357 - w/ Lara Bazelon “This Podcast is Violence”
Another two-parter: the first half with our new favorite lefty Lara Bazelon, professor at the University of San Francisco School of Law, journalist, feminist, novelist, controversialist. After Lara leaves, probably to free someone from prison, the lads take the second half of the show to catch up on the stupid and depressing news of the week.
- Baaaa-zelon
- Broken clock: Lara thinks Betsy DeVos had a point…
- The lefty case for free speech and due process on campus
- Lara’s Atlantic piece on how the ACLU lost its way
- From Skokie to the lady from Aquaman
- The social justice cafeteria
- The ACLU’s face of gender violence is a rich actress who probably beat up her husband
- Like this podcast, courtrooms are rhetorically “violent.” Get used to it.
- That Laura Kipnis book
- That sold out live show in NYC next week (with special guest hints)
- The Dems failed borsh bill
- Cooling inflation that is still really hot and “barreling ahead”
- The failure of Trump’s trade policy
- The anti-commie case against Ron DeSantis’s performative anti-communism
- And so much more!
- Stop being cheap and subscribe below. The money kind of subscribe. Because every dollar helps pay off Matt’s substantial gambling debts.
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Has the New York primary finally closed the door on Cruz, Sanders and Kasich? Should a voter who asks politely be allowed more than one ‘I Voted Sticker’? And why would a journalist bother fact-checking something if more than two people have tweeted it — at that point, it’s basically a fact, right? Moynihan, Welch and Foster discuss… w/Anthony Fisher (Reason.com).
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This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit wethefifth.substack.com/subscribeSanders and Clinton debate on a dock in Brooklyn -- would any have noticed if CNN had just replayed clips of their previous showdowns? Is Gitmo too good for climate skeptics? And how racist are cops in Chicago? Moynihan, Welch and Foster discuss… /w Harry Siegel (The Daily Beast).
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This week; Media coverage (or lack thereof) of terrorism in the wake of recent attacks in Brussels and beyond, The FBI vs Apple, Trump vs 'Respectability Politic' and 'Hillary Clinton: Super Duper Honest or Naw?'. Moynihan, Welch and Foster discuss...See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
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