Upwork on The Lawfare Podcast

The Lawfare PodcastJuly 31, 2026

Rational Security: The “Hugging Ukraine” Edition

0:43
mid-roll
The Lawfare Institute
Speaker
The Lawfare Institute
July 31, 2026
UnknownBrand awarenessBaked-in adHR & Recruiting
0:00 / 0:43
@ 47:36 in ep

Estimated current placement value

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~$240range $36$1,700

What a comparable one-episode placement on this show might cost today—not reported advertiser spend or a historical invoice.

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Transcript

Hey, folks, Ben Wittes here, and I want to talk to you about Upwork. When I started Lawfare and we were trying to scale it up, we had all kinds of needs for specialized people to do temporary work of one sort or another, building a website, payroll, all kinds of things that we didn't know how to do because we know how to write about national security law. Upwork did not exist at the time, but boy, scaling a business takes the right expertise at the right time, and Upwork helps growing teams quickly bring in specialized freelancers so you...

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Episode

The Lawfare Podcast
Rational Security: The “Hugging Ukraine” Edition
Host: The Lawfare Institute
Publisher: The Lawfare Institute