The “Get Those Huddled Masses Out of My Yard” Edition
Build Back Better on the rocks; vaccine mandates working; and Caitlin Dickerson on U.S. immigration amnesia.
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Episode Notes
Here are some notes and references from this week’s show:
Jamelle Bouie for the New York Times: “It’s All or Nothing for These Democrats, Even if That Means Biden Fails”
Josh Marshall for Talking Points Memo: “Kill the Bill”
Caitlin Dickerson for the Atlantic: “Democrats’ Free Pass on Immigration Is Over”
Caitlin Dickerson for the Atlantic: “America’s Immigration Amnesia”
Here’s this week’s chatter:
John: Glamourdaze YouTube video: “A Walk in the Park - c.1900 | Bois de Boulogne Paris - AI Enhanced; Peril, by Bob Woodward and Robert Costa
Emily: CNN: “Florida Man Fights Alligator With Trash Can”; Jonathan Mann’s folk song celebrating the Florida Man Who Caught An Alligator In A Trash Can
David: The Cult of We: WeWork, Adam Neumann, and the Great Startup Delusion, by Eliot Brown and Maureen Farrell
Listener chatter from Matthew Ringel: Veritasium YouTube video, about the history of potash: “These Pools Help Support Half The People On Earth”
For this week’s Slate Plus bonus segment John, David, and Emily talk about earlier times in history they would have liked to have been podcasting together.
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.
