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Advisory Opinions

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🗓️ 10 August 2020

⏱️ 67 minutes

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Summary

How realistic is the SpaceX dream to get to Mars? What does the latest scientific literature have to say about supernovae? Is there intelligent life in the universe? Today, Sarah and David are joined by Atlantic staff writer Marina Koren for a deep dive into all things space. Hear everything there is to know about the space race between Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos, colliding black holes, and other crazy interstellar phenomena. But today’s episode would be incomplete without its requisite dose of legal nerdery. Tune in to hear David and Sarah break down the legality of Trump’s latest executive actions and offer some insights on the D.C. circuit’s decision regarding the House Judiciary Committee and former White House counsel Don McGahn. Show Notes: -The D.C. Circuit McGahn case and the president’s executive actions this weekend: student loan payment relief memorandum, executive order on evictions, payroll tax deferral memorandum, unemployment insurance memorandum. -Advisory Opinions episode with Josh Blackman, associate professor of law at the South Texas College of Law Houston. -“Black Holes Really Know How to Savor Their Meals” by Marina Koren, and her author page at The Atlantic. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	You ready?
0:02.0	I was born ready.
0:04.0	Welcome to the Advisory Opinion Podcast. This is David French with Sarah Isker.
0:25.0	And we have a really good podcast for you today.
0:30.0	It's Monday in August.
0:32.0	Exactly. So that means we're going to really nerd out on a fun subject.
0:37.0	And that fun subject is space.
0:39.0	We're going to have a guest, Marina Corrin, who is the space on the space beat at the Atlantic.
0:45.0	So that's a cool beat, Sarah.
0:48.0	I'm kind of envious of the space beat.
0:51.0	Her Twitter beat is pretty fun too.
0:53.0	Like, you know, she's the only person who like gets to look at something and be like,
0:57.0	that looks like Jupiter.
0:58.0	Oh, okay.
0:59.0	That's all.
1:00.0	Exactly.
1:01.0	So we're going to talk space.
1:03.0	We're going to talk about the new space race of Elon Musk versus Jeff Bezos.
1:09.0	And we're going to talk about crazy interstellar phenomenon.
1:12.0	But before that, we've got a boring legal subject and an interesting legal subject to diet.
1:19.0	What do you want to start with, David?
1:21.0	Bore, you're interesting.
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