and two law professors in 2010, Lawfare began as a wonky blog focusing on national security in partnership with the Brookings Institution. During the presidency of Donald Trump, Lawfare took off as readers became interested in otherwise inside baseball legal analysis. In a note to readers in February 2017, Wittes wrote that "Lawfare's traffic last month exceeded traffic in January 2016 by an almost mind-boggling 1,101%." Lawfare's podcast predates this, with the.
Episodes focus on different Lawfare investigations, issues of national security and terrorism, and the legal questions surrounding the myriad investigations of the Trump administration. The show features the kind of high-level conversations you would expect out of a leading think tank, often featuring top scholars and analysts. In other words, a great way to sound smarter than your friends. Like many of the other podcasts on this list, "In The Thick" began in 2016.