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    Political Gabfest

    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.

    Get more Political Gabfest with Slate Plus. Join to unlock weekly bonus episodes—plus ad-free listening across all your favorite Slate podcasts. Subscribe directly from the Political Gabfest show page on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. Or visit slate.com/gabfestplus to get access wherever you listen.


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    I Call On You To Do More Mar 17, 2022
    Show notes

    Emily and David are joined by guest host Juliette Kayyem to discuss the arming of Ukraine, how to prepare for the next pandemic or catastrophe, and daylight savings time debates.


    Here are some notes and references from this week’s show:


    Megan Garber for The Atlantic: “The Grim Stagecraft of Zelensky’s Selfie Videos”


    Atul Gawande for The New Yorker: “Costa Ricans Live Longer Than We Do. What's the Secret?”


    The Devil Never Sleeps: Learning to Live in an Age of Disasters, by Juliette Kayyem


    Here’s this week’s chatter:


    David: Nina Siegal for The New York Times: “She Discovered What Happened to 400 Dutch Jews Who Disappeared”


    Emily: Paul Blest for Vice: “Josh Hawley Accused Biden’s SCOTUS Pick of Being Soft on Child Porn”; Emily Bazelon for The New York Times: “The Price of a Stolen Childhood”


    Juliette: Maria Cramer for The New York Times: “A Year After Suez Blockage, Another Evergreen Ship Is Mired in the Chesapeake”


    Listener chatter from Jonas Barciauskas: This Land podcast

    For this week’s Slate Plus bonus segment Juliette, Emily and David talk about what they think about when they want to increase their happiness.


    Tweet us your questions and chatters @SlateGabfest or email us at gabfest@slate.com. (Messages may be quoted by name unless the writer stipulates otherwise.)


    Podcast production by Jocelyn Frank.


    Research and show notes by Bridgette Dunlap.

    Need to set up your Slate Plus feed? If you subscribed through Slate.com, check out our FAQ at slate.com/podcastfaqs for easy instructions. Members subscribed via Apple Podcasts get automatic access—no setup required.

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    Price of a Gallon of Gas Mar 10, 2022
    Show notes

    Emily Bazelon, John Dickerson, and David Plotz discuss Ukraine's fighting spirit, rising gas prices, and conformity on campus.


    Here are some notes and references from this week’s show:


    The Science of Politics podcast: “Does the Public Respond to Threats to Democracy?”


    The Basic Writings of John Stuart Mill: On Liberty, the Subjection of Women and Utilitarianism


    The Guns of August, by Barbara W. Tuchman


    Emma Camp for the New York Times: “I Came to College Eager to Debate. I Found Self-Censorship Instead.”


    David A. Plotz for the Harvard Crimson: “‘Politically Correct’ Thought Control”


    Here’s this week’s chatter:


    David: Kayla Stewart for The New York Times: “One Huge Hog, One Long Day and a Nourishing Southern Tradition”


    Emily: Pam & Tommy


    John: Henry Fountain for The New York Times: “At the Bottom of an Icy Sea, One of History’s Great Wrecks Is Found”


    Listener chatter from Carol Walker: BBC podcast 1914: Day by Day

    For this week’s Slate Plus bonus segment John, Emily and David discuss the people they carry with them.

    Tweet us your questions and chatters @SlateGabfest or email us at gabfest@slate.com. (Messages may be quoted by name unless the writer stipulates otherwise.)


    Podcast production by Jocelyn Frank.


    Research and show notes by Bridgette Dunlap.

    Need to set up your Slate Plus feed? If you subscribed through Slate.com, check out our FAQ at slate.com/podcastfaqs for easy instructions. Members subscribed via Apple Podcasts get automatic access—no setup required.

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    I Need More Ammunition Mar 03, 2022
    Show notes

    Emily Bazelon, John Dickerson and David Plotz discuss Ukraine's resistance, the State of the Union, and an increasing backlash against reformer prosecutors.


