Podcast appearances and mentions of Juliette Kayyem

CNN's John King zooms in with the latest national political headlines.Boston Globe's Shirley Leung discusses the dignitaries and CEOs treating the World Cup like a Davos summit, and the SJC blocking the rent control ballot question.National security expert Juliette Kayyem discusses the possibility of federal agents at the polls this fall, and Trump's attack on "antifascist operatives"Two sons of pioneer sports talk radio host Eddie Andelman join to discuss their father's legacy.

National security expert Juliette Kayyem discussing the latest round of strikes between US and Iran.Gary Mitchell discusses the closing of the S&S deli after 107 years. Carolyn Chou of Homes for All Massachusetts, discusses the rent control ballot question.Senator Ed Markey discusses his campaign for his eighth term in Congress. (zoom)

Naturalist Sy Montgomery discuses the elephants of the New Bedford Zoo and a blue octopus that made headlines last week.GOP Senate hopeful John Deaton stops by to discuss why he's hoping to unseat Senator Markey in November. FRONTLINE producer/writer Mike Wiser discusses their latest film "The War Cabinet."National security expert Juliette Kayyem on a rise in deaths and suicides at ICE detention centers.Jody Adams and Billy Shore zoom in from Bend, Oregon to talk about their Chefs Cycle Ride.And we end the show with an ode to outdoor dining, beach days… and confrontations with seagulls. Have you ever been accosted by a fry-hungry gull? Do you have tips for avoiding these rat birds? 

National security expert Juliette Kayyem discusses Pope Leo's encyclical on AI and humanity, and the latest on war with Iran.Legal scholar Lawrence Lessig discusses election reform.Boston Mayor Michelle Wu joins for this month's Ask the Mayor.

Former Homeland Security official and national security expert Juliette Kayyem joins veteran journalist Warren Olney for a timely conversation on security, democratic stability, and the growing challenges facing the United States.This episode of America at a Crossroads examines domestic instability, political violence, crisis response, and the future of public trust in democratic institutions. Drawing on decades of experience in homeland security, journalism, and public policy, Kayyem and Olney discuss what resilience looks like in an increasingly uncertain era.

Dan Primak, Axios business editor, joins for a rundown of the latest business headlines, including the latest debate over taxing carried interest.Brian Shortsleeve is a Republican candidate for Governor. He joins us to talk about why he's running against the Mass GOP-endorsed candidate, Mike Minogue, and why he thinks he can beat incumbent Gov. Maura Healey.Harvard national security expert Juliette Kayyem gives the latest on Monday's shooting in Cambridge. And a special live music Wednesday with Grammy-winning singer Sonja Tengblad.Then, we open the phone lines to wax poetic about the deliciousness of the mango.

Li Fung, the top UN human rights official in Sudan, discusses the humanitarian crisis there amid civil war and starvation.C.L. Fornari, aka The Garden Lady, joins us at the library to discuss her new book "Hydrangea Happiness" and all things in the garden this spring.Harvard national security expert Juliette Kayyem joins at the library to discuss the latest in Iran. And, and how Trump's sons landed a massive Pentagon deal, flaunting corruption at the highest level of our government.

In the wake of the Supreme Court's seismic redistricting decision, Harry talks with David Gura, Juliette Kayyem, and Tara Setmayer to take stock of the ruling's impact, the aftershocks of the White House Correspondents' Dinner attack, and Jerome Powell's stand against Trump. How will the Callais ruling reshape the political map and Black representation in the South? Will Powell's successor prove a Trump lapdog? And what are the political and policy ramifications of the latest episode of political violence?  Mentioned in this episode:  David's reporting: https://www.bloomberg.com/authors/AWxIJr64omw/david-gura Juliette's analysis: https://www.theatlantic.com/author/juliette-kayyem/ Tara's Substack: https://tarasetmayer.substack.com/  Juliette's piece about the WHCD attack: https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/04/safety-security-whcd-prevention/686969/  Atlantic piece on the rise of so-called normie extremists: https://www.theatlantic.com/national-security/2026/04/cole-allen-whcd-trump-extremism/686993/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Justice Department has released video showing the moment an armed man stormed past security at the White House Correspondents' Dinner. The incident is raising serious questions about security surrounding the president at high-profile public events. Geoff Bennett speaks with Juliette Kayyem of the Homeland Security Project at the Harvard Kennedy School to learn more. PBS News is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy

The Justice Department has released video showing the moment an armed man stormed past security at the White House Correspondents' Dinner. The incident is raising serious questions about security surrounding the president at high-profile public events. Geoff Bennett speaks with Juliette Kayyem of the Homeland Security Project at the Harvard Kennedy School to learn more. PBS News is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy

This week, Emily Bazelon, John Dickerson, and guest host Juliette Kayyem discuss the ongoing political fallout from Saturday's attempted assassination at the White House Correspondents' Dinner, the monumental impact the Supreme Court ruling in Louisiana v. Callais will have on minority political representation, and what yesterday's oral arguments at SCOTUS portend for immigrants under Temporary Protected Status.For this week's Slate Plus bonus episode, Emily, John, and guest host Juliette Kayyem discuss King Charles and Queen Camilla's state visit to the U.S., including the subtle digs in Charles's address to Congress and his inescapable position as a foil to President Trump. In the latest Gabfest Reads, Emily Bazelon talks with journalist Mark Oppenheimer about his new book, Judy Blume: A Life. Oppenheimer, who spent years with Blume's papers at Yale and conducted extensive interviews with the author herself, traces how a restless housewife in New Jersey became one of the most beloved—and most banned—writers in American history. Email your chatters, questions, and comments to gabfest@slate.com. (Messages may be referenced by name unless the writer stipulates otherwise.) Podcast production by Nina Porzucki Research by Emily DittoYou can find the full Political Gabfest show pages here. Want more Political Gabfest? Join Slate Plus to unlock weekly bonus episodes. Plus, you'll access ad-free listening across all your favorite Slate podcasts. You can subscribe directly from the Political Gabfest show page on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. Or visit slate.com/gabfestplus to get access wherever you listen. Find out more about David Plotz's monthly tours of Ft. DeRussy, the secret Civil War fort hidden in Rock Creek Park. Follow@SlateGabfest on X / https://twitter.com/SlateGabfestSlate Political Gabfest on Facebook / https://www.facebook.com/Gabfest/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week, Emily Bazelon, John Dickerson, and guest host Juliette Kayyem discuss the ongoing political fallout from Saturday's attempted assassination at the White House Correspondents' Dinner, the monumental impact the Supreme Court ruling in Louisiana v. Callais will have on minority political representation, and what yesterday's oral arguments at SCOTUS portend for immigrants under Temporary Protected Status.For this week's Slate Plus bonus episode, Emily, John, and guest host Juliette Kayyem discuss King Charles and Queen Camilla's state visit to the U.S., including the subtle digs in Charles's address to Congress and his inescapable position as a foil to President Trump. In the latest Gabfest Reads, Emily Bazelon talks with journalist Mark Oppenheimer about his new book, Judy Blume: A Life. Oppenheimer, who spent years with Blume's papers at Yale and conducted extensive interviews with the author herself, traces how a restless housewife in New Jersey became one of the most beloved—and most banned—writers in American history. Email your chatters, questions, and comments to gabfest@slate.com. (Messages may be referenced by name unless the writer stipulates otherwise.) Podcast production by Nina Porzucki Research by Emily DittoYou can find the full Political Gabfest show pages here. Want more Political Gabfest? Join Slate Plus to unlock weekly bonus episodes. Plus, you'll access ad-free listening across all your favorite Slate podcasts. You can subscribe directly from the Political Gabfest show page on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. Or visit slate.com/gabfestplus to get access wherever you listen. Find out more about David Plotz's monthly tours of Ft. DeRussy, the secret Civil War fort hidden in Rock Creek Park. Follow@SlateGabfest on X / https://twitter.com/SlateGabfestSlate Political Gabfest on Facebook / https://www.facebook.com/Gabfest/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week, Emily Bazelon, John Dickerson, and guest host Juliette Kayyem discuss the ongoing political fallout from Saturday's attempted assassination at the White House Correspondents' Dinner, the monumental impact the Supreme Court ruling in Louisiana v. Callais will have on minority political representation, and what yesterday's oral arguments at SCOTUS portend for immigrants under Temporary Protected Status.For this week's Slate Plus bonus episode, Emily, John, and guest host Juliette Kayyem discuss King Charles and Queen Camilla's state visit to the U.S., including the subtle digs in Charles's address to Congress and his inescapable position as a foil to President Trump. In the latest Gabfest Reads, Emily Bazelon talks with journalist Mark Oppenheimer about his new book, Judy Blume: A Life. Oppenheimer, who spent years with Blume's papers at Yale and conducted extensive interviews with the author herself, traces how a restless housewife in New Jersey became one of the most beloved—and most banned—writers in American history. Email your chatters, questions, and comments to gabfest@slate.com. (Messages may be referenced by name unless the writer stipulates otherwise.) Podcast production by Nina Porzucki Research by Emily DittoYou can find the full Political Gabfest show pages here. Want more Political Gabfest? Join Slate Plus to unlock weekly bonus episodes. Plus, you'll access ad-free listening across all your favorite Slate podcasts. You can subscribe directly from the Political Gabfest show page on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. Or visit slate.com/gabfestplus to get access wherever you listen. Find out more about David Plotz's monthly tours of Ft. DeRussy, the secret Civil War fort hidden in Rock Creek Park. Follow@SlateGabfest on X / https://twitter.com/SlateGabfestSlate Political Gabfest on Facebook / https://www.facebook.com/Gabfest/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Food policy expert Corby Kummer on Boston's love for foie gras ... and the simultaneous rise of 'recession meals' that destigmatize home cooking on a budget.Harvard national security expert Juliette Kayyem discusses her latest reporting on the White House Correspondents Dinner shooting and new State Department rules that would deny visas to those who fear returning home.Conductor Keith Lockhart discusses the Boston Pops spring season.And for our final Long Run series, we talk about porta-potty sustainability with Rachel Binstock of Wasted*.

