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Political Gabfest

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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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Episodes

Slate: The Boys Club Gabfest

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, 200938 min

Slate: The Things That Don't Make Sense Gabfest

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, 200939 min

Slate: The Kinder, Gentler Political Conversation Gabfest

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, 200937 min

Slate: The Island Nation Gabfest

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 09, 200941 min

Slate: The Outrageous Behavior Gabfest

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 02, 200939 min

Slate: The Political Second Acts Gabfest

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

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

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, 200938 min

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

Sep 04, 200934 min

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

Aug 28, 200938 min

Slate: The Scintillating, Fascinating and Excellent Gabfest

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

Aug 21, 200934 min

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

Aug 14, 200937 min

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

Aug 07, 200935 min

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

Jul 31, 200936 min

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

Jul 23, 200942 min

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

Jul 17, 200938 min

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

Jul 10, 200938 min

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

Jul 03, 200933 min

Slate: The Totally Unstable, Lost and Confused Gabfest

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

Jun 26, 200940 min

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

Jun 19, 200941 min

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

Jun 12, 200933 min

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

Jun 05, 200940 min

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

May 29, 200939 min

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

May 22, 200939 min

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

May 15, 20091 hr 9 min

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

May 08, 200937 min

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

May 01, 200943 min

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

Apr 24, 200938 min

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

Apr 17, 200940 min

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

Apr 03, 200933 min
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