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Emily Jashinsky critiques Scott Pelley's interview and discusses various cultural and social issues with guest Delano Squires.

Emily Jashinsky opens the show with an epic response to Scott Pelley’s performative interview with “The New York Times” on his ouster from CBS’ “60 Minutes.” Emily breaks down his un-nerving take on his role, how he claims he didn’t know who Bari Weiss was, he couldn’t fathom anyone viewing CBS as biased, his take on the coverage of Renee Good’s death, and his insulting suggestion that he’s “been in combat for this country.” Then Emily is joined by Delano Squires, author of the new book “The Vanishing Black Family: How Welfare and Feminism Made Marriage Optional and Children Vulnerable” and Director of the Richard and Helen DeVos Center for Human Flourishing at The Heritage Foundation. Emily and Delano discuss his remarkable trajectory from Queens, NY, to working in Washington, D.C., and finally as a writer and commentator focused on family and marriage issues. They also discuss the case of a teenager on trial for fatally stabbing another teenager at a high school track meet, the media’s coverage of the murder British university student Henry Nowak, what’s really going on with crime in D.C., and Gwyneth Paltrow recent comments about feeling politically independent. Then Emily…

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