The FIFA 2026 World Cup kicks off in June and 11 American host cities are getting ready for an influx of fans. Juliette Kayyem, a national security expert and former DHS official, examines how the partial government shutdown has impacted preparedness for the mega event.For sponsor-free episodes of Consider This, sign up for Consider This+ via Apple Podcasts or at plus.npr.org. Email us at considerthis@npr.org.This episode was produced by Henry Larson and Jeffrey Pierre. It was edited by Sarah Robbins. Our executive producer is Sami Yenigun.See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for sponsorship and to manage your podcast sponsorship preferences.NPR Privacy Policy

Cannabis Control Commission chair Shannon O'Brien discusses the state of the marijuana industry in Mass.Kade Crockford of the ACLU of Mass joins for a discussion about protest safety and data privacy in our surveillance era.Harvard national security expert Juliette Kayyem discusses Viktor Orban's defeat in Hungary and lessons against illiberalism more broadly. Plus, thoughts on Hegseth's Holy War and U.S. officials going toe to toe with the pope.And, we talk to Anna McKeown of DreamFar and Jim Keane of Boston Bulldogs run clubs.

Boston Globe business columnist Shirley Leung and business reporter Jon Chesto join to discuss their recent stories at the paper: income tax cuts, Mass Pike rest stops, and the likelihood Boston will truly be a women's sports town.National security expert Juliette Kayyem discusses the communities fighting against ICE's expanding detention footprint, and the recent IDF action against a CNN crew in the West Bank.Axios business editor Dan Primack discusses rising gas prices, the Pentagon's AI push, and Jeff Bezos seeking to buy up manufacturing companies and accelerate their automation.And we talk to Yuly Fuentes-Medel,  executive director of The Footwear Collective, a non-profit devoted to building circular solutions for the footwear industry, and program director of MIT's Climate Project, about how to make running shoes more eco-friendly. 

Harvard national security expert Juliette Kayyem on war in the Middle East and the resignation of Joe Kent, the now-former director of the National Counterterrorism Center.Chris Dempsey and Bill Straus join for a transit panel, focusing on plans for White Stadium, the Everett stadium for the Revs and World Cup plans at Gillette.Linda Bilmes, co-author of "The Three Trillion Dollar War" and Harvard Kennedy School public policy lecturer, discusses the financial cost of going to war in Iran.Meredith Goldstein of the Boston Globe Love Letters column discusses why some heterosexual women are hiding their boyfriends, how to make friends as an adult, and and update on the library phone booth. 

As a second week of war slips by without Iran's promised collapse, David French, David A. Graham, and Juliette Kayyem join Harry to assess the administration's apparent unpreparedness and growing tally of grave mistakes. The group discusses the dangers that could come with a prolonged conflict and the cold comfort provided by Pete Hegseth's rant-filled briefings. Finally, they turn to the vital news being overlooked amid the war: Trump's relentless push to overhaul voter requirements and collect states' voter data ahead of the midterms. Mentioned in this episode: David French's analysis: https://www.nytimes.com/by/david-french#latest David A. Graham's reporting: https://www.theatlantic.com/author/david-a-graham/ Juliette's analysis: https://www.theatlantic.com/author/juliette-kayyem/ ProPublica's report about the Pentagon's moves around civil casualties: https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-defense-department-iran-hegseth-civilian-casualties The Atlantic's report about a potential overhaul of the JAG Corps: https://www.theatlantic.com/national-security/2026/03/hegseth-comes-lawyers/686351/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Two violent attacks left communities in separate states on edge, with investigators searching for answers. In Michigan, a driver ran a truck into a synagogue, the latest incident involving the nation's Jewish community. While in Virginia, the campus of Old Dominion University was the scene of deadly gunfire. Geoff Bennett reports and Amna Nawaz discusses the attacks with Juliette Kayyem. PBS News is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy

Alan Khazei, founder of City Year, discusses the value of public service.Alex Green talks about his book A Perfect Turmoil: Walter E. Fernald and the Struggle to Care for America's Disabled, which is a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award. Senator Ed Markey zooms in to discuss the cost of war with Iran.Harvard national security expert Juliette Kayyem discusses AI-assisted warfare, and the bomb threat near Gracie Mansion in New York City. Then, Juliette sticks around for our conversation about popcorn. 

