Deep Background with Noah Feldman

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Every story has a backstory, even in today's 24-hour news cycle. In Deep Background, Harvard Law School professor and Bloomberg View columnist Noah Feldman will bring together a cross-section of expert guests to explore the historical, scientific, legal, and cultural context that help us understand what's really going on behind the biggest stories in the news.

Episodes

What We Know about the COVID-19 Vaccines

Nov 18 2020 • 0 MIN

Dr. Paul Offit, a professor of vaccinology at the University of Pennsylvania and member of the F.D.A.’s vaccine advisory panel, discusses how the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines work and how they could...

Becoming a District Attorney

Nov 12 2020 • 0 MIN

Tali Farhadian Weinstein, the host of the Pushkin podcast “Hearing” and a candidate to become the next District Attorney of Manhattan, discusses how she thinks local prosecution can be reformed fro...

A Former Surgeon General on the Coronavirus Pandemic (Rebroadcast)

Nov 11 2020 • 0 MIN

This week, President-elect Joe Biden named Vivek Murthy as one of the co-chairs of his COVID-19 Advisory Board. We spoke to Dr. Murthy on September 30th and wanted to re-share that conversation wit...

The Election and the Courts

Nov 4 2020 • 0 MIN

Richard Pildes, a professor at New York University School of Law who specializes in legal issues affecting democracy, discusses the role that the courts could play in this election. Note: This con...

Deep Background Presents: Axios Today Election Special

Nov 3 2020 • 0 MIN

Noah Feldman is a guest on this episode of Axios Today, giving listeners a taste of what to expect for election night. For more, subscribe to Axios Today wherever you get your podcasts. Learn more...

Deep Bench: The Coming War

Oct 31 2020 • 0 MIN

Over the past few weeks on Deep Background, in addition to our regular show, we’re bringing you a special five-part series about the Supreme Court's dramatic rightward turn. In this fifth and final...

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