This week, Emily Bazelon, John Dickerson, and David Plotz discuss Kamala Harris’s voter outreach to black and Hispanic men; the close races for Republican senators in Nebraska, Texas, and Florida; and the conspiracy theories that endanger FEMA and aid for hurricane victims. And it’s never too early to send us your Conundrums at slate.com/conundrum.
Here are some notes and references from this week’s show:
Breakfast Club Power: We The People: An Audio Town Hall With Kamala Harris & Charlamagne Tha God
Univision: Kamala Harris / Univision Town Hall
Rachael Bade for Politico Playbook Deep Dive: The ‘boys vs. girls’ election
Zachary B. Wolf for CNN: Why education level has become the best predictor for how someone will vote
Emma Bowman for NPR: Obama, in blunt terms, tells Black men to get over their reluctance to support Harris
Richard V. Reeves, Sarah Nzau, and Ember Smith for Brookings: The challenges facing Black men – and the case for action
Ryan Nobles and Frank Thorp V for NBC News: Jon Tester pushes for ticket-splitters in a Montana Senate race that appears to be slipping away
Daniela Altimari for Roll Call: Happening in Plains sight: A competitive Nebraska Senate race
Sean Murphy for AP: Ted Cruz and Colin Allred meet in the only debate in the Texas Senate race
Amy Green for WUSF: In Florida Senate race, two candidates with vastly different views on the climate
Aaron Blake for The Washington Post: How reported threats in N.C. trace to Trump-fueled misinformation
FEMA: Hurricane Rumor Response
Adam Aton and Scott Waldman for Politico: Elon Musk is piling onto all the hurricane disinformation, hampering relief efforts
Kevin Roose and Casey Newton for Hard Fork: A Flood of A.I. Slop + Searching for Satoshi + the Hot Mess Express Returns
C-SPAN: Obama: When Did That Become Okay?
Here are this week’s chatters:
Emily: Rachel Nostrant for The New York Times: Texas Man Drops Suit Against Women Who Helped Ex-Wife Get Abortion Pills and Emily Bazelon: Husband Sued Over His Ex-Wife’s Abortion; Now Her Friends Are Suing Him
John: National Labor Relations Board: Union Petitions Filed with NLRB Double Since FY 2021, Up 27% Since FY 2023; Federal Trade Commission: Federal Trade Commission Announces Final “Click-to-Cancel” Rule Making It Easier for Consumers to End Recurring Subscriptions and Memberships; Nadeem Badshah for The Guardian: Cheating alleged after men’s world conker champion found with steel chestnut; and Sol Neelman for Wired: Breaking Bad: Schoolyard Pencil Fighting Goes Pro
David: Michael E. Ruane and Afia Barrie for The Washington Post: Giant pandas have returned to D.C. Meet Bao Li and Qing Bao.; Mara Hvistendahl and Joy Dong for The New York Times: The Panda Factories; and Hark
Listener chatter from Kim in Vancouver, Canada: Sally Helm, Nick Fountain, Meg Cramer, and Sean Saldana for Planet Money: Can money buy happiness?
For this week’s Slate Plus bonus episode, Emily, John, and David talk about Glossip v. Oklahoma, the recent death-penalty case argued before the U.S. Supreme Court.
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
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