The “Bern, Baby, Bern” Edition
The Democratic presidential primary, Harvey Weinstein’s conviction, and conservative ascendency in the courts.
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Episode Notes
Here are some of the links and references from this week’s show:
David Brooks for the New York Times: “Why Sanders Will Probably Win the Nomination”
She Said: Breaking the Sexual Harassment Story That Helped Ignite a Movement by Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey
Deborah Tuerkheimer for the University of Pennsylvania Law Review: “Incredible Women: Sexual Violence and the Credibility Discount”
Rebecca Traister for New York Magazine: “The Toll of Me Too”
Emily Bazelon for the New York Times Magazine: “How Will Trump’s Supreme Court Remake America?”
The Mirror and the Light by Hilary Mantel
Circe by Madeline Miller
The Red Tent by Anita Diamant
Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West (Wicked Years) by Gregory Maguire
Year of Wonders: A Novel of the Plague by Geraldine Brooks
Here are this week’s cocktail chatters:
John: Natalie Weiner for SB Nation: “Watch LSU Pitcher Maribeth Gorsuch Throw a Perfect
Game”; Leah Crane for the New Scientist: “Earth Has Acquired a Brand New Moon That’s About the Size of a Car”
Emily: Samantha Melamed and Vinny Vella for the Philadelphia Inquirer: “Montgomery County Has Fired Its Top Two Public Defenders”
David: Zed by Joanna Kavenna
Listener chatter from @lazy_crazydaisy: Sam Harnett for NPR: “Listen: The Sound Of The Hagia Sophia, More Than 500 Years Ago”
For this week’s Slate Plus bonus segment: with inspiration from Hilary Mantel’s The Mirror and the Light, Emily, David, and John discuss the historical figures and events they’d like to read novels about.
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Podcast production by Jocelyn Frank.
Research and show notes by Bridgette Dunlap.
