Tag: Emily Bazelon

On today's show: Washington Post senior politics reporter Aaron Blake and Emily Bazelon, staff writer for The New York Times Magazine, co-host of Slate's "Political Gabfest" podcast and Yale Law School fellow, discuss the news from the weekend, including Brett Kavanaugh’s Supreme Court confirmation. After Judge Kavanaugh's confirmation to the Supreme Court, parents reflect on the fear that their daughters won't be believed if they report a sexual assault, and/or that their sons will be falsely accused of sexual assault. Cynthia Garrett, attorney and co-president of Families advocating for Campus Equality, and Sage Carson, manager of Know Your IX, a survivor- and youth-led project of Advocates for Youth that aims to empower students to end sexual and dating violence in their schools, debate whether the changes Betsy Devos made to federal policies dealing with sexual misconduct in colleges are for better or worse. Ralph Nader, political activist and author of To the Ramparts: How Bush and Obama Paved the Way for the Trump Presidency, and Why It Isn't Too Late to Reverse Course (Seven Stories Press, 2018), argues the Trump presidency is part of a trend started under Bush and Obama to empower corporations at the expense of the working and middle classes.

Podcasts can slow down and really study a topic or event, bringing in the kind of nuance that's too often lacking in our current discourse. "Ground Game," The Associated Press Believe it or not, American politics extends beyond the White House, even though Trump dominates so many headlines. A recent episode gave detailed insight into what goes into the AP's decision to call a race. While you won't find hot political takes here, it's anything but dry. © 2018 npr "Political Gabfest," Slate If you like your political roundtable talk a little spicy, Slate's "Political Gabfest" offers astute and lively debate that's well worth a listen. His delightful "Whistlestop" podcast has been churning out episodes of presidential history for years. (I included his book, based on the podcast, in a presidential biographies project I did for this site a few years back.) The podcast is still going, dipping into the past to give us essential context for events of the present. Recent episodes focus on the failed nomination of Robert Bork to the Supreme Court by Ronald Reagan in 1987. With any luck, these podcasts won't just keep you up to date on political happenings without immersing you in the digital echo chamber — maybe you'll keep your sanity and learn some U.S. history along the way.