Political Gabfest

In this week’s essay, John dives deep into the loss of his beloved dog, George, the essayist’s dilemma, the comfort of quiet mornings, and more.   Notebook Entries: Notebook 75, page 5. September 5, 2021 I go to the morning alone.   Notebook 75, page 6. September 6, 2021 Phantom nails on the stairs     References: “Every Dog Is a Rescue Dog [https://www.theatlantic.com/family/archive/2021/09/john-dickerson-goodbye-my-familys-beloved-dog/620010/]” by John Dickerson for The Atlantic “Oxytocin-gaze positive loop and the coevolution of human-dog bonds [https://www.science.org/doi/full/10.1126/science.1261022]” by Miho Nagasawa et.al for Science Haikus [https://thehaikufoundation.org/tag/jennifer-gurney/] by Jennifer Gurney “Which Pet Will Make You Happiest? [https://www.theatlantic.com/family/archive/2021/08/choosing-pet-happiness/619663/]” by Arthur C. Brooks for The Atlantic “The Family Dog Is in Sync With Your Kids [https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/17/well/move/dogs-kids-family.html]” by Gretchen Reynolds for The New York Times   Podcast production by Cheyna Roth. Email us at navelgazingpodcast@gmail.com [navelgazingpodcast@gmail.com]    Want to listen to Navel Gazing uninterrupted? Subscribe to Slate Plus to immediately unlock ad-free listening to Navel Gazing and all your other favorite Slate podcasts. Subscribe now on Apple Podcasts by clicking “Try Free” at the top of our show page. Or, visit slate.com/navelgazingplus [https://slate.com/podcast-plus?utm_medium=audio&utm_campaign=plus_pod&utm_content=Navel_Gazing&utm_source=episode_summary] to get access wherever you listen. Host John Dickerson Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices [https://megaphone.fm/adchoices]

In this week’s essay, John dives deep into the loss of his beloved dog, George, the essayist’s dilemma, the comfort of quiet mornings, and more.   Notebook Entries: Notebook 75, page 5. September 5, 2021 I go to the morning alone.   Notebook 75, page 6. September 6, 2021 Phantom nails on the stairs     References: “Every Dog Is a Rescue Dog [https://www.theatlantic.com/family/archive/2021/09/john-dickerson-goodbye-my-familys-beloved-dog/620010/]” by John Dickerson for The Atlantic “Oxytocin-gaze positive loop and the coevolution of human-dog bonds [https://www.science.org/doi/full/10.1126/science.1261022]” by Miho Nagasawa et.al for Science Haikus [https://thehaikufoundation.org/tag/jennifer-gurney/] by Jennifer Gurney “Which Pet Will Make You Happiest? [https://www.theatlantic.com/family/archive/2021/08/choosing-pet-happiness/619663/]” by Arthur C. Brooks for The Atlantic “The Family Dog Is in Sync With Your Kids [https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/17/well/move/dogs-kids-family.html]” by Gretchen Reynolds for The New York Times   Podcast production by Cheyna Roth. Email us at navelgazingpodcast@gmail.com [navelgazingpodcast@gmail.com]    Want to listen to Navel Gazing uninterrupted? Subscribe to Slate Plus to immediately unlock ad-free listening to Navel Gazing and all your other favorite Slate podcasts. Subscribe now on Apple Podcasts by clicking “Try Free” at the top of our show page. Or, visit slate.com/navelgazingplus [https://slate.com/podcast-plus?utm_medium=audio&utm_campaign=plus_pod&utm_content=Navel_Gazing&utm_source=episode_summary] to get access wherever you listen. Host John Dickerson Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices [https://megaphone.fm/adchoices]

John Dickerson talks with author David E. Sanger about his new book, New Cold Wars [https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/710053/new-cold-wars-by-david-e-sanger-with-mary-k-brooks/]. They discuss how Russia and China came to reach their new levels of power, the role the Middle East and Obama Administration played in all of this, and more. Tweet us your questions @SlateGabfest [https://twitter.com/slategabfest?lang=en] or email us at gabfest@slate.com [gabfest@slate.com]. (Messages could be quoted by name unless the writer stipulates otherwise.) Podcast production by Cheyna Roth. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices [https://megaphone.fm/adchoices]

