Gabfest Live! Grab the Steering Wheel Edition

Political Gabfest

Slate Podcasts

Politics, Government, News

4.5 • 8.3K Ratings

🗓️ 30 June 2022

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Summary

This week, David Plotz, Emily Bazelon and John Dickerson are live at Sixth & I in Washington, DC discussing the new insurrection revelations; the overturning of Roe; and the legitimacy of the U.S. Supreme Court. Here are some notes and references from this week’s show: David French for The Dispatch: “The Case for Prosecuting Donald Trump Just Got Much Stronger” Kirsten M. J. Thompson, Hugh J. W. Sturrock, Diana Greene Foster, et al for JAMA Network Open: “Association of Travel Distance to Nearest Abortion Facility With Rates of Abortion” Sacred Hunger, by Barry Unsworth Matterhorn: A Novel of the Vietnam War, by Karl Marlantes Meridith McGraw and Matt Dixon for Politico: “Trump Fatigue Sets In: ‘Some Donors Are Getting Sick Of The Sh--Show'” Here are this week’s chatters: Emily: Christopher Clarey for The New York Times: “Tennis Tours Penalize Wimbledon Over Ban on Russian Players” David: Emily Temple for LitHub: “Famous Authors Who Died on the Exact Same Day” John: Terri Jo Ryan for Waco History: “Crash at Crush” Don’t miss Emily’s conversation with author Keri Blakinger on her new book, Corrections in Ink, for the June 26, 2022 episode of Gabfest Reads. 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 and show notes by Bridgette Dunlap. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	You guys ready to go?
0:01.7	Yes.
0:02.8	Are we ready back there?
0:04.0	Are we all good?
0:04.8	OK.
0:05.6	MUSIC
0:10.8	Hello and welcome to the Slate Political Gap Fest.
0:13.3	MUSIC
0:21.2	For June 30, 2022 is the grab at the steering wheel edition.
0:28.8	For the first time, for the first time since the pandemic,
0:38.4	the Gap Fest is live in person where at 6th and I,
0:40.8	historic synagogue in downtown Washington, DC.
0:43.5	And it is a joy.
0:45.4	It is a joy to be here.
0:53.0	They say that Washington is Hollywood for ugly people,
0:55.3	but it is not true of this crowd.
0:58.8	You're beautiful, not just because of those masks.
1:02.6	And it's only fitting that we're all here on Justice
1:06.7	Stephen Breyer's last night on the court.
1:12.3	As you may have heard, he sent a letter to President Biden
1:16.8	today announcing that his resignation
1:18.5	takes effect at noon tomorrow.
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