The Work Life Edition, I'm Christina Katoucci,

Hello and welcome to the waves for Thursday, August 15th, the Work Life Edition.

I'm Christina Kauterucci, a staff writer at Slate

and host of The Slate Podcast Outward.

I'm Marsha Chatlin, a professor of history

at Georgetown University.

I'm Nicole Perkins, writer and co-host of Thirstaid Kit and I'm

June Thomas, senior managing producer of Slate Podcasts.

Whoa.

Before we get into today's episode, June, I want to hear about what you thought about, what

was in our email inbox this week. Well let me round up what was in our email. Our

last episode where we talked just to remind you about Jane Mayers

Al-Franken story in the New Yorker, Karabollonics New York magazine story, The Most

Gullable Manning Cambridge and the new season of Veronica Mars. It generated more reader email than usual and it was mostly

extreme, either extremely supportive or extremely critical of our takes.

On Franken, one e-mailer who was from Minnesota said

that appalling photograph not from S&L in the 80s but from the year before he ran from the Senate

is evidence he needed to go for that alone, therefore

all the discussion of whether or not he is innocent is completely beside the point I

M. O. Others thought we were naive about the politics of bringing down Franken.

One emailer said, quote,

we ignored clear political motivation of initial accusation

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