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Advisory Opinions

McKay Coppins Talks Kavanaugh

Advisory Opinions

The Dispatch

News, Government, Politics

4.7 • 4K Ratings

🗓️ 13 May 2021

⏱️ 79 minutes

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Summary

Atlantic reporter McKay Coppins joins the show to chat about his latest profile of Brett Kavanaugh, which tracks the Supreme Court justice’s journey from his contentious 2018 Senate confirmation hearings to the bench. After what David calls a “frank exchange of ideas” about the piece, our hosts give us their take on a federal judge’s decision to dismiss the National Rifle Association’s bankruptcy case, the Facebook Oversight Board’s decision to uphold the platform’s ban on Donald Trump, and lower level judicial confirmation hearings. Show Notes: -Coppins’ Atlantic profile of Brett Kavanaugh -Coppins’ Atlantic piece on stockpiling food -David’s National Review piece on the Kavanaugh allegations -David’s Time piece on the Facebook Oversight Board Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Welcome to the advisory opinions podcast. I'm David French with Sarah Isker. We've got a fantastic

0:10.0

podcast today. It's going to begin with a bit of relationship advice, Sarah. Very, very quick

0:19.4

short relationship advice that I've given before. It's a teaser for what's going to happen later

0:24.4

in the podcast, but here's the very short relationship advice. Find someone who loves you as much as

0:31.2

the board of directors of the National Rifle Association loves Wayne LaPierre. But we'll get

0:37.4

into that later. We'll get into that later talking about the bankruptcy or kind of sort of maybe

0:42.3

not bankruptcy of the NRA. We're going to talk about the Facebook oversight board's decision

0:47.0

to uphold the removal of Donald Trump from the platform and what it means, what comes next,

0:56.8

and what the heck is the Facebook oversight board and why does it matter? But first,

1:01.9

but first, we have a special guest. Do you want to introduce Sarah or do you want me to introduce?

1:07.9

Oh, I would love to. Okay, go for it.

1:10.9

But McKay coppins and I first met over a milkshake at both others, which those of you who have

1:17.9

ever worked on the Hill or visited DC. It's right next to the house side and sort of a local watering

1:25.5

hole. Reporters, it's a very popular thing to ask someone out to coffee to meet them,

1:31.6

but I don't drink coffee and neither does McKay. And that started a long and fruitful relationship

1:38.6

based on delicious, delicious milkshakes. McKay was a Buzzfeed, I think, when I met him. And

1:45.2

my house stars have risen. McKay stood out even then from a young age. He is now a worldly

1:52.8

Atlantic writer. I think has really found his groove writing long forms on politics. Although

2:00.4

McKay, and I've told you this before, my favorite piece I think that you've ever written was about

2:05.7

the Church of Latter-day Saints tradition of stocking foods at your house. And I just thought

2:13.1

that was such a beautiful piece. We'll put it in the show notes because I think that that

2:16.8

gives you more of an insight into McKay than any of his other stories. But why is McKay on advisory

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