This week, Emily Bazelon, John Dickerson, and David Plotz discuss Donald Trump’s trials schedule and the 2024 election calendar; Vivek Ramaswamy; and “<a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2023/08/poverty-income-index-deep-disadvantage/674878/">What the Best Places in America Have in Common</a>.”  Here are some notes and references from this week’s show:Devlin Barrett, Rachel Weiner, and Perry Stein for The Washington Post: “<a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2023/08/28/trump-trial-date-jan-6-election/">Trump’s D.C. election-obstruction trial scheduled for March 2024</a>”Josh Barro in Very Serious: “<a href="https://www.joshbarro.com/p/section-guy-runs-for-president">Section Guy Runs For President</a>” Kathryn J. Edin, H. Luke Shaefer, and Timothy J. Nelson in The Atlantic: “<a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2023/08/poverty-income-index-deep-disadvantage/674878/">What the Best Places in America Have in Common</a>” and <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Injustice-Place-Uncovering-Poverty-America-ebook/dp/B0BLSRFVVH/tag=slatmaga-20">The Injustice of Place: Uncovering the Legacy of Poverty in America</a>MGM’s “<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HZJMZapC8NQ">Red Dawn</a>” official trailerJohn Dickerson for CBS News’ Prime Time: “<a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/video/ukraine-targets-russia-six-regions-drone-assault/">Russia accuses Ukraine of large-scale drone attack</a>”Hamlet by Shakespeare: “<a href="https://good-death.english.cam.ac.uk/to-die-to-sleep-to-sleep-perchance-to-dream-ay-theres-the-rub/">To die, to sleep– To sleep–perchance to dream.</a>”  Here are this week’s chatters:John: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/show/3YnUJC2alA6I1F2V7CdDa2">Strike Force Five</a> podcast on Spotify; Caroline Anders for The Washington Post: “<a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/08/26/france-wine-surplus-drinking-less/">France has too much wine. It’s paying millions to destroy the leftovers.</a>”; Giri Viswanathan for CNN: “<a href="https://www.cnn.com/2023/08/17/health/marijuana-hallucinogen-binge-drinking-adults/index.html">Marijuana and hallucinogen use, binge drinking reached records highs in middle-aged adults, survey finds</a>”; and James Martinez for AP: “’<a href="https://apnews.com/article/us-open-marijuana-pot-smell-court-17-sakkari-31c81d8fe34713c7f0ba69b55f4e7ea4">Like Snoop Dogg’s living room’: Smell of pot wafts over notorious U.S. Open court</a>”Emily: Tennis.com: “<a href="https://www.tennis.com/news/articles/azarenka-svitolina-wozniacki-among-10-moms-in-the-us-open-main-draw-this-year">Azarenka, Svitolina, Wozniacki among 10 moms in the US Open main draw this year</a>”David: <a href="https://www.woodlandtrust.org.uk/trees-woods-and-wildlife/british-trees/tree-of-the-year/">Tree of the Year 2023</a> by the Woodland Trust; <a href="https://www.treeoftheyear.org/">European Tree of the Year</a>; <a href="https://www.asiantreeoftheyear.com/">Asian Tree of the Year</a>; and Josh Levin for Slate’s One Year: 1955 podcast: “<a href="https://slate.com/podcasts/one-year/s5/1955/e1/cannon-street-all-stars-1955-little-league-world-series-civil-rights-pioneers">The Team Nobody Would Play</a>” Listener chatter from Brian Jackson: Jordan Pascale for DCist: “<a href="https://dcist.com/story/23/08/08/dca-reagan-national-airport-runway-repaving-project/">At DCA, Crews Race Each Night To Repave A Bit Of Runway Before The Next Day’s Flights</a>”For this week’s Slate Plus bonus segment, John, Emily, and David discuss militias. In this month’s <a href="https://slate.com/podcasts/political-gabfest/2023/08/books-barbara-kingsolvers-demon-copperhead-modern-david-copperfield-in-appalachia">Gabfest Reads</a>, Emily, David, and John talk with <a href="http://barbarakingsolver.net/">Barbara Kingsolver</a> about her best-selling book, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Demon-Copperhead-Novel-Barbara-Kingsolver-ebook/dp/B09QMHZ53K/tag=slatmaga-20">Demon Copperhead</a>.  Email your chatters, questions, and comments to <a href="mailto:gabfest@slate.com">gabfest@slate.com</a> or X us <a href="https://twitter.com/slategabfest?lang=en">@SlateGabfest</a>. (Messages may be quoted by name unless the writer stipulates otherwise.) Podcast production by Cheyna Roth Research by Julie Huygen Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://megaphone.fm/adchoices">megaphone.fm/adchoices</a>

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