About this episode
This week, Emily Bazelon, John Dickerson, and David Plotz discuss Donald Trump’s trials schedule and the 2024 election calendar; Vivek Ramaswamy; and “ What the Best Places in America Have in Common .” Here are some notes and references from this week’s show: Devlin Barrett, Rachel Weiner, and Perry Stein for The Washington Post: “ Trump’s D.C. election-obstruction trial scheduled for March 2024 ” Josh Barro in Very Serious: “ Section Guy Runs For President ” Kathryn J. Edin, H. Luke Shaefer, and Timothy J. Nelson in The Atlantic: “ What the Best Places in America Have in Common ” and The Injustice of Place: Uncovering the Legacy of Poverty in America MGM’s “ Red Dawn ” official trailer John Dickerson for CBS News’ Prime Time: “ Russia accuses Ukraine of large-scale drone attack ” Hamlet by Shakespeare: “ To die, to sleep– To sleep–perchance to dream. ” Here are this week’s chatters: John: Strike Force Five podcast on Spotify; Caroline Anders for The Washington Post: “ France has too much wine. It’s paying millions to destroy the leftovers. ”; Giri Viswanathan for CNN: “ Marijuana and hallucinogen use, binge drinking reached records highs in middle-aged adults, survey finds ”; and James Martinez for AP: “’ Like Snoop Dogg’s living room’: Smell of pot wafts over notorious U.S. Open court ” Emily: Tennis.com: “ Azarenka, Svitolina, Wozniacki among 10 moms in the US Open main draw this year ” David: Tree of the Year 2023 by the Woodland Trust; European Tree of the Year ; Asian Tree of the Year ; and Josh Levin for Slate’s One Year: 1955 podcast: “ The Team Nobody Would Play ” Listener chatter from Brian Jackson: Jordan Pascale for DCist: “ At DCA, Crews Race Each Night To Repave A Bit Of Runway Before The Next Day’s Flights ” For this week’s Slate Plus bonus segment, John, Emily, and David discuss militias. In this month’s Gabfest Reads , Emily, David, and John talk with Barbara Kingsolver about her best-selling book, Demon Copperhead . Email your chatters, questions, and comments to gabfest@slate.com or X us @SlateGabfest . (Messages may be quoted by name unless the writer stipulates otherwise.) Podcast production by Cheyna Roth Research by Julie Huygen Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices