Here is a list of all the 693 episodes of In Lieu of Fun. They are listed in reverse chronological order. Follow the ℹ icon link beside an episode number to see the detail page for that episode. Follow the 🔉 icon for a link to an audio recording, where available. The date links to its stream on Crowdcast or YouTube. Episodes marked 📃 have a full-text transcript.

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687  📃
Jan. 27, 2023
🧀 Cheese night
(just your hosts)
686  📃
Dec. 05, 2022
An impromptu show announced at the last minute.
(just your hosts)
685  📃
Nov. 07, 2022
Reuniting to discuss Twitter, Kanye, January 6th, Ukraine, and (lack of) fun
(just your hosts)
Book
684  📃
Sep. 23, 2022
🧀 The final regularly-scheduled episode of In Lieu of Fun
(just your hosts)
683  📃
Sep. 21, 2022
The penultimate episode of the show
Guests: Jordan Ellenberg
682 
Sep. 19, 2022
Discussing space aliens, and an important announcement
Guests: Jordan Ellenberg, Shane Harris
681 
Sep. 16, 2022
Cheese night! 🧀
Guests: Alicia Wanless
680 
Sep. 14, 2022
An in-person discussion about current affairs
Guests: Jessica Berlin
679 
Sep. 12, 2022
Discussing the matter of KiwiFarms, and the role of Cloudflare as a gatekeeper
Guests: Alex Stamos
678  📃
Sep. 09, 2022
Cheese night! 🧀
(just your hosts)
677  📃
Sep. 06, 2022
Discussing a forthcoming hacking class on Lawfare
(just your hosts)
Course
676  📃
Aug. 25, 2022
Cheese night! 🧀
(just your hosts)
675  🔉 📃
Aug. 23, 2022
Discussing the risks of false positives in automatic CSAM detection
Guests: Kashmir Hill
674  🔉 📃
Aug. 19, 2022
Discussing how to de-escalate conflicts and not be horrible to each other
Guests: Mike Pesca
673  📃
Aug. 17, 2022
Discussing current events, and also puppies
Guests: Rachel Vindman, Tim Miller
672  📃
Aug. 15, 2022
Continuing last week's discussion about the future of the Supreme Court
Guests: Jack Balkin, Orin Kerr
671  📃
Aug. 10, 2022
Drinks and discussion with George Conway
Guests: George Conway
670  📃
Aug. 08, 2022
Discussing the Constitution and the composition of the judiciary
Guests: Jack Balkin
669  📃
Aug. 05, 2022
Discussing news from the front lines of the monkeypox outbreak
Guests: Will DeWitt
668  📃
Aug. 03, 2022
Discussing the projection of art onto buildings and other surfaces
Guests: Joshua Bernard, Julia Shamsheieva
LUMA
667  📃
Aug. 01, 2022
Discussing corporate punishment
Guests: Mihailis E. Diamantis, Will Thomas
Paper
666  📃
Jul. 29, 2022
😈🫀 Discussing organ harvesting and Presidential indictments
Guests: Alan Rozenshtein
665  📃
Jul. 27, 2022
A triumphant return of Len Pennie, in lieu of fun
Guests: Len Pennie
664  📃
Jul. 25, 2022
Discussing the balance between public defense and TikTok mastery
Guests: Alex Peter
663  📃
Jul. 22, 2022
Discussing the 2006 book "Absolute Convictions"
Guests: Eyal Press
Book
662  📃
Jul. 20, 2022
Richard Wattenbarger asks us to distinguish truth from fiction
Guests: Richard Wattenbarger
661  📃
Jul. 18, 2022
Cheese night, live and in-person in Brooklyn 🧀
(just your hosts)
660  📃
Jul. 15, 2022
Discussing the ongoing shenanigans with Twitter and Elon Musk
Guests: Kate Conger
659  📃
Jul. 13, 2022
Discussing hitherto unknown facts about Lawfare's David Priess
Guests: David Priess
658  📃
Jul. 11, 2022
Discussing a new WIRED article about "The Dawn of Everything"
Guests: Virginia Heffernan
Article, Book
657  📃
Jul. 08, 2022
Discussing Boris Johnson after several years of not doing so 🧀
(just your hosts)
656  📃
Jul. 06, 2022
Discussing NATO accession for Finland and Sweden
Guests: Minna Ålander
655  📃
Jul. 01, 2022
Discussing Tim Miller's new book
Guests: Tim Miller
Book
654  📃
Jun. 29, 2022
Discussing the consequences arising from the Dobbs decision
Guests: Kate Shaw, Leah Litman
653  📃
Jun. 27, 2022
Discussing the science of misinformation
Guests: Carl T. Bergstrom
652  📃
Jun. 24, 2022
Reflections of sadness on the degeneracy of the American court
(just your hosts)
651  📃
Jun. 22, 2022
Discussing the weird but real phenomenon of "cute aggression"
Guests: Katherine Stavropoulos
650 
Jun. 20, 2022
Discussing the Depp/Heard trial and the ACLU
Guests: Lara Bazelon
649  📃
Jun. 17, 2022
Cheese night, now with Peter Strzok! 🧀
Guests: Peter Strzok
648  📃
Jun. 15, 2022
Discussing the Baltimore Gun Trace Task Force scandal
Guests: Michael R. Bromwich
647  📃
Jun. 14, 2022
An impromptu ask-me-anything session hosted by Ben
(just your hosts)
646  📃
Jun. 10, 2022
A discussion with Sarah Longwell
Guests: Sarah Longwell
645  📃
Jun. 08, 2022
Cheese night! 🧀
(just your hosts)
644  📃
Jun. 06, 2022
Daniel Burge challenges us to distinguish truth from fiction
Guests: Daniel Burge
643  📃
Jun. 03, 2022
Discussing the as-expected acquittal of Michael Sussman and related topics
Guests: Peter Strzok
642  📃
May. 27, 2022
Cheese night! 🧀
(just your hosts)
641  📃
May. 25, 2022
Discussing the U.S. abandoning strategic ambiguity with respect to Taiwan
Guests: Julian Ku
640  📃
May. 23, 2022
Discussing the Alfa Bank hoax, the Michael Sussmann trial, and John Durham
Guests: Tim Miller
Article, Book
639  🔉 📃
May. 20, 2022
Discussing the relationship between Sweden, Finland, and NATO
Guests: Minna Ålander
638  🔉 📃
May. 18, 2022
Matteo asks us whether we can distinguish truth from fiction
Guests: Matteo Carrabba
637  🔉 📃
May. 16, 2022
Discussing the recent mass-shooting in Buffalo, New York
Guests: Dan Byman
636  🔉 📃
May. 13, 2022
La nuit de fromage! 🧀
(just your hosts)
635  🔉 📃
May. 11, 2022
Discussing the hunting, harvesting, and gardening of morels.
(just your hosts)
634  🔉 📃
May. 09, 2022
Discussing the surprising aptitude of children as philosophers
Guests: Scott Hershovitz
Book
633  🔉 📃
May. 06, 2022
Discussing cheese, nights, and Kate's presence in Washington, DC 🧀
(just your hosts)
632  🔉 📃
May. 04, 2022
Discussing the state of COVID in China with Sophia Yan
Guests: Sophia Yan
631  🔉 📃
May. 02, 2022
Discussing the future of Twitter and its purchase by Elon Musk
Guests: Del Harvey
630  🔉 📃
Apr. 29, 2022
Discussing online speech, employment, and the occasional restraint thereof
Guests: Alicia Wanless, Eli Sugarman
629  🔉 📃
Apr. 27, 2022
Paula emerges from behind the green screen, defying us to tell truth from fiction
(just your hosts)
628  🔉 📃
Apr. 25, 2022
Discussing the bid by Elon Musk to acquire Twitter
(just your hosts)
627  🔉 📃
Apr. 22, 2022
Discussing not one but two new books with their authors 📗📘
Guests: Alex Finley, Dan Byman
626  🔉 📃
Apr. 20, 2022
Discussing the pros and cons of anonymity
Guests: Jeff Kosseff
Book
625  🔉 📃
Apr. 18, 2022
Discussing investigative journalism in wartime
Guests: Azmat Khan
624  🔉 📃
Apr. 14, 2022
Discussing a "special military operation" against the Russian Embassy 🧀
(just your hosts)
623  🔉 📃
Apr. 13, 2022
Discussing access and accessibility
Guests: Blake E. Reid
622  🔉 📃
Apr. 11, 2022
Discussing seditious conspiracy and charges thereof
Guests: Alan Rozenshtein
621  🔉 📃
Apr. 08, 2022
Discussing the political history of Ukraine & Russia
Guests: Vladislav Davidzon
620  🔉 📃
Apr. 06, 2022
Pugilism Week returns, revisiting the discussion about the Eastman decision
Guests: Marcy Wheeler
619  🔉 📃
Apr. 04, 2022
Discussing Taylor Swift and the philosophy of forgiveness
Guests: Scott Hershovitz
618  🔉 📃
Apr. 01, 2022
Cheese night, with bonus puns! 🧀
(just your hosts)
617  🔉 📃
Mar. 30, 2022
Discussing the DoJ silence on the Eastman decision
Guests: Peter Strzok
Article
616  🔉 📃
Mar. 28, 2022
Discussing the forthcoming paper "Humans in the Loop"
Guests: Nicholson Price
Paper
615  🔉 📃
Mar. 25, 2022
The second anniversary of the beginning of the show 🧀 🐝
(just your hosts)
614  🔉 📃
Mar. 23, 2022
Discussing, as well as rethinking, sex
Guests: Christine Emba
Book
613  🔉 📃
Mar. 21, 2022
Discussing the confirmation hearings for Judge Ketanji Jackson
Guests: Anthony Michael Kries
612  🔉 📃
Mar. 17, 2022
Discussing sextortion and deep fakes
(just your hosts)
611  🔉 📃
Mar. 16, 2022
Discussing ancient graffiti
Guests: Peter Keegan, Sarah Bond
610  🔉 📃
Mar. 14, 2022
Discussing the fate of the Russian oligarch yachts
Guests: Alex Finley
609  🔉 📃
Mar. 11, 2022
Discussing things that are on Mike Pesca's mind
Guests: Mike Pesca
608  🔉 📃
Mar. 09, 2022
Surprise cheese night! 🧀
Guests: Jonathan Rauch, Paul Rosenzweig
607  🔉 📃
Mar. 07, 2022
Discussing a new article about "superusers" on Facebook
Guests: Nathaniel Lubin
Article
606  🔉 📃
Mar. 04, 2022
Discussing a recent story about Joss Whedon
Guests: Lila Shapiro
Article
605  🔉 📃
Mar. 02, 2022
Discussing a recent book co-authored with Justice Ginsburg
Guests: Amanda L. Tyler
Book
604  🔉 📃
Feb. 28, 2022
Discussing antitrust and interoperability
Guests: Doug Melamed
Paper
603  🔉 📃
Feb. 25, 2022
Discussing Germany's cautious posture toward Russia
Guests: Constanze Stelzenmüller
602  🔉 📃
Feb. 23, 2022
Discussing the history of antisemitism
Guests: Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg
Book
601  🔉 📃
Feb. 21, 2022
Discussing the imminent violence by Russia against Ukraine
Guests: Tim Miller
600  🔉 📃
Feb. 18, 2022
Cheese night! 🧀
(just your hosts)
599  🔉 📃
Feb. 16, 2022
