Political Gabfest - Tragedy of Afghanistan
Slate News19 Aug 2021

Political Gabfest - Tragedy of Afghanistan

Emily, David and Alexandra Petri discuss the Afghanistan withdrawal, with guest Annie Pforzheimer; California’s recall election; and personal pandemic ethics.


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

Annie Pforzheimer for the Washington Post, “Leaving Afghanistan Will Lead to Yet Another Civil War There


Annie Pforzheimer for the Washington Post, “In Afghanistan, a Summer of Pain Awaits


Annie Pforzheimer for the New York Times,The Long Road Out of Afghanistan


Rachel Feintzeig for the Wall Street Journal: “These People Who Work From Home Have a Secret: They Have Two Jobs


Daniel Lavery’s Substack newsletter: The Chatner


Nothing Is Wrong and Here Is Why, by Alexandra Petri


A Field Guide to Awkward Silences, by Alexandra Petri


The Best of Wodehouse: An Anthology


Clouds, by Aristophanes


Raymond Chandler: Collected Stories


Three Men In A Boat: (To Say Nothing of the Dog), by Jerome K. Jerome


Solutions and Other Problems, by Allie Brosh


Hyperbole and a Half: Unfortunate Situations, Flawed Coping Mechanisms, Mayhem, and Other Things That Happened, by Allie Brosh


New Teeth, by Simon Rich


Ant Farm: And Other Desperate Situations, by Simon Rich


Simon Rich for the New Yorker: “Sell Out


Simon Rich for the New Yorker: “The Big Nap


Simon Rich for the New Yorker: “Raised by Wolves


Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen


My Life and Hard Times, by James Thurber


Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea, by Jules Verne


The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, by Douglas Adams



Here’s this week’s chatter:


Emily: Meira Levinson, Alan C. Geller, and Joseph G. Allen for The Lancet: “Health Equity, Schooling Hesitancy, and the Social Determinants of Learning


Alexandra: Never a Dull Moment: The Memoirs of Countess Marguerite Cassini


David: Dahlia Lithwick for Slate: “The Fierce Legal Battle at the Heart of the Fight Over Reclining Airline Seats


Listener chatter from Lesley Gild: Bored Panda: “People Are Sharing ‘Alternate Angles’ of Iconic Events and Places in History, Here Are 30 of the Best


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For this week’s Slate Plus bonus segment, Alexandra, Emily, and David discuss their favorite funny books.


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 and Shayna Elliot.

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