About this episode

The episode discusses Trump's approach to adversaries, the dangers of online sports betting, and a setback for RFK Jr.'s vaccine campaign, along with a bonus discussion on global development and spiritual lessons from various jobs.

This week, Emily Bazelon, John Dickerson, and David Plotz discuss how policies of anger and dominance structure President Trump’s approach to adversaries, allies, and the independent press alike, how the dangers of the online sports-betting industry are outrunning limited guardrails with guest McKay Coppins , and how a federal judge just handed RFK Jr.’s war on vaccines its biggest setback yet. For this week’s Slate Plus bonus episode, Emily, John, and David discuss what the conventional postmortems of USAID are missing and where global development might go from here with guest Tim Hirschel-Burns .   In the latest Gabfest Reads , John Dickerson talks with Father James Martin about his new book, Work in Progress: Confessions of a Busboy, Dishwasher, Caddy, Usher, Factory Worker, Bank Teller, Corporate Tool, and Priest . They discuss the spiritual lessons learned through eight different jobs, Martin’s controversial LGBTQ ministry that made him a target of criticism within the Catholic Church, and what the Gospels demand about welcoming strangers and caring for the marginalized.   Email your chatters, questions, and comments to gabfest@slate.com. (Messages may be…

People in this episode

Hosts: Emily Bazelon, John Dickerson, David Plotz

Guests: McKay Coppins, Tim Hirschel-Burns, Father James Martin

Topics covered

• Trump's policies
• online sports betting
• vaccines
• global development
• spiritual lessons
• LGBTQ ministry

Keywords

• Trump
• sports betting
• vaccines
• USAID
• global development
• Father James Martin
• LGBTQ ministry

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: USAID, Slate Plus

Books & works: Work in Progress: Confessions of a Busboy, Dishwasher, Caddy, Usher, Factory Worker, Bank Teller, Corporate Tool, and Priest

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