The National Security Law Podcast – Unpacking the Legal Issues Behind the Headlines

Episode 161: This Podcast Was Recorded “Before There Were Privacy Laws”

It’s not April Fool’s trick, we really are back with a new episode covering the latest in national security law news. Watch the video here, if you aren’t getting enough Zoom. This week we’ve got:... Read More

Episode 160: This Podcast Is Invoking “P”!

This is our second lockdown episode, simulcast as a Zoom-based video! If you didn’t believe us before about our commitment to production authenticity, well you will if you watch the video version! [ed. note: guys, that’s... Read More

Episode 159: This Podcast Is Zoom-y!

We may be on home lockdown, but that didn’t stop us from recording! Thanks to the magic of Zoom, we gathered online to record this episode, and just for kicks we recorded the video while... Read More

Episode 158: What SCOTUS Can Learn from Franklin Barbecue

Are you “working” from home now? Perhaps it’s time to take a break and enjoy the latest episode of the National Security Law Podcast. In a discussion that takes the goal of let’s-not-prepare-too-much to new... Read More

Episode 157: At Least There Are No Zombies…Yet

Back-to-back episodes! After yesterday’s interview-focused show, we wanted to get right back into the mix with discussion and debate over the latest national security law news. Tune in for: Beyond quarantine: What happens when local... Read More

Episode 156: This Podcast Is VUCA!

We are back with an interview-focused episode! Tune in as Professors Chesney and Vladeck interview Brigadier General John G. Baker, USMC. General Baker is Chief Defense Counsel for the military commissions at Guantanamo. And, yes,... Read More

Episode 155: This Podcast Is Not Wearing a Facemask (But It Did Wash Its Hands)

This week in the wild world of national security law, your co-hosts Professors Vladeck and Chesney discuss and debate: The prospects for legislative change to FISA (the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act), including notes on a... Read More

Episode 154: This Podcast Is Not Just a “Piece of Metal”

This week on NSL Podcast, co-hosts Steve Vladeck and Bobby Chesney discuss and debate: The U.S. government’s formal statement to Congress on the legal rationale for its airstrike against General Soleimani Trumplandia and law enforcement:... Read More

Episode 153: This Podcast Has All the Elsas (But No Eminem)

And we’re back, with a fresh episode at last. Tune in as co-hosts Steve Vladeck and Bobby Chesney discuss and debate the latest national security law developments. This week they cover: Donald Trump pressuring Main... Read More

Episode 152: John Bolton Is Welcome to Testify on this Podcast

After a wholly-frivolous episode last week, we are back with…well…a slightly-frivolous episode this week. Tune in as your co-hosts Steve Vladeck and Bobby Chesney review and debate: The likely procedural, jurisdictional, and other legal issues... Read More