    Here are some notes and references from this week’s show:


    Thomas L. Friedman for The New York Times: “I See Three Scenarios for How This War Ends”


    Anne Appelbaum for the Atlantic: “The Bad Guys Are Winning”


    Gal Beckerman for The Atlantic: “How Zelensky Gave the World a Jewish Hero”


    Rebecca Davis O’Brien for The New York Times: “How This ‘Progressive Prosecutor’ Balances Politics and Public Safety”


    Heart of Darkness, by Joseph Conrad


    Charged: The New Movement to Transform American Prosecution and End Mass Incarceration, by Emily Bazelon



    Here’s this week’s chatter:


    David: The Postman, by David Brin


    Emily: In Love: A Memoir of Love and Loss, by Amy Bloom; Away, by Amy Bloom


    John: New York Times, Feb. 22, 1862: “The Execution of Nathaniel Gordon”


    Listener chatter from Leslie Camp: Phil Davison for The Washington Post: “Monique Hanotte, Belgian resistance member who rescued 135 downed Allied airmen in World War II, dies at 101”


    For this week’s Slate Plus bonus segment John, Emily and David discuss what they do to find and boost their courage.

    Tweet us your questions and chatters @SlateGabfest or email us at gabfest@slate.com. (Messages may be quoted by name unless the writer stipulates otherwise.)


    Podcast production by Jocelyn Frank.


    Research and show notes by Bridgette Dunlap.

    Need to set up your Slate Plus feed? If you subscribed through Slate.com, check out our FAQ at slate.com/podcastfaqs for easy instructions. Members subscribed via Apple Podcasts get automatic access—no setup required.

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    Special: Justice Jackson Feb 25, 2022
    Show notes

    Stanford Law professor Nathaniel Persily joins David and Emily to discuss President Biden’s nomination for associate justice of the Supreme Court, Ketanji Brown Jackson.

    You can tweet suggestions, links, and questions to @SlateGabfest. Tweet us your cocktail chatter using #cocktailchatter or post it to our Facebook page. (Messages may be quoted by name unless the writer stipulates otherwise.)

    The email address for the Political Gabfest is gabfest@slate.com. (Email may be quoted by name unless the writer stipulates otherwise.)


    Podcast production by Jocelyn Frank.

    Research and show notes by Bridgette Dunlap.

    Need to set up your Slate Plus feed? If you subscribed through Slate.com, check out our FAQ at slate.com/podcastfaqs for easy instructions. Members subscribed via Apple Podcasts get automatic access—no setup required.

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    Putin's War Feb 24, 2022
    Show notes

    Emily and David are joined by guest host Jane Coaston. The three discuss Putin's war with guest Julia Ioffe and also the GOP attacks on transgender children, and Democrats’ “hack gap.”


    Here are some notes and references from this week’s show:


    Julia Ioffe for Puck News: “Will Putin Get His World War III?”


    Anne Appelbaum for The Atlantic: “The Reason Putin Would Risk War”


    The Handmaid’s Tale, by Margaret Atwood



    Here’s this week’s chatter:


    David: Work at City Cast; David’s “Exploring a Secret Fort” tour for Atlas Obscura; Florida’s Mount Trashmore


    Emily: Danny Hakim and Jo Becker for The New York Times Magazine: “The Long Crusade of Clarence and Ginni Thomas”; Jane Mayer for The New Yorker: “Is Ginni Thomas a Threat to The Supreme Court?”


    Jane: Sports Twitter


    Listener chatter from Charlie Hunt: Christopher Ingraham for the Washington Post “The Owl Pellet Economy: Meet The Entrepreneurs Who’ve Devoted Their Lives to Bird Vomit.”

    For this week’s Slate Plus bonus segment, following the death of public health hero Paul Farmer, Emily and David discuss the concept of heroes and the roles they can play in contemporary life.

    Tweet us your questions and chatters @SlateGabfest or email us at gabfest@slate.com. (Messages may be quoted by name unless the writer stipulates otherwise.)


    Podcast production by Jocelyn Frank.


    Research and show notes by Bridgette Dunlap.

    Need to set up your Slate Plus feed? If you subscribed through Slate.com, check out our FAQ at slate.com/podcastfaqs for easy instructions. Members subscribed via Apple Podcasts get automatic access—no setup required.

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    Gabfest Reads: Heartbreak Feb 20, 2022
    Show notes

    Gabfest reads is a new monthly series from the hosts of the Political Gabfest. This month David Plotz talks with author Florence Williams about divorce, affection, good friendships, and her new book Heartbreak: A Personal and Scientific Journey.

