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Political Gabfest

Bernie Burns It and Biden Bites It

Political Gabfest

Slate Podcasts

News, Politics, Government

4.48.5K Ratings

🗓️ 13 February 2020

⏱️ 64 minutes

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Summary

David Plotz, Emily Bazelon and John Dickerson discuss the Democrats after New Hampshire, Trump’s emboldened post-impeachment moves, and COVID-19. For this week’s Slate Plus bonus segment, Emily, David, and John discuss the possibility that Trump will order that future federal buildings have only neoclassical designs. 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

Transcript

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0:00.0

This episode of The Gap Fest contains explicit language.

0:03.6

Hello and welcome to the Slate Political Gap Fest, or February 13, 2020.

0:15.8

The Bernie Burns It and Biden Byte Set Edition.

0:19.0

I, and David Flots of Outlooks, here I feel a lot better than I did last week.

0:24.0

Thank you.

0:25.0

Thanks for your good wishes for my recovery.

0:27.8

I have recovered.

0:28.8

Did you actually get good wishes?

0:30.8

Yeah, I did.

0:31.8

Couple.

0:32.8

I wanted to.

0:33.8

My mother.

0:34.8

My mother.

0:35.8

Unfortunately, I've given this illness to my kid who's now home sick, so I have to race

0:41.5

home after this podcast to go sit with my child.

0:45.6

That, oh my God, came from John Dickerson of CBS 60 Minutes in New York, hello John.

0:50.4

Hello, David.

0:52.2

And that, uh, uh, explanation of some other sort, which I didn't catch, came from Emily

0:56.4

Bazelon in New Haven on the campus of Yale University and representing the New York Times

1:03.2

magazine team.

1:04.2

Hello Emily.

1:05.2

Hi, David.

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