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 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
777
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
778
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
779
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
780
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
781
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
782
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
783
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
784
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
785
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
787
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
788
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
789
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
790
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
792
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
793
Slate: Live from DC, The Washington is Just Awf...
Slate's Political Gabfest, featuring John Dickerson, David Plotz, and Emily Bazelon. This week: The fight over Bain Capital, why Washington DC is so dreadful, and the sentencing in the Tyler Clementi case
69 min
794
Slate: Live from DC, Questions from The Washing...
The question and answer session from the Slate Political Gabfest recorded live on May 23rd, 2012 at the Sixth and I Historic Synagogue in Washington, DC
20 min
795
Slate: Live from New York, The Can We Get In on...
Slate's Political Gabfest, featuring John Dickerson, David Plotz, and Emily Bazelon. This week: The state of the Presidential campaign, technology and politics, and Facebook’s IPO
60 min
796
Slate: The Absolutely Comfortable Gabfest
Slate's Political Gabfest, featuring John Dickerson, David Plotz, and Emily Bazelon. This week: President Obama and gay marriage, Mitt Romney and bullying, and Richard Lugar’s loss
51 min
797
Slate: The I’m Not David Plotz Gabfest
Slate's Political Gabfest, featuring John Dickerson, Emily Bazelon, and special guest, The New Republic columnist Timothy Noah. This week: Chinese dissident Chen Guangcheng, the anniversary of Bin Laden's death, and Tim's book, The Great Divergence
53 min
798
Slate: The New Sarah Palin Gabfest
Slate's Political Gabfest, featuring John Dickerson, David Plotz, and Emily Bazelon. This week: Marco Rubio as running mate, an Arizona immigration law before the Supreme Court, and a new book about Exxon Mobil
60 min
799
Slate: The Purdue Live Gabfest
Slate's Political Gabfest, featuring John Dickerson, David Plotz, and Emily Bazelon. This week: The state of the Presidential campaign, the growing concern over potential conflict with Iran, and political television
56 min
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Slate: The Purdue Live Gabfest Questions
The question and answer session from the Slate Political Gabfest recorded live on April 18th, 2012 at Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana
18 min