The Impeachment Trial Again

Political Gabfest

Slate Podcasts

News, Politics, Government

4.4 • 8.5K Ratings

🗓️ 11 February 2021

⏱️ 62 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

David, Emily and John discuss Trump’s impeachment trial; lawsuits about election lies; and the execution of a possibly innocent man. Here are some notes and references from this week’s show: Talk Radio’s America: How an Industry Took Over a Political Party That Took Over the United States by Brian Rosenwald “New US Capitol Riot Video Shows Mob Rifling Through Senators' Desks” The Telegraph Emily Bazelon for the New York Times: “Did Tennessee Execute an Innocent Man?” Slate Culture Gabfest: “‘Magic or Manipulation’ Edition” Slate’s The Gist: “Illusions, Delusions, and Flat Out Lies” Here are this week’s cocktail chatters: Emily: Christopher Z. Mooney for the Chicago Tribune: “How the Census Delay Could Hand Control of Illinois Redistricting to the GOP” John: A letter from George Washington that ended with the sign-off: “Your Most Humble and Obedient Servant" may reveal, or remind us, what our contemporary sign-offs mean. David: The New York Times Presents: “Framing Britney Spears” Listener chatter from James Dillard: Amanda Ripley for Comment: “The Mystery of Trust” Slate Plus members get great bonus content from Slate, a special segment on the Gabfest each week, and access to special bonus episodes throughout the year. Sign up now to listen and support our show. For this week’s Slate Plus bonus segment, Emily, David, and John discuss Derek DelGaudio’s In & Of Itself. You can tweet suggestions, links, and questions to @SlateGabfest. Tweet us your cocktail chatter using #cocktailchatter. (Messages may be quoted by name unless the writer stipulates otherwise.) The email address for the Political Gabfest is gabfest@slate.com. (Email 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

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	This episode is brought to you by Slack. With Slack, you can bring all your people and
0:05.8	tools together in one place. It's your digital HQ where you can increase productivity,
0:11.0	enable flexibility and automate workflows. Plus, Slack is full of game-changing features
0:16.7	like huddles for quick check-ins or Slack Connect, which helps you connect with partners
0:20.9	inside and outside of your company. Slack, where the future works. Get started at
0:26.9	Slack.com slash DHQ.
0:36.9	Hello and welcome to the Slate political gap fest for February 11th, 2021-21-21. The
0:42.3	impeachment trial, like, edition, impeachment trial, again, edition, I guess. I'm David
0:47.6	Plott's of CityCast. I'm in Washington, DC. I am joined as ever by Emily Bazzlon of the
0:54.5	New York Times magazine and Yale University Law School from her home in New Haven, Connecticut.
0:58.5	Hello, Emily. He's David, he's John. And by John Dickerson of CBS at 60 minutes, not
1:06.8	from his home, because he's doing the shoe leather reporting that John Dickerson is so famous
1:11.4	for. Where are you, John? I am in Georgia working on a piece for 60 minutes, which everybody
1:18.0	will hopefully be able to see in the middle of March. That would be great. Today, you'll
1:23.5	still get delicious content from John Dickerson. That delicious content, we are going to talk
1:28.6	about the impeachment trial that preoccupies the Senate. We're going to talk about whether
1:33.3	the right-wing media ecosystem can be saved and what affect these lawsuits that are being
1:38.3	brought by some of the companies attacked by Fox and other right-wing media. What affect
1:43.9	those lawsuits might have on the right-wing media? Then we'll talk about whether Tennessee
1:48.4	executed an innocent man. We have a Bazzlon investigation and the implications of that
1:53.0	for the future of the death penalty. Plus, we'll have Cocktail Chatter. Plus, who will
1:57.0	Joe Biden nominate to succeed, Stephen Breyer, who is not yet resigned? Plus, watch Day
	...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Slate Podcasts, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of Slate Podcasts and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.