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Political Gabfest - Wash Your Hands Mar 05, 2020

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Emily, John and David discuss Super Tuesday, COVID-19's spread and the Supreme Court's hearing of a crucial abortion case.

For this week’s Slate Plus bonus segment, Emily, David, and John discuss pandemics in fiction.

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Podcast production by Jocelyn Frank.

Research and show notes by Bridgette Dunlap.

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What Next - How Biden Made His Comeback Mar 05, 2020

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Slate Plus members get ad-free podcasts and bonus episodes of shows like Slow Burn and Dear Prudence. Sign up now to listen and support our work.

Super Tuesday gave Joe Biden a blowout, in part because of a surge from black voters. While white voters tended to split their votes more evenly between Biden and Bernie Sanders, black voters overwhelmingly chose the former Vice President. So, what does Biden’s base see in him as a candidate? And what would they expect from him as president?

Guest: Errin Haines, editor-at-large for The 19th, a news outlet launching this summer.

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What Next - He Saw the Coronavirus Coming Mar 04, 2020

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The coronavirus, also known as COVID-19, started in China as a bat virus that eventually made contact with humans. Researchers say this leap between species was highly predictable – so why were communities and governments caught flat-footed? And what does the virus’s transmission from animals to humans say about how we interact with the greater ecosystem?

Guest: Peter Daszak, president of EcoHealth Alliance.

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What Next - Who’s Left Standing for Super Tuesday? Mar 03, 2020

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The Democratic primary field has been dramatically re-shuffled since Saturday. After Joe Biden swept up votes and delegates in South Carolina, moderate candidates dropped out to strengthen his challenge against front-runner Bernie Sanders. So, with over a thousand delegates on the table across a slew of states, are Democrats inevitably headed for a contested convention?

Guest: Jim Newell, Slate’s senior politics reporter

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What Next - Is The Border Patrol Accountable to Anyone? Mar 02, 2020

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Lower courts have consistently ruled against the Trump administration’s hardline immigration policies. But at the Supreme Court, the conservative majority almost always reverses lower court opinions, even in the most shocking cases. Last week, justices ruled that a Customs and Border Protection agent cannot be sued for shooting and killing a Mexican teenager in 2010, presenting the grim prospect that federal agents are free to act with impunity.

Guest: Mark Joseph Stern covers the courts and the law for Slate.

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Political Gabfest - Slate Plus Bonus Episode: South Carolina and Super Tuesday Mar 01, 2020

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David Plotz and John Dickerson discuss Biden's win in South Carolina and what it could mean for Super Tuesday and the Democratic Primary overall.

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The email address for the Political Gabfest is gabfest@slate.com. (Email may be quoted by name unless the writer stipulates otherwise.)

Podcast production by Jocelyn Frank.

Research and show notes by Bridgette Dunlap.

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Slate Money - Old Bob, New Bob Feb 29, 2020

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This week, Felix Anna and Emily talk about how coronavirus is affecting the stock market, Disney’s two Bobs, and the crazy story of the “Madoff of France.”

In the Slate Plus segment: The four-hour work week.

'America’s Broken Social Safety Net Can’t Withstand The Coronavirus' by Emily Peck

'The Leap Day Employee Finally Gets Her Birthday Off This Year' by Alison Green

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Amicus With Dahlia Lithwick | Law, justice, and the courts - Have Progressives Lost the Courts for Good? Feb 29, 2020

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Dahlia Lithwick asks the new president of the American Constitution Society, Russ Feingold, if it’s too late for progressives to respond to the conservative steamroller that is the Federalist Society.

Slate Plus members have access to a bonus segment in which Slate’s Mark Joseph

Stern breaks down the headlines, cases, cert grants, and conundrums from the Supreme Court and federal appellate courts. To start your free two-week trial go to slate.com/amicusplus

Podcast production by Sara Burningham.

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What Next - WN TBD: Did Money Corrupt an A.I. Utopia? Feb 28, 2020

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OpenAI was founded in 2015 with a billion dollars and an idealistic mission: Create artificial intelligence that could address humanity’s biggest problems, and do it out in the open. Then came the money problems.

Guest: Karen Hao, senior A.I. reporter at MIT Tech Review

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Lizzie O’Leary

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What Next: TBD | Tech, power, and the future - Did Money Corrupt an A.I. Utopia? Feb 28, 2020

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Guest: Karen Hao, senior A.I. reporter at MIT Tech Review

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Lizzie O’Leary

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