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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The Political Gabfest: The Google Will Never, E...
Slate's Political Gabfest featuring John Dickerson, Emily Bazelon, and David Plotz. This week: discussing climate change with the Bad Astronomer, Phil Pait; Jill Abramson fired from The Gray Lady; and more.
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The Political Gabfest: The I Miss Monica Lewins...
Slate's Political Gabfest, featuring John Dickerson, Emily Bazelon, and David Plotz. This week: Prayer at the Supreme Court, the Republican takeover of North Carolina, and Lewinsky redux.
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The Political Gabfest: The "Go Ahead, Search My...
Slate's Political Gabfest, featuring John Dickerson, Emily Bazelon, and David Plotz. This week: Race and the NBA with guest Mike Pesca, a botched execution in Oklahoma, and the Supreme Court on searching cell phones.
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The Political Gabfest: Texas Q&A
The Q&A session from our live Austin, Texas, show with Emily Bazelon, John Dickerson, and David Plotz, joined by the Texas Tribune's Reeve Hamiltion, Emily Ramshaw, and Ross Ramsey.
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The Political Gabfest: The "Can You Say Preside...
Live from Austin, Emily Bazelon, John Dickerson, and David Plotz are joined by the Texas Tribune's Reeve Hamiltion, Emily Ramshaw, and Ross Ramsey to discuss Common Core, the Texas gubernatorial race, and the presidential hopes of Rick Perry and Ted Cruz.
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The Political Gabfest: The Ukraine, You Saw, Yo...
Slate's Political Gabfest, featuring John Dickerson, Emily Bazelon, and Jamelle Bouie. This week: Will Dobson on Ukraine, race in America during the Obama presidency, and allegations of rape against Jameis Winston remain uninvestigated.
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The Political Gabfest: The Emily, Would You Ple...
Slate's Political Gabfest, featuring David Plotz, John Dickerson, and Emily Bazelon. This week: Is it shaping up to be Bush v. Clinton in 2016? Is it sexist to say that a woman is too emotional? Is it reckless to sail the high seas with young children?
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The Political Gabfest: The Live Nude Dancing at...
Slate's Political Gabfest, featuring David Plotz, John Dickerson, and Emily Bazelon. This week: McCutcheon v. FEC clears the way for even more money in politics, Paul Ryan proposes a budget, and "Arguendo" dramatizes the Supreme Court.
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The Political Gabfest: The "Is Hillary Clinton ...
Slate's Political Gabfest, featuring David Plotz, Jacob Weisberg, and New York Times columnist Gail Collins. This week: Hobby Lobby challenges Obamacare, the Age Question haunts Hillary, and Dems attack Nate Silver's Big Data journalism.
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The Political Gabfest: The We Are Invincible Ed...
Slate's Political Gabfest, featuring David Plotz, John Dickerson, and Bloomberg View columnist Megan McArdle. This week: U.S. foreign policy, Obamacare by the numbers, and McArdle's new book, The Up Side of Down.
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The Political Gabfest: The Between Two Ferns Ed...
Slate's Political Gabfest, featuring David Plotz, John Dickerson, and Emily Bazelon. This week: Congress v. the CIA, Jolly wins Florida-13, and Obama v. Galifianakis.
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The Political Gabfest: The "Do I Look Stoned?" ...
Slate's Political Gabfest live from Washington D.C., featuring David Plotz, John Dickerson, Emily Bazelon, and New Republic editor Julia Ioffe. This week: The crisis in Ukraine, the decriminalization of marijuana, and the revamping of the SAT.
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The Political Gabfest: The If You Listen Closel...
Slate's Political Gabfest, featuring David Plotz, John Dickerson, and Emily Bazelon. This week: States seek to legalize gay discrimination, Clarence Thomas says nothing, and Spike Lee decries gentrification.
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The Political Gabfest: The You're No Frank Unde...
Slate's Political Gabfest, featuring David Plotz, John Dickerson, Emily Bazelon, and Slate political editor Will Dobson. This week: Is Ukraine headed for war? Are unions headed for extinction? And is House of Cards any good?
Show notes at www.slate.com/gabfest.
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The Political Gabfest: The "Are You on Hillary'...
Slate's Political Gabfest, featuring David Plotz, John Dickerson, Emily Bazelon, and Planet Money co-founder Adam Davidson. This week: The Clintons, the vanishing middle class, and AOL chief Tim Armstrong's "distressed babies" comment.
Show notes at www.slate.com/gabfest.
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The Political Gabfest: The Take This Job and Sh...
Slate's Political Gabfest, featuring David Plotz, John Dickerson, and Emily Bazelon. This week: The Dems' midterm prospects, Obamacare's impact on the economy, and Facebook's big birthday.
Show notes at www.slate.com/gabfest.
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The Political Gabfest: The State of the Union C...
Slate's Political Gabfest, featuring David Plotz, John Dickerson, and Emily Bazelon. This week: The "State of the Union" is lame, immigration reform is unlikely, and new news is the news.
Show notes at www.slate.com/gabfest.
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The Political Gabfest: The "Would You Like a Ri...
Slate's Political Gabfest, featuring David Plotz, John Dickerson, and Emily Bazelon. This week: David Remnick's Obama profile, Netflix's Romney documentary, and the McDonells' political scandal.
Show notes at www.slate.com/gabfest.
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The Political Gabfest: The "You're Married—Psyc...
Slate's Political Gabfest, featuring David Plotz, John Dickerson, and Emily Bazelon. This week: Should the NSA be restrained? Will the Supreme Court revisit marriage equality? And is the First Amendment absolute outside abortion clinics?
Show notes at www.slate.com/gabfest.
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The Political Gabfest: The "I Am Not a Bully" E...
Slate's Political Gabfest, featuring David Plotz, John Dickerson, and Emily Bazelon. This week: The Chris Christie scandal, the Republican poverty push, and the sad case of a brain-dead woman and her unborn child.
Show notes at www.slate.com/gabfest.
53 min
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The Political Gabfest: The Three Jews, Two-and-...
Slate's Political Gabfest, featuring David Plotz, Will Saletan, and Emily Bazelon. This week: Progressives fight for a higher minimum wage, violence looms over the coming Olympics, and Jews debate the limits of discourse.
Show notes at www.slate.com/gabfest.
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The Political Gabfest: The 2013 Conundrums Edition
Slate's Political Gabfest, featuring David Plotz, John Dickerson and Emily Bazelon. This week: A special edition, live from Rickshaw Stop in San Francisco, in which life's great dilemmas are tackled. For example, would you rather be smarter or funnier?
Show notes at www.slate.com/gabfest.
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The Political Gabfest: The You’ll Drag Me Out o...
Slate's Political Gabfest, featuring David Plotz, John Dickerson and Emily Bazelon. This week: A judge rules against NSA spying, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg's refusal to resign strategically, and a look at the original "welfare queen." Show page at www.slate.com/gabfest
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The Political Gabfest: Why Don't the Homeless J...
Slate's Political Gabfest, featuring David Plotz, John Dickerson and Emily Bazelon. This week: The bipartisan budget
deal, can Obama resurrect his second term, and the effect of the super rich on
cities. Show notes at www.slate.com/gabfest."
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The Political Gabfest: The Motor City Massacre ...
Slate's Political Gabfest, featuring David Plotz, John Dickerson and Emily Bazelon. This week: Oklahoma challenges Obamacare, workers decry the minimum wage, and Detroit further deteriorates.
Show notes at www.slate.com/gabfest.
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