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Slate: The Free-Fall Political Gabfest

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Slate's Political Gabfest, featuring David Plotz, Michael Newman and Dave Weigel. This week: The New York City Mosque, our Muslim president, and they provide a political primary update Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Aug 20, 201040 min

Slate: The Groping Duck Gabfest

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Slate's Political Gabfest, featuring David Plotz, William Saletan and special Guest Eliot Spitzer. This week: Mid-term primary elections, the state of the economy, and workplace rage Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Aug 13, 201033 min

Slate: The 8th Century Gabfest

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Slate's Political Gabfest, featuring John Dickerson, David Plotz, Dahlia Lithwick and Cord Jefferson. This week: A federal judge over-rules Proposition 8, New York’s Islamic Center controversy, and the Democratic Congress’ ethics problems Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Aug 6, 201044 min

Slate: The Big Babies and Liars Gabfest

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Slate's Political Gabfest, featuring John Dickerson, David Plotz, and Emily Bazelon, with special guest Farhad Manjoo. This week: The Wiki war leaks, Arizona's immigration law in court, updating the Bush-era tax cuts, and Charlie Rangel on trial Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jul 30, 201039 min

Slate: The Spasmodic Drama Gabfest

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Slate's Political Gabfest, featuring David Plotz, Daniel Gross, and Emily Bazelon. This week: The economy and the fall election, the Shirley Sherrod debacle, and the complications of the Phoebe Prince internet bullying death Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jul 22, 201040 min

Slate: The Bracing for a Backlash Gabfest

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Slate's Political Gabfest, featuring John Dickerson, Will Saletan, and Emily Bazelon. This week: Regaining control of the House, abortion providers, and the NAACP takes on the Tea Party Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jul 16, 201044 min

Slate: The Groping for Answers Gabfest

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Slate's Political Gabfest, featuring John Dickerson, Dahlia Lithwick, and Emily Bazelon. This week: Elena Kagan's confirmation hearings, gun rights in Chicago, and Al Gore's masseuse problem Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jul 2, 201040 min

Slate: The Studly Young Hero Gabfest

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Slate's Political Gabfest, featuring David Plotz, Will Saletan, and Emily Bazelon. This week: General McChrystal is removed as the country's top officer in Afghanistan, a Supreme Court roundup with more on Elena Kagan, and the World Cup Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jun 25, 201036 min

Slate: The Curious Candidate Gabfest

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Slate's Political Gabfest, featuring John Dickerson, David Plotz, and Emily Bazelon. This week: President Obama and the BP spill, California's Proposition Eight, and the unlikely Democratic candidate from South Carolina Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jun 18, 201037 min

Slate: The Palin Effect Gabfest

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Slate's Political Gabfest, featuring John Dickerson, David Plotz, and Emily Bazelon. This week: An election roundup, more on the gulf oil spill and BP, and Helen Thomas retires Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jun 11, 201044 min

Slate: The Not My Spittle Gabfest

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Slate's Political Gabfest, featuring John Dickerson, David Plotz, and Emily Bazelon. This week: The BP oil spill continues, the Gaza flotilla, and the White House meddles again Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jun 4, 201038 min

Slate: The Brotherly Love Live Gabfest

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Slate's Political Gabfest, featuring John Dickerson, David Plotz, and Emily Bazelon, live from Philadelphia. This week: The BP oil spill, a political grab-bag, and Red and Blue America Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

May 28, 201053 min

Slate: The Tea Party Tea Leaves Gabfest

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Slate's Political Gabfest, featuring Emily Bazelon, John Dickerson and David Plotz. This week: Arlen Specter loses in PA, Rand Paul wins in KY, and Richard Blumenthal puts CT in the toss-up column. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

May 21, 201038 min

Slate: The Incumbents Aren't Alright Gabfest

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Slate's Political Gabfest, featuring John Dickerson, Emily Bazelon and Bill Smee. This week: Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan, primary season heating up, and the Gulf oil spill on Capitol Hill. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

May 14, 201039 min

Slate: The Really Squirrely Gabfest

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Slate's Political Gabfest, featuring John Dickerson, David Plotz and Emily Bazelon. This week: The New York City bombing attempt, the Gulf oil spill, and a media echo chamber Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

May 7, 201036 min

Slate: The Dangerous and Violent Gabfest

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Slate's Political Gabfest, featuring John Dickerson, David Plotz and Emily Bazelon, with special guest Jacob Weisberg in England. This week: The British election debate, the Florida Senate race, immigration in Arizona, and several Supreme Court cases Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Apr 30, 201043 min

