Political Gabfest - Midnight Train From Georgia

Political Gabfest - Midnight Train From Georgia

Emily, John and David discuss the corporate backlash to Georgia’s voting restrictions, Matt Gaetz and shamelessness in government, and they are joined by Amanda Ripley to talk about her new book High Conflict.


Here are some notes and references from this week’s show:


Jonathan Rauch for the Atlantic: “How American Politics Went Insane


Insecure Majorities: Congress and the Perpetual Campaign by Frances E. Lee


High Conflict: Why We Get Trapped and How We Get Out by Amanda Ripley


The Gottman Institute’s “Love Lab”


Emotions in Conflict: Inhibitors and Facilitators of Peace Making by Eran Halperin


L. M. Hartling, E. Lindner, U. Spalthoff and M. Britton for Psicología Política: “Humiliation: A Nuclear Bomb of Emotions?


Stephen Hawkins, Daniel Yudkin, Míriam Juan-Torres, Tim Dixon for More In Common: “Hidden Tribes: A Study of America’s Polarized Landscape


The Irregulars


Here’s this week’s chatter:


John: Dan Zak for the Washington Post: “Goodbye to Gate 35x, Cursed Portal to the Rest of America


Emily: Crip Camp: A Disability Revolution


David: City Cast Denver


Listener chatter from Paul John Rudoi: Passing English of the Victorian era, a Dictionary of Heterodox English, Slang and Phrase available at The Public Domain Review; Karen Strike for Flashbak: “Not Up To Dick: 100 Wonderful Victorian Slang Words You Should Be Using


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