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 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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Slate: The Crazy White Racist Gabfest
Slate's Political Gabfest, featuring David Plotz, Emily Bazelon, Will Saletan and Atlantic blogger Ta-Nehisi Coates. This week: The Trayvon Martin case, what’s next for Romney after Santorum drops out, and Ann Romney at work
57 min
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Slate: The Unprecedented Gabfest
Slate's Political Gabfest, featuring John Dickerson, David Plotz, and Emily Bazelon. This week: The winding down of the Republican presidential race, the continuing fallout from the Affordable Care Act arguments, and Lyndon Johnson
60 min
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Slate: The Eat Your Broccoli Gabfest
Slate's Political Gabfest, featuring Emily Bazelon and special guests Beverly Gage of Yale and Jed Shugerman of Harvard. This week: The Affordable Care Act before the Supreme Court, the political implications if the law is overturned, and a history of judicial elections
48 min
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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