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  • The Politics of Tit-for-Tat

    October 21, 2026 · 20 min

    Bob Bauer and Jack Goldsmith discuss Jack’s October 19 piece on Senator Elissa Slotkin’s recent viral remarks at the University of Chicago, where she said she wanted accountability for the people who enabled President Trump, at least in…

  • Francis Fukuyama Reflects on His Career and the Challenges Facing Liberal Democracy

    October 15, 2026 · 25 min

    Bob Bauer interviews Francis Fukuyama, the Olivier Nomellini Senior Fellow at Stanford’s Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies and author of The End of History and the Last Man. They discuss his new memoir, In the Realm of the…

  • Scrambling to Regulate a Sensitive Dual-Use Technology

    October 12, 2026 · 22 min

    Jack interviews attorney and historian Catherine Grace Katz about her new book, Shadow Before the Flame: The Hindenburg Disaster and the Prelude to War. They discuss how a 1925 U.S. ban on helium exports required German airships to fly on…

  • AI, Elections, and the Liar’s Dividend

    October 9, 2026 · 26 min

    Bob interviews Nate Persily, the James B. McClatchy Professor of Law at Stanford Law School and co-director of the Stanford Law AI Initiative, about artificial intelligence and democracy, with particular attention to elections. They…

  • Election Administration Under Pressure

    October 2, 2026 · 26 min

    Bob Bauer interviews Tammy Patrick, Chief Executive Officer for Programs at the Election Center and former Federal Compliance Officer for the Maricopa County Elections Department, about how election officials are preparing for the midterm…

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  • Advertising the President on the Taxpayer’s Dime

    September 30, 2026 · 11 min

    Jack and Bob discuss the legality of the three advertisements praising President Trump that have recently aired with the tag “Paid for by the U.S. Government” and were reportedly paid for with Department of Homeland Security funds. They…

  • Is Trump Media’s Early-Access Feed Lawful?

    September 22, 2026 · 16 min

    Jack Goldsmith interviews John Coates, the John F. Cogan, Jr. Professor of Law and Economics at Harvard Law School and former general counsel of the Securities and Exchange Commission, about Trump Media’s sale of early access to the…

  • SCOTUS Leaves the Ballot-Mail Rule Blocked

    September 15, 2026 · 5 min

    Bob Bauer discusses the Supreme Court’s order declining to stay the injunction against the Postal Service’s ballot-mail rule, issued the previous evening over a brief concurrence from Justice Kavanaugh and a longer dissent from Justices…

  • Republican Pushback on the Administration's Election Program

    September 11, 2026 · 12 min

    Bob Bauer and Jack Goldsmith cover three sites of Republican pushback against the administration's election interventions: the Missouri dispute over which congressional map governs November, Justice Department election monitors in Wyoming…

  • Elizabeth Sherwood-Randall on Bioweapons in the Age of AI

    August 31, 2026 · 31 min

    Jack interviews Elizabeth Sherwood-Randall, the Ashton B. Carter Visiting Professor at the Harvard Kennedy School and formerly Assistant to the President for Homeland Security and Deputy National Security Advisor, about her new Kennedy…

  • The Postal Service and the 2026 Elections

    August 27, 2026 · 20 min

    Jack and Bob discuss litigation over the Trump administration’s executive order on the Postal Service and election integrity, and the recent final rule that the Postal Service issued to implement the order. They explain what the Trump…

  • States’ Protection of Their Elections

    July 30, 2026 · 23 min

    Bob speaks with Danielle Friedman, Legal Director of the State Democracy Research Initiative at the University of Wisconsin Law School, about the Initiatives’ recently published analysis of state criminal laws that could apply to potential…

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Bob Bauer and Jack Goldsmith discuss news about the presidency. www.execfunctions.org