Conversations With Jim Zirin

Conversations with Jim Zirin is a talk show designed to analyze national and world events. The series features high-profile guests from the worlds of politics, law, business, foreign relations, national security, counterterrorism, media, lifestyles, literature, the arts, and the military. The series is hosted by Jim Zirin, a leading litigator and contributor to major publications including Forbes, the Daily Beast, the Nation, The Times of London, The Washington Post, The Daily News, and the Los Angeles Times. He is the author of three books: The Mother Court—Tales of Cases That Mattered in America's Greatest Trial Court, Supremely Partisan—How Raw Politics Tips the Scales in the United States Supreme Court, and Plaintiff in Chief—A Portrait of Donald Trump in 3500 Lawsuits. Jim served as an Assistant United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York in the Criminal Division under the legendary Robert M. Morgenthau.

Michael Froman | Are Trump’s Tariffs Good for the American Economy? 07/16/2025

Could the Democrats Have Changed the Outcome of the 2024 Election? | Chris Whipple 06/10/2025

Have Trump's Attacks on Lawyers Undermined the Rule of Law? | Mark Pomerantz 04/15/2025

Are We Moving toward an End of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict? | Elliott Abrams 03/11/2025

Were the Wertheimer Portraits John Singer Sargent’s Greatest Works? | Jean Strouse 02/11/2025

How did we get here? Reckoning with the 2024 Election Results | Jonathan Alter 12/10/2024

Who Will Be the Next President? | Doug Schoen 10/22/2024

How Do We Fix Our Broken Politics? | Bob Bauer 10/02/2024

Are Happy Days Here Again for the Democrats? | Matt Cooper 09/11/2024

Will Trump's Felony Conviction Block His Path to the White House? | Nina Burleigh 08/13/2024

What Is Kyung Wha Kang's Vision for the Asia Society? | Dr. Kyung-wha Kang 07/03/2024

Will We See a Cure for Any of the Degenerative Diseases Any Time Soon? | Richard Lifton 06/11/2024

What is the Greatest Global Risk in 2024? | Ian Bremmer 05/01/2024

Overcoming the Danger of Disinformation in the November Election | Barbara McQuade 04/01/2024

Why History Matters According to Director of New-York Historical Society | Louise Mirrer 02/27/2024

Discussing Higher Education, Free Speech, and Reproductive Rights | Donna Shalala 02/01/2024

Can We Get Russia Right As Long As Vladimir Putin Remains in Power? | Tom Graham 01/23/2024

How Will Warfare Be Conducted into the Next Century? | Andrew Roberts 01/09/2024

Can We Count on More Diversified Programming at Lincoln Center? | Henry Timms 12/12/2023

Did Andrew Cuomo Get a Raw Deal? | Melissa DeRosa 11/28/2023

Should Trump be disqualified from the Ballot? | Kermit Roosevelt 11/14/2023

The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer | Kai Bird 10/10/2023

What Is the Legacy of George P. Shultz? | Philip Taubman 08/08/2023

Is the Oath of the Cabinet to Trump or the Constitution? | Mark Esper 07/11/2023

Why Is This Camelot Different from All the Others? | Bart Sher 06/06/2023

What Are the Obligations of Good Citizens? | Richard Haass 05/01/2023

Is the West Containing China? | Kevin Rudd 04/04/2023

What Did Donald Trump Learn from Roy Cohn? | Ken Auletta (2018) 03/30/2023

Will Trump Go to Jail? | Laurence Tribe (2021) 03/30/2023

What is the Strongest Case Against Donald Trump? | Martin London (2022) 03/28/2023