Political Gabfest
Voted “Favorite Political Podcast” by Apple Podcasts listeners. Stephen Colbert says "Everybody should listen to the Slate Political Gabfest." The Gabfest, featuring Emily Bazelon, John Dickerson, and David Plotz, is the kind of informal and irreverent discussion Washington journalists have after hours over drinks.
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1
Gaza is Starving
60 min
2
Is John Roberts to Blame for Everything?
62 min
3
Gabfest Reads | A Beach Read for the Outraged
24 min
4
MAGA’s Epstein Obsession
70 min
5
Who Wants a Third Party, Anyway?
Musk founds the “America Party” via social media post; the US erratically zags again on aid for Ukraine against Putin; and Trump’s latest plot twist in the tedious tariff saga.
65 min
6
Is Trump’s Reckless Bill Unpopular?
Senate passes massively irresponsible budget bill; last anti-Trump Republicans abandon Congress while Musk teases third party idea; and Paramount sells out journalists to settle with Trump.
66 min
7
Let’s Plunge, New York
63 min
8
Gabfest Reads | Alison Bechdel Explains Selling...
27 min
9
Massive Ordnance Penetrator
64 min
10
Very Heavy Force
56 min
11
Republicans vs. the Big Beautiful Bill
63 min
12
Why Destroy Harvard?
69 min
13
Big and Beautiful or Huge and Horrendous
62 min
14
Gabfest Reads | How to Create an Exceptional Fa...
32 min
15
Just a Modest $400 Million Gift
67 min
16
Trump Backlash, Australian-Style
Canada and Australia both vote against Trumpism; the administration asks a judge to dismiss an abortion-pill case; and the painful fallout from looming Medicaid cuts.
58 min
17
Only 100 Days
64 min
18
One Thing Even Trump Won’t Do
61 min
19
Gabfest Reads | How to Turn the Creative Proces...
44 min
20
Trump vs. Harvard
63 min
21
The Bond Market Shrieks
The ongoing fallout after Trump’s complex tariffs and partial retreat; the Supreme Court’s tepid responses to deportation cases leave questions open; and the NC GOP tries to steal a state Supreme Court seat.
56 min
22
The Democrats Had A Good Day
Liberal handily wins the biggest electoral showdown of Trump 2.0 presidency so far; Trump imposes massive, nearly-universal tariffs; and the government refuses to fix mistakes in deporting alleged gang members.
61 min
23
Houthi PC Small Group
51 min
24
The “Constitutional Crisis Is Here”
The government responds defiantly to court orders in showdown over mass deportation; what the data say about why Trump won in 2024; and slow-motion capitulation in a long call between Trump and Putin.
62 min
25
Gabfest Reads | The Day the Challenger Fell Fro...
Adam Higginbotham’s new book delves deep into the tragedy of the Challenger explosion and the impact the disaster has had on American culture.
32 min