After quickly and conclusively settling the abortion debate which has long roiled the nation, Katie and Jesse turn their attention to a much more important issue: The question of whether Johnny Depp and/or Amber Heard is/are physically and/or emotionally abusive.
Show notes/Links:
Depp’s assault charges: https://www.theguardian.com/film/2020/nov/02/johnny-depp-trial-how-the-judge-ruled-on-14-alleged-assaults
The poop thing :( : https://people.com/movies/amber-heard-said-poop-in-bed-johnny-depp-practical-joke-guard-testifies-defamation-trial/
Washington Post column: https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/ive-seen-how-institutions-protect-men-accused-of-abuse-heres-what-we-can-do/2018/12/18/71fd876a-02ed-11e9-b5df-5d3874f1ac36_story.html
Jezebel on the ACLU angle: https://jezebel.com/the-aclu-says-it-wrote-amber-heards-domestic-violence-o-1848855450
On the Media on Elon Musk: https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/otm/episodes/on-the-media-ghost-in-the-machine
On the Media on the Mother Jones article: https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/otm/segments/why-get-far-right-wrong
The Mother Jones article in question, which is quite good: https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2016/10/richard-spencer-trump-alt-right-white-nationalist/
Chase Strangio likes censorship: https://www.wsj.com/articles/does-the-aclu-want-to-ban-my-book-11605475898
There is no way you should take these allegations at face value: https://www.npr.org/2021/05/18/997900699/wnyc-fires-on-the-media-co-host-bob-garfield-for-alleged-bullying
Image: US actor Johnny Depp listens in the courtroom at the Fairfax County Circuit Court in Fairfax, Virginia, on May 2, 2022. - US actor Johnny Depp sued his ex-wife Amber Heard for libel in Fairfax County Circuit Court after she wrote an op-ed piece in The Washington Post in 2018 referring to herself as a "public figure representing domestic abuse." (Photo by Steve Helber / POOL / AFP) (Photo by STEVE HELBER/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)
Create your
podcast in
minutes
It is Free