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Every Tuesday and Friday, Ezra Klein invites you into a conversation about something that matters, like today’s episode with David French. Listen wherever you get your podcasts . Transcripts of our episodes are made available as soon as possible. They are not fully edited for grammar or spelling. [MUSIC PLAYING] EZRA KLEIN: I’m Ezra Klein. This is “The Ezra Klein Show.” All right. Before we start today, we are taking questions for the upcoming “Ask Me Anything” episode. So if you’ve got anything, anything at all to ask me that you want to hear answered on the show, send that into [email protected] We are accepting questions until Sunday, April 2. So anything that comes in after that, we’re not going to consider. We just get a lot. And we got to start sorting through it. So send it in before Sunday, April 2, if you want it to be part of the show. Speaking of dates, I’m recording this on Monday, March 27. And it’s a Monday with a lot of uncertainty. We … [Read more...] about Transcript: Ezra Klein Interviews David French

The Mayor of Florence and the museum which houses Michelangelo’s Statue of David have invited parents and students from a Florida charter school, which saw its principle fired last week allegedly in response to showing students supposedly pornographic material from the Renaissance. Last week, Tallahassee Classical School Principal Hope Carrasquilla was removed from her position after complaints were raised about a sixth-grade class on the Renaissance, which included the study of the Statue of David, as well as showing images of Michelangelo’s The Creation of Adam and Botticelli’s Birth of Venus paintings, all of which feature nude figures . The lesson drew anger from parents, who claimed that they were not informed about the subject material, with one parent even comparing the famed artworks to pornography, according to Carrasquilla. UNSPECIFIED – CIRCA 1754: The Birth of Venus’ 1486: painting by the Italian Renaissance painter Sandro Botticelli c. 1445 – 1510. It … [Read more...] about Pornographic? Italy Invites Florida Parents to See Purity of Statue of David

FLORENCIA, Italia (AP) — La escultura de David, de Miguel Ángel, registró una gran afluencia de visitantes el martes tras el escándalo que provocó la decisión de una escuela de Florida de forzar la renuncia de su directora debido a una lección en la que se exhibía la obra maestra renacentista. Muchos turistas estadounidenses en vacaciones de primavera o que estudian en el exterior posaron para selfies delante de la gran estatua de mármol, que muestra al David bíblico, desnudo y con una honda sobre el hombro, listo para dar batalla a Goliat. La Galleria dell’Accademia, en Florencia, donde se encuentra la escultura, fue escenario de discusiones entre locales y turistas, indignados por la medida. “Es parte de la historia”, dijo Isabele Joles, de Ohio, que estudia francés y arte italiano. “No comprendo como alguien puede decir que es pornográfica”. La junta de la Tallahassee Classical School presionó a la directora Hope Carrasquilla para que renunciara después que se exhibió una … [Read more...] about Tras escándalo con Florida, visitantes acuden a ver al David

Shhh. Photo: MEGA/GC Images As we continue week two of the Donald Trump–indictment watch, questions abound. Is it really going to happen ? Did last week’s testimony from lawyer Robert Costello in defense of Trump successfully throw a wrench in the process? Does the testimony on Monday from David Pecker — the former publisher of the National Enquirer who helped arrange the hush-money payment to Stormy Daniels that appears to be at the center of the prospective prosecution — mean that the case is back on track for an indictment? And what, exactly, is the holdup? The answers to these questions are as elusive at the moment as they are tantalizing, but one thing has become clear: Key witness Michael Cohen and his pathological need for media attention have not been making things easier for the Manhattan district attorney’s office in recent weeks. The former Trump lawyer has always been a curious figure in this saga. He pleaded guilty to a slew of criminal charges during … [Read more...] about Is Michael Cohen’s Big Mouth Derailing the Trump Prosecution?

Photo: Angus Mordant/Bloomberg via Getty Images The Manhattan grand jury currently considering an indictment against Donald Trump met again Monday and heard additional testimony from a previous witness. The New York Times reports that the jury heard from David Pecker, the former publisher of the National Enquirer , who played a significant role in the hush money deal with Stormy Daniels. Pecker previously testified in January. After canceling its Wednesday meeting last week, the grand jury convened again Thursday but, according to the Associated Press, did not discuss the Trump case. An indictment of the former president could happen this week, but recent events have shown that the process is following its own timetable. CNN reported Thursday that the Manhattan district attorney’s office is determining whether to bring back Cohen, Trump’s former lawyer, for more testimony or another witness entirely before the panel votes on an indictment. According to the New … [Read more...] about What Is Going On With the Trump Grand Jury?

A man who spent 16 years in prison after he was wrongfully convicted of raping writer Alice Sebold when she was a Syracuse University student has settled a lawsuit against New York state for $5.5 million, his lawyers said Monday. The settlement comes after Anthony Broadwater’s conviction for raping Sebold in 1981 was overturned in 2021 . It was signed last week by lawyers for Broadwater and New York Attorney General Letitia James, David Hammond, one of Broadwater’s attorneys, said. Broadwater, 62, said in a statement relayed by Hammond, “I appreciate what Attorney General James has done, and I hope and pray that others in my situation can achieve the same measure of justice. We all suffer from destroyed lives.” “Obviously no amount of money can erase the injustices Mr. Broadwater suffered, but the settlement now officially acknowledges them,” Sebold said in a statement released through a spokesperson. Sebold was an 18-year-old first-year student at Syracuse when she was … [Read more...] about New York to pay $5.5M to man exonerated in Sebold rape case