Political: The “F School, F Softball, F Cheer, F Everything” Edition

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🗓️ 24 June 2021

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Emily, John and David discuss the post-pandemic workforce, Tucker Carlson, and student wins at the Supreme Court. Here are some notes and references from this week’s show: Ben Smith for the New York Times: “Tucker Carlson Calls Journalists ‘Animals.’ He’s Also Their Best Source.” Slate: “David Plotz and Tucker Carlson Debate Scott Brown, Health Care, and More” Andrew Van Dam for the Washington Post: “The Seven Industries Most Desperate for Workers” Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World, by Cal Newport John Dickerson for 60 Minutes: “Colleges and Universities Prepare for Fall Classes in the Middle of the Coronavirus Pandemic” The Sound Scene Festival: an annual free and interactive audio arts festival organized by the D.C. Listening Lounge, an audio collective of Washington-based sound artists and enthusiasts. Here’s this week’s chatter: John: Steve Rathje, Jay J. Van Bavel, and Sander van der Linden for the Proceedings of The National Academy of Sciences: “Out-Group Animosity Drives Engagement On Social Media” Emily: Associated Press: “Connecticut Is Firstst State to Make All Prison Phone Calls Free” David: Mad Men Listener chatter from Laura Forsythe: Stephanie Lai for the Washington Post: “26 Years After Being Convicted Of Murder, A D.C. Jail Inmate Is Elected To Public Office”; campaign videos at https://neighborsforjusticedc.org/takeaction/ If you enjoy the show, please consider signing up for Slate Plus. Slate Plus members get benefits like zero ads on any Slate podcast, bonus episodes of shows like Slow Burn and Danny Lavery's new show Big Mood, Little Mood" and you’ll be supporting the Political Gabfest. Sign up now at slate.com/gabfestplus to help support our work. For this week’s Slate Plus bonus segment, Emily, John, and David discuss things that have gotten better since their childhoods. 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 Morgan Flannery. Research and show notes by Bridgette Dunlap. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:35.4	Hello, and welcome to the Slate Politicocaf Fest for June 24, 2021. The F-School, F-Softball, F-Cheer,
0:42.6	F-Everything Edition. I am David Plotz of CityCast here in Washington, D.C. I am joined by Emily
0:50.1	Bazelon of the New York Times Magazine and Yale University Law School. Hello, Emily. Hello.
0:55.1	And by John Dickerson of CBS's Sunday Morning and Face the Nation and a 2B named later
1:04.0	new project, which doesn't have a name and therefore it cannot be named. Hello, John Dickerson.
1:09.3	Yeah, the John Dickerson experience. I like that. That would be great. John Dickerson's
1:15.1	excellent adventure. The John Dickerson experience would involve like carrying a guitar around,
1:19.4	like having a little notebook that you're scribbling in all the time, looking soulful.
1:23.5	That's right. It would be great. Petting the dog. I think you've got three-quarters of the
1:29.9	pitch right there. The show would be great. It would be so popular. This week we'll talk about what
1:35.6	is the future of work in the post-pandemic age and will office to survive. Then Tucker Carlson,
1:40.8	how did he become the vox of a rageful popular? Oh, and are we stuck with him forever? Then
1:48.6	two Supreme Court cases empower students in one case, NCA athletes and another case,
1:53.9	a high school student belly aching online about cheer plus we will have cocktail chatter.
2:00.7	What is happening to American workers? It is wild. They are abandoning retail jobs and huge
2:06.0	numbers. Those who can avoid coming back to an office or avoiding coming back to an office,
2:10.5	they're seeking higher wages everywhere. And perhaps coincidentally, we'll talk about this.
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