Discussing the implications of Russia-Ukraine conflict for cybersecurity
Guests: Alex Stamos
598  🔉 📃
Feb. 14, 2022
Sharing tales of how folks met their partners
Guests: Jonathan Shea
597  🔉 📃
Feb. 11, 2022
Mike Chase asks us to chase the truth, and to be cheesy
Guests: Mike Chase
596  🔉 📃
Feb. 09, 2022
Discussing all things Canadian, with guest host Eve Gaumond
Guests: Alicia Wanless, Eve Gaumond, Glen McGregor
595  🔉 📃
Feb. 07, 2022
Discussing whether it is possible to deter Russia, and how
Guests: Dan Drezner
594  🔉 📃
Feb. 04, 2022
Discussing nation-states conflicts over control of the Internet
Guests: Tom Wheeler
593  🔉 📃
Feb. 02, 2022
Discussing the state of the economy and its interaction with politics
Guests: Catherine Rampell
592  🔉 📃
Jan. 31, 2022
In lieu of guests, you can come hang out with your hosts
(just your hosts)
591  🔉 📃
Jan. 28, 2022
Cheese night! 🧀 Now with bonus story hour
Guests: Rev. Dr. Hilary E. Livingston
590  🔉 📃
Jan. 27, 2022
Discussing the impending retirement of Justice Breyer
Guests: Jamal Greene, Leah Litman
589  🔉 📃
Jan. 24, 2022
Discussing life, trolleys, holidays, and other tribulations
Guests: Virginia Heffernan
588  🔉 📃
Jan. 21, 2022
Discussing textualism as a flag of convenience for Justice Gorsuch
Guests: Anita Krishnakumar
Article
587  🔉 📃
Jan. 19, 2022
Discussing the re-launch of The Gist
Guests: Mike Pesca
The Gist
586  🔉 📃
Jan. 17, 2022
Discussing the Department of Justice and the challenges of prosecution
Guests: Preet Bharara
585  🔉 📃
Jan. 14, 2022
Discussing the seditious conspiracy indictment against the head of the Oath Keepers
Guests: Alicia Wanless, Scott R. Anderson
584  🔉 📃
Jan. 12, 2022
An open-ended conversation with Matt Tait
Guests: Matt Tait
583  🔉 📃
Jan. 10, 2022
Discussing current political events
Guests: Josh Marshall
Talking Points Memo
582  🔉 📃
Jan. 07, 2022
Discussing a new article about the Capitol insurrection
Guests: Molly Ball
Article
581  🔉 📃
Jan. 05, 2022
Discussing the January 6th U.S. capitol insurrection
Guests: Seamus Hughes
580  🔉 📃
Jan. 03, 2022
Discussing the abuse of RF tags for stalking and other privacy violations
Guests: Ryan Mac
579  🔉 📃
Dec. 31, 2021
Cheese night! 🧀 The 2022 New Year's Eve Resolutions Edition
(just your hosts)
578  🔉 📃
Dec. 30, 2021
Discussing the anti-vax movement and its history
Guests: Renee DiResta
577  🔉 📃
Dec. 29, 2021
Discussing current affairs between Russia and Ukraine
Guests: Kori Schake
The Atlantic
576  🔉 📃
Dec. 28, 2021
Discussing both corvids and COVID, shoebills and science misinformation
Guests: Carl T. Bergstrom
575  🔉 📃
Dec. 27, 2021
Scott Shapiro challenges us to tell the truth from trolling
(just your hosts)
574  🔉 📃
Dec. 23, 2021
Jordan Ellenberg challenges us to distinguish truth from fiction
Guests: Jordan Ellenberg
573  🔉 📃
Dec. 22, 2021
Discussing a new article on conflict against police reform
Guests: Radley Balko
The Intercept
572  🔉 📃
Dec. 21, 2021
Discussing recent articles on the "Russia Hoax" hoax
Guests: David Frum, Jonathan Rauch
Article
571  🔉 📃
Dec. 20, 2021
Discussing the situation in Afghanistan and Operation Eagle
Guests: Maggie Feldman-Piltch
Operation Eagle, The Aftermath
570  🔉 📃
Dec. 17, 2021
Discussing Ben Affleck, Howard Stern, and celebrity misinformation
Guests: Mike Pesca
569  🔉 📃
Dec. 16, 2021
Discussing pending legislation for research access on tech platforms
Guests: Nate Persily
Bill
568  🔉 📃
Dec. 15, 2021
E. G. Phillips asks us to distinguish truth from fiction
Guests: E. G. Phillips
567  🔉 📃
Dec. 14, 2021
Discussing the Supreme Court Commission and recent SCOTUS decisions
Guests: Jack Balkin
566  🔉 📃
Dec. 13, 2021
Scott reveals a shocking new document about the events of January 5th
(just your hosts)
565  🔉 📃
Dec. 10, 2021
Author, historian, journalist; founder of The Cosmopolitan Globalist
Guests: Claire Berlinski
Substack
564  🔉 📃
Dec. 09, 2021
Discussing recent Lawfare articles and the new Chatter podcast
Guests: David Priess
Chatter
563  🔉 📃
Dec. 08, 2021
Discussing Vladimir Putin's propaganda agent, Tucker Carlson
Guests: Peter Strzok
562  🔉 📃
Dec. 07, 2021
Discussing the role of interest groups in predicting political results
Guests: Sarah Longwell
561  🔉 📃
Dec. 06, 2021
Cheese night! 🧀
(just your hosts)
560  🔉 📃
Dec. 03, 2021
Discussing sports, the Olympics, and related subjects
Guests: Noah Hoffman
559  🔉 📃
Dec. 02, 2021
Discussing the interaction of anonymity and free speech
Guests: Jeff Kosseff
Book
558  🔉 📃
Dec. 01, 2021
Former NSA GC and DHS policy guru; host of the Cyberlaw Podcast
Guests: Stewart Baker
557  🔉 📃
Nov. 30, 2021
Cheese night! 🧀 And Kate shares her epic Hertz experience
(just your hosts)
556  🔉 📃
Nov. 29, 2021
In lieu of France, we discuss crocodile shirts and language variety
Guests: Paul Rosenzweig
555  🔉 📃
Nov. 19, 2021
Cheese night! 🧀 Plus, a special visit from Mike Chase
Guests: Mike Chase
554  🔉 📃
Nov. 18, 2021
Shane Harris asks us to distinguish truth from fiction
Guests: Shane Harris
Chatter podcast
553  🔉 📃
Nov. 17, 2021
Discussing a forthcoming book on the right to repair
Guests: Aaron Perzanowski
Book
552  🔉 📃
Nov. 16, 2021
Surprise cheese night! 🧀
(just your hosts)
551  🔉 📃
Nov. 15, 2021
Discussing a new book on the transformation of SCOTUS
Guests: Linda Greenhouse
Book, Articles
550  🔉 📃
Nov. 12, 2021
The triumphant return of Jon Turk to discuss his new book
Guests: Jon Turk
Book
549  🔉 📃
Nov. 11, 2021
Discussing the manufactured migration crisis in Poland and Belarus
Guests: Anne Applebaum, Toomas Hendrick Ilves
548  🔉 📃
Nov. 10, 2021
The triumphant return of The Bulwark Podcast host Charlie Sykes
Guests: Charlie Sykes
547  🔉 📃
Nov. 09, 2021
Discussing the concept of individual rationality
Guests: Steven Sloman
Book
546  🔉 📃
Nov. 08, 2021
A crossover episode with The French Village and The Focus Group
Guests: Sarah Longwell
A French Village, The Focus Group
545 
Nov. 05, 2021
Cheese night! 🧀
(just your hosts)
544  🔉 📃
Nov. 04, 2021
Discussing the arrest of Igor Danchenko and the Durham investigation
Guests: Peter Strzok
543  🔉 📃
Nov. 03, 2021
Discussing propaganda, information warfare, and sailboats
Guests: Alicia Wanless
542  🔉 📃
Nov. 02, 2021
Discussing the conspicuous lack of the 4th Amendment at SCOTUS this term
Guests: Orin Kerr
541  🔉 📃
Nov. 01, 2021
Discussing the latest entry in the Dune movie lexicon
Guests: Julian Sanchez, Kriston Capps
540  🔉 📃
Oct. 29, 2021
Some say the week will end in cheese, some say in guests
(just your hosts)
539  🔉 📃
Oct. 28, 2021
Discussing the MLM scheme LuLaRoe
Guests: Jill Filipovic
538  🔉 📃
Oct. 27, 2021
Discussing Kathleen's new book about white supremacy
Guests: Kathleen Belew
Book
537  🔉 📃
Oct. 26, 2021
A riveting tale about the need to be attentive to the fine print
(just your hosts)
536  🔉 📃
Oct. 25, 2021
A visit to the new offices of The Bulwark with Tim Miller
Guests: Tim Miller
535  🔉 📃
Oct. 22, 2021
Cheese night! 🧀
(just your hosts)
534  🔉 📃
Oct. 21, 2021
Discussing the new book "The People's Constitution"
Guests: Wilfred U. Codrington III
Book
533  🔉 📃
Oct. 20, 2021
Discussing medical AI, and possibly also bow ties
Guests: Nicholson Price
532  🔉 📃
Oct. 19, 2021
Mathematics professor, number theorist and algebraic geometer; author
Guests: Jordan Ellenberg
531  🔉 📃
Oct. 18, 2021
Discussing the future of virtual and augmented reality and online harm
Guests: Brittan Heller
Paper
530  🔉 📃
Oct. 15, 2021
Cheese night! 🧀
(just your hosts)
529  🔉 📃
Oct. 14, 2021
Discussing Internet policy and other scholarly topics
Guests: Paul Rosenzweig
528  🔉 📃
Oct. 13, 2021
Discussing the effects of the pandemic on child care in America
Guests: Emily Oster
Book
527  🔉 📃
Oct. 12, 2021
David Priess attempts to deceive the audience
Guests: David Priess
526  🔉 📃
Oct. 11, 2021
Poet; Guggenheim, NEA, and MacArthur Fellow; winner of National Magazine Award
Guests: Reginald Dwayne Betts
525  🔉 📃
Oct. 08, 2021
Cheese night! 🧀
(just your hosts)
524  🔉 📃
Oct. 07, 2021
Discussing the Facebook Files and the regulation of social media
Guests: Jack Balkin
523  📃
Oct. 06, 2021
Sans guests, Ben leads us in a round of telling truth from fiction
(just your hosts)
522  🔉 📃
Oct. 05, 2021
Discussing our guest's new book
Guests: Fiona Hill
Book
521  🔉 📃
Oct. 04, 2021
Discussing the Unitary Executive theory, and regulation
Guests: Noah Rosenblum
520  🔉 📃
Oct. 01, 2021
Cheese night! 🧀
(just your hosts)
519  🔉 📃
Sep. 30, 2021
We interview Kate about the Facebook hearings in Congress
(just your hosts)
518  🔉 📃
Sep. 29, 2021
Discussing the role of genetic inheritance in social equality
Guests: Kathryn Paige Harden
Book
517  🔉 📃
Sep. 28, 2021
Discussing the recent U.S. federal crime statistics
Guests: Mike Chase
516  🔉 📃
Sep. 27, 2021
Discussing fisheries, seafood, and child abuse
Guests: Ross Cheit
515  🔉 📃
Sep. 24, 2021
Cheese night! 🧀
(just your hosts)
514  🔉 📃
Sep. 23, 2021
Discussing the state of democracy in America
Guests: Sarah Longwell
513  🔉 📃
Sep. 22, 2021
Discussing the treatment of Haitian refugees on the U.S. border
Guests: Allegra Love
512  🔉 📃
Sep. 21, 2021
Maggie Feldman-Piltch tells us a story that may or may not be true
