ELB Podcast

What does the Trump executive order on elections purport to do?

Why did a federal court put big parts of that executive order on hold?

Does this EO threaten the 2026 midterm elections?

On the season finale of Season 6 of the ELB Podcast, we speak with Danielle Lang of the Campaign Legal Center.

How did campaigning and false information in campaigns change in the 2024 elections?

What role did platform content moderation play in 2024?

Is generative AI going to change campaigns in 2028 and beyond?

On Season 6, Episode 7 of the ELB podcast, a roundtable with Alice Marwick, Kate Starbird, and Joshua Tucker.

Do documentary proof of citizenship laws stop a lot of illegal voting or suppress the votes of eligible voters?

How have such laws been implemented in the state of Arizona and elsewhere?

What are the prospects for passage of the SAVE Act, which would bring such laws to the nation as a whole?

On season 6, Episode 6 of the ELB Podcast, we speak with Arizona Secretary of State Adrian Fontes, The Cato Institute’s Walter Olson, and Nina Perales of MALDEF.

What will the new Trump Administration and the new Congress do when it comes to voting rights and fair elections?

What challenges face state and local election officials going forward?

Will the courts stand up for voting rights and fair elections in the years to come?

On Season 6, Episode 5 of the ELB podcast, we feature a discussion with Amy Gardner, Pam Karlan, and Stephen Richer.

How did social media’s treatment of election content change in the 2024 elections?

What do Meta’s new announcements mean for politics and society going forward?

How might AI change everything?

On Season 6, Episode 4 of the ELB Podcast, we speak with social media and politics expert Katie Harbath.

What are the risks to a peaceful transition of power once all the votes have been cast?

What can we learn from history and from other democracies about our moment of democratic peril?

How worried should we be about the risks of political violence?

On Season 6, Episode 3 of the ELB Podcast we speak with Republican election lawyer Ben Ginsberg, the Hoover Institution’s Larry Diamond, the Carnegie Endowment’s Rachel Kleinfeld, and USC law dean Franita Tolson.

Why do we have the Electoral College and is its use justified today?

Why do Democrats and Republicans think differently about the Electoral College?

Does the Electoral College make it harder or easier to subvert American elections?

On Season 6, Episode 2 of the ELB Podcast we speak with Joey Fishkin of UCLA Law, Amanda Hollis-Brusky of Pomona College, and Derek Muller of Notre Dame Law School.

How prepared are we for a peaceful transition of power in 2024 in light of what we witnessed in the 2020 elections?

What hurdles stand before minority voters in the upcoming elections?

How has the social media and information environment affecting elections shifted since 2020?

On today’s episode of the ELB Podcast we speak with Leah Aden, of the NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund, John Fortier, of the American Enterprise Institute, and Yoel Roth of The Match Group.

What’s the difference between how Americans communicated about politics and policies 20 or 30 years ago and how we do it today?

What are the most effective ways to combat disinformation in elections and otherwise?

Are the platforms and the rest of us ready for election-related threats in 2024?

On the season finale of Season 5 of the ELB Podcast, we speak with Renee DiResta, author of the new book, Invisible Rulers.

How should we understand the Supreme Court’s questions in the Trump immunity case?

Will the Court let Donald Trump go to trial for 2020 election interference based just on his acts as a candidate and not as President?

Are the legal theories advanced in Donald Trump’s hush money case in New York legally sound?

On Season 5, Episode 7 of the ELB Podcast, a conversation about the latest Trump cases between Rick Pildes and Rick Hasen