Bomb Iran--We’ve Had a Bomb Iran Edition Before

Political Gabfest

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News, Politics, Government

4.4 • 8.5K Ratings

🗓️ 9 January 2020

⏱️ 63 minutes

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Emily Bazelon, John Dickerson and David Plotz, with Iran expert Suzanne Maloney discuss Iran, the Democratic presidential race, and John Bolton. For this week’s Slate Plus bonus segment, Emily, David, and John discuss The Morning Show. 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	Hello and welcome to the Slate Political Gap Fest for January 9, 2020, the BOM Iran Edition.
0:13.0	We've had a BOM Iran Edition before, actually.
0:15.0	As I say that, we've done that before.
0:17.1	I am David Plots of Atlas, obscure I am in Washington, DC, where I'm joined by no one,
0:23.4	but in New Haven, Connecticut, on the campus of Yale University.
0:28.7	Emily Balson of the New York Times Magazine.
0:30.3	Hello, Emily.
0:31.3	Hello, that was such a lined up.
0:33.4	It seemed like you were going to be doing something more exciting.
0:35.5	And then you did it, O.L.
0:37.1	I had exactly the same reaction.
0:39.1	I thought, my gosh, she's really reaching into the old bag of tricks.
0:42.7	I was trying to think of something interesting to say about you after all these years,
0:46.4	and I have nothing but to say about you.
0:48.1	Well, I mean, he used the word sinecure a couple of weeks ago,
0:52.7	and we all rained down on him with a theory of a thousand sons.
0:57.7	That voice back after a trip elsewhere to beyond.
1:03.5	I don't even know where you were, John.
1:05.0	I think I'm about to find out, is John Dickerson of CBS 60 Minutes?
1:08.2	Hello.
1:09.2	Hi.
1:10.2	I was on break.
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