This week, David Plotz, Emily Bazelon, and Benjamin Wittes discuss the Trump investigations; Liz Cheney’s defeat; and Dana Goldstein’s reporting on controversies over how to teach kids to read.Here are some notes and references from this week’s show:Jack Goldsmith for Lawfare: “<a href="https://www.lawfareblog.com/prosecuting-trump-reply-josh-marshall">Prosecuting Trump: A Reply to Josh Marshall</a>”Dana Goldstein for The New York Times: “<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/15/us/reading-phonics.html">An Old and Contested Solution to Boost Reading Scores: Phonics</a>”Dana Goldstein The New York Times: “<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/22/us/reading-teaching-curriculum-phonics.html">In the Fight Over How to Teach Reading, This Guru Makes a Major Retreat</a>”Dana Goldstein The New York Times: “<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/21/us/lucy-calkins-race-gender-curriculum.html">New Reading Curriculum Is Mired in Debate Over Race and Gender</a>”Belinda Luscombe for Time: “<a href="https://time.com/6205084/phonics-science-of-reading-teachers/">Inside the Massive Effort to Change the Way Kids Are Taught to Read</a>”Ronald Brownstein for The Atlantic: “<a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2022/08/liz-cheneys-2024-strategy/671167/">Liz Cheney’s Kamikaze Campaign</a>”<a href="http://www.amazon.com/dp/0593229258/?tag=slatmaga-20">Invisible Things</a> by Mat JohnsonHere are this week’s chatters:Emily: Sam Levine for The Guardian: “<a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/aug/05/memphis-amy-weirich-loses-reelection-pamela-moses">Memphis Prosecutor Who Charged Black Woman Over Voting Error Loses Re-Election Bid</a>”; Kim Bellware and Lateshia Beachum for The Washington Post: “<a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2022/08/17/andrew-warren-desantis-lawsuit/">Desantis Sued By Prosecutor Suspended Over Stance On Abortion-Related Crime</a>”Ben: <a href="https://www.lawfareblog.com/lawfare-podcast-allies">The Lawfare Podcast: Allies</a>David: Dwight Garner for The New York Times: “<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/17/books/review-breaking-history-jared-kushner.html">Jared Kushner’s ‘Breaking History’ Is a Soulless and Very Selective Memoir</a>”Listener chatter from Josh Forsythe: Elizabeth P. Derryberry, Jennifer N. Phillips, Graham E. Derryberry, Michael J. Blum, and David Luther for Science: “<a href="https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.abd5777">Singing In A Silent Spring: Birds Respond To A Half-Century Soundscape Reversion During The Covid-19 Shutdown</a>”For this week’s Slate Plus bonus segment Emily, David, and Ben discuss Ben’s performance art protests at the Russian embassy in D.C. 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.)Podcast production by Cheyna Roth.Research by Bridgette Dunlap. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://megaphone.fm/adchoices">megaphone.fm/adchoices</a>

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