Political Gabfest

The “Suspending My Campaign” Edition

Listen to Slate’s show about Donald Trump as Republican nominee, SCOTUS’ hearing of McDonnell v. United States, and Yale not renaming Calhoun College.

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On this week’s Slate Political Gabfest, Emily Bazelon, John Dickerson, and David Plotz discuss Donald Trump as the Republican presidential nominee, the Supreme Court’s likely overturning of Bob McDonnell’s corruption conviction and Yale’s decision not to rename Calhoun College.

Here are some of the links and references from this week’s show:

Emily chatters about her recent story in the New York Times Magazine about sex workers.

John chatters about two airplane-related stories: JetBlue gives patrons a 25 percent discount if there’s a crying baby on the plane and Oregonian Bruce Campbell lives inside a Boeing 727.

David chatters about the ban of the apostrophe from real place-names.

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Podcast production by Jocelyn Frank. Links compiled by Elle Bisgaard-Church.

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