The one-year anniversary of the January 6th insurrection, the NY Attorney General’s and Manhattan District Attorney’s investigations into Trump’s business dealings, and the Elizabeth Holmes and Ghislaine Maxwell convictions are making headlines this week. In this sample from the CAFE Insider podcast, Preet and Joyce break down the likelihood that the instigators of the January 6th attack, including former President Donald Trump, will be held accountable. In the full episode, Preet and Joyce disc...
Jan 04, 2022•11 min
In honor of the late Harry Reid, who died December 28, 2021, a broadcast of Preet's interview with the former Nevada Senator, who rose from humble beginnings in the mining town of Searchlight, Nevada, to become one of the most consequential Senate Majority Leaders in American history. The interview originally aired on February 7th, 2019. The episode begins with Preet’s reflection on the life and legacy of Senator Reid, recorded after hearing the news of his death. For show notes and a transcript...
Jan 01, 2022•47 min
Another year. An insurrection. A new president. A continuing global pandemic. Disheartening Supreme Court cases. Historic trials and verdicts. Moments of horror, and moments of pride. In this episode, Preet looks back on some of his conversations on Stay Tuned and the CAFE Insider podcast that defined this complicated, hard, and at-times-hopeful year. All of us at CAFE wish you a happy New Year, and look forward to coming back stronger in 2022. Thank you for supporting and engaging with our work...
Dec 29, 2021•1 hr 7 min
In this special episode of the CAFE Insider podcast recorded on November 16, Joyce speaks with prominent technology investor Roger McNamee. CAFE Insider is usually behind the paywall, but we’re taking it down for this episode due to popular demand. The conversation centers around the threat Facebook poses to democracy, and what happened when McNamee confronted Mark Zuckerberg following the 2016 election. They also discuss McNamee’s mentorship of Zuckerberg, how that relationship fell apart after...
Dec 22, 2021•1 hr 4 min
If Bannon and Meadows are convicted, what kind of sentences would they face? Could the January 6th Committee come to conclusions without interviewing particular witnesses? Preet addresses those questions from listeners, including one with a not-so-cheery answer: What is he most concerned about heading into 2022? Then, Preet interviews Jonathan Capehart, opinion writer at the Washington Post and the host of The Sunday Show with Jonathan Capehart on MSNBC. For show notes and a transcript of the ep...
Dec 16, 2021•1 hr 8 min
The January 6th committee, Mark Meadows, and the future of abortion are making the headlines this week. In this sample from the CAFE Insider podcast, Preet and Joyce break down former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows’s efforts to avoid complying with a subpoena from the January 6th committee. They also break down the information Meadows supplied to the committee, including a PowerPoint presentation that was shared among Trump allies, which shows the drastic measures that members of Trump'...
Dec 14, 2021•16 min
What role does the support staff play during government investigations and prosecutions? What is the scope of protections granted by the 5th Amendment? Preet answers listener questions. Then, Preet interviews Rep. Pramila Jayapal of Seattle, the Chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus. For show notes and a transcript of the episode, head to: https://cafe.com/stay-tuned/politics-as-activism-with-pramila-jayapal/ Don’t miss the Insider Bonus, where Jayapal answers a lightning round of questi...
Dec 09, 2021•1 hr 7 min
Supreme Court abortion oral arguments, the January 6th committee, and the Oxford High School shooting are making the headlines this week. In this sample from the CAFE Insider podcast, Preet and Joyce break down oral arguments in the high-profile abortion case in which Mississippi is asking the Court to overturn Roe v. Wade. Will the Court uphold the Mississippi law that bans most abortions after 15 weeks of gestation? Is Roe dead? In the full episode, Preet and Joyce discuss the latest developme...
Dec 08, 2021•16 min
Preet answers listener questions about Michael Cohen’s assertion that former Trump Organization CFO Allen Weisselberg is “not the key” to the Manhattan DA’s investigation. He also addresses the news that former Trump chief of staff Mark Meadows has decided to cooperate with the House Select Committee investigating the January 6th attack. Then, Preet interviews Scott Galloway, professor of marketing at NYU’s Stern School of Business, and host of The Prof G Pod and Pivot. They talk about how the p...
Dec 02, 2021•1 hr 21 min
The Ahmaud Arbery murder, the Supreme Court abortion cases, and the Ghislaine Maxwell trial are making the headlines this week. In this sample from the CAFE Insider podcast, Preet and Joyce break down the murder convictions for the three men who killed Ahmaud Arbery, the potential issues the defense could raise on appeal, and the pending federal hate crime charges against the men. In the full episode, Preet and Joyce discuss the forthcoming Supreme Court oral argument in a high-profile abortion ...