Guests: Maggie Feldman-Piltch
511  🔉 📃
Sep. 20, 2021
Virginia Heffernan tells us a story that may or may not be true
Guests: Virginia Heffernan
510  🔉 📃
Sep. 17, 2021
Professor at US Naval War College; author, contributor to The Atlantic
Guests: Tom Nichols
Book
509  🔉 📃
Sep. 16, 2021
Discussing the recent anti-trust decision in Epic v. Apple
Guests: Randy Picker
508  🔉 📃
Sep. 15, 2021
Discussing a new book about how the U.S. conducts ongoing wars
Guests: Samuel Moyn
Book
507  🔉 📃
Sep. 14, 2021
Mike Pesca tells us a story that may or may not be true
Guests: Mike Pesca
506  🔉 📃
Sep. 13, 2021
Discussing ethics in the Biden administration
Guests: Walter Shaub
505  🔉 📃
Sep. 10, 2021
Discussing the origins of an enthusiastic Scots language supporter
Guests: Len Pennie
504  🔉 📃
Sep. 09, 2021
Discussing the politics and conflicts in supporting sexual harm victims
Guests: Alexandra Brodsky
Book
503  🔉 📃
Sep. 08, 2021
Discussing a new book on social harmony with one of its authors
Guests: Dominic Packer
Book
502  🔉 📃
Sep. 07, 2021
The fabled Mike Godwin tells a story that may or may not be true
Guests: Mike Godwin
501  🔉 📃
Sep. 06, 2021
An early Cheese Night in honor of Labor Day and Rosh Hashanah 🧀
(just your hosts)
500.5  🔉 📃
Sep. 03, 2021
Day 5 of the Episode 500 celebratory week
Guests: Ada Palmer
500.4  🔉 📃
Sep. 02, 2021
Day 4 of the Episode 500 celebratory week
Guests: Lisa Page
500.3  🔉 📃
Sep. 01, 2021
Day 3 of the Episode 500 celebratory week
Guests: Peter Strzok
500.2  🔉 📃
Aug. 31, 2021
Day 2 of the Episode 500 celebratory week
Guests: Preet Bharara
500.1  🔉 📃
Aug. 30, 2021
Day 1 of the Episode 500 celebratory week
Guests: Tim Miller
499  🔉 📃
Aug. 24, 2021
An off-schedule Cheese Night, because we said so 🧀
(just your hosts)
498  🔉 📃
Aug. 23, 2021
Historian and Professor of Law, author, Pulitzer Prize winner
Guests: Annette Gordon-Reed
Book
497  🔉 📃
Aug. 20, 2021
Discussing the recent events in Afghanistan
Guests: Stephen Wertheim
496  🔉 📃
Aug. 19, 2021
Writer, author, journalist; former political director of RVAT
Guests: Tim Miller
495  🔉 📃
Aug. 18, 2021
Discussing psychological study of moral outrage on social media
Guests: Molly Crockett
Study
494  🔉 📃
Aug. 17, 2021
Discussing the fall of Kabul and the return of the Taliban
Guests: Marc Polymeropoulos
493  🔉 📃
Aug. 16, 2021
Discussing things besides the takeover of Afghanistan by the Taliban
Guests: Virginia Heffernan
492  🔉 📃
Aug. 13, 2021
Cheese night! 🧀
(just your hosts)
491  🔉 📃
Aug. 12, 2021
Discussing the actions of Facebook against NYU Ad Observatory
Guests: Laura Edelson
490  🔉 📃
Aug. 11, 2021
Tom Nichols asks the audience to discern truth from fiction
Guests: Tom Nichols
Book
489  🔉 📃
Aug. 10, 2021
Discussing the Facebook lawsuits, election advertisements, and Kate
Guests: Seth Magaziner
488  🔉 📃
Aug. 09, 2021
Discussing the Constitutional implications of eviction moritoria
Guests: John Q. Barrett
487  🔉 📃
Aug. 06, 2021
Talking about learning how to hack
Guests: Laurin Weissinger
486  🔉 📃
Aug. 05, 2021
An unexpectedly early Cheese Night 🧀
(just your hosts)
485  🔉 📃
Aug. 04, 2021
Discussing news of researchers recently ejected from Facebook
Guests: Nate Persily
484  🔉 📃
Aug. 03, 2021
Associate Professor of History, Roman historian, and writer
Guests: Sarah Bond
483  🔉 📃
Aug. 02, 2021
Dwayne Betts tells us a story that may or may not be true
Guests: Reginald Dwayne Betts
482  🔉 📃
Jul. 30, 2021
Discussing the fascinating world of shark science
Guests: Amani Webber-Schultz, Meghan Holst
Podcast
481  🔉 📃
Jul. 29, 2021
Discussing the philosophy of gender and its implications for the law
Guests: Robin Dembroff
480  🔉 📃
Jul. 28, 2021
Editor of The Bulwark, writer and pundit, host of the Sub-Beacon podcast
Guests: Jonathan V. Last
479  🔉 📃
Jul. 27, 2021
Discussing the current state of COVID-19 and the Delta variant
Guests: Eric Feigl-Ding
478  🔉 📃
Jul. 26, 2021
Discussing the pros and cons of voting
Guests: Richard Pildes
477  🔉 📃
Jul. 23, 2021
Cheese night! 🧀
(just your hosts)
476  🔉 📃
Jul. 22, 2021
Criminal defense attorney, author, and maintainer of @CrimeADay
Guests: Mike Chase
475  📃
Jul. 21, 2021
Poet; Guggenheim, NEA, and MacArthur Fellow; winner of National Magazine Award
Guests: Reginald Dwayne Betts
474  📃
Jul. 20, 2021
Discussing a new book about Facebook
Guests: Cecilia Kang, Sheera Frenkel
Book
473  📃
Jul. 19, 2021
Jonathan Rauch tells a story and the audience has to decide its veracity
Guests: Jonathan Rauch
472  📃
Jul. 16, 2021
Cheese night! 🧀
(just your hosts)
471  📃
Jul. 15, 2021
FBI and Army veteran; author
Guests: Peter Strzok
470  📃
Jul. 14, 2021
Discussing the cybercrime industry and how criminals operate online
Guests: Jonathan Lusthaus
Book
469  📃
Jul. 13, 2021
Discussing revelations of racial bias inside Pinterest
Guests: Ifeoma Ozoma
468  📃
Jul. 12, 2021
Discussing the growing commercial space race
Guests: Nicholas Schmidle
467  📃
Jul. 09, 2021
An in-person meetup between the hosts and the Greek Chorus
(just your hosts)
466  📃
Jul. 08, 2021
Discussing ransomware, cybersecurity, and the Keseya attack
Guests: Matt Tait
465  📃
Jul. 07, 2021
Discussing the recent SCOTUS decision on voting rights
Guests: Wilfred U. Codrington III
464  📃
Jul. 06, 2021
Discussing how Stoic philosophy can support a happier life
Guests: Massimo Pigliucci
463  📃
Jul. 05, 2021
Discussing the health of democracy and how to repair it
Guests: Petra Guasti
462  📃
Jul. 02, 2021
Cheese night, and some important announcements 🧀
(just your hosts)
461  📃
Jul. 01, 2021
Discussing voting, indictments, and other current events
Guests: Tim Miller
460  📃
Jun. 30, 2021
Discussing use of antitrust law against Big Tech and the FTC Facebook complaint
Guests: Randy Picker
459  📃
Jun. 29, 2021
Law professor studying criminal law and theory, political theory, policing, and voting rights
Guests: Ekow N. Yankah
458  📃
Jun. 28, 2021
Discussing the activities of SDNY affecting the Trump Organization
Guests: Betsy Woodruff Swan
457  📃
Jun. 27, 2021
Mystery guest Sunday, Ben edition
Guests: Molly Jong-Fast
456  📃
Jun. 26, 2021
(just your hosts)
455  📃
Jun. 25, 2021
Day 5 of Munch Munch Munch week, a return to cheese-making
(just your hosts)
454  📃
Jun. 24, 2021
Day 4 of Munch Munch Much Week, with a new co-host
(just your hosts)
453 
Jun. 23, 2021
Day 3 of Munch Munch Munch Week, on the preparation of shellfish
(just your hosts)
452  📃
Jun. 22, 2021
Day 2 of Munch Munch Munch Week, involving fava beans and Chianti
(just your hosts)
451  📃
Jun. 21, 2021
Day 1 of Munch Munch Munch Week, in which cheese curds are made
(just your hosts)
450  📃
Jun. 20, 2021
Day 7 of Kate Week, in which Kate brings a Mystery Kate
Guests: Kate Levine
449  📃
Jun. 19, 2021
Day 6 of Kate Week, in which the original Kate stands alone
(just your hosts)
448  📃
Jun. 18, 2021
Day 5 of Kate Week, discussing technology and journalism
Guests: Kate Conger
447  📃
Jun. 17, 2021
Day 4 of Kate Week, discussing the history of civil rights
Guests: Kate Masur
Book
446  📃
Jun. 16, 2021
Day 3 of Kate Week, discussing the future of the Supreme Court
Guests: Kate Shaw
Article
445  📃
Jun. 15, 2021
Day 2 of Kate Week, discussing how humans relate to animals and robots
Guests: Kate Darling
Book
444  📃
Jun. 14, 2021
The beginning of Kate Week, a long-anticipated event
Guests: Kate Gage
443  📃
Jun. 13, 2021
Mystery guest Sunday, Ben edition
Guests: Len Pennie
442  📃
Jun. 12, 2021
(just your hosts)
441  📃
Jun. 11, 2021
Introducing the ILoF theme song and other fun shenanigans
Guests: E. G. Phillips, Mike Chase
Soundcloud
440  📃
Jun. 10, 2021
Discussing Indian food, the Pentagon Papers, and cicada swarms
Guests: Virginia Heffernan
439  📃
Jun. 09, 2021
Discussing Mark Polymeropoulos's new book
Guests: Marc Polymeropoulos
Book
438  📃
Jun. 08, 2021
Discussing Jonathan Rauch's forthcoming new book
Guests: Jonathan Rauch
Book
437  📃
Jun. 07, 2021
Discussing experimental philosophy
Guests: Josh Knobe
436  📃
Jun. 06, 2021
Discussing cryptography and distributed systems
Guests: Deirdre Connolly
435  📃
Jun. 05, 2021
(just your hosts)
434  📃
Jun. 04, 2021
Discussing the status of Navalny in Russia and airplanes in Belarus
Guests: Alina Polyakova
433  📃
Jun. 03, 2021
Discussing work in media law, the First Amendment, and the Press
Guests: Nabiha Syed
432  📃
Jun. 02, 2021
Discussing the state of the contemporary Republican party
Guests: Charlie Sykes
431  📃
Jun. 01, 2021
Discussing the parlous state of American democracy
Guests: Dan Drezner
430  📃
May. 31, 2021
(just your hosts)
429  📃
May. 30, 2021
Mystery guest Sunday, Scott edition
Guests: Taisu Zhang
428  📃
May. 29, 2021
(just your hosts)
427  📃
May. 28, 2021
Discussing ransomware and cryptocurrency
Guests: Nicholas Weaver
426  📃
May. 27, 2021
Discussing current events in Israel
Guests: Noah Efron
425  📃
May. 26, 2021
Discussing the special Grand Jury convened in Manhattan for Trump Org tax issues
Guests: Rebecca Roiphe
424  📃
May. 25, 2021
Discussing Kate's trip to Iceland, and tales of the Vikings
Guests: Ada Palmer
423  📃
May. 24, 2021
Discussing the philosophy of slurs
