Have Trump's Attacks on Lawyers Undermined the Rule of Law? | Mark Pomerantz
Release Date: 04/15/2025
Can Documentary Films Help Achieve Social Justice? | Yoruba Richen
Conversations With Jim Zirin
Yoruba Richen is an award-winning documentary filmmaker, the founding director of the documentary film program at the Craig Newmark graduate school of journalism at the City University of New York (CUNY). She tells Jim of her latest project, a blockbuster film called “Free Joan Little,” about the first woman in US history to be acquitted of murder on grounds of self-defense to sexual violence.
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Stephen Vladeck | Will This Supreme Court Ever Curb Trump’s Excesses?
Conversations With Jim Zirin
Since 1803, the Supreme Court has discharged assumed a duty to rein in the excesses of the president. On its “shadow docket,” however, the Court has ruled for Trump over 80% of the time. These are interim orders, but will they become final? Constitutional law expert and Supreme Court follower Stephen Vladeck tells me that interim orders can leave an indelible impression even if eventually vacated.
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Haley Cohen Gilliland’s Sobering Tale of Man’s Inhumanity to Man
Conversations With Jim Zirin
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Patrick Healy | How Has the New York Times Upped Its Game?
Conversations With Jim Zirin
Patrick Healy heads the New York Times quality control department of standards and trust. He tells Jim how the paper meets its critics from left and right, satisfies itself it has it right, and its coverage fair as it deals with the controversial and searing issues of Trump 2.0 and the Gaza war.
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What Was Glenn Lowry’s 30-year Imprint on MoMA?
Conversations With Jim Zirin
Glenn Lowry just stepped down as the sixth Director of New York’s iconic Museum of Modern Art after a 30-year run in which he was acknowledged as one of the greatest museum directors in the world. Glenn Lowry led MoMA into the 21st century with a new focus on contemporary art. He oversaw two major expansion projects, met challenge after challenge, including the shocks of 9-11, the 2008 financial crisis, the covid pandemic, and the heavy hand on the arts of two Trump administrations. He tells Jim Zirin the secret of his special sauce.
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Michael Froman | Are Trump’s Tariffs Good for the American Economy?
Conversations With Jim Zirin
Michael Froman served in the Obama cabinet as United States Trade Representative. He is now president of the Council on Foreign Relations. He tells Jim Zirin that some tariffs are necessary for national security or to curb unfair trade practices, but others are needlessly inflationary, disrupting foreign relations by punishing small nations or others which we would want to be our friends and allies. 🗞️ Subscribe to Beyond the Headlines newsletter: • 🎧 Also available on: • Apple Podcasts - Spotify - 📱Follow: LinkedIn - Facebook - X - ...
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Could the Democrats Have Changed the Outcome of the 2024 Election? | Chris Whipple
Conversations With Jim Zirin
Trump ran in 2024 with more negatives than any candidate in American history. Yet, he won the election over Kamala Harris who should have easily beaten him. Where did she go wrong? Could she have won? Best-selling author Chris Whipple with insider access concludes those around Biden ignored his cognitive decline, and tells Jim Zirin Harris never succeeded in separating herself from Biden.
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Have Trump's Attacks on Lawyers Undermined the Rule of Law? | Mark Pomerantz
Conversations With Jim Zirin
Mark Pomerantz is a premier lawyer with blue ribbon credentials. He was a law clerk to conservative Supreme Court Justice Potter Stewart. He served as a federal prosecutor in the Southern District of New York. Later, he became a partner in Paul Weiss. Trump vindictively singled him out for criticism in his March 14 speech at the Department of Justice. He tells Jim of how Trump’s attacks on lawyers and judges have undermined the rule of law.
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Are We Moving toward an End of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict? | Elliott Abrams
Conversations With Jim Zirin
Nothing so far has worked to solve the vexing Israel Palestinian issue. Trump proposes to relocate the two million Palestinians in Gaza and create a “Gaza Riviera.” But will it work? Elliott Abrams of the Council on Foreign Relations, an old Mideast hand, weighs the imponderables and tells us how peace can be achieved even if Trump's plan is unworkable.
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Were the Wertheimer Portraits John Singer Sargent’s Greatest Works? | Jean Strouse
Conversations With Jim Zirin
Author Jean Strouse tells Jim about the extraordinary relationship between a wealthy British art dealer Asher Wertheimer, his large family, and John Singer Sargent, the iconic portraitist of the 19th and 20th centuries. Her book is entitled Family Romance, and with great skill Jean paints a Sargent-worthy portrait of the Gilded Age featuring the opulence of a decadent aristocracy and shining a light on the dark corners of virulent antisemitism.
info_outlineMark Pomerantz is a premier lawyer with blue ribbon credentials. He was a law clerk to conservative Supreme Court Justice Potter Stewart. He served as a federal prosecutor in the Southern District of New York. Later, he became a partner in Paul Weiss. Trump vindictively singled him out for criticism in his March 14 speech at the Department of Justice. He tells Jim of how Trump’s attacks on lawyers and judges have undermined the rule of law.