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Pantsuit Politics

E. Jean Carroll, George Santos, and the Stumbling of Tech Giants

Pantsuit Politics

Lemonada Media

News, Politics, Society & Culture, News Commentary

4.54.9K Ratings

🗓️ 12 May 2023

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

Sarah and Beth discuss the legal news of the week - including E. Jean Carroll's successful civil suit against Donald Trump and the indictment of George Santos. Then, they consider the state of the tech industry and why it doesn't seem as promising as it once did. TOPICS DISCUSSED E. Jean Carroll’s Civil Suit Against Donald Trump George Santos Indicted The Stumbling of Tech Giants Heather Armstrong’s Tragic Death and Meaningful Impact We’re excited to be relaunching our book club this summer! It will be available to Premium members only. Join us now on our Patreon page or Apple Podcasts Subscriptions, where we will be sharing more information soon. Visit our website for complete show notes and episode resources. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

This is Sarah Stewart Holland and this is Beth Silverce.

0:10.4

Thank you for joining us for Pantsuit Politics.

0:18.0

Hello and welcome to another episode of Pantsuit Politics.

0:29.6

Today we're going to be talking about the verdict in E. Jean Carroll's case against Donald Trump,

0:33.3

as well as the indictment of George Santos.

0:35.3

We're also going to talk about the stumbling of the tech giants and what we think that means for all of us.

0:41.5

And well in the show is always talking about what's on our mind outside politics and today that is the tragic death of Heather Armstrong.

0:49.0

As you know, we are in our biannual moment of asking you to consider becoming a premium member of Pantsuit Politics

0:56.6

so that your dollars can help support what we do here.

0:59.8

We talked on Tuesday about how undependable advertising can be as a revenue source.

1:06.0

So we really depend on our premium communities financial support to do everything that we do that grows Pantsuit Politics.

1:13.8

And so growing and retaining people as part of that premium community is a big deal to us.

1:20.0

And honestly, the last couple of years have made that harder and we do need more people to join that community

1:26.3

so that we don't lose ground over time.

1:28.5

And more people in the community makes it better.

1:30.9

The common threads on Patreon are wonderful, the support that we receive from our Apple Podcast subscriptions members and the feedback and that just the relationship that people have with the show and they connect with us in that way are a big deal.

1:43.8

Elena said so generously that listening to us has changed her life.

1:50.0

She said with full affirmation changed my life.

1:53.4

And I really valued that she said we treat her not as someone who is dumb but as someone who can think through complex issues and come up differently.

2:02.1

She says the $15 that she spends on our premium community is the best $15 they spend every month in her household because she gets Sarah's daily news briefs my nightly podcasts about things that I think are really important.

2:17.0

And supports the two podcasts that we make that are free to everyone every week.

2:21.4

So thank you, Elena, for your support and for those kind words.

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