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Stay Tuned with Preet

CAFE Insider 3/17: Extraordinary Times

Stay Tuned with Preet

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Society & Culture, Politics, Government, News

4.832.3K Ratings

🗓️ 18 March 2020

⏱️ 16 minutes

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Summary

To listen to the full episode for free, head to cafe.com/preet and sign up to receive a link. Members of the CAFE Insider can listen to this episode in the podcast player of their choice. In this episode of the CAFE Insider podcast, “Extraordinary Times,” co-hosts Preet Bharara and Anne Milgram are joined by Lisa Monaco, who was President Obama’s chief homeland security and counterterrorism advisor. In this clip, Lisa discusses the attempts made by the Obama administration to warn incoming Trump national security officials about the threat of a pandemic in January 2017 — going so far as to simulate a potential outbreak in a "tabletop" preparation exercise. To hear the full episode, head to cafe.com/preet to receive a link. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Hey, stay tuned listeners. I hope you're all doing as well as you can be during this incredibly

0:04.9

trying time. To help address many of the pressing questions surrounding the coronavirus,

0:09.3

we are making available a special episode of Cathay Insider, the weekly podcast that I

0:13.5

co-host with Anne Milgram. As many of you know, every Tuesday and

0:17.4

an eye breakdown, the politically charged legal news making the headlines. The podcast

0:21.8

is part of the Cathay Insider subscription, and I'm grateful to every single one of our

0:25.5

members. You help support our work. For some stories, we take down the paywall so

0:31.2

everyone can be tuned into what's happening in a difficult time for this nation and for

0:35.1

the world. And that's what we're doing today. For this special episode, Anne and I are lucky

0:39.3

to be joined by our good friend, Lisa Monaco. Lisa served most recently as President Obama's

0:44.0

chief homeland security and counterterrorism advisor. She has held leadership positions

0:48.0

throughout the Justice Department, working on highly sensitive national security issues.

0:52.3

She's also an expert on the threat of pandemics. She coordinated the Obama administration's

0:56.6

response to the Ebola crisis, and she now sits on Joe Biden's coronavirus response task

1:01.5

course. She helps us break down the Trump administration's response to the pandemic,

1:06.1

as well as the steps that can and should be taken now to both mitigate this crisis and

1:10.6

ensure that it never happens again. What follows is a sample of my conversation with Lisa

1:15.2

and Anne. If you want to hear our full discussion for free, go to Cathay.com slash

1:20.2

preet and sign up to receive an email with a link to the episode. That's Cathay.com slash

1:26.2

preet. For those of you who already received Cathay emails, you'll be receiving a link

1:30.7

shortly. To all insiders, thank you for supporting our work. Hey, Anne, how are you?

1:38.4

Hey, preet. Hey, Dylan. So just to let people know what's going on,

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