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Political Gabfest

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News, Politics, Government

4.4 • 8.5K Ratings

🗓️ 20 May 2021

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Emily, John and David discuss the violence between Israel and Gaza, abortion at the Supreme Court, and the book Nine Nasty Words with author John McWhorter. Here are some notes and references from this week’s show: John Dickerson for CBS: “Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on "Face the Nation," May 16, 2021” Bernie Sanders for the New York Times: “Bernie Sanders: The U.S. Must Stop Being an Apologist for the Netanyahu Government” Nine Nasty Words: English in the Gutter: Then, Now, and Forever, by John McWhorter John McWhorter for the Atlantic: “How ‘White Fragility’ Talks Down to Black People” Here’s this week’s chatter: John: Tariro Mzezewa for the New York Times: “Hear a Harlem Choir Rejoice Again” Emily: Adam Liptak for the New York Times: “Ban on Non-Unanimous Verdicts Is Not Retroactive, Supreme Court Rules” David: Children of Time by Adrian Tchaikovsky Listener chatter from Susan Bates: AMORALMAN: A True Story and Other Lies by Derek DelGaudio. For this week’s Slate Plus bonus segment, Emily, John, and David talk about the objects that most define them. If you enjoy the show, please consider signing up for Slate Plus. Slate Plus members get benefits like zero ads on any Slate podcast, bonus episodes of shows like Slow Burn and Dear Prudence—and you’ll be supporting the Political Gabfest. Sign up now at slate.com/gabfestplus to help support our work. Tweet us your questions and chatters @SlateGabfest or email us at gabfest@slate.com. (Messages may be quoted by name unless the writer stipulates otherwise.) Podcast production by Jocelyn Frank. Research and show notes by Bridgette Dunlap. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	This episode of The Gabfest contains explicit language.
0:03.6	Hello and welcome to the Slate Political Gabfest from May 20th, 2021.
0:14.2	The Hot Button Issue Edition, I am David Flotz of CityCast in Washington, DC.
0:20.7	I'm joined, of course, by Emily Bazelon as the New York Times Magazine and Yale at University Law School from New Haven.
0:25.8	Hello, Emily.
0:27.0	Hey, David.
0:28.2	And by John Dickerson of CBS's, I'm going to say CBS has faced the nation since that's what you're doing mostly now,
0:35.7	but also other things from New York, hello, John.
0:38.9	Hello, David.
0:39.9	Yeah, 81 more days.
0:41.4	Fresh off his very scorching interview with BB Netanyahu, which we'll talk about in a minute.
0:46.5	This week, it is all hot button issues all the time.
0:50.6	First, the conflict in Israel and the Gaza Strip is this time, any different has the Democratic Party changed on Israel.
0:57.8	Will that make a difference to the outcome of this conflict?
1:00.8	Then the Supreme Court takes a case about a Mississippi abortion law that could be the first big step to Ditching Roe v. Wade.
1:08.9	We will talk about that case.
1:10.5	Then we're going to talk to the linguist John McWorter about language taboo slurs and his amazing new book,
1:16.5	Nine Nasty Words.
1:18.4	Plus, we will have cocktail chatter.
1:20.2	And one thing I learned this week, you know who's a great, great, great barista, former Justice Breyer.
1:26.2	He made me the best out latte I have ever had.
1:29.1	Who knew he had that talent?
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