

Government
The Oath and The Office
Two Squared Media Productions
Mixing sharp wit and serious political fire, The Oath and The Office is where hard-hitting constitutional analysis meets razor-sharp comedy. Distinguished political science professor Corey Brettschneider teams up with comedian John Fugelsang to break down the most powerful 35 words in American democracy—the presidential oath of office. Every president swears to “preserve, protect, and defend” the Constitution, but what happens when one openly attacks democracy and the rule of law itself? Each week, Corey and John pull no punches, exposing the latest threats to the rule of law and demanding accountability. Smart, fearless, and wickedly funny—this is the civics lesson you can’t afford to miss.
- 20 episodes
- Updated Thursday
Episodes20
Thursday · 1 hr 15 min
July 23 · 1 hr 13 minTrump’s Media Threats & Todd Blanche’s $1.8B Slush Fund (with Skye Perryman)
July 16 · 1 hr 5 minTrump Targets the Press—and Spies on Americans (with Sen. Ron Wyden)
July 9 · 51 minTrump’s $2.2 Billion Presidency: The Corruption the Constitution Saw Coming
July 2 · 1 hrTrump Loses Birthright, Wins a Power Grab (with Joyce Vance)
June 25 · 57 minTrump’s DOJ Is Hiding the Epstein Files. Katie Phang Is Suing.
June 18 · 59 minTrump’s War on Habeas Corpus and DOJ Independence — with Harry Litman
June 11 · 58 minTrump Melts Down as Congress Pushes Back
June 4 · 56 minTrump’s Bad Week Is Democracy’s Opening
May 28 · 1 hrTrump’s Imperial Presidency: Bogus Charges and Foreign Wars
May 21 · 1 hr 4 minThe Secret Memos Behind the Supreme Court’s Shadow Docket (with Jodi Kantor)
May 14 · 1 hr 5 minCan Trump Undo Our Citizenship Rights? (with ACLU’s Cecilia Wang)
May 7 · 1 hr 12 minThe Supreme Court’s Assault on Our Rights (with Kate Shaw)
April 30 · 58 minTrump’s War on Truth and Science (with James Morone)
April 23 · 51 minTrump’s Supreme Court, the Shadow Docket, and the New Normal (with Aaron Parnas)
April 16 · 44 minTrump vs. the Pope
April 9 · 1 hr 1 minIs Trump Committing War Crimes? Lawrence Douglas on Hegseth, Nuremberg, and the Criminal State
April 2 · 1 hr 5 minBefore Project 2025: How the Right Built Trump’s Power Grab (with David Sirota)
March 26 · 45 minMueller Warned Congress. Trump Celebrated His Death.
March 19 · 1 hr 9 minStacey Abrams on the SAVE Act: The New Voter Suppression Threat