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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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The Live in San Francisco Superfest Edition Oct 10, 2014

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With MC Mike Pesca, the Political and Culture Gabfests team up to discuss California's recent "Yes Means Yes" legislation and the new wave of political TV shows. They also debate the merits of the Silicon Valley ethos and play a few rounds of Dictionary.Show notes at www.slate.com/gabfest.

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Political: The Jump the Fence Edition Oct 03, 2014

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Emily Bazelon, David Plotz, and John Dickerson discuss the bungling, bullying Secret Service, the possibility that Mitt Romney may still harbor presidential ambitions, and the peculiar Senate race in Kansas.Show notes at www.slate.com/gabfest.

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The Dead, Dead, Dead at 75 Edition Sep 26, 2014

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Emily Bazelon, David Plotz, and John Dickerson discuss the resignation of Attorney General Eric Holder, the bombing campaign against ISIS, and Ezekiel Emanuel's Atlantic piece, "Why I Hope to Die at 75."Show notes at www.slate.com/gabfest.

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The Spanking Edition Sep 19, 2014

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Emily Bazelon, David Plotz, and John Dickerson discuss the apparent desire for a progressive presidential candidate. They also talk about the growing Ebola epidemic and the controversy over corporal punishment.Show notes at www.slate.com/gabfest.

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The They May Take Our Lives But They'll Never Take Our Freedom Edition Sep 12, 2014

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Emily Bazelon, David Plotz, and John Dickerson discuss President Obama's plans to defeat the Islamic State. They also talk about the war for women voters in the upcoming midterm elections and Scotland's move toward independence from the United Kingdom.Show notes at www.slate.com/gabfest.

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The In the Cloud, No One Knows You're a Dog Edition Sep 05, 2014

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Emily Bazelon, David Plotz, and John Dickerson discuss Putin's dastardly designs on Ukraine with Slate foreign editor Will Dobson. They also talk about the upcoming midterm elections and the fallout over stolen photos of actress Jennifer Lawrence.Show notes at www.slate.com/gabfest.

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The Gabfest to End All Gabfests Edition Aug 29, 2014

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Slate's Political Gabfest, featuring Emily Bazelon, David Plotz, John Dickerson, and special guest Dan Carlin. This week: Executive action on immigration, the Ex-Im Bank and crony capitalism, and the centenary of WWI.Show notes at www.slate.com/gabfest.

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The "Why Isn't Everyone Rioting?" Edition Aug 22, 2014

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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.

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The Political Gabfest: The All Criminal Justice Edition Aug 15, 2014

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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.

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The Political Gabfest: The Conservative Nanny State Edition Aug 08, 2014

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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.

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