Hi, producer Jenny here. The Talking Feds team is just back from the Texas Tribune Festival,

where we recorded some terrific episodes. One that's in your feed now about the latest in the

endless Escher painting that is the Trump Investigative Landscape, but also a really strong episode

coming soon about voting rights that is really just a must-listen. Before that, we were in San

Francisco taping episodes about Russian-organized crime, and a really thought-provoking episode about

a troubling topic for me personally, the federal death penalty, with a last-minute guest who is

sure to generate some... what's the word? Interest. Go check out Harry's Twitter feed if you want to know

who it is. But back to Texas, sometimes the best episodes happen because another episode hit a

snag. You think you're doing a huge weighty episode about the presidency. And the next thing you

know, you're going for Wavos Rincheros at Cisco's in East Austin. Credit to Matt Miller for the

recommendation. And then Joyce Vance suggests we invite Mika Oyang, vice president for the third

way's national security program. Mika had a long career on Capitol Hill, which turned out to be

invaluable for this episode. When I walked into Cisco's that morning with my bag of microphones,

it was like the Saturday breakfast version of that famous Edward Hopper painting Nighthawks.

There was Asha Rangapa at the counter. Matt and his awesome mom Debbie finishing up their breakfast.

And when Harry and Joyce arrived, we had a quorum for a casual, no-holds bar discussion that

really is the ideal that drives talking feds. Just a bunch of regulars sitting in the back of a

great breakfast joint. Trying to figure out what's going on in the political and legal landscape we

find ourselves in. If you sometimes have this show on in the background with kids around,

we did drop some F-bombs. So there's your one minute warning. Otherwise, enjoy and hear's Harry.

Welcome to the inaugural edition of feds in Takarias talking trash on Trump. We are here in Cisco's in

Austin, the best Takaria in all of Texas. And we are here today with an unbelievable collection

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