Political Gabfest

Emily, John and David discuss Joe Manchin, how the Trump DOJ lives on, and George Packer’s four Americas.Here are some notes and references from this week’s show:John Dickerson for CBS News: “Sen. Joe Manchin on Face the Nation, June 6, 2021”Ruth Marcus for the Washington Post: “Attorney General Garland, Please Stop Digging”George Packer for the Atlantic: “How America Fractured Into Four Parts”Last Best Hope: America in Crisis and Renewal, by George PackerGeorge Packer for the Atlantic: “Can Civics Save America?”The Ezra Klein Show: “Obama Explains How America Went From ‘Yes We Can’ to ‘MAGA’ ”Jane Mayer for the New Yorker: “Inside the Koch-Backed Effort to Block the Largest Election-Reform Bill in Half a Century”Here’s this week’s chatter:John: Elizabeth Weise for USA Today: “This Man Spent Last Year Flushing Hundreds of Toilets. The New Fear as the Pandemic Wanes: Legionnaires' Disease”Emily: Michael Powell for the New York Times: “Once a Bastion of Free Speech, the A.C.L.U. Faces an Identity Crisis”David: Rachel Gutman for the Atlantic: “A Crumpled, Dried-Out Relic of the Pandemic”Listener chatter from Andrew Goetz: Mick West's YouTube videos explaining UFO footage. If you enjoy the show, please consider signing up for Slate Plus. Slate Plus members get benefits like zero ads on any Slate podcast, bonus episodes of shows like Slow Burn and Danny Lavery's new show Big Mood, Little Mood" and you’ll be supporting the Political Gabfest. Sign up now at slate.com/gabfestplus to help support our work. For this week’s Slate Plus bonus segment, Emily, John, and David consider how their names may have shaped their personalities.Tweet us your questions and chatters @SlateGabfest or email us at gabfest@slate.com. (Messages may be quoted by name unless the writer stipulates otherwise.)Podcast production by Jocelyn Frank.Research and show notes by Bridgette Dunlap. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Here are some notes and references from this week’s show:The Ezra Klein Show: “Obama Explains How America Went From ‘Yes We Can’ to ‘MAGA’”Uneasy Peace: The Great Crime Decline, the Renewal of City Life, and the Next War on Violence, by Patrick Sharkey AmericanViolence.orgMonica C. Bell for the Yale Law Journal: “Police Reform and the Dismantling of Legal Estrangement”Penn Wharton Budget Model: “COVID-19 School Closures: Long-Run Macroeconomic Effects”Hang Up and Listen: “The Naomi Osaka Withdraws Edition”Here’s this week’s chatter:John: Kathryn Schulz for TED: “Don’t Regret Regret”; Cal Newport for The New Yorker: “What if Remote Work Didn’t Mean Working from Home?”Emily: Mare of Easttown; Julie Miller for Vanity Fair: “Kate Winslet on Mare of Easttown and Creating a Real Heroine for Tired Times”David: CityCast Denver: “Responding to 911 Calls With Sweatpants and Snacks, Not Guns”Listener chatter from James Williams: Arnstein Aassve, Guido Alfani, Francesco Gandolfi, and Marco Le Moglie for Health Economics: “Epidemics and Trust: The Case of the Spanish Flu”For this week’s Slate Plus bonus segment, Emily, John, and David talk about Naomi Osaka withdrawing from the French Open.If you enjoy the show, please consider signing up for Slate Plus. Slate Plus members get benefits like zero ads on any Slate podcast, bonus episodes of shows like Slow Burn and Dear Prudence—and you’ll be supporting the Political Gabfest. Sign up now at slate.com/gabfestplus to help support our work.Tweet us your questions and chatters @SlateGabfest or email us at gabfest@slate.com. (Messages may be quoted by name unless the writer stipulates otherwise.)Podcast production by Margaret Kelley.Research and show notes by Bridgette Dunlap.HostsEmily Bazelon, John Dickerson, David PlotzFollow@SlateGabfest on Twitter / https://twitter.com/SlateGabfestSlate Gabfest on Facebook / https://www.facebook.com/Gabfest/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Here are some notes and references from this week’s show:David Leonhardt for The New York Times: “The Lab-Leak Theory”Nicholson Baker for New York Magazine: “The Lab-Leak Hypothesis”Nicholas Wade for The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists: “The Origin of COVID: Did People or Nature Open Pandora’s Box at Wuhan?”Anne Applebaum for The Atlantic: “Other Regimes Will Hijack Planes Too”The Skies Belong to Us: Love and Terror in the Golden Age of Hijacking, by Brendan I. KoernerEric Levitz for New York Magazine: “David Shor on Why Trump Was Good for the GOP and How Dems Can Win in 2022”Eric Levitz for New York Magazine: “David Shor’s Unified Theory of American Politics”Here’s this week’s chatter:John: Mark Mortensen and Heidi K. Gardner for Harvard Business Review: “WFH Is Corroding Our Trust in Each Other”Emily: Patrick Smith for WBEZ: “Mayor Lori Lightfoot Blamed Gun Violence On Judges, But Emails Show Her Staff Knew It Wasn’t True”David: Apple Photos “Memories” featureListener chatter from Jen Overbeck: Alan Burdick for The New York Times: “So You Want to End the Conversation?”For this week’s Slate Plus bonus segment, Emily, John, and David talk about the difficulties of ending a conversation that has run its course.If you enjoy the show, please consider signing up for Slate Plus. Slate Plus members get benefits like zero ads on any Slate podcast, bonus episodes of shows like Slow Burn and Dear Prudence—and you’ll be supporting the Political Gabfest. Sign up now at slate.com/gabfestplus to help support our work.Tweet us your questions and chatters @SlateGabfest or email us at gabfest@slate.com. (Messages may be quoted by name unless the writer stipulates otherwise.)Podcast production by Margaret Kelley.Research and show notes by Bridgette Dunlap.HostsEmily Bazelon, John Dickerson, David PlotzFollow@SlateGabfest on Twitter / https://twitter.com/SlateGabfestSlate Gabfest on Facebook / https://www.facebook.com/Gabfest/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Emily, John and David discuss the violence between Israel and Gaza, abortion at the Supreme Court, and the book Nine Nasty Words with author John McWhorter.Here are some notes and references from this week’s show:John Dickerson for CBS: “Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on "Face the Nation," May 16, 2021”Bernie Sanders for the New York Times: “Bernie Sanders: The U.S. Must Stop Being an Apologist for the Netanyahu Government”Nine Nasty Words: English in the Gutter: Then, Now, and Forever, by John McWhorter John McWhorter for the Atlantic: “How ‘White Fragility’ Talks Down to Black People” Here’s this week’s chatter:John: Tariro Mzezewa for the New York Times: “Hear a Harlem Choir Rejoice Again”Emily: Adam Liptak for the New York Times: “Ban on Non-Unanimous Verdicts Is Not Retroactive, Supreme Court Rules”David: Children of Time by Adrian Tchaikovsky Listener chatter from Susan Bates: AMORALMAN: A True Story and Other Lies by Derek DelGaudio.For this week’s Slate Plus bonus segment, Emily, John, and David talk about the objects that most define them.If you enjoy the show, please consider signing up for Slate Plus. Slate Plus members get benefits like zero ads on any Slate podcast, bonus episodes of shows like Slow Burn and Dear Prudence—and you’ll be supporting the Political Gabfest. Sign up now at slate.com/gabfestplus to help support our work.Tweet us your questions and chatters @SlateGabfest or email us at gabfest@slate.com. (Messages may be quoted by name unless the writer stipulates otherwise.)Podcast production by Jocelyn Frank.Research and show notes by Bridgette Dunlap. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Emily, John and David discuss the post-pandemic economy; vaccine hoarding; and they're joined by Alex Stamos to talk about infrastructure, cybersecurity and the Colonial Pipeline hack.Here are some notes and references from this week’s show:David Leonhardt for the New York Times: “A Misleading C.D.C. Number”Dana Goldstein for the New York Times: “President of Key Teachers’ Union Shares Plea: ‘Schools Must Be Open’ in Fall”Brian Krebs for Krebs on Security: “A Closer Look at the DarkSide Ransomware Gang”Here’s this week’s chatter:John: Craig Welch for National Geographic: “Groundbreaking Effort Launched to Decode Whale Language”Emily: A Good Mother by Lara Bazelon; America on Fire: The Untold History of Police Violence and Black Rebellion Since the 1960s by Elizabeth Hinton David: B-Side Books: Essays on Forgotten Favorites by John Plotz “Listener chatter from Adam Schear: Walker Caplan for LitHub: “The Key to Dodging Cyber Censorship Rules Might Be . . . A Minecraft Library?”If you enjoy the show, please consider signing up for Slate Plus. Slate Plus members get benefits like zero ads on any Slate podcast, bonus episodes of shows like Slow Burn and Dear Prudence—and you’ll be supporting the Political Gabfest. Sign up now at slate.com/gabfestplus to help support our work.For this week’s Slate Plus bonus segment, Emily, John, and David each recount a decision that changed the trajectory of their lives (not marriage related).Tweet us your questions and chatters @SlateGabfest or email us at gabfest@slate.com. (Messages may be quoted by name unless the writer stipulates otherwise.)Podcast production by Jocelyn Frank.Research and show notes by Bridgette Dunlap. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

David, John and Emily discuss Liz Cheney's defiance of Trumpists; Trump’s Facebook suspension; and meatlessness getting (more) political.Here are some notes and references from this week’s show:Kimberly Robinson for Bloomberg Law: “Video: The Wild Hypotheticals Posed by Justice Stephen Breyer”John Dickerson for CBS News: “Ron Klain on ‘Face the Nation,’ May 2, 2021”Evelyn Douek for Lawfare: “It's Not Over. The Oversight Board's Trump Decision is Just the Start.”These Truths: A History of the United States, by Jill LeporeEzra Klein for the New York Times: “Let’s Launch a Moonshot for Meatless Meat”John Dickerson for Slate: “Go for the Throat!: Why if He Wants to Transform American Politics, Obama Must Declare War on the Republican Party.”John Dickerson for JohnDickerson.com: “End of the Year Thoughts 2020 (Five Months Too Late).”Never Let Me Go, by Kazuo IshiguroHard Knocks, HBOHere’s this week’s chatter:John: Klara and the Sun, by Kazuo IshiguroEmily: Mom Genes: Inside the New Science of Our Ancient Maternal Instinct, by Abigail TuckerDavid: Formula 1: Drive to Survive, Season 3, Episode 9: Man on FireListener chatter from Michael Sagmeister: Mitchell Clark for The Verge: “Bad Software Sent Postal Workers to Jail, Because No One Wanted to Admit It Could Be Wrong.”For this week’s Slate Plus bonus segment, Emily, John, and David discuss how the freedom they feel to share their opinions has changed with their jobs and the journalism environment.If you enjoy the show, please consider signing up for Slate Plus. Slate Plus members get benefits like zero ads on any Slate podcast, bonus episodes of shows like Slow Burn and Dear Prudence—and you’ll be supporting the Political Gabfest. Sign up now at slate.com/gabfestplus to help support our work.Tweet us your questions and chatters @SlateGabfest or email us at gabfest@slate.com. (Messages may be quoted by name unless the writer stipulates otherwise.)Podcast production by Jocelyn Frank.Research and show notes by Bridgette Dunlap. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A live Gabfest with Emily, David and John on the policies and politics of Biden’s first 100 days— with special guest Jamelle Bouie!A reference from this week’s show:Thomas B. Edsall for The New York Times: “Should Biden Emphasize Race or Class or Both or None of the Above”Here’s this week’s chatter:John: The Premonition: A Pandemic Story by Michael Lewis; Gertrude Stein on punctuation from Lectures in America. Emily: Rosanna Xia for The Los Angeles Times: “DDT Waste Barrels Off L.A. Coast Shock California Scientists”David: Steven Johnson for The New York Times Magazine: “How Humanity Gave Itself an Extra Life”Listener chatter from David Friedlander-Holm: Cara Giaimo for The New York Times: “One of the World’s Oldest Science Experiments Comes Up From the Dirt”Slate Plus members get great bonus content from Slate, a special segment on the Gabfest each week, and access to special bonus episodes throughout the year. Sign up now to listen and support our show. For this week’s Slate Plus bonus segment, Emily, John, and David take questions from the live audience.Tweet us your questions and chatters @SlateGabfest or email us at gabfest@slate.com. (Messages may be quoted by name unless the writer stipulates otherwise.)Podcast production by Jocelyn Frank.Research and show notes by Bridgette Dunlap. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Emily, John and David discuss the verdict in the Derek Chauvin trial with guest Dwayne Betts; Andrew Yang’s campaign for Mayor of New York City; and why the U.S. invaded Iraq with guest Noreen Malone (host of the Slow Burn podcast).Here are some notes and references from this week’s show:Netflix Is A Joke: “Richard Pryor's 1979 Joke About Police Still Applies”“When I Think of Tamir Rice While Driving” by Reginald Dwayne BettsJack Shafer for Politico: “How Substack Revealed the Real Value of Writers’ Unfiltered Thoughts”The Million Book ProjectFelon by Reginald Dwayne BettsA Question of Freedom: A Memoir of Learning, Survival, and Coming of Age in Prison by Reginald Dwayne BettsSlow Burn Season 5: The Road to IraqHere’s this week’s chatter:John: The Ezra Klein Show: “That Anxiety You’re Feeling? It’s a Habit You Can Break”; Bob Yirka for Phys.org: “Teaching Children to Play Chess Found to Decrease Risk Aversion”; Joe Trippi’s Twitter thread about Walter MondaleEmily: PBS’s Philly D.A.David: Michael E. Ruane for the Washington Post: “Harriet Tubman’s Lost Maryland Home Found, Archaeologists Say”; Peter Jamison for The Washington Post: “An ‘Insane’ Covid Lockdown Two Miles From the Capitol, With No End in Sight”Listener chatter from Adam Siegel: The Economist: “How spooks are turning to superforecasting in the Cosmic Bazaar”Slate Plus members get great bonus content from Slate, a special segment on the Gabfest each week, and access to special bonus episodes throughout the year. Sign up now to listen and support our show. For this week’s Slate Plus bonus segment, Dwayne Betts recites his poem, “When I Think of Tamir Rice While Driving.”Tweet us your questions and chatters @SlateGabfest or email us at gabfest@slate.com. (Messages may be quoted by name unless the writer stipulates otherwise.)Podcast production by Jocelyn Frank.Research and show notes by Bridgette Dunlap. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Emily, John and David discuss the vaccine “pause,” the death of Daunte Wright, and Biden’s commission on the U.S. Supreme Court.Here are some notes and references from this week’s show:Ronald Brownstein for The Atlantic: “The Decision That Will Define Democrats for a Decade”Ryan D. Doerfler and Samuel Moyn for The Atlantic: “Reform the Court, but Don’t Pack It”Emily Bazelon for The New York Times: “How To Fix the Supreme Court: How We Got Here”The Ministry for the Future by Kim Stanley Robinson Tom Whyman for The New York Times: “Why, Despite Everything, You Should Have Kids (if You Want Them)”This week’s chatter:John: Call My Agent; The Irregulars Emily: Daniele Selby for The Innocence Project “8 Things You Need to Know About Pervis Payne Who Is Facing Execution”David: Janelle Bitker for The San Francisco Chronicle: “Boba Shortage: Bay Area and the Rest of the U.S. May Soon Have No Bubbles for Tea”Listener chatter from Gabe Jacobs: 99% Invisible: “Freedom House Ambulance Service”Slate Plus members get great bonus content from Slate, a special segment on the Gabfest each week, and access to special bonus episodes throughout the year. Sign up now to listen and support our show. For this week’s Slate Plus bonus segment, John, David, and Emily talk about the decision to have children in the face of climate change and other catastrophes which could make the future more painful than today. Tweet us your questions and chatters @SlateGabfest, or email us at gabfest@slate.com. (Messages may be quoted by name unless the writer stipulates otherwise.)Podcast production by Jocelyn Frank.Research and show notes by Bridgette Dunlap. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Emily, John and David discuss the corporate backlash to Georgia’s voting restrictions, Matt Gaetz and shamelessness in government, and they are joined by Amanda Ripley to talk about her new book High Conflict.Here are some notes and references from this week’s show:Jonathan Rauch for the Atlantic: “How American Politics Went Insane”Insecure Majorities: Congress and the Perpetual Campaign by Frances E. LeeHigh Conflict: Why We Get Trapped and How We Get Out by Amanda RipleyThe Gottman Institute’s “Love Lab”Emotions in Conflict: Inhibitors and Facilitators of Peace Making by Eran HalperinL. M. Hartling, E. Lindner, U. Spalthoff and M. Britton for Psicología Política: “Humiliation: A Nuclear Bomb of Emotions?”Stephen Hawkins, Daniel Yudkin, Míriam Juan-Torres, Tim Dixon for More In Common: “Hidden Tribes: A Study of America’s Polarized Landscape”The IrregularsHere’s this week’s chatter:John: Dan Zak for the Washington Post: “Goodbye to Gate 35x, Cursed Portal to the Rest of America”Emily: Crip Camp: A Disability RevolutionDavid: City Cast DenverListener chatter from Paul John Rudoi: Passing English of the Victorian era, a Dictionary of Heterodox English, Slang and Phrase available at The Public Domain Review; Karen Strike for Flashbak: “Not Up To Dick: 100 Wonderful Victorian Slang Words You Should Be Using”Slate Plus members get great bonus content from Slate, a special segment on the Gabfest each week, and access to special bonus episodes throughout the year. Sign up now to listen and support our show. For this week’s Slate Plus bonus segment, John, David, and Emily contemplate whether vaccinated people have a moral obligation to go out and spend. Tweet us your questions and chatters @SlateGabfest, or email us at gabfest@slate.com. (Messages may be quoted by name unless the writer stipulates otherwise.)Podcast production by Jocelyn Frank.Research and show notes by Bridgette Dunlap. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.