The following is a real listener complaint about Slate's sports podcast Hang Up and Listen, posted recently on iTunes by a user named Chimps in Suits.

Four out of five stars. My only complaint is that there aren't more shows like this available.

Dear Chimps in Suits, we'll see what we can do. Visit slate.com slash hangup to lodge your grievance, to listen to the show, and to

subscribe.

Hello and welcome to the Slate Political Gab Fest for Friday, October 28th.

I'm Emily Bazelon.

I'm here in our New York studio for a change with David Plotz. And John Dixon, our senior political correspondent chief guru, is in

Washington. Hey, John. Hey. Hi. Hi. All right. So before we start, let's do our live show.

Were you surprised at Emily's hosting?

I couldn't be more surprised.

But I'm always delighted to hear her voice.

So whatever surprise I may have had was a good, 11th.

A good recovery there.

All right.

So our live show announcements, we will be absolutely for sure in Des Moines. No, not in Des Moines, at Grinnell College in Iowa.

Should I start that over again?

No. What kind of host are you?

I'm like a slightly flubbing sort of host. We will be at Grinnell College in Iowa on December the 7th.

We're really excited for this show. And we would love for you to write into us and let us know that you are coming. It will be reassuring and confidence building for us. So please do that. And then we're also at gabfest at slate.com. Thank you, David. And we're also, or you can write into our Facebook page.

And we also are thinking about maybe coming to Austin, Texas for a show in January.

So we would love to have an email and Facebook show of hands for enthusiasm about that idea.

So we can figure out whether that is indeed a good spot for us. And we'll also be in New York, hopefully,

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