An attempted bombing in New York is raising questions about terrorism threats and security measures to prevent them. Two men from Pennsylvania are accused of bringing homemade explosives to an anti-Islamic demonstration and throwing one into the crowd. The device didn't detonate, and there were no injuries. Amna Nawaz discussed the challenge for security agencies with Juliette Kayyem. PBS News is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy

Juliette Kayyem joins Anthony Davis to discuss the escalation of the Iran war and motivations behind Trump's decision to engage in military action, the lack of a coherent plan, the potential influence of key figures like Jared Kushner and the broader implications for American democracy and international relations. Plus Kristi Noem's removal from DHS and how loyalty and corruption have overshadowed competence, leading to a dangerous erosion of institutional integrity - only on The Weekend Show. Factor: Head to https://FactorMeals.com/weekend50off and use code weekend50off to get 50% off your first Factor box PLUS free breakfast for 1 year. Home Serve: Go to https://HomeServe.com to find the plan that's right for you and help protect your home systems. Independent media has never been more important. Please support this channel by subscribing here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCkbwLFZhawBqK2b9gW08z3g?sub_confirmation=1 Join this channel with a membership for exclusive early access and bonus content: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCkbwLFZhawBqK2b9gW08z3g/join Five Minute News is an Evergreen Podcast, covering politics, inequality, health and climate - delivering independent, unbiased and essential news for the US and across the world. Visit us online at http://www.fiveminute.news Follow us on Bluesky https://bsky.app/profile/fiveminutenews.bsky.social Follow us on Instagram http://instagram.com/fiveminnews Support us on Patreon http://www.patreon.com/fiveminutenews You can subscribe to Five Minute News with your preferred podcast app, ask your smart speaker, or enable Five Minute News as your Amazon Alexa Flash Briefing skill. CONTENT DISCLAIMER The views and opinions expressed on this channel are those of the guests and authors and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of Anthony Davis or Five Minute News LLC. Any content provided by our hosts, guests or authors are of their opinion and are not intended to malign any religion, ethnic group, club, organization, company, individual or anyone or anything, in line with the First Amendment right to free and protected speech. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Harvard national security expert Juliette Kayyem discusses misinformation and cyberwarfare shaping the conflict in Iran.ACLU of Massachusetts' Carol Rose discusses how the Trump immigration policies are making us less safe: since the administration starting denying bond hearings to immigrants detained inside the country, a number of habeas cases have overwhelmed prosecutors and offices are dropping cases.Priya Tahiliani is Superintendent of Brockton public schools. She joins us to discuss her tumultuous career -- after essentially being driven out of Everett when she pushed for change in the schools there -- and the challenges facing gateway city schools across the state.

SEASON 4 EPISODE 63: COUNTDOWN WITH KEITH OLBERMANN A-Block (2:30) SPECIAL COMMENTS: Trump should be in prison JUST for his new role in the new covering-up of the part of the Epstein files that are about him. Trump. The accusations are against Trump. The memos are about Trump. The investigations are OF Trump. They are missing. There is a law saying Trump must produce them. He has not. That is, by definition, a cover-up. A conspiracy to BURY evidence. Even if somehow it CLEARED him. SPECIAL COMMENT No. 2: As the Kash Patel Olympic Scandal expands exponentially, we have buried the lede. Patel claims he was at the Olympics, working, running American security. Let's suspend our disbelief and say he's NOT lying. If he really was at the Olympics to run American security - WHY WAS HE DRINKING ON THE JOB? Why was he out-of-control drinking with the people he was there to protect? The experts like my old MSNBC pal Juliette Kayyem are stunned: Security is not allowed to DRINK, during an event, during an Olympics. Not until the entire Olympics were over. ESPECIALLY if you are IN CHARGE of security! If you are hired for security, they put "no drinking" in your contract. SPECIAL COMMENT No. 3: Why are the US Olympic men's hockey players not only still digging but digging new additional holes? Now it's not just drinking with Patel and laughing at terrible misogynistic jokes by Trump, but all but five of them were used as political props by Trump at the State of the Union, one (Tage Thompson) was photographed in a complete MAGA hat with the Press Secretary, the winning goal scorer is complaining everybody else made it political - and Auston Matthews (a Mexican-American who captains Canada's team and has thus had two of his three countries threatened by Trump) is standing there grinning behind Trump in the Oval Office, disgracing his team and its fans and his mother and his own relatives. B-Block (47:30) THE WORST PERSONS IN THE WORLD: Fox's Jesse Watters doesn't want a president who struggles to read (prefers one who can't read at all). The popular internet delusion that the president the last time the Americans won Olympic hockey gold was Reagan (it wasn't). And MAGA internet disease victim Senator Mike Lee says ICE dresses like Mexican Cartels. C-Block (58:00) THINGS I PROMISED NOT TO TELL: As CBS continues to dissolve before our eyes, the sad truth that network news has been collapsing since at least the night in September 1997 when I was summoned by the president of NBC to have dinner with the chief of the MS part of MSNBC with instructions to humor and ignore him because all we wanted was his money. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

