Podcast appearances and mentions of David G Savage

Despite claiming he enjoys Walmart parking lots and RV parks, Clarence Thomas is more of a yacht and private jet guy. His lavish life, bankrolled by GOP megadonor Harlan Crow, is far more glamorous than any of us imaginedThis episode is sponsored by BetterHelp. Visit betterhelp.com/DUBIOUS today to get 10% off your first month of therapy. In this episode we discuss how Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas has accepted tens of thousands of dollars' worth of gifts since joining the court, including $1,200 worth of tires, valuable historical objects and a $5,000 personal check. 1 He also received batteries and a jacket. If you like our content, please become a patron to get all our content ad-free. These are the gifts he reported, but it turns out that Harlan Crow took good care of Clarence Thomas and his wife Ginni Thomas. 2 Justice Thomas lives the life of a movie star or tech bro billionaire, flying on private jets, cruising on million dollar yachts and vacationing in exotic places like the Indonesian islands. Thomas and Crow went together to Bohemian Grove, the rustic Bay Area men-only retreat for the rich and powerful, where rumor has it that captains of industry and powerful politicians roam the grounds naked or in robes, drink profusely and… urinate on trees, all in the spirit of male-bonding. 3, 4 1. Joshua Kaplan, Justin Elliott and Alex Mierjeski. Clarence Thomas and the Billionaire. Propublica. April 2023. ⇤2. Richard A. Serrano and David G. Savage. Justice Thomas Reports Wealth of Gifts. Los Angeles Times. December 2004. ⇤3. Jack Holmes. This Supreme Court Justice Definitely Does NOT Have a Sugar Daddy, They Are Just Friends. Esquire. April 2023. ⇤4. Michael Cabanatuan. Clarence Thomas and Bohemian Grove: Inside the secretive California retreat making headlines. San Francisco Chronicle. April 2023. ⇤

DOCUMENTATION AND ADDITIONAL READING PART 1 (0:0 - 14:50): ────────────────── The Constitutional Right of Religious Liberty Squares Off Against the Newly Invented “Rights” of the LGBTQ Revolution at the Supreme Court LOS ANGELES TIMES (DAVID G. SAVAGE) Supreme Court conservatives may reset balance between LGBTQ rights and religious liberty PART 2 (14:51 - 21:31): ────────────────── A Shocking Reality Worth Grieving and the Tragic Results of Releasing a New Technology Upon a Society Redefining Marriage and Sexuality NEW YORK TIMES (JENNY GROSS AND MARIA CRAMER) The Latest Issue in Divorces: Who Gets the Embryos? PART 3 (21:32 - 22:59): ────────────────── Living in a Society at War: Why Christians Must Declare the Christian Truth about the Value of Human Life

Emily, John, and David end 2020 considering listeners’ most perplexing conundrums—with special guest Alexandra Petri! Here are some notes and references from this week’s show: The Life of George Washington: With Curious Anecdotes, Equally Honourable to Himself, and Exemplary to His Young Countrymen by Mason Locke Weems Marching Bands Are Just Homeless Orchestras, Half-Empty Thoughts Vol. 1 by Tim Siedell Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy Fifty Shades of Grey by E.L. James   David G. Savage for The Los Angeles Times: “Clarence Thomas is His Own Man The Glory and The Dream by William Manchester The Hemingses of Monticello: An American Family by Annette Gordon-Reed Eminent Victorians by Lytton Strachey  The Twelve Caesars by Suetonius The Complete Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Waterson FYRE: The Greatest Party That Never Happened, Netflix Fyre Fraud, Hulu Black Mirror: “Nosedive,” Netflix Black Mirror: “Arkangel,” Netflix Here are some of the conundrums tackled on the show:  To save the world from eventual destruction, you have to live and work in one of two locations that you cannot leave for three years: one on the ocean floor, the other on the moon. Which do you choose and why?  What pre-1900 social custom (especially one related to how people interact with each other in public) that has fallen out of fashion should be revived in 2021 and beyond? Would you rather have read War and Peace but not be able to talk about it, or to have read Atlas Shrugged and have to talk about it? A pair of 80s style magical leg warmers must be visibly worn all day to activate superhuman cheetah speed. Do you wear them?  For the rest of quarantine, you must share your home with a fictional character. Who is your new roommate? You can have your portrait painted by any artist from any period of history, or your biography written by any author. Whom would you pick? If you could banish any widely accepted canard from people’s minds, what would it be? If you, and only you, could see one statistic hovering over every person’s head, what would you want it to be? Slate Plus members get a bonus segment on the Gabfest each week, and access to special bonus episodes throughout the year. Sign up now to listen and support our show. For this week’s Slate Plus bonus segment David, Emily, John, and Alexandra explore some bonus conundrums. You can tweet suggestions, links, and questions to @SlateGabfest. Tweet us your cocktail chatter using #cocktailchatter. (Messages may be quoted by name unless the writer stipulates otherwise.)   The email address for the Political Gabfest is gabfest@slate.com. (Email may be quoted by name unless the writer stipulates otherwise.) Podcast production by Jocelyn Frank. Research and show notes by Bridgette Dunlap. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Emily, John, and David end 2020 considering listeners’ most perplexing conundrums—with special guest Alexandra Petri! Here are some notes and references from this week’s show: The Life of George Washington: With Curious Anecdotes, Equally Honourable to Himself, and Exemplary to His Young Countrymen by Mason Locke Weems Marching Bands Are Just Homeless Orchestras, Half-Empty Thoughts Vol. 1 by Tim Siedell Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy Fifty Shades of Grey by E.L. James   David G. Savage for The Los Angeles Times: “Clarence Thomas is His Own Man The Glory and The Dream by William Manchester The Hemingses of Monticello: An American Family by Annette Gordon-Reed Eminent Victorians by Lytton Strachey  The Twelve Caesars by Suetonius The Complete Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Waterson FYRE: The Greatest Party That Never Happened, Netflix Fyre Fraud, Hulu Black Mirror: “Nosedive,” Netflix Black Mirror: “Arkangel,” Netflix Here are some of the conundrums tackled on the show:  To save the world from eventual destruction, you have to live and work in one of two locations that you cannot leave for three years: one on the ocean floor, the other on the moon. Which do you choose and why?  What pre-1900 social custom (especially one related to how people interact with each other in public) that has fallen out of fashion should be revived in 2021 and beyond? Would you rather have read War and Peace but not be able to talk about it, or to have read Atlas Shrugged and have to talk about it? A pair of 80s style magical leg warmers must be visibly worn all day to activate superhuman cheetah speed. Do you wear them?  For the rest of quarantine, you must share your home with a fictional character. Who is your new roommate? You can have your portrait painted by any artist from any period of history, or your biography written by any author. Whom would you pick? If you could banish any widely accepted canard from people’s minds, what would it be? If you, and only you, could see one statistic hovering over every person’s head, what would you want it to be? Slate Plus members get a bonus segment on the Gabfest each week, and access to special bonus episodes throughout the year. Sign up now to listen and support our show. For this week’s Slate Plus bonus segment David, Emily, John, and Alexandra explore some bonus conundrums. You can tweet suggestions, links, and questions to @SlateGabfest. Tweet us your cocktail chatter using #cocktailchatter. (Messages may be quoted by name unless the writer stipulates otherwise.)   The email address for the Political Gabfest is gabfest@slate.com. (Email may be quoted by name unless the writer stipulates otherwise.) Podcast production by Jocelyn Frank. Research and show notes by Bridgette Dunlap. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices