Great and Unmatched Wisdom

Political Gabfest

Slate Podcasts

News, Politics, Government

4.4 • 8.5K Ratings

🗓️ 10 October 2019

⏱️ 64 minutes

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Summary

Emily Bazelon, John Dickerson and David Plotz discuss obstruction of impeachment investigations, the new Supreme Court term, and Bernie Sanders’ health. 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. Correction 10/10/2019: When first published, this episode referenced a Tweet in which Ivanka Trump was quoted criticizing Hunter Biden for getting a position through nepotism. The quote was fabricated and has been removed from our episode. 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 October 10th, 2019, the Great,
0:12.6	An Unmatched Wisdom Edition.
0:14.3	That could be every edition of the Gap Fest, in my view.
0:17.6	There's only great and unmatched wisdom here.
0:19.9	I am David Plotz-Battle, so let's obscure it.
0:22.2	Providing the Great Wisdom is John Dickerson of CBS's 60 Minutes from New York, Hello,
0:27.4	John.
0:28.4	Hi.
0:29.7	Providing the unmatched wisdom is Emily Bazlon of the New York Times magazine and of Yale
0:34.6	University Law School from New Haven.
0:36.6	Hello, Emily.
0:37.6	Hello, huh.
0:38.6	What kind of wisdom are you offering?
0:40.6	None.
0:41.6	I don't have the offering wisdom.
0:44.4	I'm like, you know how in the Socratic dialogues, there's the dumbos who ask questions and
0:49.5	the Socrates just kind of demolishes?
0:52.3	That's me.
0:53.3	That's my role.
0:54.3	Not at all.
0:55.3	Not at all.
0:56.3	Never.
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