This week, Jamelle Bouie of The New York Times joins John Dickerson and David Plotz to discuss the vice-presidential debate between Gov. Tim Walz and Sen. JD Vance; the deadly conflict between Israel and Iran with Nathan Guttman of Israeli public television; and the federal indictment of New York City Mayor Eric Adams.
Here are some notes and references from this week’s show:
CBS News: Full debate: JD Vance and Tim Walz vice presidential debate, hosted by CBS News
Harris-Walz 2024: JD Vance’s Damning Non-Answer
Zack Beauchamp for Vox: The only moment from the VP debate that mattered
Helen Lewis for The Atlantic: Did Donald Trump Notice J. D. Vance’s Strangest Answer?
Molly Ball for The Wall Street Journal: JD Vance’s Version of Trump Is Better Than the Real Thing
Linda Chavez for The Bulwark: Why JD Vance Couldn’t Stop Lying About Immigration
Nathan Guttman in Moment Magazine: The Elimination of Hassan Nasrallah
Timour Azhari and Ari Rabinovitch for Reuters: Israel calls for evacuations from south Lebanon, strikes Beirut suburb
Ido Vock and James Gregory for BBC: ICC chief prosecutor defends Netanyahu arrest warrant in BBC interview
Benjamin Oreskes for The New York Times: With Eric Adams Indicted, What Happens Next?
Eric C. Sands for Teaching American History: Plunkitt of Tammany Hall
Vocabulary.com: venal / venial
Ankush Khardori for Politico: The Alito Scandal Is Worse Than It Seems and Josh Gerstein: Supreme Court overturns Bob McDonnell’s corruption convictions
Jeffrey Rosen in The Washington Post: The Founders’ antidote to demagoguery is a lesson for today
Rachel Shteir for Smithsonian Magazine: The Dead Woman Who Brought Down the Mayor
Here are this week’s chatters:
John: Deadloch on Amazon Prime; Hot Fuzz; and Shaun of the Dead
Jamelle: The Criterion Channel: Courtroom Dramas and 12 Angry Men
David: Marissa J. Lang for The Washington Post: This photo on the National Mall captivated the country decades ago. The real story behind it remained a mystery – until now.
Listener chatter from Rebecca in Washington, D.C.: Dave Eggers in The Washington Post: The Searchers
For this week’s Slate Plus bonus segment, Jamelle, John, and David talk with WyoFile’s Maya Shimizu Harris about the fight between the Wyoming Freedom Caucus and traditional Wyoming Republicans.
In the latest Gabfest Reads, David talks with Elizabeth Strout about her new book, Tell Me Everything: A Novel.
Email your chatters, questions, and comments to gabfest@slate.com. (Messages may be referenced by name unless the writer stipulates otherwise.)
Podcast production by Cheyna Roth
Research by Julie Huygen
