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This last week (as consequence of the LGM Silent Auction) I had the opportunity to speak with Ed Niedermeyer, author of Ludicrous: The Unvarnished Story of Tesla Motors, host of the Autonocast, and general thinker of large thoughts. We talked through the history of Tesla, its unique corporate culture, the role of Elon Musk, the […] The post LGM Podcast: The Past and Future of Tesla appeared first on Lawyers, Guns & Money.

Last week Dan, Cheryl and I talked through the implications of the US-Israeli strikes on Iran. Cheryl gave us a damage assessment, we worked out the domestic politics, and Dan gave some thoughts both on Trump and on the broader international implications. I talked the airpower angle, contrasting the Israeli performance with Russia’s air campaign […] The post LGM Podcast: In the Wake of the Iran Strikes appeared first on Lawyers, Guns & Money.

On the latest LGM podcast I had the good fortune to speak with Dr. Ian Ona Johnson about his book Faustian Bargain: The Soviet-German Partnership and the Origins of the Second World War. The subject is interwar cooperation between the Red Army and the Reichswehr, a subject near and dear to my own academic interests. […] The post LGM Podcast: Faustian Bargain appeared first on Lawyers, Guns & Money.

Dave and I had a terrific discussion with UMich Law’s Leah Litman about her terrific new book, Lawless. We discuss (truth in subtitling!) how conservative jurisprudence runs on vibes and resentments rather than the grand theories it claims, how much Republican doctrine derives from the principle that being accused of discrimination is infinitely worse than […] The post LGM Podcast: Leah Litman appeared first on Lawyers, Guns & Money.

On the latest LGM Podcast, the OG LGM Trio of Scott, Dave, and myself talked through Canada’s upcoming election. We discussed the historic collapse of the Conservative Party’s electoral explanations, the negative coattails of MAGA and other parties associated with the transnational Right, the legacy of Justin Trudeau, the current state of polling as an […] The post LGM Podcast: Canada’s Upcoming Election appeared first on Lawyers, Guns & Money.

Last week friend-of-the-blog Charles Dainoff and myself had the opportunity to speak with Gail Helt of King University In addition to being the director of the security and intelligence program at King, Gail is a retired CIA employee and as such has a particular perspective about the genre. We worked vaguely from this list but […] The post LGM Podcast: Spy Movies appeared first on Lawyers, Guns & Money.

On the latest LGM podcast Scott and I had the opportunity to sit down with Erin Petrey, senior contributor and cocktail editor of bourbonbanter.com and longtime friend-of-the-blog. We talked through the modern history of bourbon (stretching back to Prohibition), the transformation of the bourbon industry in the 21st century, and the importance of bourbon to […] The post LGM Podcast: The Rise and Fall of Kentucky Bourbon? appeared first on Lawyers, Guns & Money.

Earlier this week Scott, friend-of-the-pod Charles Dainoff, and myself talked the late, great Gene Hackman. We talked generalities (and made the point that this is not a True Crime Podcast), then got into the movies.We worked mostly off of this list, with these films discussed at any length: Transcript here. The post LGM Podcast: Hackman appeared first on Lawyers, Guns & Money.

On the latest LGM podcast Erik and I had the extraordinary opportunity to interview John Bleasdale, author of The Magic Hours: The Films and Hidden Life of Terence Malick from the University Press of Kentucky. I heartily recommend the book, which for the most part takes a film-by-film approach to Malick’s career. We weren’t able […] The post LGM Podcast: The Magic Hours appeared first on Lawyers, Guns & Money.

I had the opportunity to sit down yesterday with my colleagues Geoff Williams and Charles Dainoff to talk about the financial aspects of the Russia-Ukraine War. As some may recall we were writing a book on financial conflict when the war started, a book that now happens to be available in paperback. Here’s what we […] The post LGM Podcast: Weaponizing InterdepenDANCE appeared first on Lawyers, Guns & Money.

Scott and Erik and myself jibber-jabbered for a good long time about the Big Game this weekend. There were… digressions, including the Revenge of the Dad Bods, and the Hall of Fame case of Eli Manning. Transcript is here. And subscribe! Photo credit: By Infrogmation of New Orleans – Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=107911642 The post LGM Podcast: The Big Game appeared first on Lawyers, Guns & Money.

Last week, I sat down with Scott and Robert for a freewheeling conversation focused largely on all things Dylan, at least of recent vintage. This included talking about the 27 disc box set of Bob Dylan’s live recordings from 1974 with The Band, which I wrote the liner notes for. Scott is an avowed fan […] The post LGM Podcast: He Not Busy Being Born Is Busy Dying appeared first on Lawyers, Guns & Money.

Last week Scott and I sat down with friend-of-the-blog Chris Koski to talk through what we now know about what happened in November. We worked through what data exists about the demographic breakdown of the election, talk problems internal to the Democratic coalition (“the Groups”), discuss the relevance of October 7 to the outcome, and […] The post LGM Podcast: What Happened? appeared first on Lawyers, Guns & Money.

In Part II of our NFL podcast, we discuss the broadly competitive NFC playoffs. Part I is here. Enjoy! Transcript is here. The post LGM Podcast: The NFC appeared first on Lawyers, Guns & Money.

In anticipation of tomorrow’s games we recorded a two-part podcast on the NFL playoffs. In the first half (below) we worked our way through the AFC side, ending up with two championship predictions between the three of us. We also talked “Black Monday,” which saw the firing of several NFL coaches and coordinators. One that […] The post LGM Podcast: Black Monday and the AFC appeared first on Lawyers, Guns & Money.