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 Etch A Sketch Gabfest
Slate's Political Gabfest, featuring John Dickerson, David Plotz, and Emily Bazelon. This week: The latest twists in the GOP presidential race, the Trayvon Martin killing, and health care reaching the Supreme Court
60 min
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Slate: The Vampire Squid Gabfest
Slate's Political Gabfest, featuring John Dickerson, David Plotz, and Emily Bazelon. This week: The southern GOP primaries, President Obama's approval rating, and career suicide at Goldman Sachs
50 min
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Slate: The “I’m Not Assassinating You, I’m Targ...
Slate's Political Gabfest, featuring John Dickerson, David Plotz, and Emily Bazelon. This week: The post-Super Tuesday presidential race, Rush Limbaugh, and whether the government can assassinate Americans overseas
51 min
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Slate: The Please Don’t Baptize Me When I Die G...
Slate's Political Gabfest, featuring John Dickerson, David Plotz, and Emily Bazelon. This week: The Republican presidential race, the Blunt Ammendment’s defeat, the departure of Olympia Snowe and Andrew Breitbart’s death
60 min
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Slate: The Never Alone Gabfest
Slate's Political Gabfest, featuring John Dickerson, David Plotz, Will Saletan and Emily Bazelon. This week: The continuing Republican presidential race, Mitt Romney’s record on abortion, and the Supreme Court takes on Affirmative action in colleges
52 min
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Slate: The Embers of Desire Gabfest
Slate's Political Gabfest, live from New York, featuring John Dickerson, David Plotz, and Emily Bazelon. This week: The Republican presidential race, the possibility of a third party candidate entering the race, and the California Bar appeal of Stephen Glass
88 min
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Slate: The Killer Dolphin Gabfest
Slate's Political Gabfest, featuring John Dickerson, David Plotz, and Emily Bazelon. This week: The Republican presidential race, President Obama and his administration's contraception battle, and a gay marriage ruling in California
53 min
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Slate: The Rip Off Your Pink Ribbon Gabfest
Slate's Political Gabfest, featuring John Dickerson, David Plotz, and Emily Bazelon. This week: The Republican presidential race after Florida, problems for the Susan G. Komen Foundation, and the Tyler Clementi suicide
55 min
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Slate: The Mormons Are So Good Looking Gabfest
Slate's Political Gabfest, featuring John Dickerson, David Plotz, and Emily Bazelon. This week: The Republican presidential primary in Florida, Sheldon Adelson’s support of Newt Gingrich, and CIA officer John Kiriakou
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Slate: The Nuttiest Day of the Primary Gabfest
Slate's Political Gabfest, featuring John Dickerson, David Plotz, and Emily Bazelon. This week: The Republican presidential primary in South Carolina, President Obama’s Keystone Pipeline decision, and the fight over internet piracy
52 min
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Slate: The Head Made of Green Cheese Gabfest
Slate's Political Gabfest, featuring John Dickerson and Emily Bazelon. This week: John and Emily talk with author Jodi Kantor about her book, The Obamas. They also discuss the New Hampshire Republican presidential primary, and a Supreme Court ruling on church employment rights
55 min
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Slate: The 120 Miles in 90 Minutes Gabfest
Slate's Political Gabfest, featuring John Dickerson, David Plotz, and Emily Bazelon. This week: The Iowa Caucus results and the upcoming New Hampshire primary vote, a Washington stand-off over presidential recess appointments and the declining income mobility in the U.S.
55 min
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Slate: The 2011 Conundrum Gabfest
Slate's Political Gabfest, featuring John Dickerson, David Plotz, and Emily Bazelon. This week: their year-end discussion of everyday conundrums
55 min
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Slate: The Greatest Gabfest in the History of t...
Slate's Political Gabfest, featuring John Dickerson, David Plotz, and Emily Bazelon. This week: The payroll tax standoff, the state of the Republican presidential race in Iowa, and Newt Gingrich's view of federal judges
54 min
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Slate: The Death of Independent Bookstores Gabfest
Slate's Political Gabfest, featuring John Dickerson, David Plotz, and Emily Bazelon. This week: The continuing Republican presidential race, several important Supreme Court cases, and the death of the independent bookstore
60 min
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Slate: The Grinnell Live Gabfest
Slate's Political Gabfest, featuring John Dickerson, David Plotz, and Emily Bazelon. This week: Live from Grinnell College, they discuss the upcoming Iowa caucuses, President Obama's youth problem, and the Supreme Court and Dick Cheney
58 min
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Slate: Grinnell Q&A
The question and answer session from the Slate Political Gabfest recorded live on December 7th, 2011 at Grinnell College in Grinnell, Iowa
22 min
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Slate: The Cain Mutiny Gabfest
Slate's Political Gabfest, featuring John Dickerson, David Plotz, and Emily Bazelon. This week: The Republican presidential race, connecting Europe and Egypt, and a tragic Supreme Court decision
49 min
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Slate: The Thanksgiving Argument Settler Gabfest
Slate's Political Gabfest, featuring John Dickerson, David Plotz, and Emily Bazelon. This week: The Super Committee fails, the latest GOP debate, and a special Thanksgiving Argument Settler
43 min
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Slate: The “Reply All” Gabfest
Slate's Political Gabfest, featuring John Dickerson, David Plotz, and Emily Bazelon. This week: The eviction of Occupy Wall Street, the Supreme Court agrees to hear arguments about the Obama Administration’s Affordable Care Act, and Michele Bachman’s shout-out to John Dickerson
51 min
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Slate: The Show Me Your National ID Card Gabfest
Slate's Political Gabfest, featuring David Plotz, Will Saletan and Emily Bazelon. This week: The sexual harassment charges against Herman Cain and Rick Perry’s meltdown, Tuesday’s election results, and the downfall of Joe Paterno
51 min
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Slate: The Why Is David Hiding Under the Table ...
Slate's Political Gabfest, featuring John Dickerson, David Plotz, and Emily Bazelon. This week: The sexual harassment charges against Herman Cain, the Supreme Court and eyewitness testimony, and President Obama and his Jewish supporters
58 min
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Slate: The Rick Perry's Creepy Basement Gabfest
Slate's Political Gabfest, featuring John Dickerson, David Plotz, and Emily Bazelon. This week: Rick Perry’s flat tax proposal, the historic low ratings for Congress, and controversial legislation in Mississippi
51 min
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Slate: The Wearing Special Underwear Gabfest
Slate's Political Gabfest, featuring David Plotz, William Saletan and Emily Bazelon. This week: The death of Muammar Qaddafi, the Republican presidential race, Middle East politics, wild animals in Ohio and the Supreme Court
56 min
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Slate: The No Longer Deductible Gabfest
Slate's Political Gabfest, featuring John Dickerson, David Plotz, and Emily Bazelon. This week: The Republican presidential race, the Occupy Wall Street protests, and the latest Facebook controversy
57 min