Political Gabfest
Political Gabfest
Slate Podcasts
Last Debate of Donald Trump’s Career
1 hour 6 minutes Posted Oct 23, 2020 at 2:10 pm.
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For this week’s Slate Plus bonus segment, Emily, David, and John discuss Jeffrey Toobin’s suspension from The New Yorker.


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Here are some references from this week’s show:

Yanna Krupnikov and John Barry Ryan for the New York Times: “The Real Divide in America Is Between Political Junkies and Everyone Else


Caitlin Dickerson for the New York Times: “Parents of 545 Children Separated at the Border Cannot Be Found


Michael D. Shear, Katie Benner, and Michael S. Schmidt for the New York Times: “ ‘We Need to Take Away Children,’ No Matter How Young, Justice Dept. Officials Said


Jake Tapper for CNN: “Administration Officials Alarmed by White House Push to Fast Track Lucrative 5G Spectrum Contract, Sources Say


Eric Lipton for the New York Times: “Trump Issues Order Giving Him More Leeway to Hire and Fire Federal Workers


Here are this week’s cocktail chatters: 


Emily: Joe Sexton for ProPublica: “He’d Waited Decades to Argue His Innocence. She Was a Judge Who Believed in Second Chances. Nobody Knew She Suffered from Alzheimer’s.


John: Nate Chinen for the New York Times: “Keith Jarrett Confronts a Future Without the Piano


David: David Plotz for Medium: “The Future is Local: That’s Why I’m Launching City Cast, a Network of Daily Local Podcasts.

 

Listener chatter from @greenneck: Rose Eveleth for Smithsonian Magazine: “There Are Whales Alive Today Who Were Born Before Moby Dick Was Written


Podcast production by Jocelyn Frank.

Research and show notes by Bridgette Dunlap.

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