Slate: The Too Powerful and Too Big Gabfest

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Slate's Political Gabfest, featuring John Dickerson, David Plotz and Emily Bazelon. This week: Banking reform, the Supreme Court succession guessing is underway, and Politico takes over Washington Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Apr 23, 201037 min

Slate: The Actual Listener Participation Gabfest

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Slate's Political Gabfest, featuring John Dickerson, David Plotz and Emily Bazelon, with cocktail chatter from listener Beth Feldman. This week: Who belongs to the Tea Party, an opening on the Supreme Court, and where now the space program Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Apr 16, 201034 min

Slate: The Tapestry of Magic Gabfest

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Slate's Political Gabfest, featuring John Dickerson, David Plotz and Emily Bazelon. This week: Leaked Iraqi War video, Virginia's Governor and Confederate History Month, and net neutrality Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Apr 9, 201034 min

Slate: The Land of Formica Gabfest

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Slate's Political Gabfest, featuring John Dickerson, Christopher Beam and Emily Bazelon. This week: Health care reform, drill baby drill, and bullying Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Apr 3, 201032 min

Slate: A Matter of Faith Gabfest

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Slate's Political Gabfest, featuring John Dickerson, David Plotz and Will Saletan. This week: Health care reform passes Congress, health care and abortion, and a scandal in the Catholic Church Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Mar 26, 201043 min

Slate: The We're All Headed for Tyranny Gabfest

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Slate's Political Gabfest, featuring John Dickerson, David Plotz and Emily Bazelon. This week: The fight over health care reform reaches a crescendo, harsh words for Israel, and the Tea Party and Clarence Thomas' wife Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Mar 19, 201038 min

Slate: The Live From New York Gabfest

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Slate's Political Gabfest, featuring John Dickerson, David Plotz and Emily Bazelon. This week: Health care reform, New York State politics, and the Supreme Court takes on the second amendment Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Mar 4, 201056 min

Slate: The Crazy as a Loon Gabfest

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Slate's Political Gabfest, featuring John Dickerson, David Plotz and Emily Bazelon. This week: Obama's health care meeting, a verdict on Bush Administration lawyers and torture, and the trials of Toyota Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Feb 26, 201038 min

Slate: The Sins Both Large and Small Gabfest

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Slate's Political Gabfest, featuring John Dickerson, David Plotz and Emily Bazelon. This week: Evan Bayh's election decision, should Rahm Emmanuel leave the White House, and the Tea Party Manifesto Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Feb 19, 201037 min

Slate: The Ice-Bound Edition Gabfest

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Slate's Political Gabfest, featuring John Dickerson, David Plotz and Emily Bazelon. This week: President Obama and party politics, where to hold terrorist trials, and why we care about the Olympics Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Feb 12, 201036 min

Slate: The Turkeys Come Home to Roost Gabfest

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Slate's Political Gabfest, featuring John Dickerson, David Plotz and Emily Bazelon. This week: The budget debate starts in earnest, Don't ask, don't tell, don't care, and abortion at the Superbowl Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Feb 5, 201036 min

Slate: The Something We're Good At Gabfest

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Slate's Political Gabfest, featuring David Plotz, Christopher Beam, and Emily Bazelon. This week: Reaction to the State of the Union, more help for the Democrats, and dissecting the IPad Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jan 29, 201038 min

Slate: The Yearning for the Clarity of George Bush Gabfest

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Slate's Political Gabfest, featuring John Dickerson, David Plotz, Dahlia Lithwick and Emily Bazelon. This week: The Supreme Court rules on corporations and the First Amendment, Scott Brown takes over Massachusetts, and a run-down of the Obama Administration's first year Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jan 22, 201038 min

Slate: The He's No Bobby Kennedy Gabfest

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Slate's Political Gabfest, featuring John Dickerson, David Plotz and Emily Bazelon. This week: Earthquake relief for Haiti, the week's political roundup, and gay marriage on YouTube Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jan 15, 201039 min

Slate: The Road to Salvation Gabfest

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Slate's Political Gabfest, featuring John Dickerson, David Plotz and Emily Bazelon. This week: Airplane security, the changing national political landscape, and Brit Hume, Tiger Woods and God Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jan 8, 201043 min

Slate: The Apolitical Gabfest

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Slate's Political Gabfest, featuring John Dickerson, David Plotz and Emily Bazelon. This week: The trio answers your year-end truth-or-dare questions! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Dec 31, 200924 min

Slate: The Unsafe for Vegetarians Gabfest

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Slate's Political Gabfest, featuring David Plotz, Timothy Noah and Emily Bazelon. This week: Final debate on the Senate health care bill, airline passenger rights, and the real Salahis Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Dec 24, 200938 min

Slate: The Kitchen Bitch Gabfest

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Slate's Political Gabfest, featuring John Dickerson, David Plotz and Emily Bazelon. This week: Health care reform and Joe Lieberman, the climate in Copenhagen, and on-line bullying Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Dec 18, 200942 min

Slate: The You Say Tomato Gabfest

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Slate's Political Gabfest, featuring John Dickerson, Emily Bazelon, and David Plotz. This week: A compromise brewing on health care, Obama's Nobel speech, and texting traps Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Dec 11, 200937 min

Slate: The Endless Afghanistan Gabfest

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Slate's Political Gabfest, featuring John Dickerson, Emily Bazelon, and David Plotz. This week: Obama's Afghanistan plan, the climate change e-mail dust-up, and potential political problems for Mike Huckabee Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Dec 4, 200937 min

Slate: The McKinsey War Gabfest

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Slate's Political Gabfest, featuring John Dickerson, Emily Bazelon, and David Plotz. This week: The Administration's decision on Afghanistan, Obama's approval ratings drop below 50%, and troubled times at Thanksgiving Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Nov 26, 200940 min

Slate: The Following of Nutters Gabfest

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Slate's Political Gabfest, featuring John Dickerson, Emily Bazelon, and David Plotz. This week: Trying five terrorists in New York City, confusing, conflicting information about mammograms, and Sarah Palin turns a new page Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Nov 20, 200935 min

Slate: The Nightmare Agenda Live Gabfest

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Slate's Political Gabfest, featuring John Dickerson, Emily Bazelon, and David Plotz. This week: Health Care Reform, the Obama Presidency, and the shootings at Fort Hood Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Nov 12, 20091h 11m

Slate: The Post Off-Year Election Gabfest

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Slate's Political Gabfest, featuring John Dickerson, Emily Bazelon, and David Plotz. This week: We dissect Tuesday's election results from New Jersey, Virginia, Upstate New York, Maine, and what it all means. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Nov 5, 200937 min

Slate: The Boys Club Gabfest

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Slate's Political Gabfest, featuring John Dickerson, Emily Bazelon, and David Plotz. This week: Health care reform limps forward, vaccinations, and the Obama marriage. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Oct 30, 200937 min

Slate: The Things That Don't Make Sense Gabfest

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Slate's Political Gabfest, featuring David Plotz, Bill Smee and Emily Bazelon. This week: Afghanistan, limits to Wall Street compensation, and the New Jersey Governor's race Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Oct 23, 200938 min

Slate: The Kinder, Gentler Political Conversation Gabfest

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Slate's Political Gabfest, featuring John Dickerson, David Plotz, and Emily Bazelon. This week: More on Health Care Reform, the White House gay policy, and partisan political fighting from Fox News Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Oct 16, 200936 min

Slate: The Island Nation Gabfest

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Slate's Political Gabfest, featuring John Dickerson, David Plotz, and Emily Bazelon. This week: National Security and Afghanistan, the FTC regulates bloggers, and a roundup of action at the Supreme Court Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Oct 9, 200941 min

Slate: The Outrageous Behavior Gabfest

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Slate's Political Gabfest, featuring John Dickerson, David Plotz, and Emily Bazelon. This week: The health care debate continues, guns back before the Supreme Court, and proposing a coup in the U.S. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Oct 2, 200938 min

Slate: The Political Second Acts Gabfest

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Slate's Political Gabfest, featuring John Dickerson, David Plotz, and Emily Bazelon. This week the panelists discuss Afghanistan, this week's parade of leaders at the U.N., and attempted comebacks of Sarah Palin, Tom DeLay, and John Edwards. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Sep 25, 200934 min

Slate: The Baucus Without the Bacchus Gabfest

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Slate's Political Gabfest, featuring John Dickerson, David Plotz, and Emily Bazelon. This week: A more sober panel discusses Sen. Max Baucus's health care plan, Jimmy Carter's charges of anti-Obama racism, and ACORN's pimp problem. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Sep 18, 200937 min

Slate: The Pie-Eyed Gabfest

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Slate's Political Gabfest, featuring John Dickerson, David Plotz, and Emily Bazelon. This week: Obama's health care speech to Congress, free speech before the Supreme Court, and Dan Brown wows Washington with The Lost Symbol Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Sep 11, 200937 min

Slate: The Jamming it Through Congress Gabfest

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

Sep 4, 200934 min

Slate: The Unkindest Cut Gabfest

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Slate's Political Gabfest, featuring John Dickerson, David Plotz, and Emily Bazelon. This week: The legacy of Ted Kennedy, investigating torture, and required circumcision Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Aug 28, 200938 min