May 16, 2024

Part One: Mark Joseph Stern writes about courts and the law for Slate. He joins us to talk about his recent piece about Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh: “So Many Guns, So Much Smoke; GOP obstruction is indefensible, but Democrats don’t need to see more documents to vote against Brett Kavanaugh.”

Part Two: Maia Szalavitz has been covering drugs for thirty years. She joins us to talk about her piece at the Columbia Journalism Review, “What the Media Gets Wrong About Opioids.”

*Speaking as an addict (this is Susan writing) Maia is right on, and I’m grateful that she’s writing about this.