Trumpcast

Jacob Weisberg talks to the former American ambassador to Russia, Michael McFaul, about how he ended up in Putin's sights, Trump not confronting Putin, how the Kremlin abuse Interpol and more.  Plus, all the presidents' all caps statements. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Virginia Heffernan talks to Emily Jane Fox, senior reporter at Vanity Fair, about the Trump-Cohen tape that was released on Tuesday, its implications, and why if you don't understand the relationship between the two, you don't understand Trump's relationship to anybody. Plus, the new "hip" form of journalism over at AMI. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Virginia Heffernan talks to Garrett Graff, a contributor at WIRED and the executive director of the Aspen Institute’s Cybersecurity & Technology Program, about the shape of the Mueller investigation. How has the role of Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein evolved over the last year? Plus, what's the mood amongst intelligence officials at the Aspen Security Forum? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jacob Weisberg talks to Bill Browder, Head of the Global Magnitsky Justice campaign, about the moment his name came up during the Trump-Putin summit in Helsinki. Why does Vladimir Putin want him more than just about anybody else in the world? Plus, Putin's lies vs. Trump's lies. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jacob Weisberg talks to Anne Applebaum, a columnist at the Washington Post and the author of Red Famine, about the Trump-Putin summit in Helsinki. How will we remember it? Why has President Trump refused to confront Putin for attacking our democracy? And how is Trump's foreign policy advancing Putin's worldview? Plus, John Di Domenico returns with more tweets. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Virginia Heffernan talks to Max Bergmann, Sr. Fellow at Center for American Progress and Director of The Moscow Project, about the latest round of Mueller indictments and its effects in the lead-up to the Trump/Putin meeting next week. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jacob Weisberg talks to Nadine Strossen, former president of the ACLU, about the mission of the ACLU in the Trump era and whether it's causing any tension in the organization. Plus, John Di Domenico returns with the tweets. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jacob Weisberg is joined by Noah Feldman of Harvard Law School and Bloomberg to talk about Trump's Supreme Court nominee, Brett Kavanaugh. The two discuss the implications of his nomination on Roe v. Wade and whether or not his writing suggests he'd be in favor or against indicting the president. Plus, Trey Gowdy wants this witch hunt to finish the hell up already! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Virginia Heffernan talks to Andries du Toit, a researcher and writer at the University of the Western Cape in South Africa, about the years before, during, and after apartheid and if there are any lessons we can take away from it for America today. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jacob Weisberg talks to Joan C. Williams, Founding Director of the Center for WorkLife Law at UC Hastings, about liberal condescension towards the white working class and what the coastal elites get wrong about some Trump supporters. Plus, John Bolton preps with Vladimir Putin for the Helsinki summit. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jamelle Bouie talks to Nicole Hemmer, an assistant professor at UVA's Miller Center, about the topic of "civility." How has the word been used to protect the status quo in the past? And is this what happens when a political system is failing a people? Plus, Steve Waltien, Asher Perlman, and Kate James return to teach us a lesson on civility. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jacob Weisberg talks to Rick Hasen, a Professor of Law and Political Science at UC Irvine, about Justice Kennedy's retirement from the Supreme Court, the weight this will put on Chief Justice John Roberts, and whether or not this will finally motivate the left to vote on the courts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jacob Weisberg talks to Emily Bazelon about SCOTUS and its decision on Trump's travel ban. Plus, what are we to make of the Supreme Court under Chief Justice John Roberts? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jamelle Bouie talks to Andrea Pitzer, the author of One Long Night: A Global History of Concentration Camps. The two provide context to a conversation being had today about whether the detention centers on the border merit comparison to concentration camps. Plus, what justifications have been used in the past to keep civilians detained without trial? What can history tell us about this moment? Also, John Di Domenico returns with a new set of tweets. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jacob Weisberg talks to KPBS's Jean Guerrero about a migrant children facility she visited and why presenting yourself for asylum at a port of entry isn't all the administration talks it up to be. Then, Erik Hanshew, a federal public defender in El Paso, joins us to discuss the cases he's seeing along the border and how difficult it is to reunite a parent with their child (or children). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Slate's Dahlia Lithwick reads her cover story from earlier this week, "It's All Too Much, and We Still Have to Care." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jayson De Leon jumps into the host seat for the day to chat about Paul Manafort's arraignment with Tierney Sneed of Talking Points Memo who was at the courthouse to watch the day's events unravel. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Virginia Heffernan talks to Alexandra Bell, Senior Policy Director at the Center for Arms Control & Non-Proliferation, about Trump's meeting with Kim Jong-Un and what, if anything, substantive came out of it. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jacob Weisberg is joined by Slate's Jordan Weissmann to talk about Trump's showdown with Trudeau on tariffs and the future of NAFTA. Plus, two soldiers receive their centuries-old wish. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Virginia Heffernan is joined by Slate's Dahlia Lithwick to talk about Trump's performative pardons and how he continues to destabilize trust in our institutions. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices