Summary
Emily Bazelon, John Dickerson and David Plotz discuss the New York Times Magazine’s "1619 Project" examining slavery in the U.S. (with guest Wesley Morris), corporate responsibility, and the policy changes niche groups are scoring federally.
For this week’s Slate Plus bonus segment, Emily, David, and John talk about what the U.S. should buy since Greenland isn’t for sale.
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| 0:00.0 | This episode of the Gab Fest contains explicit language. |
| 0:10.8 | Hello and welcome for the Slate Political Gab Fest for August 22nd, 2019, the 1619 edition. |
| 0:17.9 | I'm David Plotz of Atlas Obscura. I am in Washington, D.C. We are all back. The summer |
| 0:24.1 | is still going, but not for us. Emily Bazelon of the New York Times Magazine, Yale, is at a studio |
| 0:30.9 | in New Haven, Connecticut. Hello, Emily. |
| 0:33.4 | Hello, hello. Thanks for looking up for your phone. |
| 0:36.7 | I was looking for my channel. |
| 0:39.1 | I already said hi to you before. |
| 0:40.7 | All right. |
| 0:41.0 | I have to pay Slavish devoted attention to you for every second. |
| 0:45.2 | Yes. |
| 0:45.9 | John Dickerson snortling over there of CBS's 60 minutes is back from his whirlwind of peace negotiations in Europe. |
| 0:56.8 | How did that go, John? |
| 0:57.8 | Did you free any hostages? |
| 0:59.1 | Did you solve Brexit? |
| 1:00.0 | Yeah, no, it's all fine. |
| 1:01.1 | As you can tell, the Italian government's doing fine. |
| 1:03.8 | British government's doing fine. |
| 1:05.4 | Germans are fine. |
| 1:06.2 | I pretty much knit the entire EU together. |
| 1:09.5 | No, it's all fine. |
| 1:10.5 | I was in Ireland, and, you know, it's just as wonderful as it always was. |
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