Lindsay E. Beyerstein

In These Times

Lindsay Beyerstein is an investigative journalist, filmmaker, and broadcaster in Brooklyn, New York. She she is the lead writer at the Sidney Hillman Foundation. Her reporting has appeared in the New Republic, the Columbia Journalism Review, Newsweek, Slate, and other publications. She is the director of the award-winning documentary “Care in Chaos,” produced by Rewire News Group.

The Breach: The Consequences of Firing James Comey

Lindsay E. Beyerstein

Donald Trump’s firing of FBI Director James Comey shocked the nation. Leon Neyfakh of Slate joins Lindsay Beyerstein to discuss the swirling justifications for the firing, the norms under attack, and how special prosecution of the Russia investigation might work.

The Breach: Does President Trump Suffer From Narcissistic Personality Disorder?

Lindsay E. Beyerstein

Dr. Allen Frances, who helped write the criteria for Narcissistic Personality Disorder, argues that an armchair diagnosis of the President does more harm than good – especially for people who actually have a mental illness.

The Breach: America’s B.S. Artist-in-Chief

Lindsay E. Beyerstein & Weekly Pulse: The Republicans’ War on Women

President Donald Trump lies, but is he just a liar, or is he something more confounding? Jeet Heer argues that Trump’s “say anything” philosophy puts him in a whole new—and potentially much scarier—category.

The Breach: Trump’s New Drug Czar Will Make Things Worse

Lindsay E. Beyerstein

This month, the White House leaked that Rep. Tom Marino (R-Pa) was in the final stages of vetting to become the nation’s Drug Czar. Marino’s record as a prosecutor and legislator is in line with the punitive approach Donald Trump has promised to tackling illicit drugs. Drug policy expert Sanho Tree explains why a border wall won’t stop drugs from coming into the country and why our most pressing drug problem, the opioid overdose crisis, was caused by the very prohibition-oriented drug policies that Trump favors.

The Breach: Unmasking America’s Secret Court System With Liza Goitein

Lindsay E. Beyerstein

Brennan Center expert Liza Goitein takes us behind the curtain to reveal how our separate, secretive national security court system works—and whether its benefits outweigh its risks.

The Breach: In the Shadow of Putin With Sarah Kendzior

Lindsay E. Beyerstein

Donald Trump regularly flatters Putin and has promised warmer relations between the United States and Russia, but tensions between the two nuclear powers rose last week after Trump ordered an airstrike in Syria. How might this situation play out, and what can we learn from studying Putin's tactics at home and abroad? This week on The Breach, journalist Sarah Kendzior joins us to talk about the weaponization of information in Vladimir Putin’s Russia.

The Breach: Interrogating the Emoluments Clause With Zephyr Teachout

Lindsay E. Beyerstein

Law professor Zephyr Teachout joins host Lindsay Beyerstein to discuss one of the Constitution's most critical anti-corruption tools, the Emoluments Clause. Teachout and her legal colleagues at Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) have launched a groundbreaking lawsuit against Trump to stop him from taking cash from foreign governments through his empire of hotels and rental properties. A loss for Trump could set the stage for divestment, resignation, or even impeachment.