Political Gabfest | Only 100 Days

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News, News Commentary, Politics

4.6 • 6K Ratings

🗓️ 1 May 2025

⏱️ 73 minutes

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Summary

This week, Emily Bazelon, John Dickerson, and David Plotz discuss the Trump administration’s first 100 days and recent polls, the state of American health policy and underlying DOGE cuts with reporter Dan Diamond, and a potential radical shift in American life if the Supreme Court allows a religious charter school in Oklahoma. For this week’s Slate Plus bonus episode, Emily and David interview John about his professional and personal experience of covering the funeral of Pope Francis in Rome for CBS Evening News. In the latest Gabfest Reads, John talks with author Maggie Smith about her new book, Dear Writer: Pep Talks & Practical Advice for the Creative Life. Email your chatters, questions, and comments to [email protected]. (Messages may be referenced by name unless the writer stipulates otherwise.) Research by Emily Ditto Want more Political Gabfest? Join Slate Plus to unlock weekly bonus episodes. Plus, you’ll access ad-free listening across all your favorite Slate podcasts. You can subscribe directly from the Political Gabfest show page on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. Or visit slate.com/gabfestplus to get access wherever you listen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to the Slate Political Gab Fest.
0:07.0	Maybe the children will have two dolls instead of 30 dollars, you know?
0:12.0	And maybe the two dolls will cost a couple of bucks more than they would normally.
0:16.0	May 1st, 2025, only 100 Days edition.
0:23.8	I'm David Plotz of Citycast in Washington, D.C.
0:30.2	From New York City and the CBS Evening News where he is the anchor,
0:34.7	co-anchor, and the CBS Evening News Plus where he is the anchor, John Dickerson.
0:36.8	Very hard to keep it all straight.
0:39.2	Hi, it's good to be back.
0:40.0	I missed you guys.
0:41.7	Arrivederchi.
0:42.7	Buena noote.
0:45.6	Ciao, whatever we say.
0:46.4	Back from room.
0:56.0	Then from New Haven, where he's having a pizza, is Emily Bazelon of the New York Times Magazine and Yale University Law School.
0:56.7	Hello, Emily.
0:58.4	Hey, so glad you're back, John.
1:04.5	I saw that Yale, that New Haven pizza place is, it's like 100 years or something?
1:04.9	Yes.
1:08.3	Why are you sounding discordful or disbelieving?
1:14.0	It's an ancient or not ancient tradition. Yes. Yeah, and it's good. It's really good. It's not, it lasted for 100 years for a reason. This week on the GabFest, we will assess the cataclysmic insane first 100 days of the Trump presidency and what the polls are telling us about how Americans are thinking about it. Then we will talk to GabFest
1:28.9	favorite health policy reporter Dan Diamond about how Trump and RFK Jr. are remaking health policy,
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