Burner Phone

Emily Bazelon, John Dickerson and David Plotz discuss Biden's gaffe in speaking too honestly about Russia; Trump’s missing phone logs; and Ginni Thomas’s efforts to subvert the election.

Here are some notes and references from this week’s show:

Bob Woodward and Robert Costa for The Washington Post: “Jan. 6 White House Logs Given To House Show 7-Hour Gap In Trump Calls”

Hugo Lowell for The Guardian: “Trump Used White House Phone For Call On January 6 That Was Not On Official Log”

Bob Woodward and Robert Costa for The Washington Post: “Virginia Thomas Urged White House Chief to Pursue Unrelenting Efforts to Overturn the 2020 Election, Texts Show”

Benjamin Wittes for Lawfare: “Donald Trump, John Eastman and the Silence of the Justice Department”

Karl Rove for The Wall Street Journal: “Republicans’ Jan. 6 Responsibility”

Here are this week’s chatters:

David: Beforeigners; City Cast

John: Anna P. Kambhampaty for The New York Times: “Want to See the Weirdest of Wikipedia? Look No Further.”; Morning Brew newsletter; Elden Ring video game

Emily: “The Betrayal of Anne Frank: A Refutation”; Anne Frank House

Listener chatter from Andre Walker: All The Sex I've Ever Had at the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago 

For this week’s Slate Plus bonus segment Emily, John, and David discuss what they would do if they needed to disappear. 

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Podcast production by Jocelyn Frank.

Research and show notes by Bridgette Dunlap.

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