Political Gabfest - Drunk as Rudy Guiliani
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4.5 • 6K Ratings
🗓️ 16 June 2022
⏱️ 51 minutes
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Summary
This week, David Plotz, Emily Bazelon and John Dickerson discuss the January 6th hearings, Jason Furman on the economy, and debates among providers of gender-affirming medical care.
Here are some notes and references from this week’s show:
Michael Dorf for Dorf on Law: “House Select Committee Hearing 2: Scoundrels, Patriots, and Collaborators”
Mona Charen for The Bulwark: “Of Course Trump Is Responsible for His Lies”
David Brooks for The New York Times: “The Jan. 6 Committee Has Already Blown It”
Derek Thompson for The New York Times: “The Crypto Crash Is Just the Start”
Emily Bazelon for The New York Times Magazine: “The Battle Over Gender Therapy”
Here are this week’s chatters:
John: Sharon LaFraniere and Noah Weiland for The New York Times: “F.D.A. Panel Recommends Pfizer and Moderna Vaccines for Youngest Children”
Emily: Joan Walsh for The Nation: “The Backlash Against Sex Ed”
David: Explore a Civil War fort with David; The New York Times: “Anthony Mancinelli, World's Oldest Working Barber, Dies at 108”; Kate Springer for CNN: “Philippines' Oldest Tattoo Artist -- Meet Whang Od Oggay”; Teller Report: “‘Working For 77 Years’ The Secret of The Long Run of a 100-Year-Old Civil Servant”
Listener chatter from Andy Scarpelli: The Biodesign Challenge
For this week’s Slate Plus bonus segment Emily, John, and David discuss what they are looking forward to reading and watching this summer.
Cloud Cuckoo Land, by Anthony Doerr
The Immortal King Rao, by Vauhini Vara
Swann's Way, by Marcel Proust
Physical Season Two
Loving Day, by Mat Johnson
Invisible Things, by Mat Johnson
Manhattan Beach, by Jennifer Egan
A Visit From The Goon Squad, by Jennifer Egan
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 Cheyna Roth.
Research and show notes by Bridgette Dunlap.
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Hello, GabFest listeners. I have a very exciting announcement. I'm coming to you live from the streets of New York City because we're going to be coming to you live on June 29th. |
| 0:10.8 | You can join me, Emily, and David at 6th and I in Washington, D.C., not the streets of New York, but Washington, D.C. |
| 0:19.2 | Slate Plus members will get an exclusive discount. |
| 0:22.5 | So, if you're a Slate Plus member, you're golden. |
| 0:26.1 | If you're not a Slate Plus member yet, what a great time to join. |
| 0:30.9 | We're also doing a special cocktail hour for limited number of guests. |
| 0:34.0 | So go to slate.com slash GabF fest right now to get your tickets that first |
| 0:38.7 | come first serve. And while there are unlimited virtual tickets, there's a limited number of in-person, |
| 0:43.8 | not virtual being with us together tickets. We can't wait to see you on the 29th at 730 |
| 0:49.3 | Eastern time at 6th and I in Washington, D.C. See you then. |
| 1:02.1 | Hello and welcome to the Slate Political Gab Fest. |
| 1:14.8 | Okay. Gab Fest. For June 16th, 2020, it's the drunk as Rudy Giuliani edition. |
| 1:20.9 | I'm David Plotz of CityCast. |
| 1:22.5 | I'm in Washington, D.C. |
| 1:24.1 | Not yet as drunk as Rudy Giuliani. |
| 1:26.9 | I'm joined, of course, by John Dickerson of CBS a Sunday morning from New York City. Hello, John. |
| 1:32.6 | Hello, David. I'm not in New York City. I'm in Washington, D.C. Let me paint the picture. It's so muggy outside that the window of the hotel is almost completely fogged as the air conditioning, the window, and the outside air compete for supremacy. |
| 1:46.0 | Why aren't we seen each other? I didn't even know you were in D.C. I know. It's a good point. Well, |
| 1:50.2 | you know, the hearings and then I happen to be accompanied by my lovely wife. And so I've been |
| 1:57.6 | spending some time with her. Can't compete, David. No way. No one can |
| 2:01.7 | compete with Ann Dickerson. That was Emily Bazelon of the New York Times Magazine and Yale University Law School from, I hope, New Haven, Connecticut. I hope not Washington, D.C. That would be weird. No, I'm not in Washington, D.C. Yes, we're all sitting outside your door. On this week's show, what the January 6th commission has revealed and what that means for the country |
| 2:20.8 | then we will talk to the former chair of the council of economic advisors jason firman about the |
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