Slate's Political Gabfest, featuring Emily Bazelon, David Plotz, and Mike Pesca. This week: The aftermath of Ferguson, a grisly provocation by ISIS, and a proposed lottery to spur voter turnout.Show notes at www.slate.com/gabfest. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Aug 22, 2014•57 min
Slate's Political Gabfest, featuring Emily Bazelon with Vesla Weaver and James Forman, both of Yale University. This week: The deaths, at the hands of police, of Mike Brown and Eric Garner. Also, a discussion of On the Run, by sociologist Alice Goffman.Show notes at www.slate.com/gabfest. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Aug 15, 2014•53 min
Slate's Political Gabfest, featuring Emily Bazelon, David Plotz and John Dickerson. This week: Is the GOP becoming a Party of ideas? Also, the move in Tennesse to toss out the Democratic judges on Tennessee State Supreme Court, and why people panic about Ebola even when they don't need to. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Aug 08, 2014•45 min
Slate's Political Gabfest, featuring David Plotz with special guests Jamelle Bouie and Annie Lowrey. This week: Continued violence in the Middle East, a potential lawsuit against Obama, and a small victory for the pro-choice contingent in the South.Show notes at www.slate.com/gabfest. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Aug 01, 2014•47 min
Slate's Political Gabfest, featuring Emily Bazelon, David Plotz, John Dickerson, and special guest Julia Ioffe. This week: The chaotic war in Ukraine, the continued fight over Obamacare, and profiling Joe Biden.Show notes at www.slate.com/gabfest. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jul 25, 2014•56 min
Slate's Political Gabfest, featuring Emily Bazelon, David Plotz, and John Dickerson. This week: House Republicans plan to sue President Obama, Elizabeth Warren rallies the Democratic base, and a woman is arrested for leaving her nine-year-old at the park.Show notes at www.slate.com/gabfest. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jul 18, 2014•52 min
Slate's Political Gabfest, featuring Emily Bazelon, David Plotz, and the Atlantic's Jeffrey Goldberg. This week: A new round of violence between Israel and Hamas, Millennials may lean right politically, and Warren G. Harding named his penis.Show notes at www.slate.com/gabfest. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jul 11, 2014•54 min
Slate's Political Gabfest, featuring Emily Bazelon, David Plotz, and John Dickerson. This week: The High Court's Hobby Lobby decision, the impasse over immigration reform, and Facebook's ethically ambiguous research.Show notes at www.slate.com/gabfest. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jul 04, 2014•1 hr 2 min
David Plotz, John Dickerson, and Emily Bazelon discuss this week's Supreme Court ruling for police to have a warrant prior to searching the electronic device of a person arrested, Thad Cochran's win in Missippi, and Rand Paul's future in the GOP. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jun 27, 2014•1 hr 1 min
Slate's Political Gabfest, featuring Emily Bazelon, Will Dobson, and John Dickerson. This week: Will Iraq break apart? Who is Abu Khattala? And are violent threats protected speech?Show notes at www.slate.com/gabfest. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jun 20, 2014•49 min
Slate's Political Gabfest, featuring Emily Bazelon, David Plotz, and John Dickerson. This week: The shocking primary loss of House Majority Leader Eric Cantor, Hillary Clinton's Hard Choices, and a major blow against teacher tenure in California.Show notes at www.slate.com/gabfest. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jun 13, 2014•52 min
Slate's Political Gabfest, featuring Emily Bazelon, David Plotz, and John Dickerson. This week: The fallout following the deal that freed Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, Obama makes a push on carbon emissions, and the Mississippi Republican primary heads to a runoff.Show notes at www.slate.com/gabfest. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jun 06, 2014•55 min
Slate's Political Gabfest, featuring Emily Bazelon, David Plotz, and special guest Jake Tapper of CNN. This week: Elliot Rodger sparks a national conversation about misogyny, American higher education is in crisis, and hard choices abound in Detroit.Show notes at www.slate.com/gabfest. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
May 30, 2014•57 min
Slate's Political Gabfest, featuring John Dickerson, Emily Bazelon, and David Plotz. This week: The Veterans Affairs scandal, the Republican primaries, and the question of reparations for African-Americans.Show notes at www.slate.com/gabfest. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
May 23, 2014•1 hr 4 min
Slate's Political Gabfest featuring John Dickerson, Emily Bazelon, and David Plotz. This week: discussing climate change with the Bad Astronomer, Phil Pait; Jill Abramson fired from The Gray Lady; and more. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