This week, Emily Bazelon, John Dickerson, and David Plotz discuss Donald Trump’s first criminal trial and the Supreme Court argument on a criminal charge related to another Trump case and talk with The Atlantic’s Mark Leibovich [https://www.theatlantic.com/author/mark-leibovich/] about his profile of Governor Gavin Newsom [https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2024/04/gavin-newsom-biden-trump-2024/678051/].    Here are some notes and references from this week’s show: Norman Eisen for CNN: Don’t call it a ‘hush money’ case [https://www.cnn.com/2024/04/16/opinions/trump-trial-jury-hush-money-election-eisen/index.html] Brian Beutler for the Politix podcast: Alvin Bragg’s Liberal Critics Are Wrong [https://www.politix.fm/p/alvin-bragg-liberal-critics-wrong] Ben Protess, Jonah E. Bromwich, Maggie Haberman, and Wesley Parnell for The New York Times: Prosecutors and Defense Lawyers Begin to Seat Jurors for Trump Trial [https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/16/nyregion/trump-hush-money-case-jurors.html] and Maggie Haberman: A Weary Trump Appears to Doze Off in Courtroom Ahead of Criminal Trial [https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/15/nyregion/trump-asleep-criminal-trial.html] David Bauder for AP: Trump trial: Why can’t Americans see or hear what is going on inside the courtroom? [https://apnews.com/article/trump-court-new-york-cameras-d2b8b34aedbdce0aab5bbbf492fdc83a] Ann E. Marimow for The Washington Post: Supreme Court divided over key charge against Jan. 6 rioters and Trump [https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/04/16/supreme-court-obstruction-trump-jan-6/] Michael C. Dorf for Dorf On Law: The Ejusdem is Loose -- SCOTUS Insurrectionist Case Edition [https://www.dorfonlaw.org/2024/04/the-ejusdem-is-loose-scotus.html] Mark Leibovich for The Atlantic: Gavin Newsom Can’t Help Himself [https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2024/04/gavin-newsom-biden-trump-2024/678051/] HBO’s Real Time with Bill Maher: Gov. Gavin Newsom [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G9JjA9wI68s] Here are this week’s chatters: Emily: Uri Berliner in The Free Press: I’ve Been at NPR for 25 Years. Here’s How We Lost America’s Trust. [https://www.thefp.com/p/npr-editor-how-npr-lost-americas-trust]; David Folkenflik for NPR: NPR editor Uri Berliner resigns with blast at new CEO [https://www.npr.org/2024/04/17/1245283076/npr-editor-uri-berliner-resigns-ceo-katherine-maher]; Alicia Montgomery for Slate: The Real Story Behind NPR’s Current Problems [https://slate.com/business/2024/04/npr-diversity-public-broadcasting-radio.html]; A24’s Civil War [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aDyQxtg0V2w]; and HBO’s The Last of Us [https://www.hbo.com/the-last-of-us] John: The Annie E. Casey Foundation [https://www.aecf.org/]; diversitydatakids.org by Brandeis’s Heller School for Social Policy and Management: Child Opportunity Index (COI) [https://www.diversitydatakids.org/child-opportunity-index]; Aliya Schneider for The Philadelphia Inquirer: ‘They’re cheating.’ President Biden floats higher tariffs on Chinese imports in Pittsburgh speech [https://www.inquirer.com/politics/election/joe-biden-tariffs-china-pittsburgh-20240417.html]; John Dickerson for Slate’s Navel Gazing [https://slate.com/podcasts/navel-gazing] podcast; and CBS News Prime Time with John Dickerson [https://www.cbsnews.com/prime-time-with-john-dickerson/] David: Trevor Aaronson, Sam Eifling, and Michael Mooney for Audible’s Hold Fast [https://www.audible.com/pd/Hold-Fast-Audiobook/B0CYNFZVXY] podcast and Jacques Billeaud for AP: Backpage founder will face Arizona retrial on charges he participated in scheme to sell sex ads [https://apnews.com/article/backpage-founder-prostitution-sex-ads-trial-8e4b6ba863a24ea6c8e722939b399e95] Listener chatter from Josh in Brisbane, Australia: Ross Scott’s website Stop Killing Games [https://www.stopkillinggames.com/]   For this week’s Slate Plus bonus segment, David, John, and Emily talk with Anna Sale about her podcast, Death, Sex & Money [https://slate.com/podcasts/death-sex-money], which is now on Slate. See Death, Sex & Money podcast: A Sociopath’s Guide to Death, Sex, and Money [https://slate.com/podcasts/death-sex-money/2024/04/diagnosed-sociopath-violence-shame-guilt] and Patrick Page in All The Devils Are Here [https://allthedevilsplay.com/].    In the latest Gabfest Reads [https://slate.com/podcasts/political-gabfest/2024/03/books-tana-french-author-interview-genre-crime-thriller-the-hunter-western-ireland], Emily talks with Tana French about her book, The Hunter: A Novel [https://www.amazon.com/Hunter-Novel-Tana-French-ebook/dp/B0C7729CF8/tag=slatmaga-20].   Email your chatters, questions, and comments to gabfest@slate.com [gabfest@slate.com]. (Messages may be referenced by name unless the writer stipulates otherwise.)   Podcast production by Cheyna Roth Research by Julie Huygen   Hosts Emily Bazelon, John Dickerson, and David Plotz Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices [https://megaphone.fm/adchoices]

In this week’s essay, John remembers dropping his son off at college, and trying to hold onto moments and feelings while you can.    Notebook Entries: Notebook 75, page 6. September 2021: They chose you.   Notebook 15, page 4. April 2004: Sitting with Brice by waterfall. Throwing rocks in stream. Loading sand from dump truck and loader and back again.   References: What Got You Here, Won’t Get You There [https://bookshop.org/p/books/what-got-you-here-won-t-get-you-there-how-successful-people-become-even-more-successful-marshall-goldsmith/8230849?ean=9781401301309] by Marshall Goldsmith Songwriter Nick Cave [https://www.nickcave.com/] Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow [https://bookshop.org/p/books/tomorrow-and-tomorrow-and-tomorrow-gabrielle-zevin/17502475?ean=9780593321201] by Gabrielle Zevin   Podcast production by Cheyna Roth. Email us at navelgazingpodcast@gmail.com [navelgazingpodcast@gmail.com]    Want to listen to Navel Gazing uninterrupted? Subscribe to Slate Plus to immediately unlock ad-free listening to Navel Gazing and all your other favorite Slate podcasts. Subscribe now on Apple Podcasts by clicking “Try Free” at the top of our show page. Or, visit slate.com/navelgazingplus [https://slate.com/podcast-plus?utm_medium=audio&utm_campaign=plus_pod&utm_content=Navel_Gazing&utm_source=episode_summary] to get access wherever you listen.   Host John Dickerson Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices [https://megaphone.fm/adchoices]