# Jack Hitt

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Political Gabfest - Is San Francisco a Hellscape?

David Plotz, Emily Bazelon and John Dickerson discuss Tuesday’s primaries, the economy (is it as bad as we all think it is?), and are joined by Susan Matthews to talk Slow Burn: Roe v. Wade.  Here are some notes and references from this week’s show: Nellie Bowles for the Atlantic: “How San Franc ...

Political Gabfest - The “Pardon Me” Edition

Emily Bazelon, Jamelle Bouie, and Jack Hitt, co-host of Gimlet’s Uncivil, discuss the census citizenship question, Trump’s brewing legal trouble, and gerrymandering.  Join Slate Plus! Members get bonus segments, exclusive member-only podcasts, and more. Sign up for a free trial today at www.slat ...

Political Gabfest - The Amabots and Amholes Edition

Emily Bazelon, Jamelle Bouie, and author Jack Hitt discuss Donald Trump's immigration policy, the impact of Democratic candidate Bernie Sanders, and the New York Times piece about working conditions at Amazon. The Slate Political Gabfest is sponsored by Blue Apron. Blue Apron sends gourmet reci ...

Political Gabfest - Slate: The "Actually We Don't Work for Jeff Bezos" Gabfest

Slate's Political Gabfest, featuring Emily Bazelon, David Plotz, and special guest Jack Hitt. This week: Amazon founder Jeff Bezos buys the Washington Post, Mitch McConnell has right flank trouble, and cops seizing suspects' stuff. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Political Gabfest - Slate: The Amateur Hour Gabfest

Slate's Political Gabfest, featuring John Dickerson, David Plotz, Emily Bazelon and special guest Jack Hitt. This week: Scott Walker’s thumping victory, what’s wrong with Bill Clinton, and the book, a Bunch of Amateurs Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

And/Or: Episode Three

In Episode three, Elena + shea do a deep dive on Season one, episode 3 of Andor + talk about moments in life that feel like fated portals, losing the only life you've known, the proper uses of shame, turning invisibility to our favor, how it is to live in service of a vision + Hierophant shit. A ...

466: Blackjack

The casino game everyone thinks they can beat.  Visit thisamericanlife.org/lifepartners to sign up for our premium subscription. Prologue: Host Ira Glass and producer Robyn Semien get a blackjack lesson from Andy Bloch, who played for the MIT blackjack team. He teaches them the basics of card- ...

100 Objects #4: Lowe's Gas Bag

In 1861, one man and a “gas bag” filled with hydrogen sparked America's obsession with going higher, farther, into the unknown. In this episode, Roman and journalist Jack Hitt tell the story of Thaddeus Lowe — showman, scientist, and dreamer — whose balloon flight from Cincinnati went wildly off ...

100 Objects #7: The Otis Pamphlet

Before the Declaration of Independence was even a twinkle in the founding fathers' eyes, there was James Otis. Journalist Jack Hitt returns to tell the wild, tragic story of America’s forgotten proto-founding father and his inflammatory 1764 pamphlet. A story that is, in many ways, the story of ...

UnCivil Uprising: Can A General Strike Save Democracy

What's the most powerful weapon against fascism we've nearly forgotten? Jack Hitt and Chenjerai Kumanyika, hosts of the Peabody Award-winning podcast Uncivil, turn their lens on the labor movement — tracing the buried stories of workers who fought back against gilded-age oligarchs, accumulated w ...