Guests: Jason Stanley
422  📃
May. 23, 2021
Mystery guest Sunday, Ben edition (Kate being in Iceland)
Guests: Kori Schake, Peter Strzok, Toomas Hendrick Ilves
421  📃
May. 22, 2021
(just your hosts)
420  📃
May. 21, 2021
Discussing the history and circumstances of the n-word
Guests: John McWhorter
Essay
419  📃
May. 20, 2021
Professor of Political Science, researching social exclusion and identity
Guests: Ana Bracic
Book
418  📃
May. 19, 2021
Mathematics professor, number theorist and algebraic geometer; author
Guests: Jordan Ellenberg
Book
417  📃
May. 18, 2021
Discussing the composition and judicial philosophies of SCOTUS
Guests: Julian Davis Mortenson, Nicholas Bagley
416  📃
May. 17, 2021
Discussing recent SCOTUS news, including cert petitions and rulings
Guests: Leah Litman, Steve Vladeck
415  📃
May. 16, 2021
Mystery guest Sunday, Ben edition
Guests: David Priess
414  📃
May. 15, 2021
(just your hosts)
413  📃
May. 14, 2021
Discussing working as an emergency physician during COVID
Guests: Dan Dworkis
Book
412  📃
May. 13, 2021
Associate Professor of History, Roman historian, and writer
Guests: Sarah Bond
411  📃
May. 12, 2021
Lawyer and law professor specializing in criminal procedure and computer crime law
Guests: Orin Kerr
410  📃
May. 11, 2021
Discussing the effects of Platformer and Substack
Guests: Charlie Warzel
409  📃
May. 10, 2021
Discussing the phenomenon of ransomware and what to do about it
Guests: Herb Lin
Book, Video
408 
May. 09, 2021
Mystery guest Sunday, Kate edition
Guests: Janine Balekdjian
407  📃
May. 08, 2021
(just your hosts)
406  📃
May. 07, 2021
The planned guest having had an emergency, Kate & Scott host Cheese Night 🧀
(just your hosts)
405  📃
May. 06, 2021
Organist, conductor, and Director of Music at Pembroke College
Guests: Anna Lapwood
404  📃
May. 05, 2021
Discussing the Facebook Oversight Board decision on the Trump suspension
Guests: Eli Sugarman
403  📃
May. 04, 2021
Senior Fellow at Brookings Institution; contributing writer at The Atlantic
Guests: Jonathan Rauch
402  📃
May. 03, 2021
Discussing participation in vaccine trials, and life after the former guy
Guests: Molly Jong-Fast
401  📃
May. 02, 2021
Mystery guest Sunday, Scott edition
Guests: David Golove
400  📃
May. 01, 2021
Just your hosts, for the 400th episode of In Lieu of Fun
(just your hosts)
399  📃
Apr. 30, 2021
Discussing the cavalcade of clowns currently driving discourse on the Right
Guests: Sarah Longwell
398  📃
Apr. 29, 2021
With hosts and many audience members fully-vaccinated, some attend in person
(just your hosts)
397  📃
Apr. 28, 2021
Discussing the first 100 days of the Biden administration
Guests: Shane Harris
396  📃
Apr. 27, 2021
Discussing cicadas, who are having a Brood X season
Guests: Dr. Michael Skvarla
395  📃
Apr. 26, 2021
Discussing recent reporting on the hidden industry around mass slander
Guests: Aaron Krolik, Kashmir Hill
394  📃
Apr. 25, 2021
Mystery guest Sunday, Kate edition
Guests: Mike Chase
393  📃
Apr. 24, 2021
(just your hosts)
392  📃
Apr. 23, 2021
Cybersecurity reporter at the New York Times; author, producer
Guests: Nicole Perlroth
391  📃
Apr. 22, 2021
Discussing developmental cognitive psychology, and Madonna filk
Guests: Elizabeth Bonawitz
390  📃
Apr. 21, 2021
Discussing the verdicts in the Chauvin trial and reactions to them
Guests: Dr. Rashawn Ray, Tim Miller
389  📃
Apr. 20, 2021
Discussing the Justice Thomas concurrence in Knight v. Trump
Guests: Jameel Jaffer
388  📃
Apr. 19, 2021
Discussing Charlie's new project, Sidechannel
Guests: Charlie Warzel
387  📃
Apr. 18, 2021
Mystery guest Sunday, Ben edition
Guests: Rachel Vindman
386  📃
Apr. 17, 2021
Introducing a new official co-host, Scott Shapiro
(just your hosts)
385  📃
Apr. 16, 2021
Leader of Project on Government Oversight (POGO) Ethics & Accountability initiative
Guests: Walter Shaub
384  🔉 📃
Apr. 15, 2021
Professor of International Law, author, former Department of Defense
Guests: Oona Hathaway
Book
383  🔉 📃
Apr. 14, 2021
Discussing the new book "Silicon Values"
Guests: Jillian York
Book
382  🔉 📃
Apr. 13, 2021
Publisher of The Bulwark, founder of Republican Voters Against Trump 2020
Guests: Sarah Longwell
381  🔉 📃
Apr. 12, 2021
Discussing the ongoing investigation of Representative Matt Gaetz
Guests: Katie Benner
380  🔉 📃
Apr. 11, 2021
Mystery guest Sunday, Kate edition
Guests: Nate Persily
379  🔉 📃
Apr. 10, 2021
(just your hosts)
378  🔉 📃
Apr. 09, 2021
Contributor at USA Today and The Week, Project Lincoln advisor, author
Guests: Windsor Mann
377  📃
Apr. 08, 2021
Kate has a conflict, so Scott Shapiro guest-hosts while Ben host-guests
Guests: Jack Goldsmith, Scott Shapiro, Virginia Heffernan
376  📃
Apr. 07, 2021
Discussing the performance of FBI during the January 6th riot
Guests: Chuck Rosenberg
Article
375  📃
Apr. 06, 2021
Discussing the status of The Markup, and the fate of privacy and journalism
Guests: Julia Angwin
The Markup, Blacklight
374  📃
Apr. 05, 2021
Discussing the recent SCOTUS decision in Oracle v. Google
Guests: Mark Lemley
373  📃
Apr. 04, 2021
Mystery guest Sunday, Ben edition
Guests: Olivia Troye
372  📃
Apr. 03, 2021
(just your hosts)
371 
Apr. 02, 2021
Discussing the recent jobs numbers, spending plans, and economic recovery
Guests: David Wessel
370  📃
Apr. 01, 2021
Writer, author, journalist; former political director of RVAT
Guests: Tim Miller
369  📃
Mar. 31, 2021
Discussing vaccines
Guests: Josh Sharfstein
368  📃
Mar. 30, 2021
Discussing the book "Tangled Up in Blue"
Guests: Rosa Brooks
Book
367  📃
Mar. 29, 2021
Discussing the nature of disgust, and other related research topics
Guests: Nina Strohminger
366  📃
Mar. 28, 2021
Mystery guest Sunday, Kate edition
Guests: Molly McKew
365  📃
Mar. 27, 2021
In honor of Passover
(just your hosts)
364  📃
Mar. 26, 2021
Discussing human rights in Egypt, and also large boats
Guests: Mai El-Sadany
363  📃
Mar. 25, 2021
The one-year anniversary of the first ILoF broadcast
(just your hosts)
362  📃
Mar. 24, 2021
VP and Senior Fellow at Brookings; author
Guests: Darrell West
361  📃
Mar. 23, 2021
Discussing Jamal's new book
Guests: Jamal Greene
Book
360  📃
Mar. 22, 2021
Discussing violent extremism, border issues, and the DHS transition
Guests: Elizabeth Neumann
359 
Mar. 21, 2021
Mystery guest Sunday, Ben edition
Guests: Natan Sachs
358  📃
Mar. 20, 2021
(just your hosts)
357  📃
Mar. 19, 2021
Discussing Vladimir Putin's challenge to President Biden
Guests: Alexander S. Vindman, Michel Paradis
356  📃
Mar. 18, 2021
Military commission defense lawyer, author
Guests: Michel Paradis
355  📃
Mar. 17, 2021
Founder and CEO of Justitia; visiting fellow at FIRE
Guests: Jacob Mchangama
354  📃
Mar. 16, 2021
Discussing Renaissance history, scence fiction, and flying cars
Guests: Ada Palmer
353  📃
Mar. 15, 2021
Discussing policing, evidence, fake news, and related topics
Guests: Radley Balko
352  📃
Mar. 14, 2021
Mystery guest Sunday, Kate edition
Guests: Jordan Ellenberg
351  📃
Mar. 13, 2021
(just your hosts)
350  📃
Mar. 12, 2021
Discussing the nature of time, a coda on Pugilism Week
Guests: Jon Lovett
349  📃
Mar. 11, 2021
Kate leads the discussion
(just your hosts)
348  📃
Mar. 10, 2021
Opinion columnist and editor at the Washington Post; author-in-progress
Guests: Christine Emba
347  📃
Mar. 09, 2021
Professor of engineering, public policy, law, and management; Brookings fellow
Guests: John Villasenor
346  📃
Mar. 08, 2021
Law professor, scholar of American constitutional law & libertarianism; legal blogger
Guests: Eugene Volokh
345  📃
Mar. 07, 2021
Mystery guest Sunday, Ben edition
Guests: Jonathan Rauch
344  📃
Mar. 06, 2021
(just your hosts)
343  📃
Mar. 05, 2021
Day 5 of Pugilism Week
Guests: Wes Siler
342  📃
Mar. 04, 2021
Day 4 of Pugilism Week, on state sanction for marriage
Guests: Brad Wilcox
341  📃
Mar. 03, 2021
Day 3 of Pugilism Week, on FBI vs. CIA
Guests: Alex Finley, John Sipher, Peter Strzok
340  📃
Mar. 02, 2021
Day 2 of Pugilism Week, on exclusive vs. inclusive legal positivism
Guests: Scott Shapiro
339  📃
Mar. 01, 2021
Day 1 of Pugilism Week, on whether we need a third party
Guests: David Jolly, Sarah Longwell
338  📃
Feb. 28, 2021
Mystery guest Sunday, Kate edition
Guests: Jessie Bullock
337  📃
Feb. 27, 2021
(just your hosts)
336  📃
Feb. 26, 2021
Discussing the problem of monopolies, and tech platforms
Guests: Richard R. John
335  📃
Feb. 25, 2021
Discussing matters around death and dying, and COVID
Guests: Katie Engelhart
Book
334  📃
Feb. 24, 2021
Discussing free speech
Guests: Jack Balkin
333  📃
Feb. 23, 2021
Discussing languages, linguistics, and the politics of language
Guests: John McWhorter
Podcast, Book
332  📃
Feb. 22, 2021
Discussing the Garland appointment
Guests: Matthew Miller, Sarah Longwell
331  📃
Feb. 21, 2021
Mystery guest Sunday, Ben edition
Guests: Deborah Copaken
330 
Feb. 19, 2021
Lawyer and law professor specializing in criminal procedure and computer crime law
Guests: Orin Kerr
329  📃
Feb. 18, 2021
Discussing white collar crime and "following the money"
Guests: Jennifer Taub
Book
328  📃
Feb. 17, 2021
Discussing the new book "Saving Justice: Truth, Transparency, and Trust"
