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Political Gabfest

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Slate: The Argle-Bargle Gabfest

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Slate's Political Gabfest, featuring David Plotz, John Dickerson and Emily Bazelon. This week: SCOTUS on same-sex marriage and the Voting Rights Act. Also, an epic filibuster in Texas. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jun 28, 201348 min

Slate: The "Can Anyone Stop This Darn Immigration Bill?" Gabfest

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Slate's Political Gabfest, featuring David Plotz, John Dickerson and Emily Bazelon. This week: The Senate debates immigration, the NSA doubles down on surveillance, and Obama takes a hit in the polls. Show notes at www.slate.com/gabfest. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jun 21, 201347 min

Slate: The If This Be Treason Make the Most of It Gabfest

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Slate's Political Gabfest, featuring David Plotz, John Dickerson and Emily Bazelon. This week: Did the NSA overreach? Is whistleblower Edward Snowden a traitor? Is Beastie Boy Mike D too house proud?Show page at Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jun 14, 201343 min

Slate: The Let Me Just Swab Your Cheek Gabfest

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Slate's Political Gabfest, featuring David Plotz, John Dickerson and Emily Bazelon. This week: The government tracks millions of Verizon phone calls, Chris Christie sets a date for the New Jersey senate election, and the Supreme Court rules on routine DNA collection. Find show notes at www.slate.com/gabfest Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jun 7, 201347 min

Slate: The Boardwalk Bromance Gabfest

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Slate's Political Gabfest, featuring David Plotz, John Dickerson and Emily Bazelon. This week: Obama and Christie go to the beach, the showdown over judicial appointments and the Affordable Care Act under siege. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

May 31, 201348 min

Slate: The An Apple a Day Keeps the Taxes Away Gabfest

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Slate's Political Gabfest, featuring David Plotz, John Dickerson and Emily Bazelon. This week: Apple has a big Irish bank account, Obama has a new drone policy and education reform has a new critic. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

May 24, 201346 min

Slate: The Barack Obama is Richard Nixon Gabfest

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Slate's Political Gabfest, featuring David Plotz, John Dickerson and Emily Bazelon. This week: Obama's second-term scandal trifecta, including the DOJ's snooping on reporters. Plus, the murder conviction of abortion doctor Kermit Gosnell. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

May 17, 201338 min

Slate: The "Is Anyone Too Fat to Be President?" Gabfest

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Slate's Political Gabfest, live from Cambridge, MA, featuring David Plotz, John Dickerson and Emily Bazelon. This week: Obama's "red line," the modern surveillance state, and Christie's weight. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

May 10, 20131h 14m

Slate: The "Whoops, Did I Really Just Hand the 2000 Election to Bush?" Gabfest

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Slate's Political Gabfest, featuring David Plotz, John Dickerson and Emily Bazelon. This week: Gitmo gets a hunger strike, the FAA gets a furlough fix and Justice O'Connor gets regretful. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

May 3, 201339 min

Slate: The That Dime Bag Will Be $14.50 with Tax Gabfest

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Slate's Political Gabfest, featuring David Plotz, John Dickerson and Emily Bazelon. This week: Debating Miranda, assessing Obama and taxing Mary Jane. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Apr 26, 201349 min

Slate: The What a Horrible, Horrible Week Gabfest

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Slate's Political Gabfest, featuring David Plotz, John Dickerson and Emily Bazelon. This week: The Boston Marathon bombing and the media, plus the defeat of the background check gun bill. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Apr 19, 201348 min

Slate: A Guy Named Plotz Makes Jokes About a Guy Named Weiner Gabfest

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Slate's Political Gabfest, featuring David Plotz, John Dickerson and Emily Bazelon. This week: A gun bill gains momentum, the Obama budget courts controversy and Anthony Weiner wants redemption. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Apr 12, 201350 min

Slate: The Give Us Your Tired, Your Poor ... But Not on the Basketball Court Gabfest

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Slate's Political Gabfest, featuring John Dickerson, Emily Bazelon and Will Saletan. This week: Immigration reform, abortion restrictions and crossing the line in coaching sports. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Apr 5, 201344 min

Slate: The Everybody's Back Hurts Gabfest

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Slate's Political Gabfest, featuring David Plotz, John Dickerson and Emily Bazelon. This week: Marriage equality, gun control and the disability epidemic. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Mar 29, 201355 min

Slate: The "Is That Stephen Colbert?" Edition

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Slate's Political Gabfest live from New York City, featuring David Plotz, John Dickerson, Emily Bazelon and special guest Stephen Colbert. This week: Republican rebranding, the Steubenville rape case and leaning in. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Mar 22, 20131h 24m

Slate: The Gigantic, Delicious, Sugary Drink Gabfest

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Slate's Political Gabfest, featuring Emily Bazelon, John Dickerson and David Plotz. This week: Obama goes up the Hill, Michael Bloomberg's soda law is overturned, and the selection of a new pope raises the question: Can religion and modernity coexist? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Mar 15, 201355 min

Slate: The Screw You, Let's Have Lunch Gabfest

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Slate's Political Gabfest, featuring David Plotz, John Dickerson and special guest Dave Weigel. This week: The Obama schmooze, the Paul filibuster and the Menendez prostitution scandal. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Mar 8, 201349 min

Slate: The I'm Working from Home Gabfest

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Slate's Political Gabfest, featuring David Plotz, John Dickerson and Emily Bazelon. This week: The sequester gets real, SCOTUS weighs the Voting Rights Act and Slate employees work from home. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Mar 1, 201353 min

Slate: The Sequestering Obama's Golf Game Gabfest

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Slate's Political Gabfest, featuring David Plotz, John Dickerson and Emily Bazelon. This week: Austerity approaches, SCOTUS considers campaign contributions and the president putts in private. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Feb 22, 201342 min

Slate: The Send Them to the Glue Factory Gabfest

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Slate's Political Gabfest, featuring David Plotz, John Dickerson and Emily Bazelon. This week: Obama's SOTU, knowing when to retire (à la Pope Benedict XVI) and universal pre-k. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Feb 15, 201347 min

Slate: The Drone On Gabfest

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Slate's Political Gabfest, featuring John Dickerson, Emily Bazelon and special guest David Leonhardt, Washington bureau chief of The New York Times. This week: Obama's drone policy and his upcoming SOTU, plus Leonhardt's new eBook, Here's the Deal. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Feb 8, 201340 min

Slate: The Huddled Masses and David Plotz's Birthday Gabfest

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Slate's Political Gabfest, featuring David Plotz, John Dickerson, Emily Bazelon and special guest William Dobson. This week: Immigration reform and the recent unrest in Egypt. Plus, Emily's NYT Magazine piece on compensating the victims of child pornography. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Feb 1, 201345 min

Slate: The Live in Washington, D.C. Gabfest

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Slate's Political Gabfest, featuring David Plotz, John Dickerson and Emily Bazelon. This week: Obama's second inaugural, filibuster reform and social media policy in the workplace. Plus, a special audience Q&A. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jan 25, 20131h 12m

Slate: The Elitist and Hypocrite Gabfest

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Slate's Political Gabfest, featuring David Plotz, John Dickerson and Emily Bazelon. This week: The likelihood of gun control, the suicide of Aaron Swartz and an inauguration preview. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jan 18, 201352 min

Slate: The One Trillion Dollars Gabfest

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Slate's Political Gabfest, featuring David Plotz, John Dickerson and Emily Bazelon. This week: An embattled Chuck Hagel, a debt ceiling coin and Obama's white men problem. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jan 11, 201352 min

Slate: The After the Fiscal Cliff, the Debt Ceiling Chasm Gabfest

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Slate's Political Gabfest, featuring David Plotz, Emily Bazelon and special guest David Weigel. This week: The fiscal cliff is averted, Congress is broken and gun owners get mapped. Plus, an interview with Slate's War Stories columnist Fred Kaplan. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jan 4, 201359 min

Slate: The Conundrums Gabfest

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Slate's Political Gabfest, featuring David Plotz, John Dickerson and Emily Bazelon. This week: The Gabfesters tackle life's most vexing dilemmas, as submitted by listeners, in a special year-end episode. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Dec 28, 201235 min

Slate: The Last Shot Gabfest

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Slate's Political Gabfest, featuring David Plotz, John Dickerson and Emily Bazelon. This week: Confronting gun violence, teetering on the edge of the fiscal cliff and remembering Robert Bork. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Dec 21, 201246 min

Slate: The Union Made Gabfest

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Slate's Political Gabfest, featuring David Plotz, John Dickerson and Emily Bazelon. This week: Michigan's right-to-work law, marriage equality at the High Court and Zero Dark Thirty's depiction of torture. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Dec 14, 201243 min

