This week, Emily Bazelon, John Dickerson, and David Plotz discuss what will happen as the Supreme Court considers whether a president can remove leaders of independent agencies without cause, how the overt signals about immigration and “erasure” in the new National Security Strategy are meant to stir up cultural anxiety in Europe, and the high-stakes merger drama between Netflix, Paramount, and Warner Bros. with guest Tim Wu, professor at Columbia Law School and author of the new book The Age of Extraction: How Tech Platforms Conquered the Economy and Threaten Our Future Prosperity. Listener chatter from Barron YoungSmith in Washington, D.C.: Michael Waters for Atlas Obscura: The Macaroni in ‘Yankee Doodle’ Is Not What You Think; Elaine Thornton for Historic UK: The Macaroni Craze; Debbie Elliott for NPR (All Things Considered): Reason Behind the Rhyme: ‘Yankee Doodle’ In the latest Gabfest Reads, John talks with journalist and author Andrew Ross Sorkin about his new book, 1929: Inside the Greatest Crash in Wall Street History and How It Shattered a Nation — the story of speculation, debt, and the human drives that fueled the Wall Street crash that changed everything.
Author: David Plotz, Emily Bazelon, and John Dickerson
Published at: 2025-12-11 22:00:00
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