Welcome to the HLC Podcast for Mar 29, 2016. It’s “Is Trump Too Stupid to be President?” edition featuring Emily Bazelon of the Slate Gabfest and the New York Times Magazine who is also a fellow at Yale Law. Emily is an expert on the Supreme Court. We are nanophysicist Mike Stopa and radio talk host Todd Feinburg. Find us online at harvardlunchclub.com and on twitter @hlcpodcast.

 

Here are our topics:

 

1) A recent United Nations report on Happiness shows that the United States is the 13th happiest country of the 157 nations rated. Does this mean anything? We discuss the nature of happiness and the nature of dumb-ass ratings and the nefarious plots of the internationalists.

 

2) Is Donald Trump too stupid to be president? Some of the things he has to say, like in his sit-down with the Washington Post last week, lead some to believe that’s the case. We try to figure out how dumb, or otherwise, he is.

 

3) Emily Bazelon of the New York Times Magazine and the Slate Gabfest podcast joins us to discuss Trump’s ideas on banning Muslim immigrants and the nomination ofGarland to the Supreme Court. Fun to talk to E-Baz in person.

We’ll have our Shower Thoughts, and for our Hidden Gem we pay tribute to the senior citizens who just went to Cuba to perform for old folks like Fidel and Raul… the Rolling Stones with Mother’s Little Helper. 

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