{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/696568de9ab39048a63ed7f7/69656908be0ffc81fb0881a2?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Weaponization of Government","description":"<p>This week, David Plotz, Emily Bazelon, and John Dickerson discuss the House GOP’s “Weaponization of Government” subcommittee; the insurrection in Brazil–with Marcos Nobre; and what Prince Harry’s book, <em>Spare, </em>means for the British </p><p><br></p><p><strong>Here are some notes and references from this week’s show:</strong></p><p>Matthew Yglesias for Slow Boring: “<a href=\"https://www.slowboring.com/p/a-new-plan-to-get-around-the-debt\">A New Plan To Get Around The Debt Ceiling Hostage</a>”</p><p>Matt Levine for Bloomberg: “<a href=\"https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2023-01-11/financial-engineering-the-debt-ceiling\">Financial Engineering the Debt Ceiling</a>”</p><p><a href=\"http://www.amazon.com/dp/0593593804/?tag=slatmaga-20\"><em>Spare</em></a><em>,</em> by Prince Harry</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Here are this week’s chatters:</strong></p><p>John: David Wallace-Wells for The New York Times: “<a href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/11/opinion/electric-vehicles-sales-growth-tesla.html\">Electric Vehicles Keep Defying Almost Everyone’s Predictions</a>”</p><p>Emily: Josie Duffy Rice for iHeartPodcasts: <a href=\"https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/unreformed-the-story-of-the-alabama-industrial/id1663696375\"><em>Unreformed: the Story of the Alabama Industrial School for Negro Children</em></a></p><p>David: Julia Moskin for The New York Times: “<a href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/09/dining/noma-closing-rene-redzepi.html\">Noma, Rated the World’s Best Restaurant, Is Closing Its Doors</a>”</p><p>Listener chatter from Erich Morgenbesser: <a href=\"https://twitter.com/CryptoTea_/status/1611017391709765633\">AI illustrates countries as villains</a> </p><p><br></p><p>For this week’s Slate Plus bonus segment Emily, David, and John discuss the status of “return to office.”</p><p> </p><p>Tweet us your questions and chatters <a href=\"https://twitter.com/slategabfest?lang=en\">@SlateGabfest</a> or email us at gabfest@slate.com. (Messages may be quoted by name unless the writer stipulates otherwise.)</p><p><br></p><p>Podcast production by Cheyna Roth.</p><p>Research by Bridgette Dunlap.</p><p> </p>","author_name":"Slate Podcasts"}