Fuck Israel for Making Us Defend the New York Times (and Nick Kristof)

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.discourseblog.comIn a SHOCKING turn of events (Aleks was out of town), JACK is hosting this week’s episode, wherein The Intercept’s Katherine Krueger returns to discuss: * New York State is eying banning potassium bromate, AKA the chemical that makes bagels taste so damn good* Speaking of chemicals worth dying for, you can pry Katherine’s vape from her cold, dead hands* Remembering Some Blogs (or the time Katherine tweeted about her “personal 9/11” and it caused a lot of drama at work)* Protests outside the New York Times building demanding the paper retract Nicholas Kristof’s piece, “The Silence That Meets the Rape of Palestinians” * Benjamin Netanyahu? Mad* The Free Press? Mad* The overuse and misuse of “blood libel” * CBS Evening News anchor Tony Du-poop-il didn’t plan for his reporting trip to China very well* And in our After Dark segment available only to subscribers, Sam unpacks the BIG DRAMA involving Texas Senate candidate James Talarico, Barack Obama, and breakfast tacosThis week’s cultural recommendations:* Katherine recommends Ben Lerner’s new book, Transcription* Sam recommends Curry Barker’s new movie, Obsession* Jack recommends prescription sunglassesWant to hear the full, extended episode on your favorite podcast app? First, subscribe to Discourse Blog here. Then, follow these instructions:Spotify: Tap the “Play” button and select “Link Account” to sync your Substack subscription and unlock it instantly.Apple Podcasts & Others: Go to Settings in Substack > select Discourse Blog > scroll to the “private podcast feed” section > select “set up podcast” > then copy and paste the link it generates into your preferred app.And don’t forget to like and subscribe to our YouTube channel!That’s it!