Biden’s Risky Asylum Policy
This week, Emily Bazelon, John Dickerson, and David Plotz discuss President Biden’s new asylum policy; the recent European Parliament elections with The Atlantic’s Anne Applebaum; and the jammed conge...
13 Juni 202455min
Will Trump’s Conviction Help Biden?
This week, Emily Bazelon, John Dickerson, and David Plotz discuss the fallout from Donald Trump’s felony conviction; the spin-up for Hunter Biden’s trial; and the upshot for college speech from campus...
6 Juni 202454min
John Dickerson’s Navel Gazing: The Meaning Behind All This Navel Gazing
In this week’s essay, John discusses instinct versus obligation, his daughter’s wit, how he has changed since episode one, and more. Notebook Entries:Notebook 58, page 10. September 16, 2021“You don’t...
1 Juni 202436min
Donald Trump is Convicted! Plus, Who is Winning The Senate?
This week, Emily Bazelon, John Dickerson, and David Plotz discuss the U.S. Senate seats that might turn from blue to red in 2024; The Fall of Roe with The New York Times’s Elizabeth Dias and Lisa Lere...
30 Maj 20241h 12min
John Dickerson’s Navel Gazing: Time Travel Via an Assortment of Journal Entries
In this week’s essay, John discusses Mothers’s Day, playing tennis with the Attorney General, medical scares, and more Notebook Entries:Notebook 19, page 16. April 2011Is it possible, through applied ...
25 Maj 202425min
Justice Alito's Upside Down Flag
This week, Emily Bazelon, John Dickerson, and David Plotz discuss Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito’s right-wing flag-flying; David Leonhardt’s take on A New Centrism; and OpenAI’s use – or not – of ...
23 Maj 202459min
Gabfest Reads: Why Americans Care About Animals
Emily Bazelon talks with authors Bill Wasik and Monica Murphy, about their new book, Our Kindred Creatures: How Americans Came to Feel the Way They Do About Animals. They discuss the evolution of anim...
18 Maj 202431min
John Dickerson’s Navel Gazing: Moving in New York Twenty Years After September 11th.
In this week’s essay, John discusses the differences between moving around New York in 1991 and 2021; remembering 9/11 twenty years later; and more. Notebook Entries:Notebook 75, page 12. September 2...
18 Maj 202440min