National security expert Juliette Kayyem discussing the State of the Union and cartel violence in Mexico.Danielle Bell, head of the UN's human rights monitoring mission in Ukraine, discusses this week marking 4 years of Russia's invasion in Ukraine.Haley Fortier (haley.henry and nathalie wine bars) and Alicia Towns Franken (Wine Unify and Towns Wine Co.), two leaders in Boston's wine community, join ahead of the Femme Fête wine festival, this Saturday.

Juliette Kayyem on Democratic mayors across the country moving to limit ICE action in their citiesAndrea Cabral on the Colin Gray case, father of a school shooter.Federico Rossano on a GBH event screening NOVA's “Can Dogs Talk?”

Airspace over El Paso was temporarily shut down on Wednesday. The Trump administration blamed the issue on drug cartels flying drones, but multiple reports say the closure was triggered by the Pentagon testing a new anti-drone defense system without giving the FAA enough time to assess its danger to commercial flights. William Brangham discussed more with Juliette Kayyem. PBS News is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy

Ian Coss of the Big Dig and John Bullard, former New Bedford mayor and Sustainable Development director at NOAA, discuss season three of the podcast, "Catching the Codfather."Harvard national security expert Juliette Kayyem on security at the Olympics and the Super Bowl, plus the crypto currency grift within the Trump family.Naturalist and author Sy Montgomery zooms in to discuss inter-species communication between dogs and the humans who give them buttons. Plus, the Indigenous-led declaration recognizing whales as legal persons.And, Joe Hanson, host of High School Quiz Show, checks in ahead of the new season.

