David Plotz, John Dickerson, and Emily Bazelon discuss the Silicon Valley Bank bailout with David Leonhardt; Ron DeSantis coming out against aid to Ukraine; and free speech fights at elite law schools.
Here are some notes and references from this week’s show:
William Saletan for The Bulwark: “The Ukraine Untruths of Disingenuous DeSantis”
Ken White for The Popehat Report: “Hating Everyone Everywhere All At Once At Stanford”
David Lat for Original Jurisdiction: “Yale Law Is No Longer #1—For Free-Speech Debacles”
Jordan Metzl for The New York Times: “Working From Home Is Less Healthy Than You Think”
Here are this week’s chatters:
Emily: Maurice Chammah for The Marshall Project: “The Mercy Workers”
John: OpenAI example recipe generator
David: Robyn Dixon for The Washington Post: “A Railroad Fan Photographed Putin’s Armored Train. Now He Lives In Exile.”
Listener chatter: Alex Traub for The New York Times: “Judy Heumann, Who Led the Fight for Disability Rights, Dies at 75”; Being Heumann: An Unrepentant Memoir of a Disability Rights Activist, by Judith Heumann;
Crip Camp; The Power of 504, Judy's Heumann’s Ted Talk
For this week’s Slate Plus bonus segment Emily, David, and John discuss the health benefits and drawbacks of working from home.
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 Cheyna Roth.
Research by Bridgette Dunlap.
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