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🗓️ 19 June 2025

⏱️ 72 minutes

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This week, Emily Bazelon, John Dickerson, and David Plotz discuss whether the US should join Israel’s war on Iran, the tragic Minnesota assassinations and why US political violence is surging now, and the Supreme Court’s unsurprising but willfully obtuse decision to uphold Tennessee’s youth transgender care ban. Here are this week’s chatters: Emily: A Family Matter by Claire Lynch; The Fall of Affirmative Action: Race, the Supreme Court, and the Future of Higher Education by Justin Driver; A Flower Traveled in My Blood: The Incredible True Story of the Grandmothers Who Fought to Find a Stolen Generation of Children by Haley Cohen Gilliland. John: Mary Cunningham for CBS News: Federal Reserve holds its benchmark interest rate steady at today's FOMC meeting; ABA Banking Journal: Fed’s Powell says some areas of U.S. may be ‘uninsurable’ in next decade David: Trip Gabriel for the New York Times: William Langewiesche, the ‘Steve McQueen of Journalism,’ Dies at 70 Listener chatter from Jacob Podell in Chicago, Illinois: Juliana Kim for NPR: Family shows AI video of slain victim as an impact statement – possibly a legal first For this week’s Slate Plus bonus episode, Emily, John, and David discuss the exciting possibilities and likely limitations of using AI tools for historical research and writing. In the latest Gabfest Reads, Emily talks with author Susan Dominus about her new book, The Family Dynamic: A Journey into the Mystery of Sibling Success. Email your chatters, questions, and comments to [email protected]. (Messages may be referenced by name unless the writer stipulates otherwise.) Research by Emily Ditto Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to the Slate Political Gab Fest.
0:06.6	June 19, 2025, the massive ordinance penetrator edition.
0:22.0	I'm David Plotz.
0:23.1	I'm citycast in Washington, D.C., from New Haven, via Yale University Law School.
0:31.0	And upon the shoulders at the New York Times Magazine, Emily Bazelon.
0:34.6	Hello, Emily.
0:35.5	Hi.
0:36.4	And bearing the entirety of CBS Evening News and CBS Evening News Plus on his shoulders in New York City is John Dickerson.
0:45.0	Hello, John.
0:45.9	Hello.
0:46.8	Maybe you're co-bearing at CBS Evening.
0:48.6	That's right.
0:50.7	This week on the Gab Fest, will the United States join Israel's war against Iran and should it?
0:57.2	Then in the wake of the assassination of a Minnesota state legislator, we'll ask why political violence is surging and whether anything can be done to stop it.
1:07.1	And then the Supreme Court upholds a Tennessee law banning most gender-affirming care for trans kids.
1:14.1	Plus, we'll have cocktail chatter.
1:16.7	On June 25th, Ironheart arrives on Disney Plus.
1:19.6	Rui, what is going all with you?
1:21.5	From Marvel Television, an executive producer, Ryan Coogler.
1:24.4	I wanted to build something undeniable, but now I'm in trouble.
1:27.4	Don't miss the sixth episode of Vand.
1:29.3	I joined a crew of criminals, and now I'm about to get killed by a deranged man in a cake.
	...

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