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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 Not My Spittle Gabfest

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 04, 201039 min

Slate: The Brotherly Love Live Gabfest

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, 201054 min

Slate: The Tea Party Tea Leaves Gabfest

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, 201039 min

Slate: The Incumbents Aren't Alright Gabfest

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, 201040 min

Slate: The Really Squirrely Gabfest

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 07, 201037 min

Slate: The Dangerous and Violent Gabfest

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, 201044 min

Slate: The Too Powerful and Too Big Gabfest

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, 201038 min

Slate: The Actual Listener Participation Gabfest

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, 201035 min

Slate: The Tapestry of Magic Gabfest

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 09, 201034 min

Slate: The Land of Formica Gabfest

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 03, 201033 min

Slate: A Matter of Faith Gabfest

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

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

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 04, 201057 min

Slate: The Crazy as a Loon Gabfest

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, 201039 min

Slate: The Sins Both Large and Small Gabfest

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, 201038 min

Slate: The Ice-Bound Edition Gabfest

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, 201037 min

Slate: The Turkeys Come Home to Roost Gabfest

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 05, 201036 min

Slate: The Something We're Good At Gabfest

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

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

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, 201040 min

Slate: The Road to Salvation Gabfest

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 08, 201043 min

Slate: The Apolitical Gabfest

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

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

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, 200943 min

Slate: The You Say Tomato Gabfest

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

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 04, 200937 min

Slate: The McKinsey War Gabfest

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, 200941 min

Slate: The Following of Nutters Gabfest

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, 200936 min

Slate: The Nightmare Agenda Live Gabfest

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, 20091 hr 11 min

Slate: The Post Off-Year Election Gabfest

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 05, 200938 min
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