    Tweet us your questions @SlateGabfest or email us at gabfest@slate.com. (Messages could be quoted by name unless the writer stipulates otherwise.)


    Podcast production by Jocelyn Frank.

    Need to set up your Slate Plus feed? If you subscribed through Slate.com, check out our FAQ at slate.com/podcastfaqs for easy instructions. Members subscribed via Apple Podcasts get automatic access—no setup required.

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    Angry Parents Feb 17, 2022
    Show notes

    Josie Duffy Rice, David Plotz and John Dickerson discuss America's radicalized parents; what the midterms may bring; and the Sandy Hook families’ victory.


    Here are some notes and references from this week’s show:


    Clara Jeffrey for Mother Jones: “What Pundits Don’t Understand About the San Francisco Recall”


    Jasper Scherer and Benjamin Wermund for The Houston Chronicle: “We Asked All 143 Texas GOP Congressional Candidates About Biden's Win. Only 13 Call it Legitimate.”


    John Dickerson for the Atlantic: “The GOP Has No Standards Now”


    Here’s this week’s chatter:


    John: Rosalind S. Helderman for the Washington Post: “All The Ways Trump Tried to Overturn The Election — And How it Could Happen Again.”


    Josie: The School for Good Mothers, by Jessamine Chan


    David: Watch some Olympic curling.


    Listener chatter from Paul Hiebing: Annie Rauwerda for Input Magazine: “The Adorable Love Story Behind Wikipedia’s ‘High Five’ Photos”

    For this week’s Slate Plus bonus segment Josie, John, and David discuss their hiding places as children and adults.

    Tweet us your questions and chatters @SlateGabfest or email us at gabfest@slate.com. (Messages may be quoted by name unless the writer stipulates otherwise.)


    Podcast production by Jocelyn Frank.

    Research and show notes by Bridgette Dunlap.

    Need to set up your Slate Plus feed? If you subscribed through Slate.com, check out our FAQ at slate.com/podcastfaqs for easy instructions. Members subscribed via Apple Podcasts get automatic access—no setup required.

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    Legitimate Political Discourse Feb 10, 2022
    Show notes

    Emily, John and David dig into SCOTUS's failure to enforce the Voting Rights Act, the GOP's embrace of January 6th rioters, and protests in Canada.


    Here are some notes and references from this week’s show:


    John Dickerson for The Atlantic: “The GOP Has No Standards Now”


    Adela Suliman for The Washington Post: “Marjorie Taylor Greene says Nancy Pelosi leads ‘gazpacho police,’ causing collective spit take”


    Brett Samuels for The Hill: “Pence breaks with Trump: 'I had no right to overturn the election'”



    Here’s this week’s chatter:


    Emily: Sam Levine for The Guardian: “The Black Woman Sentenced To Six Years In Prison Over A Voting Error”


    John: “John Grisham Reads Soggy Sweat's Whiskey Speech”


    David: Oliver Holmes for The Guardian: “Putin’s Massive Table: Powerplay or Paranoia?”


    Listener chatter from Cason Reily: BBC: “Who Is Sue Gray?”


    For this week’s Slate Plus bonus segment Emily, John, and David ponder what makes something qualify as a sport or a game.

    Tweet us your questions and chatters @SlateGabfest or email us at gabfest@slate.com. (Messages may be quoted by name unless the writer stipulates otherwise.)


    Podcast production by Jocelyn Frank.


    Research and show notes by Bridgette Dunlap.

    Need to set up your Slate Plus feed? If you subscribed through Slate.com, check out our FAQ at slate.com/podcastfaqs for easy instructions. Members subscribed via Apple Podcasts get automatic access—no setup required.

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    Am I Normal? Feb 03, 2022
    Show notes

    Emily, John and David discuss Donald Trump’s attempts to seize voting machines, the racist attacks on the yet-to-be-named SCOTUS nominee, and they are joined by Joseph Allen, director of the Healthy Buildings program at Harvard University's T. H. Chan School of Public Health, to discuss ways we might update U.S. COVID norms.


    Here are some notes and references from this week’s show:

    Joseph G. Allen for The Washington Post: “Our Playbook to Fight Covid-19 Is Outdated. Here Are 10 Updates for 2022.”


