Dark Psychic Force

Political Gabfest

Slate Podcasts

News, Politics, Government

4.4 • 8.5K Ratings

🗓️ 1 August 2019

⏱️ 62 minutes

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Summary

Emily Bazelon, John Dickerson and David Plotz discuss the Democratic primary debates, Trump’s nominee for director of national intelligence, and whether heat waves across the globe could inspire real action on climate change. For this week’s Slate Plus bonus segment, Emily, David, and John discuss their favorite summer games. 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	This episode of The Gabfest contains explicit language.
0:03.6	Hello and welcome to the Slate Political Gabfest, August 1st, 2019, the dark psychic force edition.
0:16.6	I am David Plotz.
0:18.1	About to subscribe on your own in Washington, DC, and once again with me.
0:22.2	Now, a sort of semi-permanent resident of perhaps the nation's capital is John Dickerson of CBS60M.
0:28.2	That's hello John.
0:29.3	Hello David, don't confuse people.
0:30.8	I'm just here working on the book.
0:33.1	John's worried someone's going to make him do something.
0:36.5	John is not a semi-permanent resident.
0:38.5	He's a Gothamite now.
0:40.0	That other voice, of course, is Emily Bazlon of the New York Times magazine and Yale University Law School.
0:44.7	Hello, Emily.
0:46.0	Hello, hello.
0:48.0	And you're not a newbie.
0:49.7	No, I'm a mean.
0:51.7	The lovely place in Maine.
0:53.7	That's so nice.
0:54.7	I am jealous.
0:56.0	Emily is joining us via Skype, so we will see how that connection goes.
1:00.8	On today's Gabfest, who won the second Democratic debates?
1:06.4	Why did they win them?
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