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 Archive: Conversations from Aspen, Part 1: Shashank Joshi on European Security and Iris Ferguson on the Arctic
#16 trending · Government
From July 23, 2025: For today's episode, Lawfare Senior Editor Scott R. Anderson shares some of the conversations he had with leading policy experts and practitioners on
Sep 19 45 min
Lawfare Daily: Julia Curlee and John Sipher on John Ratcliffe’s Tenure as the Director of Central Intelligence
#11 trending · Government
Senior Editor Michael Feinberg talks with Lawfare Public Service Fellow Julia Curlee and former CIA Case Officer John Sipher about John Ratcliffe’s tenure as the Director
Sep 18 53 min
Rational Security: The “Worlds Colliding” Edition
#17 trending · Government
This week, Scott sat down with his colleagues Lawfare Senior Editors Kevin Frazier and Roger Parloff, and Lawfare Contributing Editor and Vice President of Research, Secu
Sep 17 1 h 26 min
Lawfare Daily: Eileen Guo on Whether “the Censorship-Industrial Complex” Actually Exists
Senior Editor Michael Feinberg sits down with Eileen Guo, co-author with Gisela Perez de Acha and Martin Sona of “How ideas of a vast censorship network moved from the on
Sep 17 43 min
Lawfare Daily: Far-Right Gains and a Political Reckoning in Germany
On today's podcast, Executive Editor Natalie Orpett sits down with Constanze Stelzenmüller, Director and Fritz Stern Chair of the Center on the United States and Europe a
Sep 16 57 min
Lawfare Daily: ‘A Whole Other Country,’ with Zoe Kurland and Terence O’Rourke
On today’s episode, Lawfare Managing Editor Tyler McBrien sits down with Zoe Kurland, Senior Producer at Marfa Public Radio, and Terence O’Rourke, an attorney based in Ho
Sep 15 59 min
Lawfare Daily: The Trials of the Trump Administration, September 11
In a conversation on YouTube, Lawfare Editor in Chief Benjamin Wittes sat down with Associate Editor Peter Beck and Senior Editors Anna Bower, Eric Columbus, Molly Robert
Sep 14 1 h 35 min
Lawfare Archive: David Frum on 'Trumpocalypse'
From June 10, 2020: David Frum is one of the most prominent and eloquent conservative critics of the president. The former George W. Bush speechwriter and current writer
Sep 13 45 min
Lawfare Archive: The Complicated Politics of Ukraine Aid
From December 11, 2023: The Senate last week failed to move forward the national security supplemental, which includes a large package of aid for Ukraine. The holdup? Mig
Sep 12 56 min
Lawfare Daily: Sept. 11, 2001, 25 Years Later
On today’s episode, on the 25th anniversary of 9/11, Lawfare Associate Editor Katherine Pompilio sits down with five members of the Lawfare team—Public Service Fellow Jul
Sep 11 57 min
Rational Security: The “Fifth Anniversary Hot Take Takedown” Edition
This week, Scott celebrated the fifth anniversary of Rational Security 2.0 with the return of co-hosts emeriti Shane Harris, Quinta Jurecic, and Benjamin Wittes. In varyi
Sep 10 1 h 10 min
Lawfare Daily: The National Guard in Washington, D.C.
Over a year ago, President Trump sent 800 National Guard members to the streets of Washington D.C., citing a purported crime emergency. Since then, thousands of armed tro
Sep 10 50 min
Lawfare Daily: Why Autocrats Hate Cities with Ambassador Nina Hachigian
On today’s episode, Lawfare Managing Editor Tyler McBrien sits down with Ambassador Nina Hachigian, President and CEO of the Alliance for Local Leaders International and
Sep 9 32 min
Lawfare Daily: The Trials of the Trump Administration, September 4
In a conversation on YouTube, Lawfare Editor in Chief Benjamin Wittes sat down with Senior Editors Anna Bower, Eric Columbus, Molly Roberts, and Roger Parloff to discuss
Sep 8 1 h 40 min
Lawfare Archive: The Violent Extremist Threat to Critical Infrastructure in the United States
From October 24, 2022: Last month, the George Washington University Program on Extremism published a report called, “Mayhem, Murder, and Misdirection: Violent Extremist A
Sep 7 27 min
Lawfare Archive: An Election in Germany
From September 28, 2021: Over the weekend, Germany held elections to see who will succeed Angela Merkel as Germany's chancellor. The results are in, but there's still a l
Sep 6 41 min
Lawfare Archive: Juliette Kayyem on Dealing with Disasters
From March 29, 2023: We live in a time of seemingly constant catastrophes, and we always seem a step behind and still fumble when they occur. It's no longer about prevent
Sep 5 49 min
Lawfare Daily: Mike Schmidt Talks CHIPS and U.S. Industrial Policy
When Congress passed the CHIPS Act in 2022, it was the first major piece of U.S. industrial policy legislation in decades and was intended to expand America's ability to
Sep 4 54 min
Rational Security: The "Whale of a Tale" Edition
This week, Scott sat down with his Lawfare colleagues Senior Editors Molly Roberts and Eric Columbus, and Contributing Editor Renée DiResta, to talk through the week’s bi
Sep 3 1 h 23 min
Lawfare Daily: Peter Salib on the Legal and Policy Ramifications of the OpenAI-Hugging Face Postmortems
Peter Salib, Associate Professor at the UH Law Center and co-Director of the Center on AI Law & Risk, joins Kevin Frazier, Director of the AI Innovation and Law Program a
Sep 3 52 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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