Slate News30 Jul 2020

Political Gabfest - Twilight of Democracy

David, John and Ruth Marcus discuss Biden’s campaign, Big Tech, and author Anne Applebaum joins to discuss her new book Twilight of Democracy.

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

John Dickerson for the Washington Post: “The Ultimate Test of Presidential Character Is Restraint”

Twilight of Democracy: The Seductive Lure of Authoritarianism by Anne Applebaum

Anne Applebaum for the Atlantic: “History Will Judge Trump’s Enablers Harshly”

Here are this week’s cocktail chatters:

John: The Underground Railroad and The Nickleboys by Colson Whitehead; Good Morning, Midnight by Lily Brooks-Dalton

Ruth: Sophie Haigney for The New Yorker: “An Elegy for the Landline in Literature”

Anne: MBS: The Rise to Power of Mohammed bin Salman by Ben Hubbard

David: Meredith Cash for Business Insider: “Take a Peek at Alabama Football's Stunning New Locker Room That Was Part of a $16 Million Renovation”

Listener chatter from Mark Allender @markwallender for ProPublica: Jodi S. Cohen for ProPublica: “A Teenager Didn’t Do Her Online Schoolwork. So a Judge Sent Her to Juvenile Detention.”

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