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Sarah and the guys discuss the latest as the U.S. experiences the deadliest day yet of the coronavirus outbreak.

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  1. Jennifer Streit

    I had made a note to myself to "look into the show notes from the March 25th Advisory opinions podcast." And finally I have a few minutes, come to The Dispatch site, and realize...you have no show notes. For any podcast. Yikes! Really? Or are they hidden somewhere? Anyway, as you ramp up your staff, assuming revenue continues to climb, maybe you can include someone to add a synopsis, or links, or an outline. I enjoy the podcasts, but even at 1.5X I'm not going to listen to this one again to try to figure out what it was I wanted to make note of! ;-)

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  2. Adam Ewy

    Jonah went on a rant about accuracy and then got fact-checked by Sara, hilarious.

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  3. Kolbe

    When Jonah got passionate he sounded like he did while narrating Suicide of the West. :)

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  4. Adam Ewy

    Funniest moment:

    Jonah goes on a rant, some of which was about accuracy, and then gets fact checked by Sarah.

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  5. David Williams

    I know that it is emotionally taxing for Jonah, but man, his rant was beautiful. I loved it when he just let go about Trump’s press briefings. Let it fly Jonah.

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  6. Anthony

    I speak for the common man when I say: please continue with the Spanish wine recommendations. Don't let your colleagues discourage you!

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  7. Mary Schubert

    David French always makes me feel better even if I don’t always agree with him.

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    Kevin Johnson

    4 cheers for Sarah! Love David and Jonah, but they are getting too much from twitter and exaggerating Trump’s outrageousness (yes, that is a thing, and Trump looooves it.). Cuomo is trying the malaria drug in NY. So while Trump got many things wrong (inevitable unless he is silent) trying that drug was not something he pulled from his “head” as David said, or any other bodily part. One can say he was out over his skis without saying he is making up junk science. On “Easter” Trump is inelegantly saying what many smart people have been pushing: that it is essential to plan for restarting the economy, giving people some hope, pointing out that the fight vs the virus will be in phases, etc. Noah Rothman and Yuval Levin are two thoughtful people who argue we should be thinking and talking about when and how we can get the economy to begin to open. David must have exhausted all the straw in Tennessee in laying out what Trump supposedly said about forcing states to open up, saying we should open against the advice of Fauci and Birks, etc. Trump retains the support of these outstanding doctors, including in public on these issues, because he didn’t pull the malaria drug idea from his behind and talking about aspiring to start to open in parts of the country by Easter is a reasonable point. Trump says an outrageous thing an hour, at least. When Dispatchers join the exaggeration, though, we don’t help the cause of holding him to account. Jonah’s rant about defining deviancy down is true and Trump,is outrageous (I voted for Hillary) but Sarah is right on this one, I think.

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    1. El Kabong

      Kevin, your reply negated me having to write one. Well said. I enjoy The Dispatch, all its columns, and its podcasts, but may take a short break from the podcast if the anti-Trump rants continue. I'm continuing to hope for more impartial presentation of what's 'news' today.

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        Kevin Johnson

        Charles, thanks. You will enjoy the latest advisory opinions, in which David details recent UK expert presentation, including noting how better testing and tracking, following a period of isolation, may allow for a phased return of some to work. I was surprised that David didn’t know or didn’t acknowledge that doctors Birx and Fauci have been saying just this at press conferences for at least a week. As with the malaria drug, Trump is inelegant and often wrong, but not always selling snake oil. The argument for seeking an early as possible transition toward more opening in some places is NOT outrageous. It may be wrong, but it is not outrageous, something David would see if not swimming in Twitter, I wager.

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  9. Jdort05

    Jonah, good call on the Irish whiskey. Lately I've been pairing 'Suicide of the West' with Bushmills' Red Bush. The first halves of all the chapters are very memorable.

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    John Q. Public

    Jonah's "best of a bad thing" metaphors are absolutely unparalleled. I think "best toilet wine in Leavenworth" has officially unseated "best Oktoberfest in Orlando" as my favorite.

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