Nov 30, 2021•13 min
Preet interviewed Rep. Adam Schiff for a live event at Cooper Union in New York City on Monday, November 22nd. Schiff, the chair of the House Intelligence Committee and the lead manager in the first impeachment trial of Donald Trump, is out with a book called Midnight in Washington: How We Almost Lost Our Democracy and Still Could. For show notes and a transcript of the episode, head to: https://cafe.com/stay-tuned/inside-the-fight-for-democracy-with-adam-schiff/ Don’t miss the Insider Bonus, wh...
Nov 24, 2021•1 hr 14 min
Kyle Rittenhouse’s acquittal and the Ahmaud Arbery killing trial are making the headlines this week. In this sample from the CAFE Insider podcast, Preet and Joyce discuss the strength of Rittenhouse’s self-defense arguments and the rise of vigilantism. In the full episode, Preet and Joyce break down the impact of video evidence at the Rittenhouse trial and the judge’s handling of the case, which has attracted some controversy. They also discuss the latest developments in the trial for the three ...
Nov 23, 2021•16 min
Preet answers listener questions about why Steve Bannon wasn’t immediately arrested after being indicted, whether the judge in the Kyle Rittenhouse trial acted inappropriately, and the likelihood of a civil war in the United States. Then, Preet interviews Tom Nichols, a professor of international affairs at the U.S. Naval War College and the author of a new book, Our Own Worst Enemy, which raises a new theory about the rise of anti-democratic movements: that our own narcissism is at fault. For s...
Nov 18, 2021•1 hr 20 min
In this sample from the CAFE Insider podcast, Joyce asks prominent technology investor Roger McNamee about the threat Facebook poses to democracy, and what happened when he confronted Mark Zuckerberg following the 2016 election. In the full episode, they discuss McNamee’s mentorship of Zuckerberg, how that relationship fell apart after Facebook changed its business model to maximize profit, and what can still be done to protect the public from exploitative technologies. They also dig into McName...
Nov 17, 2021•13 min
Head to cafe.com/news to receive a link to listen to a new special episode of CAFE Insider. Preet and Joyce discuss the news that a federal grand jury has indicted Steve Bannon on two counts of contempt of Congress for refusing to comply with a subpoena issued by the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6th insurrection. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Nov 15, 2021•1 min
Preet answers a listener’s question about a federal judge’s ruling denying former President Trump’s claim of executive privilege to block the release of his administration’s documents concerning the January 6th insurrection. Then, Preet interviews Anita Hill, a professor at Brandeis University and the author of Believing: Our Thirty-Year Journey to End Gender Violence. For show notes and a transcript of the episode, head to: https://cafe.com/stay-tuned/30-years-later-with-anita-hill/ We need you...
Nov 11, 2021•1 hr 23 min
Ahmaud Arbery killing trial and a new Durham probe indictment are making the headlines this week. In this sample from the CAFE Insider podcast, Preet and Joyce discuss jury selection issues in the trial of the three men who are charged with killing Arbery, a 25-year-old Black man, in 2020. They also break down the grand jury indictment in the Durham probe of Igor Danchenko, a Russian analyst who contributed to the Steele Dossier, on charges of lying to the FBI. In the full episode, Preet and Joy...
Nov 09, 2021•14 min
Preet answers listener questions about the timeline for indicting Steve Bannon and the new revelations about John Eastman, an attorney for then-President Trump, who authored two memos on how Joe Biden could be denied victory in the presidential election. Plus, a question from a former Stay Tuned guest. Then, Preet interviews Marc Lore, entrepreneur and longtime Bharara family friend, about his ambitious plan to create a new city from the ground up. For show notes and a transcript of the episode,...
Nov 04, 2021•1 hr 7 min
In this sample from the CAFE Insider podcast, Preet and Joyce break down the Supreme Court oral arguments in a pair of challenges to SB8, the Texas law that bans abortions once a fetal heartbeat can be detected at around six weeks of gestation. In the full episode, they discuss a series of reports that revealed damaging information from Facebook’s internal documents, which were leaked by former Facebook employee-turned-whistleblower Frances Haugen. The documents show, among other things, that ...
Nov 02, 2021•16 min
Preet answers listener questions about the timeline of the January 6th insurrection prosecutions, how DOJ will decide whether to prosecute Steven Bannon, and whether the pardon shields Bannon from prosecution. Then, Preet interviews Dr. Fiona Hill about her new book, There Is Nothing for You Here: Finding Opportunity in the Twenty-First Century. A foreign policy expert at the Brookings Institution, Hill served as the Trump administration’s top Russia advisor from 2017 to 2019. She gained nationa...
