SIO246: That Harper's Letter, with Eli Bosnick

Serious Inquiries Only

Thomas Smith

News, News Commentary, Politics

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🗓️ 9 July 2020

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Summary

A lot of prominent writers, journalists, thinkers, etc, have signed an open letter about "Cancel Culture." New dad and world's funniest podcaster Eli Bosnick is back on the show to break it down!

Here are links we discuss: brilliant New Republic Article; James Bennet Resigns as New York Times Opinion Editor; Harper's Editor Fired Over 'Sh*tty Men in Media' Story; Longtime Deadspin editor fired after controversial internal memo; Jeanine Cummins Syndrome; Pittsburgh Newspaper Bars Black Reporter From Covering Protests; UCLA Poli Sci Department Condemns Lecturer for Reading MLK's Letter from Birmingham Jail, Showing Video About Lynching; White professor investigated for quoting James Baldwin's use of N-word.

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0:00.0	You're listening to serious inquiries only. Oh, Hello and welcome to series and queries, this is episode 246.
0:32.6	I'm Thomas.
0:33.6	Jamie is actually off for her birthday.
0:35.4	So happy birthday, Jamie.
0:37.0	Hope she's having a good time.
0:39.2	I've got another person on the podcast, though.
0:41.6	Someone I'm sure you'll be happy to hear.
0:43.1	Back from a long hiatus on this show.
0:46.0	Eli Bosnick, how you doing?
0:47.6	Thomas, thanks so much for having me.
0:49.2	Who the fuck is Jamie?
0:50.4	I'm off for a mere 17 months and you replace me?
0:54.0	Yeah, and the best thing is I've completely
0:59.2	fabricated some sort of social justice,
1:03.0	canceled culture thing just to get you on to talk about your baby.
1:08.0	This is where the big reveal, everybody.
1:10.0	Thanks for not telling Eli until now now I totally fake this Harper's
1:14.6	letter thing I did it it was me yep you got Joanne to play along I get it
1:20.0	how is your lovely child?
1:22.6	He's good.
1:24.4	He likes to eat and sleep.
1:28.2	Those are his interests at this moment.
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