About this episode

Emily Jashinsky answers listener questions about current events and her experiences in the D.C. party scene.

On this week’s edition of “Happy Hour,” Emily Jashinsky takes your questions about news of the day and “After Party.” Several questions center around the White House Correspondents Dinner shooting and the suspect’s background. Emily explains why she doesn’t go to the dinner, where she was when it happened, and what the D.C. party circuit is really like. Emily also addresses questions about recent guests including Dave Smith, her connection to Evita Duffy-Alfonso, Michael Alfonso’s congressional campaign, moderating the recent debate between Ryan Grim and Scott Jennings, why she hates the term ‘platform,’ and why she believes people have been conditioned to act like snowflakes. She also discusses the importance of language, thoughts on classical liberal tolerance, the new James Comey indictment, the Minnesota fraud ring, and offers final thoughts on Lena Dunham, “Girls” , her book “Famesick,” and more…

People in this episode

Host: Emily Jashinsky

Topics covered

• White House Correspondents Dinner
• D.C. party circuit
• news commentary
• classical liberal tolerance
• recent political events
• language and rhetoric

Keywords

• White House Correspondents Dinner
• D.C. party secrets
• James Comey indictment
• Minnesota fraud ring
• classical liberal tolerance
• snowflakes
• Famesick
• Girls

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Girls, Famesick

Places: D.C., Minnesota

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