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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 32 Weapons Gabfest

Slate's John Dickerson, David Plotz, and special guest Emily Yoffe discuss a possible breakthrough in federal budget talks, the News of the World newspaper scandal in the U.K., and the near collapse of the DSK rape case. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jul 08, 201147 min

Slate: The Mucking About Gabfest

Slate's Political Gabfest, featuring John Dickerson, David Plotz, and Emily Bazelon. This week: The debt ceiling debate, Michele Bachmann’s presidential candidacy, and the Supreme Court ruling on violent video games Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jul 01, 201151 min

Slate: The Blood and Treasure Gabfest

Slate's Political Gabfest, featuring John Dickerson, David Plotz, and Emily Bazelon. This week: President Obama’s Afghanistan troop decision, the Wal-Mart class-action suit, and one illegal immigrant’s story Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jun 24, 201153 min

Slate: The Fighting Against the System Gabfest

Slate's Political Gabfest, featuring John Dickerson, David Plotz, and Emily Bazelon. This week: The Republican presidential candidates debate, the War Powers Act fight, and free speech in America’s schools Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jun 17, 201146 min

Slate: The Pathetic Weiner Gabfest

Slate's Political Gabfest, featuring John Dickerson, David Plotz, and Emily Bazelon. This week: The political future of Anthony Weiner, Republican presidential politics, and banning circumcision in California Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jun 10, 201146 min

Slate: The Tweeting your Staff Gabfest

Slate's Political Gabfest, featuring John Dickerson, David Plotz, and Emily Bazelon. This week: The national economy, Mitt Romney enters the presidential race, and Anthony Weiner's tweets Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jun 03, 201146 min

Slate: The Crazy Ideological Jag Gabfest

Slate's Political Gabfest, featuring John Dickerson, David Plotz, and Emily Bazelon. This week: Sarah Palin and the 2012 Republican presidential race, a victory for Democrats in New York, and the Supreme Court and California prisons Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

May 27, 201149 min

Slate: The Breakfast at Tiffany's Gabfest

Slate's Political Gabfest, featuring John Dickerson, David Plotz, and Emily Bazelon. This week: President Obama’s Middle East speech, the Republican presidential race heating up, and the sexual escapades of prominent men Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

May 20, 201148 min

Slate: The Miserly Scrooge Gabfest

Slate's Political Gabfest, featuring John Dickerson, David Plotz, and Emily Bazelon. This week: Fallout over the death of Osama bin Laden, the debt ceiling fight, and whether Newt Gingrich will enter the presidential race Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

May 13, 201142 min

Slate: The Justice and Revenge Gabfest

Slate's Political Gabfest, featuring John Dickerson, David Plotz, and Emily Bazelon. This week: The death of Osama bin Laden, whether the photo of a dead bin Laden should be released to the public, and how his death affects the debate over torture Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

May 06, 201153 min

Slate: The Big Day Gabfest

Slate's Political Gabfest, featuring John Dickerson, David Plotz, and Emily Bazelon. This week: The President’s birth certificate, the Administration’s security shake-up, and no defense for the Defense of Marriage Act Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Apr 29, 201147 min

Slate: The Something Really Angry Gabfest

Slate's Political Gabfest, featuring David Plotz, Michael Newman, and David Weigel. This week: The Donald Trump presidential bid, the debt ceiling fight, and the controversy over 3 Cups of Tea author Greg Mortenson Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Apr 22, 201155 min

Slate: The Crazy Negotiating Posture Gabfest

Slate's Political Gabfest, featuring John Dickerson, David Plotz, and Emily Bazelon. This week: The growing budget debate, long-term fiscal concerns, and bloggers take on the Huffington Post Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Apr 15, 201148 min

Dancing on the Debt Ceiling

How Republicans are framing the debate about the debt ceiling and Democrats are playing along. By David Weigel. Read by Andy Bowers Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Apr 15, 20119 min

Slate: The Purdue Live Gabfest

Slate's Political Gabfest, featuring John Dickerson, David Plotz, and Emily Bazelon. This week: Live from Purdue University, they discuss the federal budget showdown, the 2012 presidential campaign, and college admissions practices Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Apr 08, 201156 min

