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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Gabfest Extra: The Nuclear Option
Slate's David Plotz and Emily Bazelon discuss the Senate's vote to end the use of the filibuster on Federal judicial nominees and other appointments below the level of Supreme Court.
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The Political Gabfest: The Don't You Dare Call ...
Slate's Political Gabfest, featuring David Plotz, John Dickerson and Emily Bazelon. This week: Can Obamacare be saved? Will Warren run in 2016? Should cyclists share the road?
Show notes at www.slate.com/gabfest.
57 min
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The Political Gabfest: The It's Not Plagiarism ...
Slate's Political Gabfest, featuring David Plotz, John Dickerson and Emily Bazelon. This week: Christie's decisive victory, Paul's apparent plagiarism, and Bazelon's Nazi anatomists.
Show notes at www.slate.com/gabfest.
55 min
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The Political Gabfest: The Maybe the NSA Should...
Slate's Political Gabfest, featuring David Plotz, John Dickerson and Emily Bazelon. This week: The fallout from healthcare.gov, revelations regarding foreign snooping by the NSA, and racial profiling in department stores.
Show notes at www.slate.com/gabfest.
57 min
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Gabfest Extra: What Went Wrong with Healthcare....
John Dickerson speaks with software engineer and Slate contributor David Auerbach about Healthcare.gov's disastrous launch.
16 min
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The Political Gabfest: The Healthcare.bomb Edition
Slate's Political Gabfest, featuring David Plotz, John Dickerson and Emily Bazelon. This week: Healthcare.gov is broken, @NatSecWonk is outed, and Maryland gubernatorial candidate Doug Gansler photobombs a drunken, teenage party.
Show notes at www.slate.com/gabfest.
56 min
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The Political Gabfest: "Was That the Alamo or t...
Slate's Political Gabfest, featuring David Plotz, John Dickerson and Emily Bazelon. This week: The why and wherefore of the end of the shutdown. Plus, what Facebook's new policy means for teenagers.
Show notes at www.slate.com/gabfest.
54 min
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Gabfest Extra: Day 16, The End, For Now
Slate's David Plotz and John Dickerson are joined by New York Times columnist Ross Douthat to discuss the longterm implications of the shutdown for the Republican party. Show page at www.slate.com/gabfest
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Gabfest Extra: Day 15, Veering Around Madly
Slate's David Plotz, John Dickerson, and Matt Yglesias discuss the looming debt ceiling crisis as the shutdown enters its third week.
12 min
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Gabfest Extra: Day 14, Deal or No Deal?
Slate's John Dickerson and David Plotz discuss the potential fiscal crisis deal emerging in talks between the Sentae's Democratic and GOP leaders.
12 min
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Gabfest Extra: Day 11, Not So Fast
Slate's David Plotz and the Washington Post's Ezra Klein discuss whether the outlines of a deal taking shape will really solve the partisan standoff. Find more episodes at www.soundcloud.com/slateradio.
13 min
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Gabfest Extra: Day 10, Shutdown Corner
Mike Pesca and Slate's Dave Weigel discuss a Republican proposal to end the shutdown and debt ceiling standoff.
12 min
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Gabfest Extra: Day 9, Glimmers of Hope?
Slate's David Plotz and Dave Weigel discuss possible movement in the shutdown and debt ceiling standoff.
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Gabfest Extra: Day 8 of the Government Shutdown
Slate's David Plotz and Emily Bazelon discuss the various legal arguments for Obama to take executive action on the debt ceiling.
12 min
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Gabfest Extra: Day 7 of the Government Shutdown
Slate's John Dickerson and David Plotz discuss the escalating war or words between Democrats and Republicans, and a new poll that looks especially bad for the GOP.
12 min
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Slate: The "How Clean Is Your CR?" Gabfest
Slate's Political Gabfest, featuring David Plotz, John Dickerson and Emily Bazelon. This week: The government shutdown, the Obamacare rollout, and the assimilation of American Jews.
Show notes at www.slate.com/gabfest.
49 min
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Gabfest Extra: Day 4 of the Government Shutdown
Slate's John Dickerson and David Plotz discuss the progress, or lack thereof, in the budget negotiations.
11 min
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Gabfest Extra: Day 2 of the Government Shutdown
Slate's John Dickerson and David Plotz discuss the likelihood of progress in the budget negotiations.
12 min
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Gabfest Extra: The Government Shutdown, Day 1
Slate's John Dickerson and David Weigel discuss the likelihood of progress in the budget negotiations.
9 min
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Slate: The Ted Cruz Is One Angry Canadian Gabfest
Slate's Political Gabfest, featuring David Plotz, John Dickerson and Emily Bazelon. This week: Debtageddon, is it coming?; Iran, is it good for the Jews?; revenge porn, is it legal?
Show notes at www.slate.com/gabfest.
47 min
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Slate: The Washington on the Verge of a Nervous...
Slate's Political Gabfest, featuring David Plotz, John Dickerson and Emily Bazelon. This week: A massacre in Washington, a looming government shutdown, and an interview with Pope Francis.
Show notes at www.slate.com/gabfest.
46 min
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Slate: The Putin Ex Machina Gabfest
Slate's Political Gabfest, featuring David Plotz, John Dickerson and Emily Bazelon. This week: Changing course on Syria, choosing a mayor of New York, and losing faith in reality.
Show notes at www.slate.com/gabfest.
49 min
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Slate: The "Now, I Asked You So Nicely to Go to...
Slate's Political Gabfest, featuring David Plotz, John Dickerson and Emily Bazelon. This week: Congress debates Syria, states defy the Feds on guns and pot, and a new report castigates campaign reporting.
Show notes at www.slate.com/gabfest.
50 min
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Slate: The Terrifying, Looming, Touching-the-Vo...
Slate's Political Gabfest, featuring David Plotz, John Dickerson and Emily Bazelon. This week: Why Syria, why now? Also, a dreary autumn in U.S. politics and lessons learned over summer vacation.
Show notes at www.slate.com/gabfest.
52 min
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Slate: The "Washington Is Really Not So Bad" Ga...
Slate's Political Gabfest, featuring Emily Bazelon, John Dickerson, and David Plotz. This week: What's good about Washington? Then, how to talk to kids about difficult subjects. And the topical novel of the year, Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk.
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