The Lawfare Podcast features discussions with experts, policymakers, and opinion leaders at the nexus of national security, law, and policy. On issues from foreign policy, homeland security, intelligence, and cybersecurity to governance and law, we have doubled down on seriousness at a time when others are running away from it. Visit us at www.lawfaremedia.org.
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Lawfare Daily: Sander Tordoir on Europe's Strategic Choices
#40 trending · Government
Sander Tordoir is the Chief Economist of the Center for European Reform (CEPR) and a prominent European voice in the E.U.'s debate over its economic and technological rel
Oct 30 1 h 09 min
Lawfare Live: Ex-FBI Agents Charged Over Lying to Congress Hearing Dispatch
#1 trending · Government
Lawfare Editor in Chief Benjamin Wittes sat down with Senior Editors Anna Bower and Roger Parloff to discuss three-day preliminary hearing before magistrate Judge Faruqui
Oct 29 1 h 01 min
Rational Security: The “Not So Super Tuesday” Edition
#10 trending · Government
This week, Scott sat down with his Lawfare colleagues Executive Editor Natalie Orpett and Senior Editors Michael Feinberg and Molly Roberts to talk through the week’s big
Oct 29 1 h 10 min
Lawfare Daily: The Israeli Elections—What Does it All Mean?
#28 trending · Government
For today's podcast, Executive Editor Natalie Orpett is joined by Natan Sachs of the Center for Middle East Policy, Joel Braunold of the Center Project, and Lawfare Edito
Oct 29 57 min
Lawfare Daily: FCC’s Bad Labs Rulemaking with FCC’s Andy Hendrickson and Alice Jou
Andy Hendrickson, the chief of the FCC’s Office of Engineering and Technology (OET), and Alice Jou, the chief of staff and deputy chief of OET, join Lawfare Contributor J
Oct 28 40 min
Lawfare Daily: Escalate to What End? Trump's Plan for the Iran War After the Midterms
Former NSC staffers Cole Bucy and Nate Swanson join Lawfare Contributing Editor and Vice President of Research, Security and Defense at the Chicago Council on Global Affa
Oct 27 55 min
Lawfare Daily: The Trials of the Trump Administration, October 23
In a conversation on YouTube, Lawfare Editor in Chief Benjamin Wittes sat down with Senior Editors Loren Voss, Anna Bower, Eric Columbus, Molly Roberts, and Roger Parloff
Oct 26 1 h 51 min
Lawfare Archive: Bribery and the Second Trump Administration with John Keller
From July 11, 2025: John Keller, now a partner at Walden, Macht, Haran, & Williams, channeled his experience as the former chief of the Public Integrity Section at the De
Oct 25 59 min
Lawfare Archive: Ukraine, ATACMS, and Putin’s Nuclear Threats
From November 22, 2024: After more than a year of pleas from Kyiv, the U.S. finally let Ukraine use Western long-range weapons for attacks inside Russia. Lawfare Ukraine
Oct 24 40 min
Lawfare Daily: What We're Worried About for the Elections
On today's podcast, Executive Editor Natalie K. Orpett talks with Lawfare Senior Editors Molly Roberts and Loren Voss, Contributing Editor Renée DiResta, and Public Servi
Oct 23 54 min
Rational Security: The "Snifting Up to Boston" Edition
This week, Scott sat down with his Lawfare colleagues Editor in Chief Benjamin Wittes; Contributing Editor and Vice President of Research, Security and Defense at the Chi
Oct 22 1 h 30 min
Lawfare Daily: AI, Child Safety, and the Law
For today’s episode, Lawfare’s Renée DiResta sits down with Riana Pfefferkorn, a policy fellow at the Stanford Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence, and C
Oct 22 47 min
Lawfare Daily: Investigating AI Cyber Risks, with Asad Ramzanali
With the rise of AI-driver cybersecurity incidents, the conversation on how to monitor and assess these incidents is increasingly on the rise. Lawfare Senior Editor Kevin
Oct 21 48 min
Lawfare Live: East Potomac Park Hearing Dispatch
On October 20 at 9 a.m. ET, Lawfare Editor in Chief Benjamin Wittes sat down with Senior Editors Molly Roberts and Roger Parloff to discuss the October 19 hearing over Pr
Oct 20 36 min
Lawfare Daily: The Coming Winter and the Latest Betrayal of Ukraine
Jimmy Rushton of the Kyiv Independent and Anastasiia Lapatina, Lawfare’s Ukraine fellow, join Editor in Chief Benjamin Wittes to discuss the latest news from Kyiv: the gr
Oct 20 45 min
Lawfare Daily: The Trials of the Trump Administration, October 16
Benjamin Wittes is joined by Anna Bower, Roger Parloff, Molly Roberts, and Eric Columbus for a fast-moving tour of the week’s most important Trump-era litigation.