Slate: Purdue Live Gabfest Questions

The question and answer session from the Slate Political Gabfest recorded live on April 7th, 2011 at Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Apr 08, 201128 min

Slate: The Yearning to be Free Gabfest

Slate's Political Gabfest, featuring John Dickerson, David Plotz, and Emily Bazelon. This week: American intervention in Libya, the Supreme Court’s look at Wal-Mart, and academic intimidation in the Midwest Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Apr 01, 201149 min

Slate: The Grit and Gristle Gabfest

Slate's Political Gabfest, featuring John Dickerson, David Plotz, and Emily Bazelon. This week: The U.S. and allied intervention in Libya, the 2012 GOP race gets underway (really), and South Dakota makes abortion even more difficult. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Mar 25, 201146 min

Slate: Bachmann Overdrive

Michele Bachmann for president? Among Republicans, she's more popular than you think. By David Weigel. Narrated by Andy Bowers. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Mar 25, 20117 min

Slate: The Particularly Terrifying Gabfest

Slate's Political Gabfest, featuring John Dickerson, David Plotz, and Emily Bazelon. This week: The nuclear situation in Japan, Private Manning’s treatment in prison, and the 2012 Republican presidential campaign Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Mar 16, 201147 min

Slate: The P.T. Barnum Hucksterism Gabfest

Slate's Political Gabfest, featuring John Dickerson, David Plotz, and Emily Bazelon. This week: The Wisconsin union uproar, Congressional hearings on the U.S. Muslim community, not closing Guantanamo, and de-funding NPR Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Mar 11, 201151 min

Slate: The Confidence Fairy Gabfest

Slate's Political Gabfest, featuring John Dickerson, David Plotz, and Emily Bazelon. This week: The federal budget showdown, the Republican presidential campaign accelerates, and the Westboro Baptist Church and hate speech Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Mar 04, 201150 min

Slate: The Screw the American Worker Gabfest

Slate's Political Gabfest, featuring John Dickerson, David Plotz, and Emily Bazelon. This week: The fight over public unions in Wisconsin, unrest in Libya, and the Defense of Marriage Act Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Feb 25, 201148 min

Slate: The Amazing Amalgam of Facts Gabfest

Slate's Political Gabfest, featuring John Dickerson, David Plotz, and Emily Bazelon. This week: The budget fight in Washington, state budget woes in Wisconsin, and troubling news about Egypt Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Feb 18, 201150 min

Slate: The What Was He Thinking Gabfest

Slate's Political Gabfest, featuring John Dickerson, David Plotz, and Emily Bazelon. This week: The continuing political unrest in Egypt, the abrupt resignation of Republican Congressman Chris Lee, and the unlikely marriage of the Huffington Post and AOL Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Feb 11, 201144 min

Slate: The Democracy is Messy Gabfest

Slate's Political Gabfest, featuring John Dickerson, David Plotz, and Emily Bazelon. This week: Political unrest in Egypt, the latest court ruling on healthcare, and 2012 presidential politics Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Feb 04, 201150 min

Slate: David’s Big Birthday Gabfest

Slate's Political Gabfest, featuring John Dickerson, David Plotz, and Emily Bazelon. This week: The president’s State of the Union Address, Rahm Emanuel’s Chicago mayoral bid, and the civil unrest in Egypt Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jan 28, 201142 min

Slate: The Clearly the World Leader Gabfest

Slate's Political Gabfest, featuring John Dickerson, David Plotz, and Emily Bazelon. This week: The visit to Washington by China’s President, politics and health care reform, and Senator Joseph Lieberman’s retirement announcement Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jan 21, 201147 min

Slate: The Clear and Present Danger Live Gabfest

Slate's Political Gabfest, featuring John Dickerson, David Plotz, and Emily Bazelon. This week: The shooting in Arizona of Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords and others, the political discussion following the shooting, and the book, Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jan 13, 201153 min

Slate: The Clear and Present Danger Gabfest Questions

Slate's Political Gabfest, featuring John Dickerson, David Plotz, and Emily Bazelon. This podcast contains the question and answer period from this week's live gabfest taping Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jan 13, 201119 min
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