Political Gabfest - Forgive Me, Joe
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🗓️ 2 June 2022
⏱️ 50 minutes
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Summary
David Plotz, Emily Bazelon and John Dickerson discuss the response to the Uvalde shooting, Biden’s plan for student loan forgiveness, and a bunch of ignored subpoenas.
Here are some notes and references from this week’s show:
Jillian Peterson and James Densley, interviewed by Melanie Warner for Politico: “Two Professors Found What Creates a Mass Shooter. Will Politicians Pay Attention?”
Here’s this week’s chatter:
Emily: Heidi Przybyla for Politico: “‘It’s going to be an army’: Tapes reveal GOP plan to contest elections”
David: Ezra Klein for the New York Times: “What America Needs Is a Liberalism That Builds”
John: AP: “Over 37K voters crossed over in Georgia GOP primary in effort to block Trump-based nominees”; LiveScience: “Male mice are terrified of bananas. Here's why.”
Listener chatter from Barbara Tanzler: The 11th World Potato Congress in Dublin, Ireland
For this week’s Slate Plus bonus segment, Emily, David, and John discuss Elon Musk’s ultimatum for a full return to work.
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| 0:00.0 | Big Brother sees you listening to podcasts. |
| 0:04.0 | Big Brother knows that you've heard so many, that you think to yourself, |
| 0:08.0 | I've got interests, I'm funny, should I start a podcast? |
| 0:12.0 | The answer to that question is no. |
| 0:15.0 | Big Brother sees it all. |
| 0:18.0 | The ultimate social experiment returns. |
| 0:21.0 | Big Brother starts the 8th of October on ITV2 and ITVX. |
| 0:30.0 | Hello and welcome to the Slate Political Gab Fest. |
| 0:44.0 | For June 2nd, 2022, it's the Forgive Me Joe edition. |
| 0:49.0 | I'm David Plots of CityCast in Washington, D.C. |
| 0:52.0 | No, I'm not in Washington, D.C. That was a trick. |
| 0:54.0 | Oh my God! |
| 0:55.0 | I'm in Chicago because I'm spending a week working with my dear CityCast colleagues in Chicago. |
| 0:59.0 | And what a great city. |
| 1:00.0 | So happy to be here. |
| 1:01.0 | That, oh my God, of course, came from John Dickerson of CBS's Sunday Morning, |
| 1:06.0 | who's in New York City. |
| 1:07.0 | Hello, John. |
| 1:08.0 | Hello, David. |
| 1:10.0 | And not, oh my God, I'm not impressed with the fact that I'm in Chicago |
| 1:13.0 | because she's been everywhere. |
| 1:15.0 | It's Emily Baslin of the New York Times Magazine and Yale University Law School. |
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