Servants of the People

The Commentary Magazine Podcast

Commentary Magazine

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🗓️ 23 March 2022

⏱️ 67 minutes

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The podcast today takes up the fascinating fact that Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson said she was not a biologist and therefore could not define what it meant to be a woman. What does this self-evidently disingenuous demurral tell us about the state of play inside the progressive-liberal-Democratic coalition? And what does watching Volodymir Zelenskyy's TV show Servant of the People on Netflix tell us about the Ukrainian resistance and battle plan? Give a listen.

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0:00.0	Welcome to the commentary magazine Daily Podcast.
0:27.0	Today is Wednesday, March 23rd, 2022.
0:31.0	I'm John Baudhurtz, the editor of Commentary.
0:33.0	We're just two weeks away from our live podcast taping and Palm Beach, Florida on April 6th.
0:40.0	So please go to commentary.org slash live podcast for more details and information
0:46.0	later in the afternoon will be there.
0:48.0	Abe, no, and me and Christine and some special guests.
0:54.0	I'm not sure yet.
0:57.0	Three levels of participation.
0:59.0	You can find out all about it at commentary.org slash live podcast.
1:04.0	But before we're live on April 6th, we're live right now with executive editor, a green walled high Abe.
1:10.0	Hi, John, senior writer, Christine Rosen, high Christine.
1:13.0	Hi, John and associate editor, no, Rothman, high Noah.
1:17.0	Hi, John.
1:19.0	Hi, John.
1:25.0	Christine.
1:28.0	Can you provide a definition of the word for the word woman?
1:31.0	I'm sorry, John.
1:32.0	I'm not a biologist.
1:33.0	So I really, I struggle with defy.
1:35.0	It's an adult female with X2 X chromosomes in almost every single case.
1:39.0	I'm joking because that the artful dodge in his first Supreme Court nominee used to be a questions related to abortion.
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