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Political Gabfest

Kevin McCarthy In Hell

Political Gabfest

Slate Podcasts

Politics, Government, News

4.58.3K Ratings

🗓️ 5 January 2023

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

This week, David Plotz, Emily Bazelon, and John Dickerson discuss GOP’s speakership debacle; George Santos; and improving access to medication abortion. Here are some notes and references from this week’s show: Emily Bazelon for The New York Times: “The Dawn of the Post-Clinic Abortion” Emily Bazelon for The New York Times: “Risking Everything to Offer Abortions Across State Lines” Mark Oppenheimer for The New York Times: “Why Did George Santos Lie About Being Jewish?” Here are this week’s chatters: John: Winesburg, Ohio, by Sherwood Anderson Emily: The Furrows, by Namwali Serpell; Tár ; Zadie Smith for The New York Review of Books: “The Instrumentalist”; Amanda Hess for The New York Times: “Breaking Out of the #MeToo Movie Formula”; Dan Kois for Slate: “Tár Is the Most-Talked-About Movie of the Year. So Why Is Everyone Talking About It All Wrong?” David: Gastrodiplomacy Listener chatter from Nathan Kamps: Miles Klee for Rolling Stone: “‘A Celebrity in the Land of Celebrities’: Remembering P-22, L.A.’s Favorite Mountain Lion” For this week’s Slate Plus bonus segment Emily, David, and John discuss the ethics of watching football in light of Damar Hamlin’s life threatening injury. 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 Cheyna Roth. Research 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 Gabb Fest.

0:16.0

January 5, 2023, the Kevin McCarthy Inhell edition.

0:21.7

I am David Plots of CityCast in Washington DC.

0:25.2

I'm joined by John Dickerson of CBS' Prime Time from New York City.

0:30.1

Hello John.

0:31.1

Hello David.

0:32.2

And by Emily Bazelon of the New York Times Magazine and Yale University Law School

0:36.0

from New Haven.

0:37.0

Hello Emily.

0:38.0

Hello happy New Year to everybody.

0:39.6

Happy New Year.

0:40.6

Happy New Year.

0:41.6

I hope you guys had a happy New Year.

0:42.6

We haven't even talked about it.

0:43.9

It was happy until we should let listeners know that your New York correspondent is operating

0:49.2

on like an hour of sleep over three days because he's done something awful to his back.

0:54.2

So I must be excused for anything that I say because I cannot stand upright.

0:59.7

I want everything excused except for the smart things they say in which case it's a sign

1:04.0

of my innate inescapable skill.

1:06.9

I don't know whether this punch drunk sleeplessness will make you goofy or just slow.

1:12.9

We'll find out.

1:13.9

Ow.

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