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The Brett Kavanaugh Epistemological Crisis

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News, News Commentary, Politics

4.66K Ratings

🗓️ 1 October 2019

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Summary

Virginia Heffernan talks to Robin Pogrebin and Kate Kelly, New York Times reporters and co-authors of The Education of Brett Kavanaugh, about the process of reporting for the book, Kavanaugh’s middle-of-the-road college performance and tendency to stay by the keg, his unease around women during his college years, religion on the court, and more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

I am so over this situation, Peter. I'm unbumble to find something real. You know, like someone

0:07.5

you can count on, someone who actually cares about what you think. I just want someone

0:12.5

who's ready for that long-term kind of love. Whether you're looking for your next boyfriend,

0:18.9

girlfriend, casual date or just someone who truly gets you, it's waiting for you unbumble.

0:25.5

I will not be intimidated into withdrawing from this process. You've tried hard. You've

0:35.4

given it your all. No one can question your effort. But you're coordinated and well-funded

0:41.8

effort to destroy my good name and destroy my family will not drive me out.

0:50.8

What you want to do is destroy this guy's life, hold this seat open and hope you win

0:56.2

it 2020. Okay, so I asked if you drank in high school and you said I like beer 10 times.

1:03.2

That leads me to the next question. Did you ever drink too many beers? You mean was I cool?

1:10.6

Yeah. Hello and welcome to Trumpcast. I'm Virginia Heffernan. I know that I recommended

1:19.8

succession to you and it's still a great show. It's still in its terrific second season,

1:25.4

Sunday nights on HBO and I'm still not chilling for it. But I do want to spare a thought for

1:30.4

unbelievable, which happens to have the advantage, unlike succession, of being released in full

1:37.0

eight episodes, every single episode on Netflix so you can just binge it. It's based on the story

1:43.0

of a serial rapist as reported by ProPublica and the Marshall project. And feminism is not an

1:49.2

angle on the show. It's not a lens. It's the air the whole series breathes. I bring it up because

1:55.7

we're going to be talking about Brett Kavanaugh today and unbelievable has managed to throw into

2:01.2

relief a thought I had during his somewhat traumatic confirmation. And that's that like no other

2:07.5

crime. One's relationship to rape seems to dovetail with one's relationship to truth. What I

2:15.0

mean is sexual assault is an event that like it or not, unlike armed robbery can be quarreled over.

2:21.8

Was Brett Kavanaugh waving his penis around at a party at Yale and even forcing it into faces

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