Critics fear ICE is using a growing slate of facial recognition and surveillance tools to track not only undocumented immigrants, but also protesters opposing operations in Minneapolis and beyond. So with Democrats and Republicans at odds over changes to ICE ahead of a looming deadline to fund the Department of Homeland Security, what data is being collected and what does it mean for the average American?  For more: ICE shunned body cams in Minnesota. So why are agents using phone cameras?  ---  Guests: Nicole Cleland & Juliette Kayyem, CNN Senior National Security Analyst  Host: David Rind  Producer: Paola Ortiz  Showrunner: Felicia Patinkin Photo: John Moore/Getty Images Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This week, Emily Bazelon, David Plotz, and guest host Juliette Kayyem discuss the juxtaposition between the devastating layoffs at The Washington Post and the exorbitant price owner Jeff Bezos and Amazon paid for the Melania movie, this week's ominous foreshadowing of the Trump administration's real threats to the 2026 elections with election law expert Nate Persily, and why the Clintons are facing deposition in House Epstein investigations.For this week's Slate Plus bonus episode, Emily, David, and guest host Juliette Kayyem discuss a fascinating profile of anti-government militia leader Ammon Bundy, the contrast between Bundy's and his former allies' views on ICE tactics, and how messages about individual liberty and government intervention might be affecting the Trump administration's narratives about immigration enforcement. In the latest Gabfest Reads, Emily Bazelon talks with author Curtis Sittenfeld about her short story collection, “Show Don't Tell.” They discuss the recurring themes of the book from troubled marriages and middle age to the passage of time, and characters who are navigating moments of racial privilege and prejudice. Email your chatters, questions, and comments to gabfest@slate.com. (Messages may be referenced by name unless the writer stipulates otherwise.) Podcast production by Nina Porzucki Research by Emily DittoYou can find the full Political Gabfest show pages here. Want more Political Gabfest? Join Slate Plus to unlock weekly bonus episodes. Plus, you'll access ad-free listening across all your favorite Slate podcasts. You can subscribe directly from the Political Gabfest show page on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. Or visit slate.com/gabfestplus to get access wherever you listen. Find out more about David Plotz's monthly tours of Ft. DeRussy, the secret Civil War fort hidden in Rock Creek Park. Follow@SlateGabfest on X / https://twitter.com/SlateGabfestSlate Political Gabfest on Facebook / https://www.facebook.com/Gabfest/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week, Emily Bazelon, David Plotz, and guest host Juliette Kayyem discuss the juxtaposition between the devastating layoffs at The Washington Post and the exorbitant price owner Jeff Bezos and Amazon paid for the Melania movie, this week's ominous foreshadowing of the Trump administration's real threats to the 2026 elections with election law expert Nate Persily, and why the Clintons are facing deposition in House Epstein investigations.For this week's Slate Plus bonus episode, Emily, David, and guest host Juliette Kayyem discuss a fascinating profile of anti-government militia leader Ammon Bundy, the contrast between Bundy's and his former allies' views on ICE tactics, and how messages about individual liberty and government intervention might be affecting the Trump administration's narratives about immigration enforcement. In the latest Gabfest Reads, Emily Bazelon talks with author Curtis Sittenfeld about her short story collection, “Show Don't Tell.” They discuss the recurring themes of the book from troubled marriages and middle age to the passage of time, and characters who are navigating moments of racial privilege and prejudice. Email your chatters, questions, and comments to gabfest@slate.com. (Messages may be referenced by name unless the writer stipulates otherwise.) Podcast production by Nina Porzucki Research by Emily DittoYou can find the full Political Gabfest show pages here. Want more Political Gabfest? Join Slate Plus to unlock weekly bonus episodes. Plus, you'll access ad-free listening across all your favorite Slate podcasts. You can subscribe directly from the Political Gabfest show page on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. Or visit slate.com/gabfestplus to get access wherever you listen. Find out more about David Plotz's monthly tours of Ft. DeRussy, the secret Civil War fort hidden in Rock Creek Park. Follow@SlateGabfest on X / https://twitter.com/SlateGabfestSlate Political Gabfest on Facebook / https://www.facebook.com/Gabfest/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week, Emily Bazelon, David Plotz, and guest host Juliette Kayyem discuss the juxtaposition between the devastating layoffs at The Washington Post and the exorbitant price owner Jeff Bezos and Amazon paid for the Melania movie, this week's ominous foreshadowing of the Trump administration's real threats to the 2026 elections with election law expert Nate Persily, and why the Clintons are facing deposition in House Epstein investigations.For this week's Slate Plus bonus episode, Emily, David, and guest host Juliette Kayyem discuss a fascinating profile of anti-government militia leader Ammon Bundy, the contrast between Bundy's and his former allies' views on ICE tactics, and how messages about individual liberty and government intervention might be affecting the Trump administration's narratives about immigration enforcement. In the latest Gabfest Reads, Emily Bazelon talks with author Curtis Sittenfeld about her short story collection, “Show Don't Tell.” They discuss the recurring themes of the book from troubled marriages and middle age to the passage of time, and characters who are navigating moments of racial privilege and prejudice. Email your chatters, questions, and comments to gabfest@slate.com. (Messages may be referenced by name unless the writer stipulates otherwise.) Podcast production by Nina Porzucki Research by Emily DittoYou can find the full Political Gabfest show pages here. Want more Political Gabfest? Join Slate Plus to unlock weekly bonus episodes. Plus, you'll access ad-free listening across all your favorite Slate podcasts. You can subscribe directly from the Political Gabfest show page on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. Or visit slate.com/gabfestplus to get access wherever you listen. Find out more about David Plotz's monthly tours of Ft. DeRussy, the secret Civil War fort hidden in Rock Creek Park. Follow@SlateGabfest on X / https://twitter.com/SlateGabfestSlate Political Gabfest on Facebook / https://www.facebook.com/Gabfest/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Harvard national security expert Juliette Kayyem on the latest tranche of Epstein files and Trump's comments about nationalizing elections.A special live music Wednesday performance by jazz and contemporary composer Farayi Malek, ahead of a performance at the Umbrella Arts Center in partnership with the Salt Lick Incubator. We also talk to Eileen Williston, executive director of The Umbrella Arts Center. Journalist and author Howard Bryant discusses his book, "Kings and Pawns: Jackie Robinson and Paul Robeson in America."

It was a tumultuous week on the streets and in the courts, with panelists Kristen Holmes, Juliette Kayyem, and Josh Marshall joining Harry to break it all down. ICE's reign of terror in Minnesota continues, even as top Trump officials sing a softer tune after nationwide outrage over the death of Alex Pretti. The panel marches through the latest fallout from Pretti's killing, as well as the newest attempts by the DOJ to advance Trump's agenda elsewhere, from the arrest of Don Lemon to the shocking raid on a Georgia election office.  Mentioned in this episode: Kristen's reporting:  https://www.cnn.com/profiles/kristen-holmes-bio Juliette's writing in the Atlantic:  https://www.theatlantic.com/author/juliette-kayyem/ Josh's analysis:  https://talkingpointsmemo.com/author/josh_m Also, check out some big changes coming to the Talking Feds Substack: https://harrylitman.substack.com/p/big-changes-for-the-talking-feds Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Culture Show's Jared Bowen on the death of fashion designer Valentino and Boston's Winteractive art installations.Harvard national security expert Juliette Kayyem on President Trump's continued threats against Greenland that are sowing chaos among European allies at Davos.Singer-songwriter Juliana Hatfield performs for Live Music Friday. Her new album is called “Lightning Might Strike.” Presidential historian Doris Kearns Goodwin and her son Joe Kearns Goodwin join for a panel discussion on whether public service, civil or military, could bridge our country's political divide.

