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 72 Percent White Gabfest
Slate's Political Gabfest, featuring David Plotz, John Dickerson and Emily Bazelon. This week: An election post mortem, marriage equality and an ounce of the kine bud in Colorado.
57 min
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Slate: The Chris Christie Is My Co-Pilot Gabfest
Slate's Political Gabfest, featuring David Plotz, John Dickerson and Emily Bazelon. This week: Sandy and the race, the race after Sandy and the Nate Silver backlash.
60 min
778
Slate: The God Intended This Gabfest to Happen ...
Slate's Political Gabfest, featuring David Ployz, Emily Bazelon, John Dickerson and special guest William Saletan. This week: The Campaign 2012 homestretch, the Republicans' continuing "rape" problem and the Castle Doctrine.
38 min
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Slate: The Binders and Binders and Binders Gabfest
Slate's Political Gabfest, featuring David Plotz, John Dickerson and Emily Bazelon. This week: The Town Hall Brawl: Did Obama successfully neutralize lingering questions about Libya and did Romney lose points among the many binders full of women?
45 min
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Slate: The Barcalounger Gabfest
Slate's Political Gabfest, featuring Emily Bazelon, John Dickerson and special guest Jacob Weisberg. This week: Biden/Ryan debate, Romney bounces back and SCOTUS revisits affirmative action.
37 min
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Slate: The Live From Seattle Gabfest
A special live show of Slate's Political Gabfest, featuring David Plotz, John Dickerson, Emily Bazelon and guest Dan Savage. This week: The debate, the election aftermath and the maternity leave that wasn't.
68 min
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Slate: The Media Is Skewing the Polls Gabfest
Slate's Political Gabfest, featuring David Plotz, John Dickerson and Emily Bazelon. This week: Has Romney imploded? Is the media gunning for Obama? Is the Senate up for grabs?
41 min
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Slate: The Moochers, Beggars and Parasites Gabfest
Slate's Political Gabfest, featuring David Plotz, John Dickerson and Emily Bazelon. This week: Romney fingers freeloaders, author Sasha Issenberg explains The Victory Lab and SCOTUS officiates gay marriage.
46 min
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Slate: The Teeny Little Bounce Gabfest
Slate's Political Gabfest, featuring David Plotz, John Dickerson and Emily Bazelon. This week: An embassy breach, a modest bounce and a union battle.
41 min
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Slate: The Cool on the Outside, Burning for Ame...
Slate's Political Gabfest, featuring David Plotz, John Dickerson and Emily Bazelon. This week: The Democratic Convention, the speeches, and what it all means for the campaign
39 min
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Slate: The Conventional Wisdom Gabfest
Slate's Political Gabfest, featuring David Plotz, John Dickerson and Emily Bazelon. This week: Romney/Ryan makes its case, fact-checkers are rebuffed and Charlotte looms.
35 min
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Slate: The Legitimate/Forcible Gabfest
Slate's Political Gabfest, featuring David Plotz, John Dickerson and special guest Hanna Rosin. This week: Romney's reboot, Akin's aftermath and the Ferguson-Krugman contretemps.
35 min
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Slate: The David Plotz Dream Come True Gabfest
Slate's Political Gabfest, featuring John Dickerson, Emily Bazelon and special guest Dave Weigel. This week: Republican VP pick Paul Ryan, Fareed Zakaria's sins of omission and progressive rock
57 min
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Slate: The Ode to Nixon Gabfest
Slate's Political Gabfest, featuring Emily Bazelon and her special guests from Yale, Beverly Gage and Anthony Leiserowitz. This week: Mitt Romney’s tax plan, climate change in the U.S., and a New Yorker profile of Paul Ryan
48 min
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Slate: The Chick-fil-A Gabfest
Slate's Political Gabfest, featuring David Plotz, Emily Bazelon and special guest Will Dobson, Slate’s Political Editor. This week: Mitt Romney’s European adventure, Ted Cruz from Texas and the Chick-fil-A controversy
42 min
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Slate: The Greatest Ad You’ll Ever See Gabfest
Slate's Political Gabfest, featuring John Dickerson, David Plotz, and Emily Bazelon. This week: The Aurora Colorado shooting aftermath, Republicans and Jews, and the Olympics
50 min
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Slate: The Another Boring White Guy Gabfest
Slate's Political Gabfest, featuring John Dickerson, David Plotz, and Emily Bazelon. This week: The latest from the Presidential race, the Republican Vice Presidential Sweepstakes, and Yahoo’s Marissa Mayer
48 min
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Slate: The All the People Who Are Happier Than ...
Slate's Political Gabfest, featuring John Dickerson, David Plotz, and Emily Bazelon. This week: The latest from the Presidential race, Voter ID laws, and political happiness
59 min
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Slate: The Lemon, Wet, Good Gabfest
Slate's Political Gabfest, featuring Emily Bazelon, David Plotz, and special guest David Weigel. This week: High Court leaks on health care, the hot summer, and political vacations.
51 min
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Slate: The Emily Bazelon's Hometown Gabfest
Slate's Political Gabfest, featuring John Dickerson, David Plotz, and Emily Bazelon live from New Haven. This week: The Supreme Court ruling on the Affordable Care Act, as well as their decision on Arizona immigration, and finally why the presidential campaign has become so trivial
81 min
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Slate: New Haven Live special response to ACA
Slate's Political Gabfest, featuring John Dickerson, David Plotz, and Emily Bazelon live from New Haven. This podcast, recorded Wednesday night, contains the trio's discusson on how the Supreme Court would rule Thursday on the Affordable Care Act
24 min
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Slate: The Post-Solstice, Dictator Will Crush Y...
Slate's Political Gabfest, featuring John Dickerson, David Plotz, and special guest Will Dobson. This week: Mitt Romney and Mormonism, World Dictators, and the UVA scandal
53 min
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Slate: The Flirt, Friend and Chat Gabfest
Slate's Political Gabfest, featuring John Dickerson, David Plotz, and Emily Bazelon. This week: the Obama campaign in chaos, cyberpredators, and summer reading for Obama and Romney
58 min
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Slate: The Amateur Hour Gabfest
Slate's Political Gabfest, featuring John Dickerson, David Plotz, Emily Bazelon and special guest Jack Hitt. This week: Scott Walker’s thumping victory, what’s wrong with Bill Clinton, and the book, a Bunch of Amateurs
55 min
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Slate: The Yes, You Too Can Win Dinner with Don...
Slate's Political Gabfest, featuring John Dickerson, David Plotz, and Emily Bazelon. This week: Mitt meeting the Donald, Drones and the Obama Administration, and the imbecilic Constitution
53 min