Guests: James Comey
Book
327  📃
Feb. 16, 2021
Discussing the Million Book Project
Guests: Reginald Dwayne Betts
326  📃
Feb. 15, 2021
Discussing impeachment and foreign policy
Guests: Tom Nichols
325  📃
Feb. 14, 2021
Mystery guest Sunday, Kate edition
Guests: Jonathan Shea
324  📃
Feb. 13, 2021
(just your hosts)
323  📃
Feb. 12, 2021
Ben interviews Kate about her article in The New Yorker FBOB
(just your hosts)
Article
322 
Feb. 11, 2021
Host of "The Gist" daily podcast; NPR contributor, editor
Guests: Mike Pesca
321  📃
Feb. 10, 2021
Discussing surveillance history and related topics
Guests: David Kris
320  📃
Feb. 09, 2021
Discussing the first day of the second impeachment trial
Guests: Paul Rosenzweig, Sarah Longwell
319  📃
Feb. 08, 2021
Discussing the world championship of a form of sportsball played by only one country
Guests: Jonathan Rauch
318  📃
Feb. 07, 2021
Mystery guest Sunday, special Ben edition
Guests: Tamara Cofman Wittes
317  📃
Feb. 06, 2021
(just your hosts)
316  📃
Feb. 05, 2021
Discussing the upcoming impeachment trial, in lieu of a Jewish space laser
Guests: Dan Drezner, Tim Miller
315  📃
Feb. 04, 2021
Discussing the definition of "incitement" and its current relevancy
Guests: Katie Reisner
OpEd
314  📃
Feb. 03, 2021
Covers intelligence and national security for Washington Post; host of "Chatter" podcast
Guests: Shane Harris
313  📃
Feb. 02, 2021
Discussing drones
Guests: Nicholas Weaver
312  📃
Feb. 01, 2021
(just your hosts)
311  📃
Jan. 31, 2021
Discussing the first decisions made by the Facebook Oversight Board
Guests: Nate Persily
310  📃
Jan. 30, 2021
Lawyer, Washington Post contributing columnist, Lincoln Project co-founder
Guests: George Conway
Article
309  📃
Jan. 29, 2021
Discussing U.S. foreign policy in the Biden administration
Guests: Tom Wright
Book
308  📃
Jan. 28, 2021
Professor and historian of U.S. legal, intellectual, and political history; former journalist
Guests: Anne Kornhauser
307  📃
Jan. 27, 2021
Poet and linguist, creator of the "Scots Word a Day"
Guests: Len Pennie
Scots Word of the Day
306  📃
Jan. 26, 2021
Discussing immigration policy in the new Biden administration
Guests: Dara Lind
305  📃
Jan. 25, 2021
Justice Department reporter at the New York Times
Guests: Katie Benner
304  📃
Jan. 24, 2021
Mystery guest Sunday, Ben edition
Guests: Quinta Jurecic
303 
Jan. 23, 2021
Discussing the protests in Russia over the arrest of Navalny with multiple guests
Guests: Alexander S. Vindman, Bianna Golodryga, Toomas Hendrick Ilves
302  📃
Jan. 22, 2021
Discussing the return of Alexei Navalny to Russia
Guests: Alina Polyakova
301  📃
Jan. 21, 2021
Discussing the peaceful transition of power and related topics
Guests: Jeffrey Rosen
300 
Jan. 20, 2021
Celebrating the inaguration of a new President and the 300th episode of ILoF
Guests: Sarah Longwell, Tim Miller
299  📃
Jan. 19, 2021
Specialist in executive clemency and restoration of rights; former U.S. Pardon Attorney
Guests: Margaret Love
298  📃
Jan. 18, 2021
Discussing the perils facing the Inauguration and impending pardons
Guests: Jonathan Rauch
297  📃
Jan. 17, 2021
Mystery guest Sunday, Kate edition
(just your hosts)
296  📃
Jan. 16, 2021
(just your hosts)
295  📃
Jan. 15, 2021
Discussing the problems in free speech law and recent high-profile deplatformings
Guests: Genevieve Lakier
294  📃
Jan. 14, 2021
Senior political writer for FiveThirtyEight
Guests: Clare Malone
293  📃
Jan. 13, 2021
Discussing the use of Section 3 of the 14th Amendment
Guests: Brian Beutler, Deepak Gupta
292 
Jan. 12, 2021
Discussing differential policing
Guests: Dr. Rashawn Ray
291  📃
Jan. 11, 2021
Discussing the ongoing constitutional crisis and deplatforming events
Guests: Jack Balkin
290  📃
Jan. 10, 2021
An insider viewpoint on the insurrection at the Capitol last week
Guests: Tom Malinowski
289  📃
Jan. 09, 2021
(just your hosts)
288  📃
Jan. 08, 2021
Discussing the QAnon movement with an expert
Guests: Adrienne LaFrance
Article
287  📃
Jan. 07, 2021
Continuing the discussion about the fallout from the Capitol insurrection
Guests: Kathleen Belew
286  📃
Jan. 06, 2021
Discussing the ongoing drama in Georgia, Congress, and the DC streets
Guests: Bobby Chesney, Kathleen Belew, Sarah Longwell
285 
Jan. 05, 2021
Discussing the count of electoral votes and affiliated protests in DC
Guests: David Plotz
284  📃
Jan. 04, 2021
Discussing the phone call and press conference in Georgia
Guests: Steve Vladeck
283  📃
Jan. 03, 2021
A day of interviewing guests from the audience
Guests: The Audience
282  📃
Jan. 02, 2021
(just your hosts)
281  📃
Jan. 01, 2021
New year's resolutions
Guests: Scott Shapiro
280 
Dec. 31, 2020
Good riddance 2020!🥂🥂🥂
Guests: Lisa Page
279  📃
Dec. 30, 2020
Director of Hutchins Center on Fiscal & Monetary Policy; WSJ contributor
Guests: David Wessel
278  📃
Dec. 29, 2020
A discussion about American interventionism
Guests: Stephen Wertheim
277  📃
Dec. 28, 2020
Discussing Yaya Fanusie's new paper, "Central Bank Digital Currencies"
Guests: Yaya J. Fanusie
Paper
276  📃
Dec. 27, 2020
Mystery guests gone wild, Kate edition
Guests: Alan Rozenshtein, David Priess, Mike Chase
275  📃
Dec. 26, 2020
A quiet Boxing Day chat among the hosts
(just your hosts)
274  📃
Dec. 25, 2020
Discussing how we should deal with trolls
(just your hosts)
273  📃
Dec. 24, 2020
An unstructured Christmas chat with Tim Miller
Guests: Tim Miller
272  📃
Dec. 23, 2020
Discussing Reconstruction and its contemporary relevance
Guests: Heather Cox Richardson
271  📃
Dec. 22, 2020
Discussing how to protect democracy in the post-Trump era
Guests: Jonathan Rauch, Norm Eisen
270  📃
Dec. 21, 2020
Scientist studying crows and other corvids
Guests: Kaeli Swift
269  📃
Dec. 20, 2020
Mystery guest Sunday, Ben edition
Guests: Jasmine El-Gamal
268  📃
Dec. 19, 2020
(just your hosts)
267  📃
Dec. 18, 2020
Senior VP of Third Way National Security Program, board member of Internews
Guests: Mieke Eoyang
266  📃
Dec. 17, 2020
Discussing the intersection of encryption and policy
Guests: Susan Landau
265  📃
Dec. 16, 2020
Discussing the challenges of distributing and providing COVID vaccines
Guests: Andy Slavitt
264  📃
Dec. 15, 2020
Discussing the work of the late John Le Carré
Guests: Peter Strzok
263  📃
Dec. 14, 2020
Discussing the Electoral College voting (holi)day
Guests: Asha Rangappa
262  📃
Dec. 13, 2020
Mystery guest Sunday, Kate edition
Guests: Sarah Longwell
261  📃
Dec. 12, 2020
(just your hosts)
260  📃
Dec. 11, 2020
Discussing the recurring thread of secessionism
Guests: David French
259  📃
Dec. 10, 2020
Guests: Jonathan Rauch, Scott Shapiro
258  📃
Dec. 09, 2020
Discussing life in and after the CIA, and writing espionage satire
Guests: Alex Finley
257  📃
Dec. 08, 2020
Professor of Law, teaching patents, health law, and innovation in the life sciences
Guests: Nicholson Price
256  📃
Dec. 07, 2020
Discussing intellectual property and video games
Guests: Mark Lemley
255  📃
Dec. 06, 2020
Mystery Guest Sunday, Ben edition
Guests: Juliette Kayyem
254 
Dec. 05, 2020
(just your hosts)
253  📃
Dec. 04, 2020
Clinical professor of law; former UN Special Rapporteur; author
Guests: David Kaye
252  📃
Dec. 03, 2020
Retired CIA case officer, author
Guests: Marc Polymeropoulos
251  📃
Dec. 02, 2020
Associate Professor of History, Roman historian, and writer
Guests: Sarah Bond
250  📃
Dec. 01, 2020
Discussing tax history and policy
Guests: Molly Michelmore, Vanessa Williamson
249  📃
Nov. 30, 2020
Discussing pandemic response and other affiliated topics
Guests: Alex Gibney
248  📃
Nov. 29, 2020
Mystery guest Sunday, Kate edition
Guests: Molly Brady
247  📃
Nov. 28, 2020
(just your hosts)
246  📃
Nov. 27, 2020
Discussing all things related to espionage
Guests: John Sipher
245  📃
Nov. 26, 2020
Thanksgiving Day socializing
(just your hosts)
244  📃
Nov. 25, 2020
Historian of American political rhetoric, author
Guests: Jennifer Mercieca
Demagogue for President
243  📃
Nov. 24, 2020
Mathematics professor, number theorist and algebraic geometer; author
Guests: Jordan Ellenberg
242  📃
Nov. 23, 2020
Discussing the waning days of the Trump administration
Guests: Jack Goldsmith
241  📃
Nov. 22, 2020
Continuing to interview audience members as guests
Guests: The Audience
240  📃
Nov. 21, 2020
(just your hosts)
239  📃
Nov. 20, 2020
The audience are the guests in this special edition
Guests: The Audience
238  📃
Nov. 19, 2020
Discussing acting, film, and interesting family stories
Guests: Alessandro Nivola
237  📃
Nov. 18, 2020
Discussing the ascertainment phase of the Presidential transition
Guests: Steve Vladeck
236  📃
Nov. 17, 2020
Discussing the effects of the Presidential transition at the Justice Department
Guests: Carrie Johnson
235  📃
Nov. 16, 2020
Discussing polling errors during the 2020 election campaign
Guests: Natalie Jackson
234  📃
Nov. 15, 2020
Mystery Guest Sunday, Kate edition, and with no Ben due to lack of Internet
Guests: Anna Salvatore
High School SCOTUS
233  📃
Nov. 14, 2020
(just your hosts)
232  📃
Nov. 13, 2020
Law professor; biographer of Justice Robert H. Jackson; legal historian
Guests: John Q. Barrett
231  📃
Nov. 12, 2020
