Political Gabfest
Slate Podcasts
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.Want more Political Gabfest? Join Slate Plus to unlock weekly bonus episodes. Plus, you’ll access ad-free listening across all your favorite Slate podcasts. You can subscribe directly from the Political Gabfest show page on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. Or, visit slate.com/gabfestplus to get access wherever you listen. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Apr 8, 2011 • 56min
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 8, 2011 • 28min
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 1, 2011 • 49min
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.
Mar 25, 2011 • 46min
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, 2011 • 7min
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 16, 2011 • 47min
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 11, 2011 • 51min
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 4, 2011 • 50min
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.
Feb 25, 2011 • 48min
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 18, 2011 • 50min
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.
