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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Slate: The "Hey Sucker, You'll Never Ever Make ...
Slate's Political Gabfest, featuring David Plotz, John Dickerson and Emily Bazelon. This week: More Weiner sexting, yet another budget showdown, and further debate about the future of the law firm.
Show notes at www.slate.com/gabfest.
46 min
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Slate: The "Do You Live in This Town?" Gabfest
Slate's Political Gabfest, featuring David Plotz, John Dickerson and Emily Bazelon. This week: Reporter Mark Leibovich talks about his book This Town, a look at the witches' brew that is Washington. Plus, the filibuster and the George Zimmerman trial.
50 min
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Slate: The "Come Back Eliot, All Is Forgiven" G...
Slate's Political Gabfest live from Chicago, featuring David Plotz, John Dickerson, Emily Bazelon, and Peter Sagal of Wait Wait ... Don't Tell Me! This week: Can democracy survive in Egypt? Can Spitzer and Weiner find redemption? Can adults go to camp?
Find show notes at slate.com/gabfest.
90 min
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Slate: The "Is Hillary Too Old?" Gabfest
Slate's Political Gabfest, featuring David Plotz, John Dickerson and Atlantic senior editor Garance Franke-Ruta. This week: Will the House move on immigration? Is HRC too old to be president? Is Gettysburg the most important battle in U.S. history?
45 min
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Slate: The Argle-Bargle Gabfest
Slate's Political Gabfest, featuring David Plotz, John Dickerson and Emily Bazelon. This week: SCOTUS on same-sex marriage and the Voting Rights Act. Also, an epic filibuster in Texas.
48 min
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Slate: The "Can Anyone Stop This Darn Immigrati...
Slate's Political Gabfest, featuring David Plotz, John Dickerson and Emily Bazelon. This week: The Senate debates immigration, the NSA doubles down on surveillance, and Obama takes a hit in the polls. Show notes at www.slate.com/gabfest.
47 min
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Slate: The If This Be Treason Make the Most of ...
Slate's Political Gabfest, featuring David Plotz, John Dickerson and Emily Bazelon. This week: Did the NSA overreach? Is whistleblower Edward Snowden a traitor? Is Beastie Boy Mike D too house proud?
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43 min
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Slate: The Let Me Just Swab Your Cheek Gabfest
Slate's Political Gabfest, featuring David Plotz, John Dickerson and Emily Bazelon. This week: The government tracks millions of Verizon phone calls, Chris Christie sets a date for the New Jersey senate election, and the Supreme Court rules on routine DNA collection. Find show notes at www.slate.com/gabfest
47 min
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Slate: The Boardwalk Bromance Gabfest
Slate's Political Gabfest, featuring David Plotz, John Dickerson and Emily Bazelon. This week: Obama and Christie go to the beach, the showdown over judicial appointments and the Affordable Care Act under siege.
48 min
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Slate: The An Apple a Day Keeps the Taxes Away ...
Slate's Political Gabfest, featuring David Plotz, John Dickerson and Emily Bazelon. This week: Apple has a big Irish bank account, Obama has a new drone policy and education reform has a new critic.
46 min
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Slate: The Barack Obama is Richard Nixon Gabfest
Slate's Political Gabfest, featuring David Plotz, John Dickerson and Emily Bazelon. This week: Obama's second-term scandal trifecta, including the DOJ's snooping on reporters. Plus, the murder conviction of abortion doctor Kermit Gosnell.
38 min
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Slate: The "Is Anyone Too Fat to Be President?"...
Slate's Political Gabfest, live from Cambridge, MA, featuring David Plotz, John Dickerson and Emily Bazelon. This week: Obama's "red line," the modern surveillance state, and Christie's weight.
74 min
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Slate: The "Whoops, Did I Really Just Hand the ...
Slate's Political Gabfest, featuring David Plotz, John Dickerson and Emily Bazelon. This week: Gitmo gets a hunger strike, the FAA gets a furlough fix and Justice O'Connor gets regretful.
39 min
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Slate: The That Dime Bag Will Be $14.50 with Ta...
Slate's Political Gabfest, featuring David Plotz, John Dickerson and Emily Bazelon. This week: Debating Miranda, assessing Obama and taxing Mary Jane.
49 min
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Slate: The What a Horrible, Horrible Week Gabfest
Slate's Political Gabfest, featuring David Plotz, John Dickerson and Emily Bazelon. This week: The Boston Marathon bombing and the media, plus the defeat of the background check gun bill.
48 min
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Slate: A Guy Named Plotz Makes Jokes About a Gu...
Slate's Political Gabfest, featuring David Plotz, John Dickerson and Emily Bazelon. This week: A gun bill gains momentum, the Obama budget courts controversy and Anthony Weiner wants redemption.
50 min
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Slate: The Give Us Your Tired, Your Poor ... Bu...
Slate's Political Gabfest, featuring John Dickerson, Emily Bazelon and Will Saletan. This week: Immigration reform, abortion restrictions and crossing the line in coaching sports.
44 min
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Slate: The Everybody's Back Hurts Gabfest
Slate's Political Gabfest, featuring David Plotz, John Dickerson and Emily Bazelon. This week: Marriage equality, gun control and the disability epidemic.
55 min
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Slate: The "Is That Stephen Colbert?" Edition
Slate's Political Gabfest live from New York City, featuring David Plotz, John Dickerson, Emily Bazelon and special guest Stephen Colbert. This week: Republican rebranding, the Steubenville rape case and leaning in.
84 min
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Slate: The Gigantic, Delicious, Sugary Drink Ga...
Slate's Political Gabfest, featuring Emily Bazelon, John Dickerson and David Plotz. This week: Obama goes up the Hill, Michael Bloomberg's soda law is overturned, and the selection of a new pope raises the question: Can religion and modernity coexist?
55 min
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Slate: The Screw You, Let's Have Lunch Gabfest
Slate's Political Gabfest, featuring David Plotz, John Dickerson and special guest Dave Weigel. This week: The Obama schmooze, the Paul filibuster and the Menendez prostitution scandal.
49 min
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Slate: The I'm Working from Home Gabfest
Slate's Political Gabfest, featuring David Plotz, John Dickerson and Emily Bazelon. This week: The sequester gets real, SCOTUS weighs the Voting Rights Act and Slate employees work from home.
53 min
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Slate: The Sequestering Obama's Golf Game Gabfest
Slate's Political Gabfest, featuring David Plotz, John Dickerson and Emily Bazelon. This week: Austerity approaches, SCOTUS considers campaign contributions and the president putts in private.
42 min
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Slate: The Send Them to the Glue Factory Gabfest
Slate's Political Gabfest, featuring David Plotz, John Dickerson and Emily Bazelon. This week: Obama's SOTU, knowing when to retire (à la Pope Benedict XVI) and universal pre-k.
47 min
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Slate: The Drone On Gabfest
Slate's Political Gabfest, featuring John Dickerson, Emily Bazelon and special guest David Leonhardt, Washington bureau chief of The New York Times. This week: Obama's drone policy and his upcoming SOTU, plus Leonhardt's new eBook, Here's the Deal.
40 min