Lawyer, commentator on law and policy; contributing editor at Financial Times
Guests: David Allen Green
230  📃
Nov. 11, 2020
Discussing the election results, vaccine research, and so on
Guests: Jonathan Rauch
229  📃
Nov. 10, 2020
Discussing vaccines, political perfidy, and other topics as arise
Guests: Mike Pesca
228  📃
Nov. 09, 2020
Discussing the results of the now-almost-certainly-settled Presidental election
Guests: Bill Galston
227  📃
Nov. 08, 2020
Mystery Guest Sunday, Ben edition
Guests: David Priess
226 
Nov. 07, 2020
(just your hosts)
225 
Nov. 06, 2020
Bidding farewell to Trump and Trumpcast, with a visit from its esteemed host
Guests: Virginia Heffernan, Windsor Mann
Trumpcast
224  📃
Nov. 05, 2020
Discussing the election results on this Guy Fawkes Day, also Ben's birthday
Guests: Tim Miller
223  📃
Nov. 04, 2020
Discussing what we know after the closing of the polls
Guests: Alan Rozenshtein
222 
Nov. 03, 2020
Anxiety, angst, and existential ennui on the occasion of Election Day
Guests: Preet Bharara
221  📃
Nov. 02, 2020
A round-up of previous guests discussing the momentous occasion upon us
Guests: Election 2020 Panel
220 
Nov. 01, 2020
The last undecided voter in America discusses his thought process
Guests: Sarah Longwell, Scott Shapiro
219  📃
Oct. 31, 2020
The Lisa Page Puppet comes to life for Halloween
Guests: Lisa Page
218 
Oct. 30, 2020
Salvaging what fun there is to be had in the upcoming election (part 3)
Guests: Alexandra Petri, Dan Drezner
217  📃
Oct. 29, 2020
Salvaging what fun there is to be had in the upcoming election (part 2)
Guests: Ken White, Matthew Miller
216  📃
Oct. 28, 2020
Salvaging what fun there is to be had in the upcoming election (part 1)
Guests: Mike Chase, Virginia Heffernan
215  📃
Oct. 27, 2020
Journalist at New York Times, reporting on privacy and technology
Guests: Kashmir Hill
214  📃
Oct. 26, 2020
Discussing foreign interference in the U.S. elections
Guests: Laura Rosenberger
213 
Oct. 25, 2020
Mystery Guest Sunday, Kate edition
Guests: Samm Sacks
212  📃
Oct. 24, 2020
Planning for the upcoming Election Day show
(just your hosts)
211  📃
Oct. 23, 2020
Editor-in-Chief of Crooked Media; writer on politics, podcaster
Guests: Brian Beutler
Crooked Media
210  📃
Oct. 22, 2020
Discussing the challenges of reforming criminal justice and policing
Guests: Scott Hechinger
The Zealous Project
209  📃
Oct. 21, 2020
Ben & Kate help Jonathan workshop the draft of his forthcoming book
Guests: Jonathan Rauch
208  📃
Oct. 20, 2020
Discussing a recent article on the future of free speech and disinformation
Guests: Emily Bazelon, Sarah Longwell
NYT Magazine
207  📃
Oct. 19, 2020
Discussing remedies for U.S. diplomacy and lost prestige
Guests: Kori Schake
206  📃
Oct. 18, 2020
Mystery Guest Sunday, Ben edition
Guests: Annie Karni, Jonathan Rauch
205  📃
Oct. 17, 2020
(just your hosts)
204  📃
Oct. 16, 2020
Discussing the Barrett confirmation hearings, also conspiracy theories
Guests: Daniel Klaidman
203  📃
Oct. 15, 2020
Discussing the supreme court nomination hearing for Amy Coney Barrett
Guests: Dahlia Lithwick, Kate Shaw, Leah Litman
202  📃
Oct. 14, 2020
Discussing the nail-biting, hair-raising days in advance of vote counting
Guests: Tim Miller
201  📃
Oct. 13, 2020
Discussing the recent white nationalist kidnapping and coup attempt in Michigan
Guests: Kathleen Belew
New York Times
200  📃
Oct. 12, 2020
For the 200th episode of ILoF, a crossover with the hosts of The New Abnormal
Guests: Molly Jong-Fast, Rick Wilson
The New Abnormal
199  📃
Oct. 11, 2020
Mystery Guest Sunday, Kate edition; double the Kates or your money back
Guests: Kate Gage
People's Action, How to Save a Planet
198  📃
Oct. 10, 2020
(just your hosts)
197  📃
Oct. 09, 2020
Discussing the phenomenon of "court packing"
Guests: Jack Balkin
Balkinization
196  📃
Oct. 08, 2020
Discussing the risks of the President undermining the upcoming election
Guests: Barton Gellman
The Atlantic
195  📃
Oct. 07, 2020
Discussing life in the public eye and the value of public service
Guests: Peter Strzok
Compromised
194  📃
Oct. 06, 2020
Discussing the Presidential COVID affliction and its consequences
Guests: Natasha Bertrand
193  📃
Oct. 05, 2020
Discussing the challenges of working for racial justice
Guests: Camille Busette
192  📃
Oct. 04, 2020
Mystery Guest Sunday, Ben edition
Guests: Michael Sean Winters
191  📃
Oct. 03, 2020
(just your hosts)
190 
Oct. 02, 2020
Contributor at USA Today and The Week, Project Lincoln advisor, author
Guests: Windsor Mann
189  📃
Oct. 01, 2020
Discussing how to save the Republic; insights from focus groups after the debates
Guests: Sarah Longwell
188  📃
Sep. 30, 2020
Discussing the first round of presidential debase held last night
Guests: Tom Nichols
The Death of Expertise
187  📃
Sep. 29, 2020
Discussing the leaked FinCEN files, their implications and consequences
Guests: Jason Leopold
Background, FinCEN files, Podcast
186  📃
Sep. 28, 2020
Discussing computing, language, artificial intelligence, and the Singularity
Guests: Brian Christian
The Alignment Problem
185  📃
Sep. 27, 2020
Mystery Guest Sunday, Kate edition; on the Supreme Court, tax returns, and sestinas
Guests: Alan Rozenshtein
Sestina D'Inverno
184  📃
Sep. 26, 2020
(just your hosts)
183  📃
Sep. 25, 2020
Discussing political progress in Belarus, authoritarian populism, and COVID
Guests: Anne Applebaum
Book, Article
182  📃
Sep. 24, 2020
A somewhat sarcastic but thoughtful discussion about norms
Guests: Scott Shapiro
181  📃
Sep. 23, 2020
Discussing the origins of the word "intelligence" as a term for espionage
Guests: David Priess
180  📃
Sep. 22, 2020
Discussing the forthcoming action in the Senate
Guests: Sarah Longwell
Show reel 1, Show reel 2
179  📃
Sep. 21, 2020
Discussing the chances of a SCOTUS appointment before the election
Guests: David Frum
Trumpocalypse
178  📃
Sep. 20, 2020
Mystery Guest Sunday, Ben edition; on disinformation, political campaigns, and rum
Guests: Lisa Kaplan
The Alethea Group
177  📃
Sep. 19, 2020
Anecdotes in memory of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg's passing last night
Guests: Susan Hennessey
NPR
176  📃
Sep. 18, 2020
Discussing misinformation, disinformation, semantic drift, and social media
Guests: Kate Starbird
175  📃
Sep. 17, 2020
Discussing the wild speeches and conduct of Attorney General Bill Barr
Guests: Bianna Golodryga
174  📃
Sep. 16, 2020
Discussing authoritarianism and human rights in the Middle East
Guests: Mai El-Sadany
Tahrir Institute
173  📃
Sep. 15, 2020
Discussing the new book, "Social Media & Democracy"
Guests: Joshua Tucker, Nate Persily
Social Media & Democracy
172  📃
Sep. 14, 2020
Discussing Season 2 of the Conspiracyland podcast
Guests: Michael Isikoff
Conspiracyland, Skullduggery
171  📃
Sep. 13, 2020
Mystery Guest Sunday, Kate edition
Guests: Jeff Horwitz
170  📃
Sep. 12, 2020
(just your hosts)
169  📃
Sep. 11, 2020
New York Times media columnist, former (founding) editor-in-chief of Buzzfeed News
Guests: Ben Smith
168  📃
Sep. 10, 2020
Writer at NYT Magazine; co-host of Slate Political Gabfest, Truman Capote Fellow at Yale Law School
Guests: Emily Bazelon
Books, Article
167  📃
Sep. 09, 2020
Discussing the intelligence, problem-solving, and cultural impact of crows
Guests: Carl T. Bergstrom
Book, Photography
166  📃
Sep. 08, 2020
Discussing journalism, history, and the demographics of the upcoming election
Guests: Jamelle Bouie
Newsletter, Book
165  📃
Sep. 07, 2020
Discussing the effects of technology and automation on working life
Guests: Cynthia Estlund
Book
164  📃
Sep. 06, 2020
A double mystery guest Sunday, Ben edition, at Cabin in the Woods
Guests: Dan Drezner, Ian Enright
163  📃
Sep. 05, 2020
An unstructured discussion of current events
(just your hosts)
162  📃
Sep. 04, 2020
Discussing the Internet as the Roman roads of the modern economy
Guests: Adam Davidson
The Passion Economy, Planet Money
161  📃
Sep. 03, 2020
Discussing cooking, crushed hands, and Bill Barr
Guests: Alan Rozenshtein
160  📃
Sep. 02, 2020
Discussing the new book, "Last Mission to Tokyo" and Kate's Twitter ban
Guests: Michel Paradis
Book
159  📃
Sep. 01, 2020
Discussing the President's roundtable in Kenosha and the (new) New Abnormal podcast
Guests: Molly Jong-Fast
Podcast, Article
158  📃
Aug. 31, 2020
Discussing Paul's recent article on client-side scanning
Guests: Alex Stamos, Paul Rosenzweig
Lawfare
157  📃
Aug. 30, 2020
Discussing in-person teaching in the age of coronavirus
Guests: Jeremy Sheff
Open-Source Property
156  📃
Aug. 29, 2020
Discussing the new ILoF merch store and which charity should get the proceeds
(just your hosts)
ILoF Bloopers
155  📃
Aug. 28, 2020
The inmates take over the asylum, and the guests run the show
Guests: Danielle Citron, Rachel "The Doc" Bitecofer, Tim Miller
Memorandum
154  📃
Aug. 27, 2020
Discussing the Senate Intelligence Commitee's Russia report
Guests: Margaret Taylor
153  📃
Aug. 26, 2020
Discussing political outlooks, information access, and public trust
Guests: Richard Pildes
152  📃
Aug. 25, 2020
Discussing election modeling and forecasting, polls, and crystal balls.
