About this episode
This week, David Plotz, Emily Bazelon, and Heather McGhee discuss the primaries and Kansan voters’ defense of abortion; Alex Jones on trial; and Annie Lowrey’s story of surviving pregnancy in the United States. Here are some notes and references from this week’s show: Sam Adler-Bell for The New York Times: “ The Violent Fantasies of Blake Masters ” Jason Beeferman for The Texas Tribune: “ How Sandy Hook Lies and the Jan. 6 Inquiry Threaten to Undo Alex Jones ” Annie Lowrey for The Atlantic: “ American Motherhood ” Annie Lowrey for The Atlantic: “ The Most Important Study in the Abortion Debate ” The Sum of Us: What Racism Costs Everyone and How We Can Prosper Together , by Heather McGhee The Sum of Us podcast Charged: The New Movement to Transform American Prosecution and End Mass Incarceration , by Emily Bazelon Black Reconstruction in America , by W. E. B. Du Bois Forbidden City , by Vanessa Hua Here are this week’s chatters: Emily: The Law & Justice Journalism Project Heather: A Court of Thorns and Roses , by Sarah J. Maas David: Piranesi , by Susanna Clarke; Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell , by Susanna Clarke; Testament of Youth , by Vera Brittain Listener chatter from Mohamed El-Sheik: Adriana E. Ramírez for The Atlantic: “ Everyone Loses on Jeopardy Eventually ” Tweet us your questions and chatters @SlateGabfest or email us at gabfest@slate.com. (Messages may be quoted by name unless the writer stipulates otherwise.) Podcast production by Cheyna Roth. Research by Bridgette Dunlap. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices