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CAFE Insider

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Co-hosts Preet Bharara and Joyce Vance help you to make sense of law and politics each week, plus weekly notes and bonus content exclusive to CAFE Insider members.

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Jul 7, 2026

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Episodes

Backstage, Now & Then, 9/13 13.09.2022

“Backstage” is a special segment of Now & Then exclusively for members of CAFE Insider. In this installment, Heather and Joanne discuss the music of underdog media.  Thank you for being a member of the CAFE Insider community. For references & supplemental materials, head to: cafe.com/now-and-then/backstage-now-then-9-13/

Note from Elie: The Real World Cost of Prosecutorial Delay 09.09.2022

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.

Stay Tuned Bonus 9/8: Anne Neuberger 08.09.2022

In this bonus from Stay Tuned, Preet speaks with Anne Neuberger, a top cybersecurity advisor in the Biden administration. They discuss how to rebuild American infrastructure, and the threat of foreign malicious cyber activity.  Thank you for being a member of the CAFE Insider community. Tweet your questions to @PreetBharara with hashtag #askpreet, email us at staytuned@cafe.com, or call 669-2...

CAFE Insider 9/6: “Outrageous Order” (with Maya Wiley) 06.09.2022

This week on the CAFE Insider podcast, Joyce Vance is joined by guest co-host Maya Wiley while Preet is at the Code Conference. Maya is the President and CEO of The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights. She has also served as counsel to the mayor of New York City and in the Civil Division of the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York. And, she was a candidate for N...

Backstage, Now & Then, 9/6 06.09.2022

“Backstage” is a special segment of Now & Then exclusively for members of CAFE Insider. In this installment, Heather and Joanne discuss how they learned about loans and credit.  Thank you for being a member of the CAFE Insider community. For references & supplemental materials, head to: cafe.com/now-and-then/backstage-now-then-9-6/

Note from Elie: All the Former President’s Lawyers 02.09.2022

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.

Note From Asha: Barr-a-Lago: A New Memo Reveals Lies, Deceit, and Treachery 01.09.2022

"Note From Asha" is a part of the CAFE Insider subscription. 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.

Stay Tuned Bonus 9/1: Mark Leibovich 01.09.2022

In this bonus from Stay Tuned, Leibovich sizes up Donald Trump's post-presidency and whether Ron Desantis is a strong candidate to lead the Republican ticket in 2024.  Thank you for being a member of the CAFE Insider community. Tweet your questions to @PreetBharara with hashtag #askpreet, email us at staytuned@cafe.com, or call 669-247-7338 to leave a voicemail. Stay Tuned with Preet is broug...

CAFE Insider 8/30: "Are We Off Base?" 30.08.2022

On the CAFE Insider docket this week:  – DOJ’s unsealed, heavily-redacted affidavit in support of the Mar-a-Lago search warrant and a memorandum of law explaining the redactions; – The letter that former President Donald Trump’s lawyer sent to DOJ to persuade prosecutors to stop the investigation into his alleged mishandling of presidential documents;  – The order in which a federal judg...

Note From Elie: Merrick Garland Holds the Line 26.08.2022

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.

Note From Joyce: The Magistrate Judge Doesn’t Have The Final Say 24.08.2022

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 .

CAFE Insider 8/23: Skeletons In the Closet 23.08.2022

On the CAFE Insider docket this week:  – Former President Donald Trump’s court filing challenging the FBI’s Mar-a-Lago search on Fourth Amendment grounds and requesting that the court appoint a special master to review the seized documents;  – The debate over whether the judge should unseal a redacted version of the search warrant affidavit over DOJ’s opposition; and – Senator Lindsey Gr...

Backstage, Now & Then, 8/23 23.08.2022
Note From Elie: In Defense of the Fifth 19.08.2022

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.

Note From Barb: 45 Shades of Graymail 17.08.2022

"Note From Barb" is now a part of the CAFE Insider subscription. 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.

CAFE Insider 8/16: What's in the Mar-a-Lago Search Warrant? 16.08.2022

In this episode of CAFE Insider , Preet Bharara and Joyce Vance break down the unsealed search warrant and property receipt from the FBI’s search of Mar-a-Lago. Did the seized documents contain sensitive national security information? What are the political implications of the search? And will former President Donald Trump face charges? Preet and Joyce also discuss Trump’s reported invocation of t...

Backstage, Now & Then, 8/16 16.08.2022

“Backstage” is a special segment of Now & Then exclusively for members of CAFE Insider. In this installment, Heather and Joanne discuss more childhood board game memories.  Thank you for being a member of the CAFE Insider community. For references & supplemental materials, head to: cafe.com/now-and-then/backstage-now-then-8-16

Note from Elie: Making Sense of Mar-a-Lago 12.08.2022

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.

Note from Preet: Pelosi’s Taiwan Trip, Explained (with Evan Osnos) 11.08.2022

Preet spoke with Evan Osnos, the New Yorker staff writer who has won a Pulitzer for his coverage of China, about Speaker Nancy Pelosi's recent trip to Taiwan. For a full transcript of the interview, head to CAFE's website .

Stay Tuned Bonus 8/11: John Avlon 11.08.2022

In this bonus from Stay Tuned, John Avlon explains why he believes we need a Marshall Plan for 2022 and the similarities between Joe Biden and the fictional television character, Ted Lasso. Thank you for being a member of the CAFE Insider community. Tweet your questions to @PreetBharara with hashtag #askpreet, email us at staytuned@cafe.com, or call 669-247-7338 to leave a voicemail. Stay Tuned wi...

Note From Melissa: Authoritarianism and Democratic Deliberation 10.08.2022

“Note From Melissa” is the latest addition to the CAFE Insider subscription. Melissa Murray is an NYU Law Professor, the co-host of the Strict Scrutiny podcast, and an MSNBC legal analyst. To access the full transcript of Melissa’s note, head to CAFE.com: https://cafe.com/notes-from-contributors/note-from-melissa-authoritarianism-and-democratic-deliberation/

CAFE Insider 8/9: Mar-a-Lago Search 09.08.2022

In this episode of CAFE Insider , Preet Bharara and Joyce Vance break down the news that FBI agents executed a search warrant at Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago residence. The search reportedly pertains to the Department of Justice’s investigation into whether the former President mishandled classified documents. Did Attorney General Merrick Garland approve the search? What special considerations go int...

Backstage, Now & Then, 8/9 09.08.2022

“Backstage” is a special segment of Now & Then exclusively for members of CAFE Insider. In this installment, Heather and Joanne discuss some intriguing tax-related tales from their own lives.  Thank you for being a member of the CAFE Insider community.

Note from Elie: A Chance at Redemption 05.08.2022

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.

Note From Preet: Understanding Monkeypox (with Dr. Kavita Patel) 04.08.2022

Preet spoke with Dr. Kavita Patel, a primary care physician and health policy expert who serves as an on-air contributor to NBC and MSNBC, about the risks of Monkeypox. For a full transcript of the interview, head to CAFE's website .

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