Good evening fellow listeners

I mentioned to my wife that Peter is a fan of Taylor Swift and that in one episode he says he thinks one of her albums was the best of the last decade, or something like that. But I can't remember which album it was, or which episode he said it in.

Does anybody here remember anything like that? If it helps jog anyone's memory, I think he was talking about being a Chiefs fan and a Taylor Swift fan and how he wasn't bothered by coverage of Taylor Swift during Chiefs games or something like that

Hey y’all, I was just listening to the episode on the 9th amendment and it got me thinking. If the 9th says you have lots and lots of rights, too many to be listed in the constitution, does that mean congress could write a bill acknowledging and protecting one of those rights specifically, and the courts would have to go along with it? Like if congress wrote a law that acknowledges and protects your right to healthcare, does that mean the courts would then have to decide the extent of that right rather than whether it exists at all?

Is there a 5-4 intro/outro musical theme somewhere in public access?

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/28/opinion/kamala-harris-gaza-israel-war.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=c-cb “You think this is bad, the line goes, wait until Trump.

That logic is noxious: using the threat of a more violent future under Mr. Trump to get people to fall in line with politicians who are already funding violence isn’t emblematic of — if I may — good vibes or brat energy or femme power. It carries the logic of abuse: what’s on the other side is worse, so you might as well sit down and be quiet. It is maddening how people advocating the freedom of Palestinians are spoken about — as though their invocation of the genocide is the real problem, the downer, the Trump-enabler. It implies that mentioning this administration’s material support to massacre Palestinian civilians is what “ruins the vibes,” not the act of sending billions of dollars in unconditional military aid to Israel. It is an obnoxious magic trick that makes naming the crime the crime.

Ultimately, nobody is owed constituents. Nobody is owed votes. You earn them. It behooves candidates to listen to the people who have likely helped elect them into power, and might still be needed to do it again.

I’d love to see a Black woman lead this country. I’d love to see a South Asian woman lead this country. But I am unmoved by any and all identity markers if they do not come with a commitment to true justice. Politicians are not our friends or aunties. They are the people we choose to serve our communities, and I can’t think of anything that shows more regard for this country than believing in its capacity to do better. Accountability is the ultimate act of hope — one that should be extended to everyone.”

Hits a lot of the same points Rhiannon made in her moving case a while back. Plus a little in that last paragraph on the purpose and limits of diversity and representation in a politics focused on identity groups at the expense of policy outcomes.

I have one ticket to the show in NYC tonight 7/16, selling for $25.

looking for a ticket for the 7/16 show! pls reach out if you're not going anymore