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Dec 17, 2019 • 35min
McConnell's Show Trial w/Neal Katyal
Bill talks impeachment with Neal Katyal, former acting Solicitor General and author of Impeach. The Case Against Donald J. Trump about Trump, McConnell, Chief Justice John Roberts, James Madison and the other Founders. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
Dec 13, 2019 • 42min
Impeach. Tweet. Rinse. Repeat. The Dec 13 PodTable
Bill tackles the week's news with Pema Levy of Mother Jones, Jason Dick, Deputy Editor of CQ-Roll Call, Leah Askarinam , Editor of National Journal's Hotline. Impeachment. Moscow Mitch now jury fixer Mitch. IG report clears FBI of political bias. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
Dec 10, 2019 • 39min
Bill Barr is Trump's Roy Cohn...The Damage Barr Has Done
Bill talks to Ed Chung, the vice president for Criminal Justice Reform at The Center for American Progress. He follows the Barr Justice Department. What he finds is not good. To say the least.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
Dec 6, 2019 • 42min
"Don't Mess With Mama" The 12-6 PodTable
Bill breaks down the news with Ginger Gibson, National Political Correspondent for Reuters, Addy Baird, Congressional Correspondent for BuzzFeed and Scott Wong, Senior Writer for the Hill. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
Dec 3, 2019 • 30min
Pulitzer Winner David Maraniss On His Father and The Red Scare
Maraniss, biographer of Obama, Clinton, Gore and Gingrich, reveals the damage The Red Scare did to his family and the country in his new book, "A Good American Family."See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
Nov 29, 2019 • 31min
When The Rule of Law Ruled the WH w/Obama WH Counsel Greg Craig
How should any White House Counsel deal with a lawless President? See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
Nov 26, 2019 • 26min
GOP Defenses "Fell Victim to the Facts" w/CNN's Jeffrey Toobin
CNN's Chief Legal Analyst Jeffrey Toobin on impeachment, "absolute immunity," military justice and just how "moderate" is John Roberts. Plus Bill tears down the GOP impeachment defenses of Trump. One by one. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
Nov 22, 2019 • 40min
"The Frenetic Avalanche of News" ...The Podtable for Nov 21
Where we are with impeachment after this week's bombshell testimony, with Jennifer Haberkorn of the LA Times, Hunter Walker of Yahoo News and Niall Stanage of The Hill. Plus, did the Dem Debate shake up the race? And Stephen Miller, Trump's pardons and Bibi's indictment.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
Nov 21, 2019 • 37min
The Nov 20 Democratic Debate...How'd they do?
Bill was in Atlanta in the Spin Room to get after-action reports from reporters and candidates.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
Nov 19, 2019 • 40min
The GOP is a Cult. W/Norman Ornstein, co-author of "It's Worse Than it Looks."
Stop with the "both sides-ism." The polarization is tribal and one party is at fault. Even before Trump See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
