Political Gabfest - Who Wants to Be President of Harvard?
Political Gabfest
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4.4 • 8.5K Ratings
🗓️ 4 January 2024
⏱️ 58 minutes
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Summary
This week, Emily Bazelon, John Dickerson, and David Plotz begin the year discussing the 2024 presidential election; Harvard President Claudine Gay’s resignation; and the 2023 decrease in homicides.
Here are some notes and references from this week’s show:
Steve Peoples for AP: Biden and Trump are posed for a potential rematch that could shake American politics
Rob Crilly for the Daily Mail: Voters describe their 2024 choice between a Trump second term and a Biden second term as a choice between REVENGE or NOTHING in Daily Mail poll
Brianne Pfannenstiel for the Des Moines Register: Iowa Poll: Donald Trump holds overwhelming lead; Ron DeSantis edges ahead of Nikki Haley
Claudine Gay in The New York Times: What Just Happened at Harvard Is Bigger Than Me
The Crimson Editorial Board for The Harvard Crimson: President Gay Plagiarized, but She Should Stay. For Now.
Ian Ward for Politico: We Sat Down With the Conservative Mastermind Behind Claudine Gay’s Ouster
Jeremy Duda for Axios: ASU continues streak as U.S. News’ most innovative school
David Goldman for CNN: The 4 key events that led to UPenn President Liz Magill’s resignation
Jeff Asher for Jeff-alytics: Crime in 2023: Murder Plummeted, Violent and Property Crime Likely Fell Nationally
Bill Hutchinson for ABC News: ‘It is historic’: US poised to see record drop in yearly homicides despite public concern over crime
Ken Dilanian for NBC News: Most people think the U.S. crime rate is rising. They’re wrong.
Here are this week’s chatters:
John: Library of Congress: Robert Cornelius, self-portrait; believed to be the earliest extant American portrait photo; National Gallery of Art: The Art of the American Snapshot, 1888-1978: From the Collection of Robert E. Jackson
Emily: Ari Rabinovitch for Reuters: Israel’s Supreme Court strikes down disputed law that limited court oversight
David: Brian Murphy for The Washington Post: Maureen Sweeney, weather watcher who influenced D-Day plans, dies at 100
Listener chatter from Eric in Tuckahoe, New York: Christophe Haubursin for Vox: What’s inside this crater in Madagascar?
For this week’s Slate Plus bonus segment, David, John, and Emily talk about New Year’s resolutions and self-help. See also Matthew Solan for Harvard Health Publishing: Thinking of trying Dry January? Steps for success; James Clear: Atomic Habits Summary; Renée Onque for CNBC: This is a tried-and-true way to break a bad habit, says wellbeing coach—so we’re putting it to the test in 2024; and Chandra Steele for PCMag: Annoyed With Instagram? Take Control of Your Feed With These Tips and Tricks.
In the latest Gabfest Reads, John talks with Christine Coulson about her book, One Woman Show: A Novel.
Email your chatters, questions, and comments to gabfest@slate.com. (Messages may be referenced by name unless the writer stipulates otherwise.)
Podcast production by Cheyna Roth
Research by Julie Huygen
Hosts
Emily Bazelon, John Dickerson, and David Plotz
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Transcript
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| 0:27.0 | Hello and welcome to the slate political gap test. |
| 0:37.0 | January. January 4th, 2024, the Who Wants to be President of Harvard Edition. |
| 0:50.0 | I am David Platts of City Cast. Happy New Year, |
| 0:52.8 | Depp that's listeners. |
| 0:54.3 | We missed year of his break. |
| 0:55.8 | That's okay, because we're all back. |
| 0:59.6 | And when I say all, I mean Emily Baselon |
| 1:01.4 | at the New York Times magazine, Yale University Law School in New Haven |
| 1:03.6 | hello Emily hey David and when I say all I mean John Dickerson of CBS prime time in |
| 1:09.7 | New York City hello John hello happy new year I'm still sad in the new year that I wasn't with you for the |
| 1:15.8 | conundrum show, but there we are. Let's not start the new year on a down note. |
| 1:19.2 | I'm just happy to be with you now. Exactly. This week on the Gap Fest we will preview what |
| 1:25.6 | promises to be a long gory and extremely consequential year in American politics |
| 1:31.5 | and especially preview the Biden Trump presidential rematch. |
| 1:35.0 | Then, Claudine Gay resigned as president of Harvard, did she deserve to go. |
| 1:40.0 | What is the place of elite higher education in this poiselessly divided nation? |
| 1:46.6 | And then homicide plummeted in the US last year and so did most other crime. Why aren't Americans celebrating? Why are |
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