Putin's War

Political Gabfest

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Politics, Government, News

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🗓️ 24 February 2022

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

Emily and David are joined by guest host Jane Coaston. The three discuss Putin's war with guest Julia Ioffe and also the GOP attacks on transgender children, and Democrats’ “hack gap.” Here are some notes and references from this week’s show: Julia Ioffe for Puck News: “Will Putin Get His World War III?” Anne Appelbaum for The Atlantic: “The Reason Putin Would Risk War” The Handmaid’s Tale, by Margaret Atwood Here’s this week’s chatter: David: Work at City Cast; David’s “Exploring a Secret Fort” tour for Atlas Obscura; Florida’s Mount Trashmore Emily: Danny Hakim and Jo Becker for The New York Times Magazine: “The Long Crusade of Clarence and Ginni Thomas”; Jane Mayer for The New Yorker: “Is Ginni Thomas a Threat to The Supreme Court?” Jane: Sports Twitter Listener chatter from Charlie Hunt: Christopher Ingraham for the Washington Post “The Owl Pellet Economy: Meet The Entrepreneurs Who’ve Devoted Their Lives to Bird Vomit.” For this week’s Slate Plus bonus segment, following the death of public health hero Paul Farmer, Emily and David discuss the concept of heroes and the roles they can play in contemporary life. Tweet us your questions and chatters @SlateGabfest or email us at [email protected]. (Messages may be quoted by name unless the writer stipulates otherwise.) Podcast production by Jocelyn Frank. Research and show notes by Bridgette Dunlap. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:33.5	Hello and welcome to the Slate political gap fest for February 24th, 2022.
0:37.6	The Putin's War Edition, I'm David Plots of CityCast.
0:41.2	I'm here in Washington, DC.
0:43.0	I'm joined by Emily Baszlana, the New York Times magazine and Yale University Law School
0:48.2	in New Haven, Connecticut.
0:49.6	Hello, Emily.
0:50.6	Hey, David.
0:52.4	And we have a first time gap fest guest, Jane Kostin is the host of the argument at the
0:57.8	New York Times, the New York Times podcast.
1:00.6	Jane, we're really excited to have you here.
1:02.4	What is the argument and why are you always arguing?
1:05.5	In actual life, I hate arguing, but that's generally because everyone has debate team
1:09.5	energy and I hate debate team energy.
1:11.5	I believe we are conversing.
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1:14.8	Whether it's on subjects as a morpheus as patriotism or platforming or cancel culture
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