jared Cohen)

CAFE Insider 2/6: No Immunity for Citizen Trump

Homelessness Heads to SCOTUS (with Abbie VanSickle)

Imagining Alien Contact (with Garrett Graff)

CAFE Insider 1/30: Carroll’s Victory & Border Battles

Abortion Back at SCOTUS (with Steve Vladeck & Dara Kass)

Report from New Hampshire (with Karen Tumulty)

CAFE Insider 1/23: Trump’s Ineffective Counsel

Is Iran Provoking War? (with John Brennan)

Biden and the Border (with Dexter Filkins)

CAFE Insider 1/16: Dismissal & Disqualification

The Legacy and Lyricism of Dr. King (with Clayborne Carson)

The Fate of the World in 2024 (with Ian Bremmer)

CAFE Insider 1/9: Trump Immunity & Insurrection

The Price of Rudy’s Lies (with Michael Gottlieb)

Evangelical America & Trump (with Tim Alberta)

CAFE Insider 1/2: Do Agencies Have Agency? (with Rachel Barkow)

The Big Bet on Climate Change Solutions (with Kara Swisher and Rajiv Shah)

Amending History (with Jill Lepore)

CAFE Insider 12/19: Obstruction at the Insurrection

Box Office Boom or Bust? (with Scott Mendelson)

Money and Happiness (with Morgan Housel)

CAFE Insider 12/12: Mr. Smith Goes to SCOTUS

Lies, Damn Lies, and George Santos (with Mark Chiusano)

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