Can We Please Talk?
‘Can We Please Talk?’ is a news commentary podcast hosted by Mike Leon & Nick Zaveri. Each week, the guys break down the latest news stories making headlines, featuring award-winning journalists, correspondents, former & current government officials, best-selling authors, members of Congress & more, to help provide analysis & informed perspective. “We talk to people who know what they’re talking about!” Learn more about our show and the family of shows on Leon Media Network, LLC at - https://www.leonmedianetwork.com/ Follow us on IG - @canwepleasetalkpodcast, Twitter -@CANWEPLEASTALK, TikTok - @canwepleasetalkpodcast Email the show at canwepleasetalkpodcast@gmail.com if you have questions, comments, concerns, or, you know, just want to talk! Show theme song performed by the band 'Leaving Largo' Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/can-we-please-talk. Become a member at https://plus.acast.com/s/can-we-please-talk. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Show episodes
Mike & Nick welcome in attorney & founding partner at the Texas Defense Firm, Jeremy Rosenthal, for a deep dive on all the latest legal news happening nationally. From recent arrests of two judges in New Mexico & Wisconsin, to immigration cases making headlines, plus, are some stories being overblown coverage wise or i
Mike & Nick on Axios reporter Alex Thompson's comments at the White House Correspondents Dinner on journalists needing to do better, plus, author & law professor at the Univ. of Richmond, Corinna Barrett Lain joins the pod to discuss her new book 'Secrets of the Killing State: The Untold Stories of Lethal Injection.' T
Mike is joined by political economist, author and Professor of International Economics and Finance over at Brown University, Mark Blyth, to discuss tariffs, factors to pay attention to when understanding the economy, demystifying claims about the global trade market & more, plus Mike on the FSU school shooting that hap
Mike & Nick on the latest in the wild Kilmar Abrego Garcia deportation case in Maryland, GZERO Media correspondent Alex Kliment stops by to discuss Ukraine, Gaza, Iran nuclear talks, President Trump's first few months back on the world stage, plus, our new segment 'WHATTT??' on why Bill Maher & Stephen A Smith should l
Mike & Nick help you understand the most searched word of the past week, tariffs, plus, Congressman Seth Moulton (D-MA) stops by to discuss SignalGate, two things here at home & abroad that are concerning him, what he is hearing from his constituents in Massachusetts's 6th district & more. This episode is brought to yo
Mike & Nick on the student visas that have been revoked by the State Department across the country, a look at some of these stories, writer Ken Reid joins to discuss his recent article on two other instances where this took place under other U.S. Presidents, plus, who is Dr. Peter Marks and why is his resignation impor