Oct 28, 2021•1 hr 27 min
In this sample from the CAFE Insider podcast, Preet and Joyce discuss the Supreme Court’s decision to leave in place Texas’s restrictive abortion law and to schedule emergency oral argument for next week in DOJ’s challenge to the law. The Court will determine whether the federal government has standing to sue Texas to block enforcement of the law and whether Texas can deputize private citizens to enforce the law. In the full episode, Preet and Joyce break down the House’s vote to hold former Whi...
Oct 26, 2021•10 min
Preet answers a listener question about reports that former President Trump was deposed on Monday as part of a lawsuit alleging that his security guards attacked protesters outside of Trump Tower in 2015. He also addresses what will happen if Steve Bannon is held in criminal contempt of Congress. Plus, some thoughts on steakhouses. Then, Preet interviews Steven Van Zandt, aka “Little Steven,” an actor and musician best known as the guitarist in Bruce Springsteen’s E Street Band. Van Zandt, who a...
Oct 21, 2021•1 hr 16 min
In this sample from the CAFE Insider podcast, Preet and Joyce discuss former president Trump’s lawsuit that seeks to block the release of documents to the House select committee investigating the January 6th insurrection at the Capitol. In the full episode, Preet and Joyce break down other developments in the January 6th investigation, including a potential criminal contempt of Congress charge against former Trump White House chief strategist Steve Bannon for defying a subpoena, and the committe...
Oct 19, 2021•16 min
Preet answers listener questions about whether the House Select Committee On the January 6th Attack can enforce its subpoena of former White House Chief Strategist Steve Bannon and the concerns about “the slow-moving coup,” described by comedian Bill Maher. Plus, does a certain Supreme Court justice listen to Stay Tuned? Then, Preet interviews Darren Walker, president of the Ford Foundation, about inequality, upward mobility, and the complicated power of philanthropy. For show notes and a transc...
Oct 14, 2021•1 hr 8 min
In this sample from the CAFE Insider podcast, Preet and Joyce discuss the latest developments in the Department of Justice’s challenge to Texas’s restrictive abortion law: the district court order temporarily blocking enforcement of the law, the Fifth Circuit’s reinstatement of the law, and DOJ’s latest court filing challenging the Fifth Circuit’s ruling. In the full episode, Preet and Joyce discuss the indications that former Trump campaign CEO Steve Bannon plans to defy the subpoena to testify...
Oct 12, 2021•13 min
Preet answers a listener question about the request made by Joel Greenberg, an associate of Rep. Matt Gaetz, to delay his sentencing so he can continue cooperating with the government in a sex trafficking probe. He also answers questions about the DOJ’s announcement that it is reviewing its decision not to prosecute the FBI agents who mishandled the investigation into the disgraced USA Gymnastics doctor Larry Nassar, and the recent Facebook outage. Then, Preet interviews Chris Krebs, the former ...
Oct 07, 2021•1 hr 7 min
In this sample from the CAFE Insider podcast, Preet and Joyce discuss the subpoenas issued by the House select committee investigating the January 6th insurrection at the Capitol. They also break down the mechanisms for compelling Congressional testimony and for holding someone accountable for defying a subpoena. In the full episode, Preet and Joyce discuss the latest developments regarding reproductive rights, including the Department of Justice’s emergency request to block Texas’s restrictive ...
Oct 05, 2021•16 min
In this episode of Stay Tuned, Preet answers listener questions about the workings of the Securities and Exchange Commission, including, among other things, the overlapping jurisdiction of the SEC and U.S. attorney offices, and the difference between criminal and civil securities fraud. Then, Preet interviews SEC Chair Gary Gensler. Gensler has been at the forefront of financial policymaking for decades, including stints as the Chair of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission and as an aide to ...
Sep 30, 2021•53 min
On this special episode of CAFE Insider, Joyce Vance interviews Lee Gelernt, the Deputy Director of the ACLU’s Immigrants’ Rights Project. Gelernt is one of the country’s leading civil rights lawyers. During the Trump administration, he filed lawsuits challenging the White House’s most draconian immigration policies, including the ban on individuals from certain Muslim-majority countries and the family separation policy at the border. Now, Gelernt is actively litigating a case against the Biden ...
Sep 28, 2021•49 min
Stay Tuned turns four! Preet answers listener questions about our anniversary, the possibility of fresh indictments in the Manhattan DA’s criminal investigation of the Trump Organization, the Elizabeth Holmes trial, and...pumpkin spice lattes. Then, Preet interviews Bina Venkataraman, the editorial page editor of The Boston Globe and former senior climate advisor in the Obama administration, about her book, The Optimist’s Telescope: Thinking Ahead in a Reckless Age. For show notes and a transcri...
Sep 23, 2021•1 hr 12 min
