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Martyrdom of Liz Cheney

Category: News & Politics
Duration: 01:05:32
Publish Date: 2021-05-06 19:35:13
Description:

David, John and Emily discuss Liz Cheney's defiance of Trumpists; Trump’s Facebook suspension; and meatlessness getting (more) political.


Here are some notes and references from this week’s show:

Kimberly Robinson for Bloomberg Law: “Video: The Wild Hypotheticals Posed by Justice Stephen Breyer


John Dickerson for CBS News: “Ron Klain on ‘Face the Nation,’ May 2, 2021


Evelyn Douek for Lawfare: “It's Not Over. The Oversight Board's Trump Decision is Just the Start.


These Truths: A History of the United States, by Jill Lepore


Ezra Klein for the New York Times: “Let’s Launch a Moonshot for Meatless Meat


John Dickerson for Slate: “Go for the Throat!: Why if He Wants to Transform American Politics, Obama Must Declare War on the Republican Party.


John Dickerson for JohnDickerson.com: “End of the Year Thoughts 2020 (Five Months Too Late).


Never Let Me Go, by Kazuo Ishiguro


Hard Knocks, HBO


Here’s this week’s chatter:

John: Klara and the Sun, by Kazuo Ishiguro


Emily: Mom Genes: Inside the New Science of Our Ancient Maternal Instinct, by Abigail Tucker


David: Formula 1: Drive to Survive, Season 3, Episode 9: Man on Fire


Listener chatter from Michael Sagmeister: Mitchell Clark for The Verge: “Bad Software Sent Postal Workers to Jail, Because No One Wanted to Admit It Could Be Wrong.


For this week’s Slate Plus bonus segment, Emily, John, and David discuss how the freedom they feel to share their opinions has changed with their jobs and the journalism environment.


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Tweet us your questions and chatters @SlateGabfest or email us at gabfest@slate.com. (Messages may be quoted by name unless the writer stipulates otherwise.)


Podcast production by Jocelyn Frank.

Research and show notes by Bridgette Dunlap.

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