<description>&lt;div&gt;Anne Applebaum joins the panel (with Philip Bump) to discuss Ukraine's war effort, Russian disinformation, campus protests, and a change of pace for final segment.&lt;br&gt;
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&lt;strong&gt;What would you have put on the Voyager Spacecraft?&lt;br&gt;
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Mona: &lt;/strong&gt;Images of human love: parents interacting with babies (joy), a dog reacting to being reunited, humans taking care of other humans with a handicap (compassion).&lt;strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;
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Damon: &lt;/strong&gt;Holy texts of major religions, Plato's &lt;em&gt;Republic&lt;/em&gt;, Beethoven, Bach, Mozart, and the Beatles.&lt;strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;
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Philip: &lt;/strong&gt;The vessel itself is a message, and &lt;a href="https://rainydaypoems.com/poems-for-kids/poems-for-kids-to-recite/haiku-by-issa/"&gt;a Haiku by Issa.&lt;/a&gt; &lt;strong&gt; &lt;br&gt;
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Linda:&lt;/strong&gt;, a reproduction of Aphrodite of Knidos Sculpture by Praxiteles, Michelangelo's David, &lt;a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=87DJF1_vwQA"&gt;Gorecki &lt;/a&gt;and &lt;a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-kcOpyM9cBg"&gt;Beethoven.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;
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"Ukraine is anti-Christian" and other Russian Lies

<description>&lt;div&gt; Lawfare's Ben Wittes joins the group to discuss Iran's attack on Israel, Congress's action on Ukraine, Trump's NY trial, and the Supreme Court.&lt;br&gt;
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Mona: &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/11/opinion/pro-life-alabama-trump.html"&gt;The Great Hypocrisy of the Pro-Life Movement&lt;/a&gt; (David French, NYT)&lt;br&gt;
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&lt;strong&gt;Bill: &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eypy0s8Qpwo"&gt;Efforts to reform the insurrection act.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;
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Linda: &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.aei.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/McClay-Restoring-Civic-to-Higher-Education.pdf?x85095"&gt;Restoring Civics in Higher Education&lt;/a&gt; (Wilfred McClay, AEI)&lt;strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;
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Ben: &lt;/strong&gt;Mona is given an award, but Chatham House Rules. &lt;strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;
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Damon:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;a href="https://twitter.com/DamonLinker/status/1780309010408931792%20"&gt;&lt;strong&gt; &lt;/strong&gt;The Retconning of January 6 by people who knew better&lt;/a&gt;
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Ben Wittes joins to discuss Iran's attack on Israel, Congress's action on Ukraine, Trump's NY trial, and the Supreme Court.

Will Dysfunctional House GOP Do the Right Thing?

<description>&lt;div&gt;Patterico joins the panel to analyze Bragg's case against Trump. The panel also looks at the Arizona Supreme Court decision, and the GOP's clownish attempt to find something on which to impeach Biden.&lt;br&gt;
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&lt;strong&gt;highlights and lowlights&lt;br&gt;
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&lt;/strong&gt;Damon: &lt;a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/08/opinion/teen-mental-health-college.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&amp;amp;referringSource=articleShare&amp;amp;sgrp=c-cb"&gt;Anxious Parents Are the Ones Who Need Help (NYT)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;
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Patrick: &lt;a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2024/04/10/david-hume-kennerly-liz-cheney-gerald-ford-foundation-00151480"&gt;Famed photographer quits Ford board over Liz Cheney snub (Politico)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;
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Linda: &lt;a href="https://freedomhouse.org/report/nations-transit/2024/region-reordered-autocracy-and-democracy"&gt;A Region Reordered by Autocracy and Democracy (Freedom House)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;
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Mona: &lt;a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-68786030"&gt;Cass review: Health secretary criticises gender care 'culture of secrecy'&lt;/a&gt; (BBC)&lt;br&gt;
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Bill: &lt;a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2024/04/11/fed-inflation-economy-rates/"&gt;High interest rates, rising inflation: The economy still isn’t normal (WaPo)&lt;/a&gt;
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Patterico joins the panel to analyze Bragg's case against Trump.

The Tabloidization of America

<description>&lt;div&gt;Matt Bennett of Third Way joins to discuss the end of No Labels, RFK, Jr., and other third parties as well as Florida's new abortion law.&lt;br&gt;
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&lt;strong&gt;highlights / lowlights &lt;br&gt;
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Mona: &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.msnbc.com/the-beat-with-ari/watch/-thug-sons-of-b-tches-see-trump-felons-scorched-by-gop-s-karl-rove-in-warning-for-2024-loss-208269893855"&gt;Karl Rove admonishing Trump's embrace of January 6 criminals &lt;/a&gt;(audio)&lt;strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;
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Damon: &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.newyorker.com/books/under-review/why-we-cant-stop-arguing-about-whether-trump-is-a-fascist"&gt;Why We Can’t Stop Arguing About Whether Trump Is a Fascist (Andrew Marantz, &lt;em&gt;New Yorker&lt;/em&gt;)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt; &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt; &lt;br&gt;
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Matt: &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.wsj.com/politics/elections/no-labels-will-abandon-2024-presidential-campaign-effort-4b4e5121"&gt;How the No Labels 2024 Presidential Campaign Failed to Launch (&lt;em&gt;WSJ&lt;/em&gt;)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;
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Bill: &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.city-journal.org/article/build-baltimore-back-faster"&gt;Build Back Faster (Sean Kennedy, &lt;em&gt;City Journal&lt;/em&gt;)&lt;/a&gt; &lt;em&gt; &lt;/em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;
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Matt Bennett joins to discuss the end of No Labels, RFK, Jr., and other third parties as well as Florida's new abortion law.

Will Double Haters Park Their Votes on RFK, Jr?

<description>&lt;div&gt;The Atlantic's Peter Wehner joins the panel to discuss Trump hawking a "patriotic" Bible, accusations of lawfare regarding Trump's trials, and Putin's war on truth.&lt;br&gt;
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&lt;strong&gt;Highlights / Lowlights:&lt;br&gt;
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Mona— &lt;a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/24/opinion/gaza-israel-war.html"&gt;What Would You Have Israel Do to Defend Itself?&lt;/a&gt; (David Brooks, &lt;em&gt;NYT&lt;/em&gt;)&lt;br&gt;
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Damon— &lt;a href="https://x.com/MattGertz/status/1720418622856667536?s=20"&gt;Tucker Carlson's hilariously wrong prediction that Sam Bankman-Fried would avoid justice because he was a megadonor.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;
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Peter— Lowlight: Jesus's Crucifixion. Highlight: Easter, of course.&lt;br&gt;
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Linda— &lt;a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2024/03/27/migrant-workers-baltimore-bridge-collapse/"&gt;Bridge collapse brings stark reminder of immigrant workers’ vulnerabilities&lt;/a&gt; (WaPo)&lt;br&gt;
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Bill— &lt;a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/elections/2024/03/26/democrats-republicans-abortion-ivf-alabama-election/"&gt;Democrat who ran heavily on abortion rights, IVF wins Alabama special election&lt;/a&gt; (WaPo)&lt;/div&gt;
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Pete Wehner joins to discuss Trump's "patriotic" Bible, lawfare accusations over Trump's trials, and Putin's war on truth.


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