iGen Politics

In this episode, we talk with Asha Rangappa, CNN Legal Analyst, Senior Lecturer at Yale University's Jackson Institute for Global Affairs, former FBI Special Agent, and former Associate Dean at Yale Law School, about Attorney General Bill Barr's recent testimony to the House Judiciary Committee and the consequences of Barr's testimony in 2020 and beyond. Intergenerational Politics is a podcast cre...

In this episode, we talk to two protesters from Portland Oregon, Joel Barker and Sharon Meieran, about their experience protesting in Portland as well as their thoughts on federal troops coming into Portland and other cities across America. Joel is the head of communications for the Multnomah County Democratic Party in Portland and Sharon is a county commissioner in Portland. Intergenerational Pol...

In this 2nd part of our Supreme Court debrief installment, with University of Michigan Law Professor Leah Litman, we discuss the DACA case, in which the Supreme Court ruled against the Trump administration’s rescission of the Obama DACA program because it was “arbitrary and capricious.” We also discuss Little Sisters of the Poor v. Pennsylvania, also known as the Contraceptive Coverage case. We fi...

In this episode, with Juliette Kayyem, we discuss the recent disturbing events involving federal agents from the Department of Homeland Security and other governmental agencies going into the city of Portland, Oregon and now threatening to come to Chicago, Illinois and other cities. We also talk about whether this use of federal force is legal, whether it is a wise policy, whether it is an appropr...

This episode, with former University of Chicago Law School Dean and University of Chicago Provos Geoffrey Stone, is part 1 of our Supreme Court Debrief. We discuss two cases this episode — Harris Funeral Home vs EEOC, which involved whether employers could fire transgender employees for how they sexually identify, and June Medical, which looked at whether a Louisiana law that required doctors who...

This episode is with Harvard Law School Professor Lawrence Lessig in which we talk about the Electoral College, the recent faithless electors Supreme Court case that Prof. Lessig argued, and the current polarization in our country. Professor Lessig is the Roy L. Furman Professor of Law and Leadership at Harvard Law School. Prof. Lessig is the founder of EqualCitizens and a founding board member of...

This episode is with Jill Wine-Banks and Victor Shi, the two hosts, in which we discuss the recent Roger Stone commutation and how grotesque and unlawful that decision was from President Trump. Intergenerational Politics is a video series created by Jill Wine-Banks and Victor Shi dedicated to engaging all generations in politics with weekly unfiltered conversations with experts across the nation.

This episode is with Mimi Rocah in which we discuss the recent Supreme Court decision involving Trump's taxes, Mimi's recent election to become the District Attorney of Westchester, New York, and the importance of local elections to effect change. Mimi Rocah is a former Assistant United States Attorney in the Southern District of New York, serving from February 2001 until October 2017. As an AUSA,...

This episode is with Ambassador Wendy Sherman about the recent revelations that Russia paid bounties to the Taliban to attack US troops as well as effective leadership in this critical moment in our history. Ambassador Sherman is a professor of the practice of public leadership and the director of the Center for Public Leadership at the Harvard Kennedy School. Ambassador Sherman was the former Cou...

This episode is on the Attorney General Bill Barr and the state of the Department of Justice with Elie Honig, a CNN Legal Analyst who also previously worked for 14 years as a federal and state prosecutor. Elie provides commentary and analysis for CNN on breaking news relating to criminal justice and other legal issues, including a weekly column and on-air segment “Cross-Exam with Elie Honig.” In a...

This episode is on the future of women's reproductive rights in the aftermath of the recent Supreme Court decision June Medical Services v. Russo with Civia Tamarkin, an award-winning investigative journalist, documentary filmmaker, and former television news executive and Director, Executive Producer, and Writer of the film, “Birthright: a War Story.” To watch the film, click on this link: https:...

This episode is on the importance of increasing government transparency as a means to achieve racial Justice with President of Better Government Transparency David Greising and Attorney Matt Topic. Intergenerational Politics is a video series created by Jill Wine-Banks, the only woman prosecutor working the Richard Nixon impeachment case, the author of "The Watergate Girl: My Fight for Truth and J...