The Briefing with Michael Waldman
Every week, Brennan Center President Michael Waldman interviews the leaders, thinkers, and activists who are changing American democracy.
Notable Guests
Episodes (93)
How to Fix the Supreme Court (with Miriam Rosenbaum and Olatunde Johnson)
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The Supreme Court Eviscerates the Voting Rights Act (with Wendy Weiser and Karee...
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The Age of New Media (with V Spehar)
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Why Election Officials Are Alarmed (with Liz Howard)
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The Conservatives Fighting for the Rule of Law (with Gregg Nunziata)
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Speed Round (with Molly Jong-Fast)
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How Equality Wins (with Kenji Yoshino)
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How to Improve America’s Prisons (with L.B. Eisen and Randall Liberty)
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Why Is Congress Stuck? (with Maya Kornberg)
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A Fight for Voting Rights and a Showdown over AI Warfare (with Eliza Sweren-Beck...
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Executive Overreach in a Time of War
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Can the Presidency Be Tamed? (with David Frum)
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A Moment for Reform in Congress (with Rep. Joe Morelle)
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How the Justice Department Came to Threaten Elections (with Eileen O'Connor and...
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Why Nothing Works (with Marc Dunkelman)
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Pam Bondi's “Ransom” Letter (with Wendy Weiser)
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How We Can Fix America’s Corruption Problem (with Celinda Lake and Daniel Weiner...
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An Emergency in Venezuela
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2025: Year in Review
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Bush v. Gore and the State of U.S. Elections
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How Congress Must Respond to Trump's Boat Strikes (with Katherine Yon Ebright)
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Does the Constitution Still Work?
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Troops in American Cities
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Keeping a Democracy (with Joyce Vance)
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The Power of the Purse
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Justice Weaponized
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Paying for Power
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Supreme Court Preview
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The Campaign to Undermine the Midterms
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The Next Phase of the Fight
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The Past, Present, and Future of the Voting Rights Act
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Outbreak Behind Bars
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The Rise of the Imperial Presidency
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The Trouble Between Trump and the States on Education Policy
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The Constitutional Obligation to Justice
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The Supreme Court Term In Review
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The Guarantee of Birthright Citizenship
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Presidential Power in the First 100 Days
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The Risks of Government by AI
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Presidents Don’t Control Our Elections
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A Presidential Lawbreaking Spree
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Do the Police Care About White Supremacist Violence?
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Trump's Theory of Power
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Insurrection Inc.
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Analyzing Trump's Plan to Invoke the Alien Enemies Act
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An Insider’s Guide to the Election Results
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What's at Stake on State Ballots
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Promoting Justice and Public Safety Since the Pandemic
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Latinos and the Far Right
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The Fight Against Originalism Continues
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