Political Gabfest | The Bond Market Shrieks

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🗓️ 10 April 2025

⏱️ 62 minutes

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Summary

This week, Emily Bazelon, John Dickerson, and David Plotz discuss the self-inflicted chaos of Trump’s tariffs and an escalating trade war with China; the Supreme Court’s careful responses to deportations without due process which leave key questions unanswered; and the brazen attempted heist of a North Carolina Supreme Court seat by Republicans. Emily: Adam Cancryn and Maggie Miller for Politico: Trump orders investigation of two first-term administration aides who criticized him John: Blue Mass (Wikipedia); National Museum of American History: Blue Mass Compound, Sugar-coated Pills; Wallace B. Mendelson for Psychology Today: Heavy Metal Blues: The History of Medicinal Mercury; Everything Is Tuberculosis by John Green; Alka Agrawal for Science: All the President’s Pills. David: Sage McHugh for The Spruce: The 7 Best Moth Repellents the Spruce Has Tested; Sophie Yarin for The Brink: Pioneering Research from Boston University: Elevating the Clothes-Eating Moth from Pest to Evolutionary Marvel; Chris Obenschain for HowStuffWorks: What To Do If You Inherit An Old Car Listener chatter from Tim in Solana Beach, California: Jack Dolan for the L.A. Times: As baby great whites cruise among California surfers, science finds (almost) nothing to fear; Video (3:15), L.A. Times on YouTube For this week’s Slate Plus bonus episode, Emily, John, and David discuss favorite artworks they turn to for solace and perspective when chaos and tumult dominates the news. In the latest Gabfest Reads, David talks with author Adam Higginbotham about his new book, Challenger: A True Story of Heroism and Disaster on the Edge of Space. Email your chatters, questions, and comments to [email protected]. (Messages may be referenced by name unless the writer stipulates otherwise.) Podcast production by Kevin Bendis Research by Emily Ditto Want more Political Gabfest? Join Slate Plus to unlock weekly bonus episodes. Plus, you’ll access ad-free listening across all your favorite Slate podcasts. You can subscribe directly from the Political Gabfest show page on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. Or visit slate.com/gabfestplus to get access wherever you listen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to the Slate Political Gab Fest.
0:07.9	I'm telling you, these countries are calling us, I'm kissing my ass.
0:12.6	They are, they are dying to make a deal.
0:15.4	Please, please, sir, make a deal.
0:17.2	I'll do anything.
0:18.2	I'll do anything, sir.
0:21.8	April 10th, 2025, the bond market shrieks edition. I'm David Flotz of CityCast in Washington,
0:30.4	D.C., that gratifying chuckle came from John Dickerson co-anchor of CBS Evening News and
0:36.3	CBS Evening News Plus in New York City.
0:38.5	Hello, John.
0:39.8	Hello, David.
0:41.4	You're dressed up more today.
0:43.3	It's like usually you're not ready to be face the world, but today you're all dressed up.
0:48.2	That's right.
0:48.6	To those who don't have access to the CCTV in my office at home, normally I'm wearing a hat. I'm about to go running.
0:56.6	It's a real, it's a real chore for Emily and David to look at me. But today I have to go out
1:01.1	and do an interview and so I'm already in that mood. But I'm happy to hear you talking about
1:07.1	the bond market because I talk about the bond market and everybody looks at me like
1:10.9	I'm trying to convince them to switch to the metric system. So you've made my morning. Wow.
1:16.9	I have also made the morning of Emily Bazelon of New York Times Magazine in Yale University Law School
1:22.0	by praising her for her brilliance. You're so brilliant, Emily. Did that make your moment morning?
1:27.7	Oh, it just makes me uncomfortable and worried that I will not live up to said compliment.
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