49 years and 364 days of Plotz

Political Gabfest

Slate Podcasts

News, Politics, Government

4.4 • 8.5K Ratings

🗓️ 30 January 2020

⏱️ 70 minutes

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David, Emily and John discuss outlandish impeachment defenses, the approaching Iowa caucuses, and the Supreme Court allowing the “public charge” rule to go into effect. For this week’s Slate Plus bonus segment, Emily, David, and John discuss the Washington Post suspending Felicia Sonmez for her tweets about Kobe Bryant. 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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	[♪ OUTRO MUSIC PLAYING [♪
0:07.4	Hello and welcome to the Slate Political Gap Fest for January 30th, 2020, the 49 years and 364 days of Plot's edition.
0:14.4	I'm David Plot's Vowel, so I'll obscure it. It's all about me because my 50th birthday is tomorrow, so I decided to name the show after myself.
0:20.4	So... just enjoy that.
0:23.2	Hmm.
0:24.2	There's a lot of acts of narcissism going on in the world right now. I'm glad you've added to the pile.
0:30.0	That is Emily Bazelon, not yet 50 of New York Times Magazine and Yale University, joining from New Haven. Hello, Emily.
0:37.8	Hello, David.
0:39.8	And with me here in DC, thank goodness he is 50, maybe 51.
0:45.0	Oh my God, I'm 51.
0:46.6	I'm, yeah, exactly. I mean, I'm just, it's a marvel that I didn't trip over my walker getting in here.
0:52.2	It's John Dickerson of CBS, a 60 minutes in town, to do some impeachment journalism for CBS.
0:58.9	So check your television for some Dickerson.
1:02.7	It's always good to get some Dickerson on television.
1:05.8	On today's gap, yeah, I started putting clips like the people I used to find so annoying.
1:10.3	I put clips of myself now on my Twitter feed. I'm that person now.
1:13.5	Oh my God.
1:14.3	Oh no, I know, but I don't do it that much, so it's okay.
1:17.5	It's okay.
1:18.7	Did you name a show after yourself? Like I did.
1:21.0	No, but I'm just, I just want to own that because I just, I feel as though I need to own that.
1:28.6	There we go.
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