Guests: Rachel "The Doc" Bitecofer
Niskanen Center, Lincoln Project, The Election Whisperer
151  📃
Aug. 24, 2020
Discussing the Republican party convention and the future of principled conservatism
Guests: Charlie Sykes
The Bulwark, Podcast
150  📃
Aug. 23, 2020
Discussing the Bannon indictment and the Geoffrey Berman incident
Guests: Anne Milgram
149  📃
Aug. 22, 2020
Ben has a surprise for Kate. Mutual admiration ensues.
(just your hosts)
Twitter Transparency Center
148  📃
Aug. 21, 2020
A gentle lesson about the absurdity of indecision in the face of overwhelming evidence.
Guests: Scott Shapiro
147  📃
Aug. 20, 2020
Discussing the DNC convention, the future of conservatism, and the Bannon indictment
Guests: Sarah Longwell
WSJ
146  📃
Aug. 19, 2020
Discussing Jill's new book
Guests: Jill Filipovic
Book
145  📃
Aug. 18, 2020
Discussing Jack's new book
Guests: Jack Balkin
Book
144  📃
Aug. 17, 2020
Discussing pandemic effects on government, free speech, and assembly
Guests: Jameel Jaffer
143  📃
Aug. 16, 2020
Discussing abuse on the Internet, notably sextortion and revenge porn
Guests: Carrie Goldberg
142  📃
Aug. 15, 2020
(just your hosts)
141  📃
Aug. 14, 2020
Discussing election modeling and forecasting, polling
Guests: Natalie Jackson
140  📃
Aug. 13, 2020
Discussing the history of the U.S. postal service
Guests: Richard R. John
139  📃
Aug. 12, 2020
Discussing election modeling and the viability thereof
Guests: G. Elliott Morris
138  📃
Aug. 11, 2020
Discussing the filibuster, and options for ILoF merchandise
Guests: Josh Chafetz
137  📃
Aug. 10, 2020
Discussing elections, journalism, and otters
Guests: Virginia Heffernan
136  📃
Aug. 09, 2020
Discussing the scope, history, and efficacy of executive orders
Guests: Julian Davis Mortenson
135  📃
Aug. 08, 2020
(just your hosts)
134  📃
Aug. 07, 2020
Discussion vaccines and vaccine trials, cononavirus, and Ben's childhood
Guests: Janet Turk Wittes
Statistics Collaborative
133  📃
Aug. 06, 2020
Discussing court records and the PACER accessibility decision
Guests: Deepak Gupta
132  📃
Aug. 05, 2020
Discussing elections and voting
Guests: Nate Persily
131  📃
Aug. 04, 2020
Discussing the recent Axios interview with Donald Trump
Guests: Dan Drezner
MarketWatch, Rolling Stone
130  📃
Aug. 03, 2020
Discussing technology, law, and the making of tech policy
Guests: Kara Swisher
129  📃
Aug. 02, 2020
Discussing immigration, border and refugee issues
Guests: Allegra Love
Article
128  📃
Aug. 01, 2020
(just your hosts)
127  📃
Jul. 31, 2020
Discussing law, judgeship, and life in general
Guests: Katie Phang
Interview
126  📃
Jul. 30, 2020
Discussing puns, humor, and journalism
Guests: Alexandra Petri, Kathleen Belew, Mike Chase
Article
125  📃
Jul. 29, 2020
Discussing the 2020 U.S. Presidential election
Guests: Matthew Miller, Nate Persily, Tim Miller
124  📃
Jul. 28, 2020
Discussing USAG Barr's testimony before the House Judiciary Committee
Guests: Matthew Miller
Article
123  📃
Jul. 27, 2020
Discussing polling, politics, and group membership shibboleths
Guests: Clare Malone
FiveThirtyEight
122  📃
Jul. 26, 2020
Discussing the nature and challenges of comedy writing
Guests: Daniel Radosh
121  📃
Jul. 25, 2020
(just your hosts)
120  📃
Jul. 24, 2020
Discussing the inside stories behind Facebook
Guests: Steven Levy
New York Times
119  📃
Jul. 23, 2020
Discussing our modern Babadook, the Coronavirus
Guests: Andy Slavitt
StatNews
118  📃
Jul. 22, 2020
Discussing the creation of crossword puzzles and how to do it for a living
Guests: Ross Trudeau
Interview
117  📃
Jul. 21, 2020
Discussing DHS domestic surveillance to protect monuments and statues
(just your hosts)
Lawfare, Salon
116  📃
Jul. 20, 2020
An update on COVID-19 from Dr. Sharfstein of the Bloomberg School of Public Health
Guests: Josh Sharfstein
115  📃
Jul. 19, 2020
(just your hosts)
114  📃
Jul. 18, 2020
Discussing deployment of DHS Rapid Protection Force in Portland, Oregon
Guests: Steve Vladeck
Lawfare
113  📃
Jul. 17, 2020
Writer-at-large for New York Times Opinion, covering the information wars
Guests: Charlie Warzel
Announcement
112  📃
Jul. 16, 2020
Discussing the "Crime a Day" Twitter feed and book
Guests: Mike Chase
Book, @CrimeADay
111  📃
Jul. 15, 2020
Lawyer, author, journalist, and feminist
Guests: Jill Filipovic
Article, Book
110  📃
Jul. 14, 2020
Discussing the SCOTUS decision in McGirt v. Oklahoma
Guests: Ian Heath Gershengorn
Article
109  📃
Jul. 13, 2020
Discussing issues of free speech and the press
Guests: Jeff Jarvis
108  📃
Jul. 12, 2020
Discussing home-made prosciutto, and the media
Guests: Andrew Marantz
107  📃
Jul. 11, 2020
(just your hosts)
106  📃
Jul. 10, 2020
Debating the recent Harper's letter regarding so-called "cancel culture"
Guests: Alex Shephard, Jonathan Rauch
105  📃
Jul. 09, 2020
Discussing the recent SCOTUS cases around congressional subpoenas
Guests: Dahlia Lithwick, Leah Litman, Margaret Taylor, Marty Lederman
104  📃
Jul. 08, 2020
Discussing the recent SCOTUS religous freedom cases
Guests: Anna Salvatore, Marty Lederman, Thomas Berg
103  📃
Jul. 07, 2020
Discussing journalistic interviews
Guests: Carrie Johnson
102  📃
Jul. 06, 2020
Discussing the Faithless Electors SCOTUS case
Guests: Leah Litman, Wilfred U. Codrington III
Opinion
101  📃
Jul. 05, 2020
Discussing the Presidential daily briefings (PDB)
Guests: David Priess
100  📃
Jul. 04, 2020
An informal roundup of previous guests on the show
(just your hosts)
99  📃
Jul. 03, 2020
Discussing polling
Guests: Claudia Deane
98  📃
Jul. 02, 2020
Discussing history, philosophy, and speculative fiction
Guests: Ada Palmer
97  📃
Jul. 01, 2020
Discussing politics, economics, and conditions in Hong Kong
Guests: Alvin Cheung, Jordan Schneider
96  📃
Jun. 30, 2020
Discussing the hype around Parler, and opposition research
Guests: Tim Miller
95  📃
Jun. 29, 2020
Discussing the recent SCOTUS abortion and unitary executive cases
Guests: Leah Litman, Marty Lederman, Scott R. Anderson
94  📃
Jun. 28, 2020
Discussing social media
Guests: Mike Godwin
93  📃
Jun. 27, 2020
(just your hosts)
92  📃
Jun. 26, 2020
Discussing government institutions, law enforcement, and terrorism
Guests: Dan Byman
Article
91  📃
Jun. 25, 2020
Discussing misinformation, disinformation, and "active measures"
Guests: Camille François
Book
90  📃
Jun. 24, 2020
Discussing content moderation and Section 230 of the CDA
Guests: Carrie Goldberg, Jonathan Zittrain
89  📃
Jun. 23, 2020
Discussing a new history of information operations
Guests: Thomas Rid
Book, Article
88  📃
Jun. 22, 2020
Discussing police accountability and elections
Guests: Adam Serwer, Julian Sanchez
87  📃
Jun. 21, 2020
Discussing the Lincoln Project and defeating Trumpism at the ballot box
Guests: Rick Wilson
The Lincoln Project
86  📃
Jun. 20, 2020
Discussing the appointment of U.S. attorneys
Guests: Marty Lederman, Steve Vladeck
85  📃
Jun. 19, 2020
Discussing the history and ongoing impacts of white supremacy
Guests: Kathleen Belew
NPR, Book
84  📃
Jun. 18, 2020
Discussing Michael Flynn, John Bolton, and the courts
Guests: Marty Lederman
83  📃
Jun. 17, 2020
Discussing John Bolton, his book, and classification review
Guests: Susan Hennessey
82  📃
Jun. 16, 2020
Discussing Russia and their approach to disinformation
Guests: Alina Polyakova
CEPA
81  📃
Jun. 15, 2020
Discussing SCOTUS's bombshell LGBT employment discrimination decision
Guests: Anthony Michael Kries, Leah Litman
Article
80  📃
Jun. 14, 2020
Discussing the many faces of social and economic inequality
Guests: Mike Pesca
79  📃
Jun. 13, 2020
(just your hosts)
78  📃
Jun. 12, 2020
Discussing pandemic responses and the economic impacts of coronavirus
Guests: Catherine Rampell
77  📃
Jun. 11, 2020
Discussing politics
Guests: Bill Kristol
76  📃
Jun. 10, 2020
Discussing the U.S. Department of Justice and Bill Barr
Guests: Matthew Miller
MSN
75  📃
Jun. 09, 2020
Discussing law and the Internet
Guests: Lawrence Lessig
74  📃
Jun. 08, 2020
Discussing political and economic journalism
Guests: Matt Yglesias
Vox
73  📃
Jun. 07, 2020
