Political Gabfest - Death of Democracy

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🗓️ 14 October 2021

⏱️ 63 minutes

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Summary

Emily, John and David discuss the ways that U.S. democracy is in peril, the Democrats‘ strategy woes, and they are joined by author Andrea Elliott to talk about her new book Invisible Child.

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

Ezra Klein for The New York Times: “David Shor Is Telling Democrats What They Don’t Want to Hear”

Jamelle Bouie for The New York Times: “Bill Clinton, Race and the Politics of the 1990s”

The Ezra Klein Show. “Transcript: Ezra Klein Interviews Heather McGhee About the Cost of Racism”

The Sum of Us: What Racism Costs Everyone and How We Can Prosper Together, by Heather McGhee

Simon Bazelon and David Shor for Slow Boring: “A Permanent CTC Expansion With a Sharper Means-Test Would Protect Poor Kids Better and be More Popular”

Matt Yglesias for Slow Boring: “If You Want To Talk About Racism, Talk About Racism”

Invisible Child: Poverty, Survival & Hope in an American City, by Andrea Elliott

Andrea Elliot for The New York Times Magazine: “When Dasani Left Home”

Andrea Elliot for The New York Times: 2013 Invisible Child series

Here’s this week’s chatter:

David: Gastro Obscura: A Food Adventurer's Guide, by Cecily Wong and Dylan Thuras

John: John’s donation page for the Covenant House Sleep Out; Gurwinder @G_S_Bhogal’s Twitter thread about the 40 powerful concepts for understanding the world.

Emily: Jan Ransom, Jonah E. Bromwich and Rebecca Davis O’Brien for The New York Times: “Inside Rikers: Dysfunction, Lawlessness and Detainees in Control”

Listener chatter from Nettie Hendricks: The Fetler Family Band on YouTube

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Research and show notes by Bridgette Dunlap.

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1:54.9	Okay. Hello and welcome to the Slate Political Gab Fest for October 14th, 2021, the Death of Democracy edition.
1:58.0	I am David Plotz of CityCast.
1:59.8	I'm here in Washington, D.C.
2:03.5	Back home after a revivifying vacation in California.
2:11.6	You're so great, California. What a state, A1. I am joined, of course, by my dear friends and co-hosts,
2:16.7	Emily Bazelon of New York Times Magazine and Yale University Law School from New Haven. Hello, Emily.
2:17.5	Hey, David. We're so glad you're back.
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