DeSantis University

Political Gabfest

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Politics, Government, News

4.5 • 8.3K Ratings

🗓️ 26 January 2023

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

This week, David Plotz, John Dickerson, and guest host Josie Duffy Rice discuss the rise of Marjorie Taylor Greene; Ron DeSantis’ attacks on educators; and the bipartisan bashing of monopolist Ticketmaster. Here are some notes and references from this week’s show: Jonathan Swan and Catie Edmondson for The New York Times: “How Kevin McCarthy Forged an Ironclad Bond With Marjorie Taylor Greene” God's Harvard: A Christian College on a Mission to Save America, by Hanna Rosin Josie Duffy Rice for iHeartPodcasts: Unreformed: the Story of the Alabama Industrial School for Negro Children The Nickel Boys, by Colson Whitehead Here are this week’s chatters: John: The Good Life: Lessons from the World's Longest Scientific Study of Happiness, by Robert Waldinger and Marc Schulz Josie: The Uninnocent: Notes on Violence and Mercy, by Katharine Blake David: Vintage Contemporaries, by Dan Kois Listener chatter from Pherabe Kolb: Fred Clasen-Kelly for The Greenville News: “Key Findings From The Cost Of Unity, A Series On The Displacement Of Black Greenville” For this week’s Slate Plus bonus segment David, John, and Josie discuss Josie’s new podcast, Unreformed: the Story of the Alabama Industrial School for Negro Children. 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

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0:00.0	Hello, I'm up in the sleep political gap fest.
0:16.0	January 26th, 2023, the DeSantis University edition.
0:21.0	I'm David Plott's city cast in Washington, D.C.
0:24.0	I'm joined from New York, slightly better, slightly less the worst for wear.
0:29.0	Better for wear.
0:30.0	John Dickerson of CBS Prime Time.
0:33.0	Hello, John.
0:34.0	Hello, David.
0:35.0	And hello to all those wonderful people who have commiserated with my hernated disc and sent
0:41.0	tips and ideas.
0:43.0	And as David says, we now have a second night in the new year that was considered to be one
0:52.0	in which I actually slept.
0:54.0	And Emily is out this week, but no worries.
0:59.0	Josie DeFie Rice, Gapfest regular, joins us from Atlanta.
1:03.0	Josie is many things, but she's also the host of the new podcast Unreformed.
1:08.0	Josie, hello.
1:09.0	How are you?
1:10.0	Hi, I'm so excited to be back.
1:11.0	This week on the Gapfest, the disturbing alliance between Marjorie Taylor Greene and Speaker
1:17.0	Kevin McCarthy and what that signifies.
1:20.0	Then Ron DeSantis's bold attack on a flagship public college in Florida and his effort to turn
1:26.6	it into a conservative bastion and also the various other things he's trying to do to education
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