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Political Gabfest - No Joe Mojo

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News Commentary, Politics, News

4.56K Ratings

🗓️ 18 November 2021

⏱️ 66 minutes

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Summary

John, Emily and David discuss Biden’s approval numbers, authoritarianism on the rise, and they are joined by author Jay Caspian Kang to talk about his new book, The Loneliest Americans.


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

FiveThirtyEight, Latest Polls 


Isaac Chotiner for the New Yorker: “Can Biden’s Agenda Survive Inflation?


Jason Furman for the Wall Street Journal: “​​Biden Can Whip Inflation and Build Back Better


The Loneliest Americans, by Jay Caspian Kang


Pew Research Center: “Where Do You Fit In The Political Typology?


Christopher Borrelli for the Chicago Tribune: “What We’re Reading: 4 Korean American Memoirs, From Personal Stories To An Unsettling Confrontation on Identity and Assimilation


Anne Appelbaum for the Atlantic: “The Bad Guys Are Winning


Freedom House: “Freedom in the World 2021: Democracy Under Siege


The Dictator's Learning Curve: Inside the Global Battle for Democracy, by William J. Dobson


Twitter and Tear Gas: The Power and Fragility of Networked Protest, by Zeynep Tufekci 


Zeynep Tufekci for the Atlantic: “How the Coronavirus Revealed Authoritarianism’s Fatal Flaw


Here’s this week’s chatter:


Emily: Ashley Southall and Jonah E. Bromwich for the New York Times: “2 Men Convicted of Killing Malcolm X Will Be Exonerated After Decades


John: The Faber Book of Reportage, by John Carey; The Way We Live Now, by Anthony Trollope audiobook 


David: Geoffrey Leavenworth for the New York Times: “One Chaste Marriage, Four Kids, and the Catholic Church”; Spencer Buell for Boston magazine: “New England Hidden Gems You’ll Find on the New Atlas Obscura App”; City Cast Houston


Listener chatter from Melissa Ocepek: A fox listens to the banjo


For this week’s Slate Plus bonus segment Emily, John, and David discuss the most useful friend to have.


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 Jocelyn Frank.

Research and show notes by Bridgette Dunlap.


Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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