Discussing elections and election influence
Guests: Jonathan Rauch
72  📃
Jun. 06, 2020
(just your hosts)
71  📃
Jun. 05, 2020
Discussing consensual voyeuristic art photography in the plague times
Guests: Gail Albert Halaban
Article, Project
70  📃
Jun. 04, 2020
Discussing the nature and challenges of partisanship
Guests: David French
articles
69  📃
Jun. 03, 2020
Discussing terrorism, influence operations, and disinformation
Guests: Clint Watts
Book
68  📃
Jun. 02, 2020
Discussing the difficult intersection of disinformation and content moderation
Guests: Alex Stamos
67  📃
Jun. 01, 2020
Discussing journalism in the time of COVID
Guests: Virginia Heffernan
Trumpcast
66  📃
May. 31, 2020
Discussing the origins, incentives, and consequences police militarization
Guests: Radley Balko
65  📃
May. 30, 2020
(just your hosts)
64  📃
May. 29, 2020
Discussing police accountability and the challenges of getting it
Guests: Barry Friedman
63  📃
May. 28, 2020
Discussing the President's draft order on social media
Guests: Eugene Volokh, Jack Balkin, Quinta Jurecic
Order
62  📃
May. 27, 2020
Discussing evidence, investigations, and subpoenas
Guests: Paul Rosenzweig
R Street
61  📃
May. 26, 2020
Discussing the history and present of the Supreme Couert
Guests: John Q. Barrett
60  📃
May. 25, 2020
Discussing the intersection of algorithms, systemic bias, and inequalities
Guests: Surya Mattu
ProPublica, United States Artists, Aspen Ideas
59  📃
May. 24, 2020
Discussing the Justice Department and the problems of prosecution
Guests: Carissa Byrne Hessick
58  📃
May. 23, 2020
(just your hosts)
57  📃
May. 22, 2020
Discussing drawing, and the ongoing situation in Hong Kong
Guests: Alvin Cheung, Ben Ponte
Sketch and the City
56  📃
May. 21, 2020
Discussing poetry and the history of slavery and incarceration in the United States
Guests: Reginald Dwayne Betts
Poetry Foundation, NEA, NYT Magazine
55  📃
May. 20, 2020
Discussing films and art
Guests: Whit Stillman
54  📃
May. 19, 2020
A discussion and demonstration with a master potter and designer
Guests: Eric Landon
TORTUS
53  📃
May. 18, 2020
Discussing writing, story telling, and creativity
Guests: Thyra Heder
Fraidyzoo, How Do You Dance?
52  📃
May. 17, 2020
Discussing the business of journalism
Guests: Josh Marshall
51  📃
May. 16, 2020
(just your hosts)
50  📃
May. 15, 2020
Discussing reporting, investigations, and collusion
Guests: Shane Harris
@War, The Watchers
49  📃
May. 14, 2020
Discussing Michael Flynn, Bill Barr, and all the President's lawyers
Guests: Ken White
48  📃
May. 13, 2020
Discussing telecommunications regulation then and now; Section 230
Guests: Tom Wheeler
47  🔉 📃
May. 12, 2020
Discussing the challenges facing conservatives in the wake of Trump
Guests: Tim Miller
Our Principles PAC
46  🔉 📃
May. 11, 2020
A dialogue with members of the new Facebook Oversight Board
Guests: Jamal Greene, John Samples, Nicolas Suzor
Business Insider
45  🔉 📃
May. 10, 2020
Discussing life, travel, food, weather, and Kate's cowlick
Guests: Alan Rozenshtein, Hannah Neprash
44  📃
May. 09, 2020
(just your hosts)
43  🔉 📃
May. 08, 2020
Discussing digital journalism, protests, and related issues
Guests: Emily Bell
42  🔉 📃
May. 07, 2020
Discussing reporting and norms, life at the DoJ, and DC gallows humour
Guests: Margaret Taylor
Lawfare
41  🔉 📃
May. 06, 2020
Discussing big tech, media platforms, governance, and moderation
Guests: Alex Macgillivray, Evelyn Douek, Nicole Wong
40  🔉 📃
May. 05, 2020
Discussing medicine, quarantine, and the ongoing COVID plague
Guests: Will DeWitt
Callen-Lorde
39  🔉 📃
May. 04, 2020
Discussing the Supreme Court's embrace of remote oral arguments
Guests: Dahlia Lithwick, Leah Litman
NPR
38  🔉 📃
May. 03, 2020
Discussing bees and beekeping, and the advent of "murder hornets"
Guests: Jeff Horwitz
37  🔉 📃
May. 02, 2020
Discussing Coronavirus and governance at the Cabin in the Woods
Guests: Yascha Mounk
36  🔉 📃
May. 01, 2020
Discussing coronavirus, state revenue, and the Census
Guests: Seth Magaziner
35  🔉 📃
Apr. 30, 2020
Discussing writing, journalism, and the Department of Justice
Guests: David Plotz
34  🔉 📃
Apr. 29, 2020
Discussing Russia, Estonia, cybersecurity, elections, and disinformation
Guests: Toomas Hendrick Ilves
33  🔉 📃
Apr. 28, 2020
Discussing crime, prosecution, and the law
Guests: Preet Bharara
podcast
32  🔉 📃
Apr. 27, 2020
Discussing history, speculative fiction, and The Renaissance
Guests: Ada Palmer
31  🔉 📃
Apr. 26, 2020
Discussing politics, life, and baby cannons
Guests: Sarah Longwell, Yascha Mounk
30  📃
Apr. 25, 2020
(just your hosts)
29  🔉 📃
Apr. 24, 2020
Discussing law, impeachment, and the courts (part of Pugilism Week)
Guests: Noah Feldman
28  🔉 📃
Apr. 23, 2020
Discussing robots and the meaning of belonging
Guests: Kate Darling
27  🔉 📃
Apr. 22, 2020
Discussing government, rights, and coronovirus (part of Pugilism Week)
Guests: Randy Barnett
26  🔉 📃
Apr. 21, 2020
Discussing what it is like to be the target of Presidental abuse
Guests: Lisa Page, Molly Jong-Fast
25  🔉 📃
Apr. 20, 2020
Discussing jurisprudence and legal philosophy (part of Pugilism Week)
Guests: Orin Kerr, Scott Shapiro
24  🔉 📃
Apr. 19, 2020
Discussing content moderation, Section 230, and actual pugilism
Guests: Carrie Goldberg, Yorrick "YoRock" Anderson
23  📃
Apr. 18, 2020
Discussing coronavirus, shortages of PPE, and 3-D printing masks
(just your hosts)
22  🔉 📃
Apr. 17, 2020
Discussing life, economics, limericks, and public health policy
Guests: Hannah Neprash
21  🔉 📃
Apr. 16, 2020
Discussing presidential norms, the tyranny of Room Rater, and neighborly complaints
Guests: Dan Drezner, Maggie Feldman-Piltch
Article
20  🔉 📃
Apr. 15, 2020
Lawfare Managing Editor and a contributing writer for The Atlantic
Guests: Quinta Jurecic
19  🔉 📃
Apr. 14, 2020
Discussing online speech, and how it does or does not differ from other speech
Guests: Jillian York, Sarah Roberts
18  🔉 📃
Apr. 13, 2020
Discussion and critique of the Facebook oversight board
Guests: Evelyn Douek
17  🔉 📃
Apr. 12, 2020
Discussing the risks democracy presents to its own existence
Guests: Jonathan Rauch
16  📃
Apr. 11, 2020
(just your hosts)
15  🔉 📃
Apr. 10, 2020
Stories about hospitals struggling to respond to COVID-19
Guests: Doug Bernstein
14  🔉 📃
Apr. 09, 2020
Discussing the challenges of principled conservative opposition to Trumpism
Guests: Kori Schake
Article
13  🔉 📃
Apr. 08, 2020
A conversation with the hosts of Slate's podcasts "Trumpcast" and "The Gist"
Guests: Mike Pesca, Virginia Heffernan
Trumpcast, The Gist
12  🔉 📃
Apr. 07, 2020
Discussing democracy, government leadership, surveillance and COVID-19
Guests: Alan Rozenshtein
11  🔉 📃
Apr. 06, 2020
Discussing what it will take to prevent an election meltdown in November
Guests: Alex Stamos, Nate Persily
10  🔉 📃
Apr. 05, 2020
Discussing law, life, Twitter, and the coronavirus
Guests: Dan Drezner, Scott Shapiro
🔉 📃
Apr. 04, 2020
(just your hosts)
🔉 📃
Apr. 03, 2020
Discussing research on how countries are handling the coronavirus
Guests: Amanda Sloat
Belfer Center
🔉 📃
Apr. 02, 2020
Discussing how the pandemic has changed the future of higher education
Guests: Jack Balkin, Jordan Ellenberg
🔉 📃
Apr. 01, 2020
Discussing COVID-19 in rural Montana, kayaking across the Pacific, and more
Guests: Jon Turk
Book
🔉 📃
Mar. 31, 2020
Discussing academic career, privacy, COVID-19, and a little bit of music
Guests: Orin Kerr
🔉 📃
Mar. 30, 2020
Discussing the problems of online harassment and abuse
Guests: Danielle Citron
🔉 📃
Mar. 29, 2020
The origination of Mystery Guest Sundays
Guests: Cory Doctorow, Emily Hurson, Ken White, Mike Chase, Ross Garber
🔉 📃
Mar. 28, 2020
Guests: Alex Stamos, Maggie Feldman-Piltch
🔉 📃
Mar. 27, 2020
Talking about blogging the Supreme Court and missing the end of senior year
Guests: Anna Salvatore
High School SCOTUS
🔉 📃
Mar. 26, 2020
Discussing platform governance, sextortion, feminism, and national security
Guests: Danielle Citron
pilot  🔉 📃
Mar. 25, 2020
Pilot episode
(just your hosts)