Angry Parents

Political Gabfest

Slate Podcasts

Politics, Government, News

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🗓️ 17 February 2022

⏱️ 53 minutes

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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 [email protected]. (Messages 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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0:28.9	Hello and welcome to the Slate Political Gap Test for February 17, 2022. The Angry Parents
0:42.9	Edition, I am David Plots of CityCast. I'm right here in Washington, D.C. I'm joined as
0:49.8	always by John Dickerson of CBS's Sunday Morning from New York, hello John. Hello, David.
0:56.0	And Emily is out. I don't know where she is. I don't even know where anybody is. She was
1:02.5	texting me last night. Is she on the show? No. So mysterious. Doesn't matter.
1:09.7	Just because she's not on the show doesn't mean she's expired.
1:14.6	All I know is she's driving somewhere that takes a long time. That's what I've been told.
1:19.7	Oh, that's good to know. Here's Josie Duffy Rice, beloved Gap Fest regular, a writer in
1:26.3	Atlanta. Hello, Josie. Thank you for joining us. Hi, thank you for having me. You're not
1:31.5	driving anywhere. I'm driving nowhere. I don't like to drive.
1:34.9	Well, Atlanta will cure you if you want to drive anywhere. That's very true. We're not
1:39.7	the best drivers. That's for sure. The worst accident in that it was the most expensive
1:44.3	accident of my life. It happened in the 24 hours I once drove in Atlanta the only time
1:49.0	of a driven Atlanta. I got into it just a stupid tiny little accident that was hideously
1:53.9	expensive. My husband who's from LA is constantly shocked that there isn't just a wreck every
2:00.4	two blocks in Atlanta. He says we're the worst drivers he's ever seen.
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