Political Gabfest - 2025 Conundrums!
Political Gabfest
Slate Podcasts
4.6 • 242 Ratings
🗓️ 26 December 2025
⏱️ 83 minutes
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Summary
This week, Emily Bazelon, John Dickerson, David Plotz, and special guest Stephen Colbert answer listeners’ conundrums of all kinds: the meaningful, the trivial, and the delightfully absurd.
Thanks to all Conundrums contributors: Karl, Elodie, Mitchell, Brian, Phil, Eric, Christian, Kyle, Matthew, Katie, Jesse, John, Bjorn, David, Colin, Alan, Emily, Marie, and Liam!
Email your chatters, questions, and comments to gabfest@slate.com. (Messages may be referenced by name unless the writer stipulates otherwise.)
Podcast production by Nina Porzucki with live show support from Katie Rayford and the team at the New York Society for Ethical Culture
Research by Emily Ditto
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