The “Ghislaine” Edition
The pandemic economy, a diplomatic boycott of the Olympics, and the Ghislaine Maxwell trial.
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Episode Notes
Here are some notes and references from this week’s show:
John J. Mearsheimer for Foreign Affairs: “The Inevitable Rivalry: America, China, and the Tragedy of Great-Power Politics”
Corey Robin for The New York Times: “Why the Biden Presidency Feels Like Such a Disappointment”
The Enigma of Clarence Thomas, by Corey Robin
Mike Baker for The New York Times: “The Sisters Who First Tried to Take Down Jeffrey Epstein”t
Andrew Anthony for The Guardian: “Meet Julie K Brown, The Woman Who Brought Down Jeffrey Epstein”
Matthew Yglesias’ Slow Boring newsletter
Joe Sheehan’s baseball newsletter
Matt Levine’s Money Stuff newsletter
Heather Cox Richardson’s Letters from an American newsletter
Here’s this week’s chatter:
Emily: Leah Litman for NBC News: “The Death Penalty Cases Before The Supreme Court That Could Keep Innocent People In Prison”: Amy Howe for SCOTUSblog: “Conservative Justices Scoff at Maine’s Exclusion of Religious Schools From Tuition-Assistance Program”
David Leonhardt: Duke Ellington’s Nutcracker Suite
David Plotz:: Work at City Cast; Sex Lives of College Girls
Listener chatter from Andrew Lacko: “Miracle and Wonder: Conversations with Paul Simon”
For this week’s Slate Plus bonus segment Emily, David, and David talk about newsletters and what they do well.
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.
