The “Medieval Battle” Edition
The Jan. 6 Commission, new mask guidance and the return to work, and Annie Lowrey on the “time tax”.
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Episode Notes
Here are some notes and references from this week’s show:
Annie Lowrey for the Atlantic: “The Time Tax: Why is so much American bureaucracy left to average citizens?”
Here’s this week’s chatter:
John: Max Fisher for the New York Times: “Disinformation for Hire, a Shadow Industry, Is Quietly Booming”
Emily: The Vanishing Half and The Mothers, by Brit Bennet
David: Louis Maurice Botet de Monvel’s Joan of Arc series on display at the National Gallery of Art
Listener chatter from Ryan Good, @RyanScGood: Gabriel Hoyle’s Twitter thread of modern presidential branding schemes
For this week’s Slate Plus bonus segment, David, Emily, and John discuss: Have you really read a book if you’ve completely forgotten it?
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 Grace Woodruff.