Slate: The Doomsday Scenario Gabfest

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Slate's Political Gabfest, featuring David Plotz, John Dickerson and Emily Bazelon. This week: Inching toward the fiscal cliff, Republican soul-searching and a debate over a horrifying photo. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Dec 7, 201244 min

Slate: The Going Nuclear Gabfest

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Slate's Political Gabfest, featuring David Plotz, John Dickerson and Emily Bazelon. This week: The fiscal cliff, filibuster reform and outing bullies online. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Nov 30, 201246 min

Slate: The Will You Sign My Pledge Gabfest

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Slate's Political Gabfest, featuring David Plotz, John Dickerson and Emily Bazelon. This week: The Norquist Pledge, Israel and Gaza and Spielberg's Lincoln. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Nov 23, 201244 min

Slate: The All In Gabfest

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Slate's Political Gabfest, featuring David Plotz, Emily Bazelon and special guest Ta-Nahisi Coates. This week: The Petraeus Affair, the fiscal cliff and a challenge to the Voting Rights Act. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Nov 16, 201251 min

Slate: The 72 Percent White Gabfest

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Slate's Political Gabfest, featuring David Plotz, John Dickerson and Emily Bazelon. This week: An election post mortem, marriage equality and an ounce of the kine bud in Colorado. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Nov 9, 201257 min

Slate: The Chris Christie Is My Co-Pilot Gabfest

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Slate's Political Gabfest, featuring David Plotz, John Dickerson and Emily Bazelon. This week: Sandy and the race, the race after Sandy and the Nate Silver backlash. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Nov 2, 20121h 0m

Slate: The God Intended This Gabfest to Happen Gabfest

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Slate's Political Gabfest, featuring David Ployz, Emily Bazelon, John Dickerson and special guest William Saletan. This week: The Campaign 2012 homestretch, the Republicans' continuing "rape" problem and the Castle Doctrine. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Oct 26, 201238 min

Slate: The Binders and Binders and Binders Gabfest

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Slate's Political Gabfest, featuring David Plotz, John Dickerson and Emily Bazelon. This week: The Town Hall Brawl: Did Obama successfully neutralize lingering questions about Libya and did Romney lose points among the many binders full of women? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Oct 19, 201245 min

Slate: The Barcalounger Gabfest

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Slate's Political Gabfest, featuring Emily Bazelon, John Dickerson and special guest Jacob Weisberg. This week: Biden/Ryan debate, Romney bounces back and SCOTUS revisits affirmative action. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Oct 12, 201237 min

Slate: The Live From Seattle Gabfest

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A special live show of Slate's Political Gabfest, featuring David Plotz, John Dickerson, Emily Bazelon and guest Dan Savage. This week: The debate, the election aftermath and the maternity leave that wasn't. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Oct 5, 20121h 8m

Slate: The Media Is Skewing the Polls Gabfest

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Slate's Political Gabfest, featuring David Plotz, John Dickerson and Emily Bazelon. This week: Has Romney imploded? Is the media gunning for Obama? Is the Senate up for grabs? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Sep 28, 201241 min

Slate: The Moochers, Beggars and Parasites Gabfest

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Slate's Political Gabfest, featuring David Plotz, John Dickerson and Emily Bazelon. This week: Romney fingers freeloaders, author Sasha Issenberg explains The Victory Lab and SCOTUS officiates gay marriage. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Sep 21, 201246 min

Slate: The Teeny Little Bounce Gabfest

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Slate's Political Gabfest, featuring David Plotz, John Dickerson and Emily Bazelon. This week: An embassy breach, a modest bounce and a union battle. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Sep 14, 201241 min

Slate: The Cool on the Outside, Burning for America on the Inside Gabfest

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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 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Sep 7, 201239 min

Slate: The Conventional Wisdom Gabfest

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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. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Aug 31, 201235 min

Slate: The Legitimate/Forcible Gabfest

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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. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Aug 24, 201235 min

Slate: The David Plotz Dream Come True Gabfest

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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 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Aug 17, 201257 min

Slate: The Ode to Nixon Gabfest

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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 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Aug 10, 201248 min

Slate: The Chick-fil-A Gabfest

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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 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Aug 3, 201242 min

Slate: The Greatest Ad You’ll Ever See Gabfest

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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 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jul 27, 201250 min

Slate: The Another Boring White Guy Gabfest

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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 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jul 20, 201248 min