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Jun 2021
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The “Murder Mystery” Edition

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Here are some notes and references from this week’s show:


The Ezra Klein Show: “Obama Explains How America Went From ‘Yes We Can’ to ‘MAGA’


Uneasy Peace: The Great Crime Decline, the Renewal of City Life, and the Next War on Violence, by Patrick Sharkey 


AmericanViolence.org


Monica C. Bell for the Yale Law Journal: “Police Reform and the Dismantling of Legal Estrangement


Penn Wharton Budget Model: “COVID-19 School Closures: Long-Run Macroeconomic Effects


Hang Up and Listen: “The Naomi Osaka Withdraws Edition



Here’s this week’s chatter:


John: Kathryn Schulz for TED: “Don’t Regret Regret”; Cal Newport for The New Yorker: “What if Remote Work Didn’t Mean Working from Home?


Emily: Mare of Easttown; Julie Miller for Vanity Fair: “Kate Winslet on Mare of Easttown and Creating a Real Heroine for Tired Times


David: CityCast Denver: “Responding to 911 Calls With Sweatpants and Snacks, Not Guns


Listener chatter from James Williams: Arnstein Aassve, Guido Alfani, Francesco Gandolfi, and Marco Le Moglie for Health Economics: “Epidemics and Trust: The Case of the Spanish Flu


For this week’s Slate Plus bonus segment, Emily, John, and David talk about Naomi Osaka withdrawing from the French Open.


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Podcast production by Margaret Kelley.


Research and show notes by Bridgette Dunlap.


Hosts

Emily Bazelon, John Dickerson, David Plotz


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