At the White House on Thursday, Vice President JD Vance strongly defended the ICE shooting in Minnesota, saying the officer was defending himself and called Renee Nicole Good's death "a tragedy of her own making." For a closer look at training for ICE agents, Amna Nawaz spoke with Juliette Kayyem, a former assistant secretary at the Department of Homeland Security. PBS News is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy

The Culture Show's Jared Bowen discusses the growing number of artists canceling their Kennedy Center appearances, his take on Marty Supreme and more cultural news from across the region. Harvard national security expert Juliette Kayyem on what President Trump's threats of military action beyond Venezuela mean for security at home. Boston Globe business columnist Shirley Leung on the Kraft Group finally striking a deal to open a new professional soccer stadium in Everett, just before the deadline. Eric Segal, Nastasia Lawton and Rev. Fred Small were all arrested when they tried to deliver care packages – with food, bedrolls and menstrual products – to detainees at an ICE processing center in Burlington. They join to talk about their arrest and why they're standing up to the Trump administration's gestapo.  Then, it's soup season. We open the phone and text lines, and Jim reveals which soup is the most erotic.

Volker Türk is the United Nations High Commissioner on human rights. We talk to him about the agency's continued campaign against human rights violations worldwide, despite the U.S. pulling back support.Harvard national security expert Juliette Kayyem on the latest in the Brown University shooting investigation, as detectives scramble for footage of a possible suspect. Plus her thoughts on that Susie Wiles Vanity Fair article.Step aside vinyl, CDs and DVDs are BACK — at least for Gen-Z. We talk to The Culture Show's Jared Bowen about that, plus the mythology of Hamnet and its connection to the Bard's most famous soliloquy.While State auditor Diana DiZoglio's effort to audit the legislature still hasn't happened, despite the voters' will, she's launching a new ballot question that would subject both the Legislature and the governor's office to the state public records law. She joins us.

Authorities are still searching for answers and for the gunman in the shooting at Brown University. Two students were killed and nine others were injured. To discuss the investigation, Amna Nawaz spoke with Juliette Kayyem, professor at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government and former assistant secretary at the Department of Homeland Security during the Obama administration. PBS News is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy

Cristina Quinn, of The Washington Post's Try This podcast, co-hosts with Jim today. Amherst College professor Ilan Stavans discusses a far-right win in the the Chilean presidential elections and the mass shooting at a Hanukkah event in Australia.Daniel Drezner, dean of international politics at Tufts Fletcher School, discusses the Trump/MAGA foreign policy evolution.Bertil Jean-Chronberg of Bonde Fine Wine Shop and Alexandra Whiznant of Zuzu's Petals wine and dessert bar join for a wine panel. They bring some bubby, crème brûlée...and a blow torch.MIT economist Jon Gruber talks about his appearance on 60 Minutes talking about pros and price tag of genetic therapies.Reverends Irene Monroe and Emmett G. Price III discuss a new poll that finds no religious revival among young Americans, despite a different media narrative. Plus, the Democrats in Congress trying to take back faith from the right.Harvard national security expert Juliette Kayyem gives the latest on the deadly Brown University mass shooting.Then we espouse on the benefits of using cold, hard cash to stay within your shopping budget. 

The Culture Show's Jared Bowen discusses ABC signing Kimmel to a one-year contract a social media ban for kids in Australia and his interview with Patti Smith.Harvard national security expert Juliette Kayyem on cracks showing in the Trump Cabinet — namely, Pete Hegseth and Kristi Noem.Franchie Viaud of JustBookish in Dorchester and Cathy and Bruce Jacobs of Turtle Books in Brookline join for an indie bookstore panel.Musician Will Dailey performs ahead a show at the Paradise Rock Club this weekend.Naturalist Sy Montgomery joins via zoom for the Afternoon Zoo to talk piano-playing octopuses and falcons protecting cherry crops in Michigan.

The Culture Show's Jared Bowen discusses Wicked: For Good, the latest AI-generated pop song, plus, his art-filled tour of Berlin.National security expert Juliette Kayyem discusses the war crimes allegations against Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth. And her thoughts on the attack on national guardsmen in D.C.Imari Paris Jeffries of Embrace Boston and Rev. Jay Williams of Union Combined Parish discuss their big plans for the upcoming MLK weekend and for the nation's 250th anniversary.Evan Horowitz of Tufts' Center for State Policy Analysis joins for a year-end roundup of state policy challenges: Medicaid work requirements, fiscal pressure on municipalities, and his new class at Tufts, "AI and the Future of American Politics."

The shooting of two National Guard troops near the White House has intensified focus on the Trump administration’s use of military force to crack down on crime in cities led by Democrats. Juliette Kayyem, faculty director of the Harvard Kennedy School’s Homeland Security Project and an assistant DHS secretary during the Obama administration, joins John Yang to discuss. PBS News is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy

Former secretary of public safety, Andrea Cabral, discusses how federal immigration forces are misusing "less lethal" weapons against protesters.Harvard's national security expert Juliette Kayyem on the latest developments in the Ukraine-Russia deal, plus Congressman Mark Kelly under Pentagon investigation for his involvement in a video from Democratic lawmakers calling on troops to defy illegal orders.Doug Gordon and Sarah Goodyear discuss their new book "Life After Cars: Freeing Ourselves from the Tyranny of the Automobile."Playwright Ryan Landry previews this year's Gold Dust Orphans holiday show.Boston Globe business columnist Shirley Leung discusses this year's holiday squeeze as consumers are expected to cut Black Friday spending for the first time since 2021.

Today:National security expert Juliette Kayyem discusses the chaotic few days of peace negotiations with Russia and Ukraine.

The Culture Show's Jared Bowen discusses Norman Rockwell's family speaking out against the Trump administration for warping his legacy and Serj Tankian's exhibit at the Armenian Museum in Watertown.Comedian and actor Tom Papa joins ahead of a show on his "Grateful Bread" tour.Boston Ballet executive director Ming Min Hui and artistic director Mikko Nissinen discuss their current production of 'Jewels' and their original production of The Nutcracker.NBC10 Boston's Sue O'Connell joins remotely from Nova Scotia, where Mayor Wu has traveled to pick up Boston's Christmas tree.National security expert Juliette Kayyem on U.S. intelligence showing the Israeli military warned there was evidence of war crimes in Gaza, raising legitimate questions of American complicity if Israel faces war crimes charges. Plus, the UK pausing intelligence-sharing with the U.S. over boat strikes in the Caribbean.

This week, John Dickerson, David Plotz, and guest host Juliette Kayyem discuss the disturbing spectacle of military fealty staged by Hegseth and Trump at Quantico, the possible outcomes of the dramatic government shutdown, and the hybrid war Russia appears to be waging with drones over distressed European cities. For this week's Slate Plus bonus episode, John, David, and guest host Juliette Kayyem discuss the ugly spectacle of US golf fan behavior at this week's Ryder Cup and what it says about the state of American public discourse. In the latest Gabfest Reads, Emily talks with author and Yale professor Judith Resnik about her new book, Impermissible Punishments: How Prison Became a Problem for Democracy. They discuss the history of the prison system's use of punishments like whipping, how the practice came to an end, and more. Email your chatters, questions, and comments to gabfest@slate.com. (Messages may be referenced by name unless the writer stipulates otherwise.) Podcast production by Kevin Bendis Research by Emily Ditto Want more Political Gabfest? Join Slate Plus to unlock weekly bonus episodes. Plus, you'll access ad-free listening across all your favorite Slate podcasts. You can subscribe directly from the Political Gabfest show page on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. Or visit slate.com/gabfestplus to get access wherever you listen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, John Dickerson, David Plotz, and guest host Juliette Kayyem discuss the disturbing spectacle of military fealty staged by Hegseth and Trump at Quantico, the possible outcomes of the dramatic government shutdown, and the hybrid war Russia appears to be waging with drones over distressed European cities. For this week's Slate Plus bonus episode, John, David, and guest host Juliette Kayyem discuss the ugly spectacle of US golf fan behavior at this week's Ryder Cup and what it says about the state of American public discourse. In the latest Gabfest Reads, Emily talks with author and Yale professor Judith Resnik about her new book, Impermissible Punishments: How Prison Became a Problem for Democracy. They discuss the history of the prison system's use of punishments like whipping, how the practice came to an end, and more. Email your chatters, questions, and comments to gabfest@slate.com. (Messages may be referenced by name unless the writer stipulates otherwise.) Podcast production by Kevin Bendis Research by Emily Ditto Want more Political Gabfest? Join Slate Plus to unlock weekly bonus episodes. Plus, you'll access ad-free listening across all your favorite Slate podcasts. You can subscribe directly from the Political Gabfest show page on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. Or visit slate.com/gabfestplus to get access wherever you listen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A week in which America suddenly came to look like classic autocratic regimes with the removal from TV of late-night comedian Jimmy Kimmel, and more enforced exiles to come, for the simple sin of displeasing Trump. A trenchant panel of Bill Kristol and Juliette Kayyem take stock of this nightmarish development, as well as Trump's effort to destroy the independence of the Fed, and the increasingly checkered and controversial on-the-job performance of FBI director Kash Patel. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices