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 Jamming it Through Congress Gabfest
Slate's Political Gabfest, featuring John Dickerson, David Plotz, and Emily Bazelon. This week: The latest on health care, the week in Afghanistan, and the troubling case of Jaycee Dugard
34 min
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Slate: The Unkindest Cut Gabfest
Slate's Political Gabfest, featuring John Dickerson, David Plotz, and Emily Bazelon. This week: The legacy of Ted Kennedy, investigating torture, and required circumcision
38 min
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Slate: The Scintillating, Fascinating and Excel...
Slate's Political Gabfest featuring Slate Foreign Editor and Guest Host June Thomas, along with Jacob Weisberg, Editor in Chief of the Slate Group, and Slate Deputy Editor Julia Turner. This week: The latest developments in health care, elections in Afghanistan and a renewed rivalry between New York City and the nation's capital.
33 min
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Slate: The Death Panel Gabfest
Slate's Political Gabfest featuring Emily Bazelon, David Plotz, and Gabfest intern Jefferson Pestronk. This week: Turmoil in the town halls, the tricky politics of presidential vacations, and a farewell to Eunice Kennedy Shriver.
36 min
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Slate: The Flat is the New Up Gabfest
John Dickerson, David Plotz, and Newsweek's Economics Editor Dan Gross talk politics. This week: Is the economy getting better, the latest on health care and former President Bill Clinton brings home two Americans imprisoned in North Korea
34 min
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Slate: The Coalition of the Swilling Gabfest
John Dickerson, Emily Bazelon, and Michael Newman talk politics. This week: Disapproval over Obama's plan for health care, racism and beer at the White House, and more on Sonia Sotomayor
36 min
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Slate: The Game-Changer Gabfest
Emily Bazelon, Jacob Weisberg and James Ledbetter talk politics. This week: President Obama and health care, racism and the Cambridge Massachusetts Police Department, and the stimulus package
41 min
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Slate: The Abolish August Gabfest
John Dickerson, Emily Bazelon, and Chris Beam talk politics. This week: Judge Sotomayor makes it through a week of hearings, Health Care moves toward front and center, and Dick Cheney is in the news again
37 min
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Slate: The New Media Gal Gabfest
John Dickerson, David Plotz, and Emily Bazelon talk politics. This week: Sarah Palin bows out, an Obama round-up, and so-long Salon at the Washington Post
38 min
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Slate: The Saucy Sarah Gabfest
John Dickerson, David Plotz, and Emily Bazelon talk politics. This week: That's Senator Franken if you please, Sarah Palin is back, and the Supreme Court rules on New Haven
33 min
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Slate: The Totally Unstable, Lost and Confused ...
John Dickerson, David Plotz, and Emily Bazelon talk politics. This week: President Obama and Iran, South Carolina Governor Mark Sanford, and several decisions from the Supreme Court
40 min
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Slate: The Kitchen Bitch Gabfest
John Dickerson, David Plotz, and Emily Bazelon talk politics. This week: Unrest in Iran, President Obama's reaction to events in Iran, and an interesting discussion of divorce
40 min
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Slate: The Dreamboat Gabfest
John Dickerson, David Plotz, and Emily Bazelon talk politics. This week: A Health Care Reform update, National Republican party woes, and a coup in New York state politics
32 min
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Slate: The Ravaged and Burned Gabfest
John Dickerson, David Plotz, and Emily Bazelon talk politics. This week: President Obama speaks to the Muslim world, the murder of an abortion doctor, and getting ready for Supreme Court nomination hearings
39 min
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Slate: The Hermit Kingdom Goes Nuclear Gabfest
John Dickerson, David Plotz, and Emily Bazelon talk politics. This week: Obama's Supreme Court nomination, Proposition 8 is upheld by California's high court, and the Hermit Kingdom goes nuclear again
39 min
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Slate: The Nonplussed Gabfest
David Plotz, Christopher Beam and Emily Bazelon talk politics. This week: President Obama and Dick Cheney square off over torture, more on Michael Steele, and the California budget meltdown
39 min
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Slate: The Taking it to the Streets Gabfest
John Dickerson, David Plotz, and Emily Bazelon talk politics. This week: President Obama reverses his stand on torture photos, more on gay rights, and the last laugh over the White House Correspondents Dinner
68 min
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Slate: The Attack the Priesthood Gabfest
John Dickerson, David Plotz, and Emily Bazelon talk politics. This week: Speculation on a Supreme Court replacement, it was Pakistan-Afghanistan crisis week in Washington, and the Elizabeth Edwards tell-all
36 min
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Slate: The Shift Happens Podcast
John Dickerson, David Plotz, and Emily Bazelon talk politics. This week: Swine Flu, Arlen Specter Flips, and the first 100 Days of Obama
42 min
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Slate: The Tighty Whitie Podcast
John Dickerson, David Plotz, and Emily Bazelon talk politics. This week: More on the torture memos, the Supreme Court takes on school strip searchs, and the Chavez Handshake
37 min
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Slate: The Emotionless Bickering Gabfest
John Dickerson, David Plotz, and Emily Bazelon talk politics. This week: The release of torture memos, Pirates Ahoy and the national tax protest
39 min
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Slate: The Velvet Snuggy Podcast
John Dickerson, David Plotz, and Emily Bazelon talk politics. This week: President Obama overseas and what he faces at home, gay marriage in America, and a week for the Justice Department
36 min
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Slate: The Twitter Avatar Gabfest
John Dickerson, David Plotz, and Emily Bazelon talk politics. This week: The failing auto industry, President Obama makes an 8-day, five country tour of Europe and accusations against Obama appointees Dawn Johnson and Harold
33 min
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Slate: The Locavore Gabfest
Slate's Political Gabfest, with John Dickerson, David Plotz, and Emily Bazelon. This week: The bank bailout, Obama’s week on television, and the White House goes Organic
36 min
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Slate: The Outrage Gabfest
Slate's Political Gabfest, with John Dickerson, Chris Beam, and Emily Bazelon. This week: The AIG mess, Dick Cheney says America is less safe, and John Stewart takes Jim Cramer to school
34 min