Talking Feds

Mar 24 2025 381 ep. 50 mins 7.6k
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TALKING FEDS is a roundtable discussion that brings together prominent former government officials, journalists, and special guests for a dynamic and in-depth analysis of the most pressing questions in law and politics.

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Capitulation Nation

Mar 24 2025 48 mins  
The week featured the expansion of Trump’s shakedowns of prominent sectors of civil society.

Steven Pinker Knows Everything

Mar 20 2025 46 mins  
Harry sits down with Steven Pinker, who wears many intellectual hats, all well: linguist, psychologist, political philosopher, historian, and social critic, for starters.

ClusterChuck

Mar 17 2025 53 mins  
A roundtable of 3 great commentators--Josh Marshall, Charlie Sykes, and Ali Vitali--assesses the state of play in politics and U.S. society after 2 months of hyper-aggressive moves by Donald Trump.

The view from New Jersey…and Washington DC

Mar 13 2025 21 mins  
Harry talks to Congresswoman Mikie Sherrill, whose extensive experience includes a long stint in the Navy as a helicopter pilot and Russian policy officer, a stretch in the US Attorney’s office, and a current candidacy for New Jersey governor.

A House Misguided

Mar 10 2025 64 mins  
Our monthly all-contrarian episode with Norm Eisen, Jen Rubin, & Katie Phang first analyzes Trump’s address to Congress, which clocked in at about 2 hours and featured a series of lies and low blows.

Trump’s Disastrous Assault on U.S Soft Power

Mar 06 2025 24 mins  
Harry talks with Max Boot about his latest article, “US soft power took decades to build. Trump is dismantling it in weeks.”

"Anyone Unhappy With Elon?"

Mar 03 2025 63 mins  
Tara Setmayer, Bob Shrum, and Jacob Weisberg join Harry to analyze the party-line House budget that seems DOA in the Senate; tension within the Executive Branch over Elon Musk; growing popular opposition to the Administration and especially to Musk’s untethered and unaccounted role; and more.

Jamie Raskin and the Constitutional Cavalry

Feb 27 2025 27 mins  
Harry talks once again with constitutional patriot and House Oversight Committee member Jamie Raskin about the tight spot we are in after just one month of Trump rule.

Trump Breaks the World

Feb 24 2025 55 mins  
It’s time for our periodic episode on foreign policy, in fact the nick of time, b/c while we’ve been chiefly focused on the damage Trump has done to domestic constitutional rules, he’s been taking as big a sledgehammer to longstanding foreign policy relationships.

What will happen to consumers under Trump?

Feb 20 2025 25 mins  
Harry talks with Rich Cordray, the first director of the Consumer Protection Financial Bureau, about the Bureau’s achievements for American consumers and the concerns that its functions now may slow dramatically or even stop.