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The National Security Law Podcast
Unpacking the Legal Issues Behind the Headlines
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Episode 247: Deal, No Deal
Hello friends, and welcome back to the NSL Podcast with Professor Vladeck and Dean Chesney. Tune in for a detailed discussion of the bizarre plea-dea...

Episode 246: Around the Drain in 80 Days
Betcha thought we were done...but we're back! Tune in as Steve Vladeck and Bobby Chesney discuss and debate the latest (ok, some of this stuff is mon...

Episode 245: 100 Days Later…
Hello, is this thing on? Check one, check two...testing, testing. We're good? Alright alright alright...
It's been 100 days between...

Episode 244: Not Our 30th Episode of 2023
Barring an unlikely spate of more than a dozen episodes happening over the next week, it sure looks like Steve has won his bet with Bobby, for this ma...

Episode 243: Boiled Froggy Water Under the Bridge
Two months between episodes? Looks like someone will be buying Steve a dinner at the conclusion of 2023 (barring a pivot to posting new episodes ever...

Episode 242: A Rule of Law (and Punctuation) Free Episode!
Sorry about accidentally taking the whole month off, but we're back with a classic: tune in for the 9/11 case warm-up, and stick around for 45 minutes...

Episode 241: Let’s Barbie!
Tune in for the latest, in which we discuss life as a fall 1L, RICO, removal, Nashiri, Bahlul, Shimari, Barbie, and Silo. And if all those names mean...

Episode 240: Something Got Released
If you are interested in a detailed and careful explanation of the charges at issue in United States v. Trump (the recent indictment of the former pre...

Episode 239: We Have Many Tapestries!
Well, it's been about a month, so it's good we are finally back with a fresh episode! Tune in as hosts Steve Vladeck and Bobby Chesney kick the tires...

Episode 238: The World Wonders
Today's episode focuses on the indictment in United States v. Donald Trump and Waltine Nauta, S.D. Fla. (23-80101-CR). Co-hosts Steve Vladeck and Bob...

Episode 237: Are You Not Detained???
And we're back, with co-hosts Steve Vladeck and Bobby Chesney breaking down the latest national security law news along with much else. This week the...

Episode 236: Damn the Torpedoes!
Good morning! Episode 236 covers:
The Trump Indictment
The Biden Administration's Executive Order on Abusive Commercial...

Episode 235: A Drone Struck
We're back with a Spring Break edition, featuring:
ICC cases emerging against Russian defendants for (1) removing children from Ukrai...

Episode 234: Not *That* Linda Hamilton
Are you ready for a DEEP DIVE? We've got an extended conversation today explaining the stakes and anticipating the outcomes in two cases argued in fr...

Episode 233: This Episode Was (Not) Written by ChatGPT
We are delighted this week to feature two Texas Law students -- Sam Libby and Alex Rigby -- who earned the chance to co-host the show with us thanks t...

Episode 232: Top Gun 3: Deflategate!
After a week with no electricity, Professors Vladeck and Chesney are back with the latest in national security law news. Tune in for discussions of:<...

Episode 231: If You Go to Washington Don’t Crime There
What's this, a one-week turnaround between shows? Will wonders never cease? In a throwback to the days of this being a weekly show, your co-hosts Bob...

Episode 230, Not Section 230
Wouldn't want you to be misled by the episode number (though we do actually foreshadow some future Section 230 coverage in light of an upcoming pair o...

Episode 229: We Are Not Not Going to Post Weekly in 2023 Maybe
Happy 2023 y'all! We are off to a quick start this year. Tune in as Professors Vladeck and Chesney discuss recent developments, including:

Episode 228: Not *That* George Clinton!
Holiday edition! Tune in as co-hosts Steve Vladeck and Bobby Chesney discuss the rapid demise of the attempt by Donald Trump's lawyers to use Executi...

Episode 227: Maybe This Episode Should Pay to Get Verified
Hello friends! We're back with a new episode. Tune in as Professor Steve Vladeck and Dean Bobby Chesney chat about (1) the fate of Twitter, (2) the n...

Episode 226: What Is a Court Anyway?
So, it's been a while...but we're back! And it's time to buy Steve's book on the Supreme Court's Shadow Docket: tinyurl.com/shadowdocket

Episode 225: Appetite for Obstruction
Hello, and welcome back to the National Security Law Podcast, with co-hosts Bobby Chesney and Steve Vladeck! In this episode, we dig into the latest f...

Episode 224: Mar-a-Lag-o-Palooza
After just one week, incredibly, we are back! And we're joined by two of our fantastic Texas Law students. Ryan Brown and Adam Goodrum won the right...

Episode 223: The Search for Episode 222!
Well, the original idea was to have a short episode about the strike that killed al Zawahiri, and to recap the D.C. Circuit's Larabee ruling. But the...

Episode 221: GWOT Shots, Part Deux
And we're back, with yet another interminable window of extemporaneous frivolity at the front end of what otherwise is a somewhat serious show about t...

Episode 220: This Podcast Made the Kessel Run In Less than 12 Parsecs
And...we're back, and in less than a month, remarkably! Tune in as co-hosts Steve Vladeck and Bobby Chesney discuss (1) the latest seditious conspira...

Episode 219: And the Podcast Host-Designate Is …
Some of y'all were wondering if the show was done-for now that co-host Bobby Chesney has been named the next dean of the University of Texas School of...

Episode 218: From 28(j) to Enterprise-J
Ok, ok, it's been a full month since the last episode. But good things come to those who wait! We are back, and hope you'll tune in as co-hosts Bobb...

Episode 217: Talking With Matt Olsen About DOJ National Security Division
What a treat we have for you this week! Assistant Attorney General Matt Olsen, head of DOJ's National Security Division, sits down with co-hosts Bobb...

Episode 216: This Podcast Does Not Constitute Legal Advice
And we're back! Tune in as Professors Bobby Chesney and Steve Vladeck discuss and debate:
ICC jurisdiction over war crimes on Ukraine...

Episode 215: Rhyming or Outright Repeating?
We are back with a fresh episode, hot on the heels of Russia's latest incursion into Ukraine. Tune in as we survey some of the legal dimensions to thi...

Episode 214: What Month Is This Anyway?
We are back, and even though one of us apparently cannot work this new tech called a "calendar," we're excited to bring a shorter-than-usual episode w...

Episode 213: Most Likely to Engage in a Seditious Conspiracy
Seeing as how 2022 is well underway, it's probably about time we produced a new episode! Tune in for co-hosts Steve Vladeck and Bobby Chesney as they...

Episode 212: Nakatomi Plaza Holiday Office Party Edition
Welcome to our official Holiday Office Party, where we mainly just hope things will go smoother than they did for the good people of Nakatomi Corporat...

Episode 211: Behold, our Q4 episode
Ah, well, that took a bit longer than expected! We promise we don't mean to let this become a quarterly show, or even a monthly. Too much national s...

Episode 210: The Witness Who Became a Meme
What's that? A new episode? What have these guys been doing all month...
Well, whatever they've been doing all September since Episod...

Episode 209: The 20th Anniversary of 9/11
This week on the National Security Law Podcast, we mark 20 years since the 9/11 attacks. Tune in as co-hosts Steve Vladeck and Bobby Chesney share th...

Episode 208: Afghanistan
In this week's episode, we focus on the unfolding situation in Afghanistan.

Episode 207: Pearls Are In the Eye of the Beholder
It's been a long summer break for the podcast, but we're back! Tune in today as Professors Chesney and Vladeck discuss and debate:
AU...