15th Anniversary

Political Gabfest

Slate Podcasts

News, Politics, Government

4.4 • 8.5K Ratings

🗓️ 31 December 2020

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

Emily Bazelon, John Dickerson and David Plotz reminisce about 15 years of podcasting together. They look back on past mistakes and deliver fresh kindnesses. This live show was recorded on Dec 9, 2020. You can watch a special tribute video here and a video of the entire 15th Anniversary Show is here. Here are some references from this week’s show: Jonathan Rauch for the Atlantic: “How American Politics Went Insane” Conor Friedersdorf for the Atlantic: “Working Mom Arrested for Letting Her 9-Year-Old Play Alone at Park” Here are this week’s cocktail chatters: John: The Washington Post: “Sept. 8 in History: Evel Knievel’s Canyon Jump, Nixon Pardon” Emily: Catrin Einhorn and Christopher Flavelle for The New York Times: “A Race Against Time to Rescue a Reef From Climate Change” David: Washington Post: “Plastic Surgeons Say Business Is Up, Partly Because Clients Don’t Like How They Look On Zoom” Slate Plus members get a bonus segment on the Gabfest each week, and access to special bonus episodes throughout the year. Sign up now to listen and support our show. For this week’s Slate Plus bonus segment David, Emily, and John share politically-themed cocktail recipes from listeners and of their own. You can tweet suggestions, links, and questions to @SlateGabfest. Tweet us your cocktail chatter using #cocktailchatter. (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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:26.9	Slack.com slash DHQ. Hey, Gapfest fans. This is a very special episode of the Political
0:33.7	Gapfest. We celebrated our 15th anniversary with a fantastic live show on December 9th.
0:39.3	It was a night of reminiscing, looking back on past mistakes and delivering fresh kindnesses.
0:46.1	And here's the podcast edition of that wonderful show. So happy listening and happy new year.
0:51.2	We'll be back with a regular show next week. Hello and welcome to the Slate Political
1:04.7	Gapfest for December 9th 2020. The 15th anniversary edition. We are live on Facebook and YouTube.
1:14.6	We wish we were live in a theater somewhere, but we're in our living rooms. I'm David
1:19.2	Plots of CityCast. I'm at home in my living room in Washington, D.C. I am joined by my beloved
1:25.6	co-hosts of all these years from New York City, John Dickerson of CBS 60 Minutes. Hello, John.
1:33.3	Hello, David. And from New Orleans, yet she's found to get another new place to go, not
1:40.2	a new Haven, a New Orleans, Emily Baslan of Yale University Law School, and the New York
1:44.5	Times Magazine. Hello, Emily. Hello, John and David.
1:48.7	Do you guys get your Trump pardon in the mail today? I got mine. That's great. What crime
1:53.8	would you be guilty of that you would need pardoning for? I think as we'll discover in the
2:00.0	course of the show, it's probably sanctimonious stupidity. What about you? Luckily, those are
2:05.9	not in the criminal statute. Some petty larceny. You know, just the spice up the day.
2:10.6	Emily? Let's see. It's okay. No, read the average in patience,
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