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2026
Where The Trump Tweets Began
40 min
2027
The Midterm Elections Are Gonna Be Lit
30 min
2028
Live From The 2018 Texas Tribune Festival -- Th...
43 min
2029
Sheldon Adelson’s Influence
6 min
2030
Vindication at Last?
32 min
2031
Benjamin Wittes admires Brett Kavanaugh’s legal...
Lawfare's Benjamin Wittes on Kavanaugh
45 min
2032
What should the FBI be examining about Judge Ka...
30 min
2033
Trumpcast Live From The 2018 Texas Tribune Fest...
Live from the Texas Tribune Festival in Austin, TX.
84 min
2034
Ford's Testimony and The Real Brett Kavanaugh
Virginia Heffernan talks to Slate's Dahlia Lithwick and Mark Joseph Stern about Dr. Ford and Judge Kavanaugh's hearing.
27 min
2035
Ford's Credibility and Kavanaugh's Lies
Virginia Heffernan talks to Michelle Goldberg, columnist at The New York Times, about the latest surrounding Brett Kavanaugh's nomination, Christine Blasey Ford's allegation, and the #MeToo movement as a whole.
27 min
2036
Raising Red Flags and The Story of Our Time
Virginia Heffernan talks to BuzzFeed's Anthony Cormier about his latest money trail story surrounding Aras Agalarov and some suspicious financial activity that happened after the June 2016 Trump Tower meeting.
34 min
2037
The New Trump Rallies [Teaser S+]
On the president's weird rallies, and what they mean as Trump's base unravels.
5 min
2038
The Brett Kavanaugh Hearings in the Shadow of a...
Virginia Heffernan is joined by Slate's Dahlia Lithwick to discuss the Brett Kavanaugh hearings, Senator Kamala Harris' interrogation of the Supreme Court nominee, and the protests surrounding the whole event.
31 min
2039
A Tower in Toronto and the Story of Kleptocracy
Jacob Weisberg talks to Tom Burgis of the Financial Times about his story "Tower of Secrets: The Russian Money Behind a Donald Trump Skyscraper."
31 min
2040
A Campaign Finance Crash Course
Jacob Weisberg is joined by Trevor Potter, Former Commissioner & Chairman of the Federal Election Commission (FEC), to talk about how Trump may have violated campaign finance laws.
30 min
2041
SDNY, The Trump Organization, and Pardons
Virginia Heffernan is joined by Elie Honig, a former federal prosecutor in the SDNY, to talk about Allen Weisselberg and if in fact his immunity means the investigations are getting deeper into the Trump Organization.
34 min
2042
ICE and the Unfolding Immigration Tragedy
León Krauze jumps into the host chair for the day to chat with The Atlantic's Frank Foer about ICE, the fear in immigrant communities, and what to make of the Paul Manafort fiasco at the end of this week.
34 min
2043
The Cohen Plea and Manafort Verdict
Virginia Heffernan talks to Mimi Rocah, a former assistant U.S. attorney in the Southern District of New York, about Cohen's guilty plea and the verdict in the Manafort trial.
21 min
2044
The Outspoken John Brennan and What He Left Behind
Virginia Heffernan talks to Mattathias Schwartz about Trump revoking John Brennan's security clearance.
27 min
2045
Omarosa and Reality Show Politics
Virginia Heffernan talks to Lola Ogunnaike, host of "Entertainment Weekly The Show" about Omarosa finally making her way through the Trump love-hate cycle.
33 min
2046
Slow Burn | S2 Ep. 1: Deal or No Deal
Season 2 of Slow Burn begins with the Clinton presidency hanging by a thread.
38 min
2047
Learning From James Clapper's Life in Intelligence
Virginia Heffernan talks to James R. Clapper, the former Director of National Intelligence, about his book Facts and Fear: Hard Truths From A Life In Intelligence.
26 min
2048
Cyberwar and Security in the Trump Era
Jacob Weisberg talks to Clint Watts, the author of Messing with the Enemy: Surviving in a Social Media World of Hackers, Terrorists, Russians, and Fake News, about the question of cyberwar.
35 min
2049
Is the Facebook Problem Unfixable?
Virginia Heffernan talks to Siva Vaidhyanathan, the author of Antisocial Media: How Facebook Disconnects Us and Undermines Democracy, about the post-IRA indictment struggles at Facebook.
33 min
2050
Why Trump and India Aren't Working Out
Jacob Weisberg talks to James Crabtree, the author of The Billionaire Raj, about the Trump administration's relations with India and why it's not working out.
28 min