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 Treat Him Pretty Ugly Gabfest
Slate's Political Gabfest, featuring John Dickerson, Emily Bazelon and New York Times economics columnist David Leonhardt. This week: Rick Perry’s presidential bid, President Obama’s September economic speech, and fine-tuning the economy
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Slate: The Crazy Eyes Gabfest
Slate's Political Gabfest, featuring John Dickerson, Emily Bazelon and Yale Associate Professor Beverly Gage. This week: The presidential debate in Iowa, whether the Obama presidency is a failure, and the country’s financial uncertainty
46 min
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Slate: The Mighty Likely Candidate Gabfest
Slate's Political Gabfest, featuring David Plotz, David Weigel, and Adam Serwer from 'The American Prospect.' This week: The debt ceiling deal, how the deal affects Republican presidential candidates, and the economy
44 min
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Slate: The Ugly, Mashed-Together Compromise Gab...
Slate's Political Gabfest, featuring David Plotz, Annie Lowrey, and Emily Bazelon. This week: The pressing debt ceiling debate, the politically-based shootings in Norway, and bullying gay students in Minnesota
47 min
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Slate: The Gang of Six Gabfest
Slate's Political Gabfest, featuring John Dickerson, David Weigel, and Emily Bazelon. This week: The continuing debt ceiling debate, the 2012 presidential race, and Rupert Murdoch’s media empire
48 min
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Slate: The Dogs and Mimes Gabfest
Slate's Political Gabfest, featuring John Dickerson, David Plotz, and Emily Bazelon. This week: The debt ceiling debate, Amazon’s sales tax fight in California, and Utah’s anti-bigamy laws
51 min
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Slate: The 32 Weapons Gabfest
Slate's John Dickerson, David Plotz, and special guest Emily Yoffe discuss a possible breakthrough in federal budget talks, the News of the World newspaper scandal in the U.K., and the near collapse of the DSK rape case.
47 min
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Slate: The Mucking About Gabfest
Slate's Political Gabfest, featuring John Dickerson, David Plotz, and Emily Bazelon. This week: The debt ceiling debate, Michele Bachmann’s presidential candidacy, and the Supreme Court ruling on violent video games
50 min
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Slate: The Blood and Treasure Gabfest
Slate's Political Gabfest, featuring John Dickerson, David Plotz, and Emily Bazelon. This week: President Obama’s Afghanistan troop decision, the Wal-Mart class-action suit, and one illegal immigrant’s story
53 min
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Slate: The Fighting Against the System Gabfest
Slate's Political Gabfest, featuring John Dickerson, David Plotz, and Emily Bazelon. This week: The Republican presidential candidates debate, the War Powers Act fight, and free speech in America’s schools
45 min
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Slate: The Pathetic Weiner Gabfest
Slate's Political Gabfest, featuring John Dickerson, David Plotz, and Emily Bazelon. This week: The political future of Anthony Weiner, Republican presidential politics, and banning circumcision in California
45 min
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Slate: The Tweeting your Staff Gabfest
Slate's Political Gabfest, featuring John Dickerson, David Plotz, and Emily Bazelon. This week: The national economy, Mitt Romney enters the presidential race, and Anthony Weiner's tweets
46 min
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Slate: The Crazy Ideological Jag Gabfest
Slate's Political Gabfest, featuring John Dickerson, David Plotz, and Emily Bazelon. This week: Sarah Palin and the 2012 Republican presidential race, a victory for Democrats in New York, and the Supreme Court and California prisons
48 min
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Slate: The Breakfast at Tiffany's Gabfest
Slate's Political Gabfest, featuring John Dickerson, David Plotz, and Emily Bazelon. This week: President Obama’s Middle East speech, the Republican presidential race heating up, and the sexual escapades of prominent men
47 min
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Slate: The Miserly Scrooge Gabfest
Slate's Political Gabfest, featuring John Dickerson, David Plotz, and Emily Bazelon. This week: Fallout over the death of Osama bin Laden, the debt ceiling fight, and whether Newt Gingrich will enter the presidential race
42 min
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Slate: The Justice and Revenge Gabfest
Slate's Political Gabfest, featuring John Dickerson, David Plotz, and Emily Bazelon. This week: The death of Osama bin Laden, whether the photo of a dead bin Laden should be released to the public, and how his death affects the debate over torture
52 min
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Slate: The Big Day Gabfest
Slate's Political Gabfest, featuring John Dickerson, David Plotz, and Emily Bazelon. This week: The President’s birth certificate, the Administration’s security shake-up, and no defense for the Defense of Marriage Act
46 min
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Slate: The Something Really Angry Gabfest
Slate's Political Gabfest, featuring David Plotz, Michael Newman, and David Weigel. This week: The Donald Trump presidential bid, the debt ceiling fight, and the controversy over 3 Cups of Tea author Greg Mortenson
54 min
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Slate: The Crazy Negotiating Posture Gabfest
Slate's Political Gabfest, featuring John Dickerson, David Plotz, and Emily Bazelon. This week: The growing budget debate, long-term fiscal concerns, and bloggers take on the Huffington Post
47 min
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Dancing on the Debt Ceiling
How Republicans are framing the debate about the debt ceiling and Democrats are playing along. By David Weigel. Read by Andy Bowers
8 min
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Slate: The Purdue Live Gabfest
Slate's Political Gabfest, featuring John Dickerson, David Plotz, and Emily Bazelon. This week: Live from Purdue University, they discuss the federal budget showdown, the 2012 presidential campaign, and college admissions practices
55 min
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Slate: Purdue Live Gabfest Questions
The question and answer session from the Slate Political Gabfest recorded live on April 7th, 2011 at Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana
28 min
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Slate: The Yearning to be Free Gabfest
Slate's Political Gabfest, featuring John Dickerson, David Plotz, and Emily Bazelon. This week: American intervention in Libya, the Supreme Court’s look at Wal-Mart, and academic intimidation in the Midwest
48 min
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Slate: The Grit and Gristle Gabfest
Slate's Political Gabfest, featuring John Dickerson, David Plotz, and Emily Bazelon. This week: The U.S. and allied intervention in Libya, the 2012 GOP race gets underway (really), and South Dakota makes abortion even more difficult.
46 min
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Slate: Bachmann Overdrive
Michele Bachmann for president? Among Republicans, she's more popular than you think. By David Weigel. Narrated by Andy Bowers.
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