Today's episode is all about two books that find parallels across long stretches of time. First, an interview with Barbara Kingsolver and former NPR host Lulu Garcia-Navarro about Kingsolver's novel Unsheltered, which finds striking similarities between an 18th century "utopian" community and 2016 America. Then, NPR's Scott Simon speaks with Daniel Mason about his novel North Woods, which follows the inhabitants of a plot of land across hundreds of years.
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Opening Arguments - OA852: Trump Asks SCOTUS To Put Him Back on the Colorado Ballot Despite 14th Amendment
Liz and Andrew break down an entirely new argument being advanced by Trump's allies to get him back on the Colorado ballot. Will it work? Listen and find out!
Then, the duo break down the latest barrage of nonsense filings in DC.
Notes
Colorado state court ruling
Colorado Supreme Court ruling https://www.courts.state.co.us/userfiles/file/Court_Probation/Supreme_Court/Opinions/2023/23SA300.pdf
Lawfare Tracker on Trump DQ https://www.lawfaremedia.org/current-projects/the-trump-trials/section-3-litigation-tracker
OA 848 https://openargs.com/oa848-trump-is-off-the-ballot-in-colorado/
Socialist Workers Party of Ill. v. Ogilvie, 357 F. Supp. 109, 113 (N.D. Ill. 1972)
https://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=13881601664092355452
Voting and Vice, 2012 Yale Law Review (Re and Re)
https://digitalcommons.law.yale.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=5515&context=ylj
Trump report on stolen election
Trump lawyers’ doozy of a filing on voter fraud - Washington Post
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/01/03/trump-lawyers-doozy-filing-voter-fraud/
Rolling Stone on Trump turning trial into a MAGA freak show
Trump motion for order to show cause DC
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.dcd.258149/gov.uscourts.dcd.258149.192.0.pdf
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Honestly with Bari Weiss - What to Expect in 2024: Predictions from Niall Ferguson, Tyler Cowen, Peter Attia, John McWhorter and More
Last year was certainly eventful. It brought spy balloons, Donald Trump’s indictments, the coronation of a king, the fall of a crypto prince, and no shortage of chaos in Washington, from the ousting of Kevin McCarthy to the farcical George Santos scandal. Oh, and then there’s the small matter of two major wars, one in Gaza and one in Ukraine. Plus, ongoing tension between the U.S. and China. On a cheerier note, 2023 was also the year of Barbenheimer, the year it felt like AI really arrived, and the year the 90s were finally cool again.
But, as crazy as last year was, will the next twelve months prove that it was actually just the calm before the storm?
For many of us, 2024 begins with a distinct feeling of dread.
The Middle East grows increasingly unstable, the war in Ukraine is not going Kyiv’s way, and Xi Jinping’s rhetoric gets more bellicose by the day. Here at home, there’s the small matter of the election from hell, in which American voters face the unappetizing prospect of once again having to choose between Donald Trump and Joe Biden.
To try and figure out whether things will really be as terrible as we fear, today on Honestly Bari Weiss and Free Press editor Olly Wiseman are calling up some of our favorite experts to get a better sense of what’s coming down the pike.
The great Tyler Cowen looks into the economic crystal ball. Leandra Medine Cohen clues us in on fashion trends in 2024. Our very own Suzy Weiss talks through the cultural year ahead. Linguist John McWhorter looks at language. Doctor and longevity expert Peter Attia tells how to start the year healthy. Eagle-eyed political observers Nate Silver and Frank Luntz try to forecast the election. And historian Niall Ferguson tells us whether we’re right to be having nightmares about World War III.
Some guests cheered us up, others freaked us out. All of them were a pleasure to talk to. Welcome to 2024!
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CBS News Roundup - 01/04/2024 | World News Roundup Late Edition
Deadly Iowa school shooting. US airstrike in Iraq. NYC subway derailment. CBS News Correspondent Jennifer Keiper with tonight's World News Roundup.
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The Gist - The NY Times Objective In Objecting to Objectivity
Donald Trump's emoluments entanglements receive further scrutiny. And would a soon-to-explode American airliner have witnessed such an orderly exit? Plus, Adam Nagourney continues his discussion of The Times: How the Newspaper of Record Survived Scandal, Scorn and the Transformation of Journalism.
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Consider This from NPR - Why The Epstein Documents Matter
Several hundred pages of documents were released Wednesday in a lawsuit brought against Jeffrey Epstein. They include the names of dozens of powerful men with alleged connections to Epstein. Bill Clinton, Donald Trump, magician David Copperfield, Prince Andrew and more.
Most of those publicly named — many of whom are already known to have links to Epstein — have denied any wrongdoing or knowledge of Epstein's criminal activities.
Epstein died by suicide in prison in 2019.
We make sense of the newly revealed documents and discuss why the Jeffrey Epstein case still matters.
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Most of those publicly named — many of whom are already known to have links to Epstein — have denied any wrongdoing or knowledge of Epstein's criminal activities.
Epstein died by suicide in prison in 2019.
We make sense of the newly revealed documents and discuss why the Jeffrey Epstein case still matters.
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Consider This from NPR - Why The Epstein Documents Matter
Several hundred pages of documents were released Wednesday in a lawsuit brought against Jeffrey Epstein. They include the names of dozens of powerful men with alleged connections to Epstein. Bill Clinton, Donald Trump, magician David Copperfield, Prince Andrew and more.
Most of those publicly named — many of whom are already known to have links to Epstein — have denied any wrongdoing or knowledge of Epstein's criminal activities.
Epstein died by suicide in prison in 2019.
We make sense of the newly revealed documents and discuss why the Jeffrey Epstein case still matters.
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Most of those publicly named — many of whom are already known to have links to Epstein — have denied any wrongdoing or knowledge of Epstein's criminal activities.
Epstein died by suicide in prison in 2019.
We make sense of the newly revealed documents and discuss why the Jeffrey Epstein case still matters.
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Consider This from NPR - Why The Epstein Documents Matter
Several hundred pages of documents were released Wednesday in a lawsuit brought against Jeffrey Epstein. They include the names of dozens of powerful men with alleged connections to Epstein. Bill Clinton, Donald Trump, magician David Copperfield, Prince Andrew and more.
Most of those publicly named — many of whom are already known to have links to Epstein — have denied any wrongdoing or knowledge of Epstein's criminal activities.
Epstein died by suicide in prison in 2019.
We make sense of the newly revealed documents and discuss why the Jeffrey Epstein case still matters.
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Most of those publicly named — many of whom are already known to have links to Epstein — have denied any wrongdoing or knowledge of Epstein's criminal activities.
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We make sense of the newly revealed documents and discuss why the Jeffrey Epstein case still matters.
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Lost Debate - Epstein List, AI Scandals, Pandemic Lessons
Dozens of previously sealed court documents related to Jeffrey Epstein have become public. Ravi and guest co-host Bethany McLean discuss what we know so far about the new revelations.
What really happened with Sam Altman being ousted and then returning to OpenAI? It remains unclear what made the board decide to act. Our hosts tackle the secrecy around this and other recent tech scandals.
Lastly, we explore the lessons, misunderstandings, and errors from the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, from the failure of authorities to recognize the inefficacy and long-term problems caused by school closures to the data concerning masks, vaccines, and more.
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The Indicator from Planet Money - WTF is a bitcoin ETF?
On today's show, we find out what the buzz is around something called a "spot bitcoin exchange-traded fund." Despite a volatile year for cryptocurrency companies, U.S. federal regulators are expected to approve this new financial product. So WTF is a bitcoin ETF?
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Related episodes:
The spectacle of Sam Bankman-Fried's trial (Apple / Spotify)
A former teen idol takes on crypto (Apple / Spotify)
The rise and fall of FTX
The aftermath of the cryptocurrency crash
The promise and peril of crypto for Black investors
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