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Political Gabfest

Slate Podcasts

Politics, Government, News

4.5 • 8.3K Ratings

🗓️ 15 July 2021

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

John, David and Josie discuss the escalating threats to democratic elections, minors’ rights to vaccination, and Josh Levin on the podcast One Year: 1977. Here are some notes and references from this week’s show: Slate’s One Year: 1977 The Queen: The Forgotten Life Behind an American Myth, by Josh Levin Citizen Kane Ulysses, by James Joyce Here’s this week’s chatter: John: Gaia Pianigiani and Emma Bubola for The New York Times: “Italy’s Government to Ban Cruise Ships From Venice”; The New York Times: “How Much Hotter Is Your Hometown Than When You Were Born?” Josie: Detransition, Baby, by Torrey Peters David: City Cast: “City Cast Expands to 8 New Cities” Listener chatter from Chris Heuberger, @chrisbup: David Owen for The New Yorker: “How a Young Activist Is Helping Pope Francis Battle Climate Change”; Solvable podcast: “Mapping Catholic Lands Can Help Solve Biodiversity Loss and Climate Change.” If you enjoy the show, please consider signing up for Slate Plus. Slate Plus members get benefits like zero ads on any Slate podcast, bonus episodes of shows like Slow Burn and Danny Lavery's new show Big Mood, Little Mood" and you’ll be supporting the Political Gabfest. Sign up now at slate.com/gabfestplus to help support our work. For this week’s Slate Plus bonus segment, John, Josie and David give classical music another review. 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 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	Hello and welcome to the Slate Politif Gap Fest,
0:09.1	where July 15th, 2021, the mature minor edition,
0:13.3	I am David Plots of CityCast.
0:15.0	I am in Vermont, not in Washington, D.C.
0:18.8	I'm in Vermont, great green state Vermont.
0:21.5	I'm joined by John Dickerson of CBS Sunday Morning,
0:27.2	CBS Face the Nation.
0:28.6	Hello John Dickerson from New York.
0:30.8	Hello David.
0:32.4	From his new home in New York I think.
0:34.3	No I'm not in the new home yet.
0:35.8	Are you not in the new home yet?
0:36.9	No I'm in the very room in which you spent the night.
0:39.5	You're very small on my screen,
0:40.8	so I couldn't really tell where you are.
0:42.6	Yeah, I'll be.
0:43.8	And also I just like, I just look into your eyes John.
0:46.8	I can't see anything around you.
0:48.0	We've found a new place to live,
0:49.4	but we haven't haven't moved there yet.
0:51.6	And Emily, as promised last week, is on vacation.
0:54.4	I'm well-deserved vacation and we're so we're joined
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