Special Counsel

The #SistersInLaw come together to explain the role of the new DOJ special counsel Jack Smith, and how he might hold Trump to account for document hoarding at Mar-a-Lago and his role in the J6 insurrection. Then, they celebrate Speaker Pelosi’s legacy of leadership, and explore the latest developments in the abortion wars after Dobbs and recent midterm election referendums on it.

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Introducing: Some of My Best Friends Are...

Some of My Best Friends Are… is a podcast hosted by Khalil Gibran Muhammad and Ben Austen, two best friends who grew up together on the South Side of Chicago in the 1980s. Today a Harvard professor and an award-winning journalist, Khalil and Ben still go to each other to talk about their experiences with the absurdities and intricacies of race in America. In Some of My Best Friends Are… with Khalil Gibran Muhammad and Ben Austen, they invite listeners into their unfiltered conversations about growing up together in a deeply-divided country, and navigating that divide as it exists today.

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Hugo Lowell | iGen Politics w/ Jill Wine-Banks & Victor Shi

Hosts Jill Wine-Banks and Victor Shi are joined by Hugo Lowell, political enterprise reporter for The Guardian, to talk about all things Trump. What’s the state of the investgiations into Trump? Will he be indicted? How does the January 6th Committee’s work get impacted after the midterm elections? We ask all these questions and more.

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Thank you for your service

The #SistersInLaw come together to analyze the midterm results through the lens of how legal issues, perceptions of election validity, and SCOTUS’ decisions factored in. Then, they discuss moves by the DOJ impacting the investigations of Trump and the Trump Organization, and break down the issues that will determine the outcome of the class action suit against Twitter by its employees.

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Santiago Mayer | iGen Politics w/ Jill Wine-Banks & Victor Shi

Hosts Jill Wine-Banks and Victor Shi are joined by Santiago Mayer, Gen Z activist and Executive Director of Voters of Tomorrow, to talk about the importance of the youth vote. What will take for Gen Z to turnout? Will they save democracy? What will happen on Tuesday? Jill and Victor talk about all of this and more.

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The Snapper and the Shark

Now that the midterms are only a few days away, the #SistersInLaw meet to break down the legal ramifications of the threats to our voting rights and fair results. Then, they weigh the affirmative action arguments brought to the SCOTUS out of the UNC and Harvard, before diving into the latest challenges facing Trump and his associates spanning new subpoenas, the efforts of NY A.G. Tish James, and more.

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Election Panel - iGen Politics w/ Jill Wine-Banks & Victor Shi

With less than a week before Election Day, Jill Wine-Banks and Victor Shi are joined by an all-start panel of Kurt Bardella, Joe Walsh, Rachel Bitcofer, and Robert Hubbell to talk about how the state of the race looks with a week left. What should Democrats be doing between now and Election Day? Do polls mean anything? What should we expect on Election Day? They discuss all of this and more.

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Defending Democracy

The #SistersInLaw meet to examine the DOJ’s fight to get J6 witnesses on the record and the threats posed by election challenges filed in advance of the midterms– emphasizing how we can push back! Then, they lay out the dangers of growing political violence exemplified by the attack on Paul Pelosi, relating it to recent convictions of extremists involved in the Governor Whitmer kidnapping plot and the sovereign citizen movement.

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Gisele Fetterman | iGen Politics w/ Jill Wine-Banks & Victor Shi

Jill Wine-Banks and Victor Shi come together 12 days before the midterm elections and welcome Gisele Feterman. Gisele is the Second Lady of Pennsylvania and the wife of U.S. Senate Candidate from Pennsylvania, John Fetterman. What will it take to hold onto the Senate? How is the Fetterman campaign looking 12 days before the election? They discuss all of this and more.

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Where’s The Beef?

The #SistersInLaw meet this week to do a post-mortem on John Durham’s investigation, its failure to get convictions, and how prosecutorial discretion applied. Then, they present the latest developments in the legal battles of Team Trump, including the sentencing of Steve Bannon, before looking at the failed challenges to student loan forgiveness and the role of standing in our system.

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