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In this bonus from Stay Tuned , Preet and U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy discuss the Surgeon General’s approach to curing cancer and the ethics of allocating limited resources. Thank you for being a member of the CAFE Insider community. Tweet your questions to @PreetBharara with hashtag #askpreet, email us at letters@cafe.com, or call 669-247-7338 to leave a voicemail. Stay Tuned with Preet is...

Asha Rangappa is a lawyer, former FBI Special Agent, and current CNN analyst. She's also a Senior Lecturer at Yale University's Jackson Institute for Global Affairs. Head to CAFE.com for a full transcript of Asha's Note. Notes from Asha are exclusive to the CAFE Insider membership. For the text of this note, along with the full archive of contributor notes, head to CAFE's website.

This week on the CAFE Insider podcast, Preet and Joyce preview the upcoming Supreme Court term with SCOTUS expert Dahlia Lithwick. She’s a senior editor at Slate, where she writes about the courts and the law, and hosts the legal podcast Amicus.  Preet, Joyce, and Dahlia discuss what’s coming up at the High Court: – The upcoming Rahimi case, which could gut protective gun legislation, and the...

Note From Elie is part of the free weekly CAFE Brief newsletter. Audio recordings of Elie’s Note are part of the CAFE Insider subscription. 

In this bonus from Stay Tuned , Preet talks to historian Heather Cox Richardson about her idea to write a historical novel about Theodosia Burr. Thank you for being a member of the CAFE Insider community. Tweet your questions to @PreetBharara with hashtag #askpreet, email us at letters@cafe.com, or call 669-247-7338 to leave a voicemail. Stay Tuned with Preet is brought to you by CAFE and the Vox...

Joyce Vance is a former U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Alabama, a professor at the University of Alabama Law School, and an MSNBC legal analyst. Notes from Joyce are exclusive to the CAFE Insider membership. For the text of this note, along with the full archive of contributor notes, head to CAFE's website.

This week on the CAFE Insider podcast, Joyce Vance is joined by guest co-host Elie Honig while Preet is out. Elie served as an Assistant U.S. Attorney in the Southern District of New York, and he is now a CAFE contributor, the host of CAFE’s Up Against the Mob podcast, and a senior legal analyst at CNN. Joyce and Elie discuss the latest developments in former President Donald Trump’s criminal case...

Note From Elie is part of the free weekly CAFE Brief newsletter. Audio recordings of Elie’s Note are part of the CAFE Insider subscription. 

In this bonus from Stay Tuned , Preet and geopolitics expert Ian Bremmer discuss the death of Wagner group leader Yevgeny Prigozhin, and the involvement of Elon Musk’s Starlink in the Russia-Ukraine war.  Thank you for being a member of the CAFE Insider community. Tweet your questions to @PreetBharara with hashtag #askpreet, email us at letters@cafe.com, or call 669-247-7338 to leave a voicem...

Barb McQuade is the former U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Michigan, a law professor at the University of Michigan, and an NBC News/MSNBC legal analyst. To access the full written version of Barb's note, head to CAFE.com.

On the CAFE Insider docket: – The indictment of Hunter Biden on three federal gun charges in a case brought by special counsel David Weiss; – The impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden launched by House Republicans; and – Developments in Donald Trump’s election interference federal case, including Trump’s motion to recuse the judge overseeing the case, and prosecutors’ motion seeking a gag o...

Note From Elie is part of the free weekly CAFE Brief newsletter. Audio recordings of Elie’s Note are part of the CAFE Insider subscription. 

In this bonus from Stay Tuned , Preet and bestselling author Malcolm Gladwell discuss life as a lawyer, and what it means to be “theory-rich.” Thank you for being a member of the CAFE Insider community. Tweet your questions to @PreetBharara with hashtag #askpreet, email us at letters@cafe.com, or call 669-247-7338 to leave a voicemail. Stay Tuned with Preet is brought to you by CAFE and the Vox Me...

On the CAFE Insider docket: – The Fulton County, Georgia special purpose grand jury’s newly unsealed report from the Trump election interference investigation, which revealed that jurors recommended charges against Senator Lindsey Graham and other Trump allies who ultimately were not charged; – The order by a federal judge rejecting former Trump White House chief of staff Mark Meadows’s bid to tra...

Note From Elie is part of the free weekly CAFE Brief newsletter. Audio recordings of Elie’s Note are part of the CAFE Insider subscription.

In this bonus from Stay Tuned , Preet and political scientist Ryan Burge discuss the relationship between religion and sports, and how Burge caught a student using ChatGPT in his classroom. Thank you for being a member of the CAFE Insider community. Tweet your questions to @PreetBharara with hashtag #askpreet, email us at letters@cafe.com, or call 669-247-7338 to leave a voicemail. Stay Tuned with...

Asha Rangappa is a lawyer, former FBI Special Agent, and current CNN analyst. She's also a Senior Lecturer at Yale University's Jackson Institute for Global Affairs. Head to CAFE.com for a full transcript of Asha's Note. Notes from Asha are exclusive to the CAFE Insider membership. For the text of this note, along with the full archive of contributor notes, head to CAFE's website.

In the main Now & Then episode, Heather and Joanne discussed the history of presidential debates.  In Backstage, they talk about their own experiences participating in debates.  “Backstage” is a special segment of Now & Then exclusively for members of CAFE Insider. Thank you for being a member.

On the CAFE Insider docket: – Former Trump White House chief of staff Mark Meadows’s testimony at a hearing on his request to remove his criminal case in Georgia to federal court; – The speedy trial demands filed by some of Trump’s co-defendants in the Georgia prosecution, and Trump’s opposition to the expedited trial schedule; – The March 2024 trial date set for Trump’s election interference fede...

Note From Elie is part of the free weekly CAFE Brief newsletter. Audio recordings of Elie’s Note are part of the CAFE Insider subscription.

Joyce Vance is a former U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Alabama, a professor at the University of Alabama Law School, and an MSNBC legal analyst. Notes from Joyce are exclusive to the CAFE Insider membership. For the text of this note, along with the full archive of contributor notes, head to CAFE's website.

In the main Now & Then episode, Heather and Joanne discussed the history of political conventions.  In Backstage, they talk about the unique power of political history.  “Backstage” is a special segment of Now & Then exclusively for members of CAFE Insider. Thank you for being a member. 

Note From Elie is part of the free weekly CAFE Brief newsletter. Audio recordings of Elie’s Note are part of the CAFE Insider subscription.

In this bonus from Stay Tuned , Preet and Rosenberg explain how prosecutors put the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO) into practice. Thank you for being a member of the CAFE Insider community. Tweet your questions to @PreetBharara with hashtag #askpreet, email us at letters@cafe.com, or call 669-247-7338 to leave a voicemail. Stay Tuned with Preet is brought to you by CAFE...

Barb McQuade is the former U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Michigan, a law professor at the University of Michigan, and an NBC News/MSNBC legal analyst. To access the full written version of Barb's note, head to CAFE.com.