Can We Stop Talking About Georgia Now?

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Politics, Government, News

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🗓️ 9 December 2022

⏱️ 66 minutes

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This week, David Plotz, Emily Bazelon, and John Dickerson discuss Raphael Warnock beating Herschel Walker, and oral arguments at the Supreme Court in the anti-gay marriage website designer case and the “independent state legislature” election case. Here are some notes and references from this week’s show: Fr. James Martin, S.J. for Outreach: “When Is Religious Liberty A Fig Leaf For Homophobia?” Ian MacDougall for ProPublica: “What’s Really at Stake in a Politically Charged Supreme Court Case on Elections” Jed Sugarmen’s thread on oral arguments in Moore v. Harper. Kevin Roose for The New York Times: “The Brilliance and Weirdness of ChatGPT” Here are this week’s chatters: John: Associated Press: “HBO To Air Nancy Pelosi Doc Shot By Daughter Alexandra”; Pelosi in the House November 28, 2022 Emily: The Janes David: Tour Fort DeRussy with David; City Cast Portland has launched; Caitlin Doughty for The New York Times: “If You Want to Give Something Back to Nature, Give Your Body” Listener chatter from Adam Barhamand: Karen Bakker for Noema: “How To Speak Honeybee” For this week’s Slate Plus bonus segment Emily, David, and John discuss ChatGPT. Tweet us your questions and chatters @SlateGabfest or email us at [email protected]. (Messages may be quoted by name unless the writer stipulates otherwise.) Podcast production by Kevin Bendis. Research by Bridgette Dunlap. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to the Slate Political Gap Fest.
0:07.0	December 8, 2022, the Can We Stop Talking About Georgia Now Edition on David Plot's
0:23.4	CityCast, I'm in Washington DC, I'm joined by my beloved John Dickerson of CBS Prime Time
0:30.7	from New York City.
0:31.7	Hello John.
0:32.7	Hello David.
0:34.0	And Emily Bazlon of the New York Times Magazine at Yale University Law School from New
0:37.4	Haven.
0:38.4	Hello Emily.
0:39.4	Hello David and John.
0:40.4	How are you?
0:41.4	Not today, not from the New York Times Magazine.
0:43.4	Emily Bazlon of the Silence at Yale University Law School because Emily's on strike today.
0:48.4	Yes, today is true.
0:49.8	The New York Times Union, which I'm part of, is on a one day strike because we do not have
0:55.4	a contract.
0:56.4	We have not had a contract for 20 months and we need and deserve a fair contract.
1:00.9	So we walked out for one day.
1:03.5	This week on the Gap Fest, the narrow victory of Raphael Warnock in the Georgia Senate race
1:08.5	and its implications for the Senate, then the Supreme Court hears the case of a woman
1:13.4	who does not want to make websites for gay couples for their weddings, then a second
1:19.4	spicy Supreme Court argument over the independent state legislature doctrine, the dreaded ISLD.
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