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The drag show controversy.

Tangle

Isaac Saul

Independent, Congress, Us News, Biden, Politics, News, News Commentary, Election, Us House Of Representatives, Trump, Us Senate, Us Politics, Local News, International News, Nonpartisan

4.7816 Ratings

🗓️ 21 June 2022

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

One of the newest culture war battlegrounds in the U.S. is the exposure of children to drag shows. Plus, a listener question about Julian Assange.

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From executive producer Isaac Saul, this is Tangle.

0:40.7

Good morning, good afternoon and good evening, and welcome to the Dangle podcast,

0:58.3

the place where you get views from across the political spectrum,

1:01.7

some independent thinking without all that hysterical nonsense you find everywhere else.

1:06.5

On today's episode, we are wading into a culture war.

1:12.2

We're going to talk about the drag show controversy.

1:17.6

And if you just said to yourself, the what, you probably spend an appropriate amount of time online, unlike me.

1:25.0

This is not something I thought we're going to cover.

1:27.0

We'll talk about why we are in a minute.

1:30.5

Before we do, though, I want to quick make a clarification about yesterday's podcast.

1:37.4

I responded to a reader question about Judge Ludig, and the reader who wrote in

1:42.5

had basically quoted him as saying that President Trump and his party were a clear and present danger for American democracy.

1:52.7

And in responding to the reader question, I said actually in his testimony, Lutig had said the president and his allies were a clear and present danger for American democracy,

2:01.8

which felt like a distinction worth making. However, it turns out that Judge Ludick did

2:07.9

actually say the quote the reader had sent in. He just said it in an NPR interview that was

2:12.9

released after the testimony. So this isn't really a correction. It's more of a clarification. I think I was right

2:19.0

because I said he didn't say this in his testimony. The reader was right by quoting him and saying this

2:23.8

because he did actually say it in an interview with NPR. So I just wanted to make sure that was clear,

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