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Political Gabfest

Slate Podcasts

Politics, Government, News

4.5 • 8.3K Ratings

🗓️ 1 September 2022

⏱️ 61 minutes

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This week, David Plotz, Emily Bazelon, and John Dickerson discuss Trump’s strange legal maneuvering in the obstruction investigation; what Trump’s second term would do to U.S. democracy; and what voters deserve to know about a candidate’s health. Here are some notes and references from this week’s show: Jonathan Rauch for The Atlantic “Trump’s Second Term Would Look Like This” Age of Innocence, by Edith Wharton Portrait of a Lady, by Henry James Heart of Darkness, by Joseph Conrad Lord Jim, by Joseph Conrad Working: People Talk About What They Do All Day and How They Feel About What They Do, by Studs Terkel This Is Chance!: The Shaking of an All-American City, a Voice That Held It Together, by Jon Mooallem The Way We Live Now, by Anthony Trollope Here are this week’s chatters: John: Ella Koeze, Denise Lu and Charlie Smart for The New York Times: “Can You Gerrymander Your Party to Power?” Emily: Aaron Byrd, Weiyi Cai, Geoff Macdonald, Emily Rhyne, Noah Throop, Joe Ward and Jeremy White for The New York Times: “The Toss” David: CityCast DC; Bad Sisters Listener chatter from Michael Koehler: Christo Grozev for Bellingcat: “Socialite, Widow, Jeweller, Spy: How a GRU Agent Charmed Her Way Into NATO Circles in Italy” For this week’s Slate Plus bonus segment Emily, David, and John discuss the non-political books that most influenced their understanding of politics. 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 Kevin Bendis. Research by Bridgette Dunlap. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:32.5	Hello and welcome to the Slate Political Gap Fest.
0:45.7	For September 1st, 2022, it's the diligent search edition.
0:51.2	I am David Plott's of CityCast, I'm here in Washington DC.
0:54.3	I'm joined by my confrairs, John Degersen of CBS News, from not from New York, but from
1:01.1	somewhere traveling.
1:02.1	Hello John.
1:03.8	You reach me in a hotel room as we are dropping off our child to college, the last one, a
1:12.6	whole new chapter opening in human experience.
1:16.4	He's going to empty nest tomorrow, friends, John Degersen.
1:19.7	So, so, shut it to you for John Degersen.
1:21.8	We're joined by our ready empty nest or Emily Bazzleon of the New York Times Magazine
1:25.4	and Yale University Law School from New Haven.
1:27.3	Hello Emily.
1:28.3	Hey David, hey John.
1:30.3	Hey.
1:31.8	This week on the Gap Fest, we're not going to talk about Serena, although that is all
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