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Political Gabfest

Cooper, Taylor, SCIFer Spy

Political Gabfest

Slate Podcasts

News, Politics, Government

4.48.5K Ratings

🗓️ 24 October 2019

⏱️ 67 minutes

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Summary

Emily Bazelon, John Dickerson and David Plotz discuss damning new impeachment testimony, Facebook under fire, and taking to the streets against Trump. For this week’s Slate Plus bonus segment, David, Emily, and John take inspiration from Christine Lagarde’s lesson on pretending to drink wine and discuss things they fake doing. Get your tickets to the Gabfest’s December 18, 2019 “Conundrum” live show at the Fox Theater in Oakland, CA here.    And submit your conundrums at Slate.com/conundrum! 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

Hello and welcome to the Slate political gap festival October 24th 2019, the Cooper Taylor

0:11.5

Skiffer spy edition.

0:12.5

I am David Plots of Atlas of Scriur.

0:14.8

I am in Washington DC joining me from New Haven, Connecticut from New York Times magazine

0:24.0

and Yale University Law School.

0:25.5

It is Emily Vazlon.

0:26.8

Hello Emily.

0:28.2

Hi, you sound like an announcer for the next Democratic debate.

0:31.5

Are you practicing?

0:32.5

Are you in a moderator?

0:34.2

They have not asked me to moderate.

0:36.4

Maybe they're asking for moderate.

0:38.0

And from CBS's 60 minutes where he has now been inaugurated, he has said, I'm John

0:47.4

and I'm John Dickerson.

0:48.6

On 60 minutes, it is in fact John Dickerson.

0:52.0

Hello John Dickerson.

0:53.0

Hello David.

0:54.0

Hello Emily.

0:55.0

Hello.

0:56.0

I'm very excited for your debut.

0:57.9

Can I just say that?

0:58.9

Yes, we are excited.

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