    Joseph G. Allen and Celine R. Gounder for The Hill: “We Have a Once-in-a-Generation Opportunity to Fix Our Crumbling Schools”


    Healthy Buildings: How Indoor Spaces Drive Performance and Productivity, by Joseph G. Allen and John D. Macomber


    Adam Serwer for The Atlantic: “Republicans Seem to Think Putting a Black Woman on the Supreme Court Is the Real Racism”


    Meltdown: What Plane Crashes, Oil Spills, and Dumb Business Decisions Can Teach Us About How to Succeed at Work and at Home, by Chris Clearfield and András Tilcsik


    Here’s this week’s chatter:


    Emily: Kristin Toussaint for Fast Company: “How Do Workers Take on a National Chain Like Starbucks? One Store at a Time”; Noam Scheiber for The New York Times: “Taking On Starbucks, Inspired by Bernie Sanders”


    John: Adam Gopnik for The New Yorker: “Molière to the Panthéon!”; History, Art and Archives: United States House of Representatives: Representative Clement Vallandigham of Ohio


    David: Neil Vigdor for the New York Times: “A Teenager Tracked Elon Musk’s Jet on Twitter. Then Came the Direct Message.”


    Listener chatter from Erin Arizzi-Shores: The Double Shift: “The Check's Not In The Mail”


    More listener chatter from Larry Williams: Barbara J. King for NPR: “Watch The Moment A Dying Chimpanzee Recognizes An Old Friend”; Mama's Last Hug: Animal Emotions and What They Tell Us about Ourselves, by Frans De Waal.


    For this week’s Slate Plus bonus segment Emily, John, and David offer advice about how to establish a work/life balance.

    Tweet us your questions and chatters @SlateGabfest or email us at gabfest@slate.com. (Messages may be quoted by name unless the writer stipulates otherwise.)


    Podcast production by Jocelyn Frank.

    Research and show notes by Bridgette Dunlap.

    Need to set up your Slate Plus feed? If you subscribed through Slate.com, check out our FAQ at slate.com/podcastfaqs for easy instructions. Members subscribed via Apple Podcasts get automatic access—no setup required.

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


    The Breyerwatch Hath Ended Jan 27, 2022
    Show notes

    John, Emily and David discuss Justice Breyer’s retirement. They are joined by Anne Applebaum to talk about what global moves may be coming to address threats to Ukraine, and The Gist’s Mike Pesca covers a round robin of the week's news.


    Here are some notes and references from this week’s show:


    The Authority of the Court and the Peril of Politics, by Stephen Breyer


    Anne Applebaum for The Atlantic: “The Bad Guys Are Winning”


    The Gist


    Slow Burn: Watergate


    Station Eleven, by Emily St. John Mandel


    Station Elevenseries on HBO Max


    The Way We Live Now, by Anthony Trollope


    Here’s this week’s chatter:


    Emily: Vauhini Vara for Believer Magazine: “Ghosts”; This American Life: “The Ghost in The Machine”


    John: Dylan Matthews for Vox: “Can Giving Parents Cash Help With Babies’ Brain Development?”


    David: Tiffany Lukk for Mpls.St.Paul Magazine: “Where to Go Dog Sledding in Minnesota”; Nicole Wetsman for The Verge: “CDC Emails Show That Vaccine Cards Are Supposed To Fit In Your Wallet: The Covid-19 Cards Do Not Fit In Wallets”


    Listener chatter from Tom McIlroy: Michael Zhang for PetaPixel: “Photographer Finds Polar Bears That Took Over Abandoned Buildings”


    For this week’s Slate Plus bonus segment Emily, John, and David discuss the screen adaptation of Station Eleven.

    Tweet us your questions and chatters @SlateGabfest or email us at gabfest@slate.com. (Messages may be quoted by name unless the writer stipulates otherwise.)


    Podcast production by Jocelyn Frank.


    Research and show notes by Bridgette Dunlap.

    Need to set up your Slate Plus feed? If you subscribed through Slate.com, check out our FAQ at slate.com/podcastfaqs for easy instructions. Members subscribed via Apple Podcasts get automatic access—no setup required.

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


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