May 16, 2014•59 min
Slate's Political Gabfest, featuring John Dickerson, Emily Bazelon, and David Plotz. This week: Prayer at the Supreme Court, the Republican takeover of North Carolina, and Lewinsky redux.Show notes at www.slate.com/gabfest. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
May 09, 2014•56 min
Slate's Political Gabfest, featuring John Dickerson, Emily Bazelon, and David Plotz. This week: Race and the NBA with guest Mike Pesca, a botched execution in Oklahoma, and the Supreme Court on searching cell phones.Show notes at www.slate.com/gabfest. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
May 02, 2014•54 min
The Q&A session from our live Austin, Texas, show with Emily Bazelon, John Dickerson, and David Plotz, joined by the Texas Tribune's Reeve Hamiltion, Emily Ramshaw, and Ross Ramsey. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Apr 26, 2014•12 min
Live from Austin, Emily Bazelon, John Dickerson, and David Plotz are joined by the Texas Tribune's Reeve Hamiltion, Emily Ramshaw, and Ross Ramsey to discuss Common Core, the Texas gubernatorial race, and the presidential hopes of Rick Perry and Ted Cruz.Show notes at www.slate.com/gabfest. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Apr 25, 2014•58 min
Slate's Political Gabfest, featuring John Dickerson, Emily Bazelon, and Jamelle Bouie. This week: Will Dobson on Ukraine, race in America during the Obama presidency, and allegations of rape against Jameis Winston remain uninvestigated.Show notes at www.slate.com/gabfest. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Apr 18, 2014•47 min
Slate's Political Gabfest, featuring David Plotz, John Dickerson, and Emily Bazelon. This week: Is it shaping up to be Bush v. Clinton in 2016? Is it sexist to say that a woman is too emotional? Is it reckless to sail the high seas with young children?Show notes at www.slate.com/gabfest. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Apr 11, 2014•59 min
Slate's Political Gabfest, featuring David Plotz, John Dickerson, and Emily Bazelon. This week: McCutcheon v. FEC clears the way for even more money in politics, Paul Ryan proposes a budget, and "Arguendo" dramatizes the Supreme Court.Show notes at www.slate.com/gabfest. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Apr 04, 2014•56 min
Slate's Political Gabfest, featuring David Plotz, Jacob Weisberg, and New York Times columnist Gail Collins. This week: Hobby Lobby challenges Obamacare, the Age Question haunts Hillary, and Dems attack Nate Silver's Big Data journalism.Show notes at www.slate.com/gabfest. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Mar 28, 2014•55 min
Slate's Political Gabfest, featuring David Plotz, John Dickerson, and Bloomberg View columnist Megan McArdle. This week: U.S. foreign policy, Obamacare by the numbers, and McArdle's new book, The Up Side of Down.Show notes at www.slate.com/gabfest. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Mar 21, 2014•1 hr 4 min
Slate's Political Gabfest, featuring David Plotz, John Dickerson, and Emily Bazelon. This week: Congress v. the CIA, Jolly wins Florida-13, and Obama v. Galifianakis.Show notes at www.slate.com/gabfest. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Mar 14, 2014•52 min
Slate's Political Gabfest live from Washington D.C., featuring David Plotz, John Dickerson, Emily Bazelon, and New Republic editor Julia Ioffe. This week: The crisis in Ukraine, the decriminalization of marijuana, and the revamping of the SAT.Show notes at www.slate.com/gabfest. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Mar 07, 2014•1 hr 29 min
Slate's Political Gabfest, featuring David Plotz, John Dickerson, and Emily Bazelon. This week: States seek to legalize gay discrimination, Clarence Thomas says nothing, and Spike Lee decries gentrification. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Feb 28, 2014•55 min
Slate's Political Gabfest, featuring David Plotz, John Dickerson, Emily Bazelon, and Slate political editor Will Dobson. This week: Is Ukraine headed for war? Are unions headed for extinction? And is House of Cards any good?Show notes at www.slate.com/gabfest. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Feb 21, 2014•49 min
Slate's Political Gabfest, featuring David Plotz, John Dickerson, Emily Bazelon, and Planet Money co-founder Adam Davidson. This week: The Clintons, the vanishing middle class, and AOL chief Tim Armstrong's "distressed babies" comment.Show notes at www.slate.com/gabfest. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Feb 14, 2014•58 min
Slate's Political Gabfest, featuring David Plotz, John Dickerson, and Emily Bazelon. This week: The Dems' midterm prospects, Obamacare's impact on the economy, and Facebook's big birthday.Show notes at www.slate.com/gabfest. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Feb 07, 2014•49 min