Loyalty Tests and The Bridge of Death | The Oval Office
Whistlestop: Presidential History and Trivia
Slate Podcasts
4.8 • 1.4K Ratings
🗓️ 26 July 2017
⏱️ 45 minutes
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Summary
This episode of Whistlestop revisits July 1979 when President Carter prepared to cut a number of his cabinet members free and start afresh.
Whistlestop is Slate's podcast about presidential history. Hosted by political correspondent and Political Gabfest panelist John Dickerson, each installment will revisit memorable (or even forgotten) moments from America's Presidential carnival.
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Podcast production and edit by Jocelyn Frank. Research by Brian Rosenwald.
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| 0:00.0 | Whether it's an under the radar genre or a proper out there podcast |
| 0:05.0 | sometimes it's better when you get weird especially when it comes to switching up your soft drink |
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| 0:30.3 | The new Samsung Galaxy Z Flip5 and Chromebook are better together. |
| 0:37.0 | Take hands-free selfies which automatically sync to your Chromebook, ready to edit, and access |
| 0:41.6 | recent chrome tabs across both devices. |
| 0:44.0 | The new Galaxy Z Flip5 and Chromebook, better together. |
| 0:48.0 | Available on Sky Mobile. |
| 0:50.0 | Bluetooth and internet connection required. |
| 0:52.0 | You must be signed into the same Google account on both your phone and Chromebook. |
| 0:57.0 | Hello and welcome to Whistlestop. |
| 0:59.8 | I'm John Dickerson faced the nation. |
| 1:10.0 | You remember the bridge scene from Monty Python, don't you? Oh, it crossed the bridge of death must answer me. These questions thee. |
| 1:15.6 | There the other side he see. |
| 1:18.1 | Ask me the questions, Bridge Cleaver. I'm not afraid. |
| 1:20.8 | Any of the members of King Arthur's court who didn't answer the right question at the |
| 1:25.7 | bridge of death would be cast high into the air and down into the pile of bones in the |
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