The “1619” Edition
The Political Gabfest discusses the New York Times Magazine’s “1619 Project,” corporate responsibility, and the policy changes niche groups are scoring nationally.
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Episode Notes
Here are some of the links and references from this week’s show:
• The New York Times Magazine’s “1619 Project”
• Nikole Hannah-Jones: “Our Democracy’s Founding Ideals Were False When They Were Written. Black Americans Have Fought to Make Them True.”
• Wesley Morris: “For Centuries, Black Music, Forged in Bondage, Has Been the Sound of Complete Artistic Freedom. No Wonder Everybody is Always Stealing it.”
• Matthew Desmond: “In Order to Understand the Brutality of American Capitalism, You Have to Start on the Plantation.”
• David Walsh for the Boston Review: “The Fragile Patriotism of the American Conservative”
• Ta-Nehisi Coates for the Atlantic: “The Case for Reparations”
• Jordan Weissman for Slate: “America’s Most Powerful CEOs Say They No Longer Only Care About Shareholder Value. Here’s How They Can Prove It.”
• Farhad Manjoo for the New York Times: “C.E.O.s Should Fear a Recession. It Could Mean Revolution.”
Here are this week’s cocktail chatters:
John chattered about the technique President Dwight Eisenhower used to quit smoking.
Emily chattered about Lisa Miller’s piece for the Cut: “Dressing for a Wound”
David chattered about the fake headlines on Succession
Listener chatter from David Foreman: Nick Garber for the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: “How Jon Potter Became the ‘Modern-Day Mr. Rogers’ of the Pittsburgh Internet”
For this week’s Slate Plus bonus segment, Emily, David, and John talk about what the U.S. should buy since Greenland isn’t for sale.
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Podcast production by Jocelyn Frank.
Research and show notes by Bridgette Dunlap.
