Emily, John and David discuss the Trump vs. Twitter battle, the realities of this partisan pandemic, and U.S.-China relations with guest Sheena Chestnut Greitens.

Here are this week’s cocktail chatters:

John: Lori Dorn for Laughing Squid: “A Timeline of the Most Popular TV Shows (1951-2019)”

Emily: Willa Paskin for Slate: “Mrs. America’s Showrunner on the Show’s Lessons and Its Detractors”

David: NASA Office of the Inspector General: “Examining the Future of the International Space Station”

Listener (Producer) chatter from Jocelyn Frank: “Building the Perfect Squirrel Proof Bird Feeder”

Here are some notes and references from this week’s show:

Jeff Horwitz and Deepa Seetharaman for the Wall Street Journal: “Facebook Executives Shut Down Efforts to Make the Site Less Divisive”

Talk Radio’s America: How an Industry Took Over a Political Party That Took Over the United States by Brian Rosenwald

These Truths: A History of the United States by Jill Lepore

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Podcast production by Jocelyn Frank.

Research and show notes by Bridgette Dunlap.

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