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Political Gabfest

Clarence Thomas Is A Prince Fan

Political Gabfest

Slate Podcasts

Politics, Government, News

4.58.3K Ratings

🗓️ 13 October 2022

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Summary

This week, David Plotz, Emily Bazelon, and John Dickerson LA’s racism & redistricting scandal, the Andy Warhol copyright case at the Supreme Court, and developments in Putin’s war on Ukraine. Here are some notes and references from this week’s show: Anne Applebaum for The Atlantic: “Putin’s Newest Annexation Is Dire for Russia Too” Anne Applebaum for The Atlantic: “The Kremlin Must Be in Crisis” They Might Be Giants - Gab On (Theme to the Slate Political Gabfest) Here are this week’s chatters: John: The Cormac McCarthy Journal Emily: The Fight for Privacy: Protecting Dignity, Identity, and Love in the Digital Age, by Danielle Keats Citron; The Other Side of Prospect: A Story of Violence, Injustice, and the American City, by Nicholas Dawidoff David: David chattered about dining outside in Texas. Listener chatter from Lara Lowenstein: The Mountain Dogs For this week’s Slate Plus bonus segment Emily, David, and John interview John Flansburgh and John Linnell of They Might Be Giants about their work and the Gabfest’s new theme song. 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 Cheyna Roth. Research by Bridgette Dunlap. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcript

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0:00.0

Hello and welcome to the Flate Political Gabb Fest.

0:16.3

October 13th, 2022, the Clarence Thomas is a Prince Fan edition.

0:22.5

I am David Plots of CityCast.

0:23.5

I'm here in Washington, T.C.

0:24.5

I'm joined by Emily Baslan of the New York Times Magazine and Yale at University Law School

0:29.4

in New Haven.

0:30.4

Hello, Emily.

0:31.4

Hey, David.

0:32.4

And from New York City, John Dickerson of CBS Prime Time with John Dickerson.

0:38.4

Hello, John.

0:39.4

Hello, David.

0:40.4

Although actually I am once again in Washington.

0:44.2

Another year we still, none of us have won a MacArthur, so it goes.

0:48.0

But.

0:49.0

Our listeners are shocked.

0:51.4

However, I am hoping to be on MacArthur Boulevard at some point later.

0:57.2

This week on MacArthur Festival, three L.A.C.D. council members are caught on a secret

1:01.7

tape saying or condoning racist and just generally repugnant things about their rivals.

1:07.5

What does it mean?

1:08.5

What should happen to them?

1:09.5

What is happening to them?

1:11.1

Then the Ukraine war seems to get more dangerous by the week.

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