You ca
Oct 19 1 h 53 min
Lawfare Archive: Paul Massaro on the United States’ Latest Efforts to Combat Corruption
From April 5, 2022: On June 3, President Biden issued a national security memorandum that established the “Fight Against Corruption” as a core national security interest
Oct 18 48 min
Lawfare Archive: An Investigation into Russian State Media and Disinformation
From December 29, 2022: On December 15, the New York Times published an article that detailed an investigation conducted by three of its reporters into how Russian state
Oct 17 48 min
Lawfare Daily: The New Command Economy with Kristen Eichensehr and Ashley Deeks
Over the past decade, the U.S. has expanded its use of measures including tariffs, sanctions, export controls, and investment screening to regulate the economy in the nam
Oct 16 1 h 00 min
Rational Security: The “Cooking With Gas!” Edition
This week, Scott sat down with his Lawfare colleagues Foreign Policy Editor Daniel Byman and Public Service Fellow Julia Curlee, and Contributing Editor and partner at St
Oct 15 1 h 22 min
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Often I find myself halfway through a case’s explanation to realize I have no idea what the recent development or that day’s outcome is about. A suggestion: at the start of each case’s analysis, please state CLEARLY the particular development of a case — what the hearing about or what a ruling determined, i.e. why a case is being covered at this time — before wading into the proceeding’s particulars. Wittes usually tees things up giving an opening for a panelist to then respond. At the start of that response — before going into how the case came about, who the judge is, etc. — the panelist needs to clearly state the upshot of the case, again, the reason for that episode’s coverage. And Mr. Parloff, PLEASE stop overusing pronouns. This is audio, after all — not print where you can more easily look back at who you’re talking about, not to mention there’s often a cast of characters involved. Every few sentences, REPEAT the name of the person you’re referring to. So many times I hear she, she, she or he, he, he… Say WHO that person is.
Elisabeth-Ann · May 2026
Lawfare scratches an itch of mine to understand better what's going on in the world: what's legal, why it's not. It's one of my most anticipated listens of the week. I appreciate the podcasters' hard work to stay current, analyze what happened, and share what they've found.
Het Niewsblad · Apr 2026
I really like how they talk about important topics in an understandable way, without hype, fear or sensationalism
Puma5432 · Jan 2026
Love this podcast. I don’t have any legal background, and I understand what’s being discussed. In depth conversation for people who want to go deeper/understand more.
DLM631 · Jan 2026
I wanted to hear about Elon Musk and Twitter, so I decided to give Lawfare a try. The content was interesting. But then I had to listen to 9 minutes of advertisements in the middle of the episode. This included repeating the same 4-minute advertisement that was already played at the beginning of the episode. I’ve never heard such a long stream of advertisements in a podcast. This is the first and last time I listen to Lawfare.
JD1580 · Sep 2024
The “Chatter” episode of 9/24/2024 on the “Challenger” disaster misrepresents the Teacher in Space Project as providing the first “civilian” astronaut, ignoring previous Payload Specialists from industry & academia, including a sitting U.S. Senator & a U.S. Representative.
The S.K.P. Machine · Aug 2025
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