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Mar 2022
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Price of a Gallon of Gas

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Emily Bazelon, John Dickerson, and David Plotz discuss Ukraine's fighting spirit, rising gas prices, and conformity on campus.


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


The Science of Politics podcast: “Does the Public Respond to Threats to Democracy?


The Basic Writings of John Stuart Mill: On Liberty, the Subjection of Women and Utilitarianism


The Guns of August, by Barbara W. Tuchman


Emma Camp for the New York Times: “I Came to College Eager to Debate. I Found Self-Censorship Instead.


David A. Plotz for the Harvard Crimson: “‘Politically Correct’ Thought Control


Here’s this week’s chatter:


David: Kayla Stewart for The New York Times: “One Huge Hog, One Long Day and a Nourishing Southern Tradition


Emily: Pam & Tommy


John: Henry Fountain for The New York Times: “At the Bottom of an Icy Sea, One of History’s Great Wrecks Is Found


Listener chatter from Carol Walker: BBC podcast 1914: Day by Day

 

For this week’s Slate Plus bonus segment John, Emily and David discuss the people they carry with them.

 

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 Jocelyn Frank.


Research and show notes by Bridgette Dunlap.

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