1990: The Year Before Music Changed Forever

1990: The Year Before Music Changed Forever

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Today on The Gist, Slate’s Dahlia Lithwick explains the vulnerability of Friday’s SCOTUS ruling on gay marriage, and a favorite Scalia moment from the arguments. She’s the host of the Slate podcast Amicus. Plus, our regular guest Chris Molanphy suffers recalling the wide range of hits from 1990.

For The Spiel, the tragedy of Bristol Palin, who recently announced that she’s expecting.

Read more of Slate’s coverage of same-sex marriage at the Supreme Court

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