Political Gabfest - The America's National Shame Edition
Political Gabfest
Slate Podcasts
4.4 • 8.5K Ratings
🗓️ 12 December 2014
⏱️ 55 minutes
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Summary
David Plotz, Emily Bazelon, and John Dickerson discuss the Senate Intelligence Committee's so-called "torture report," the unraveling Rolling Stone story about an alleged rape at UVA, and the satirical performance art that was the Colbert Report.Show notes at www.slate.com/gabfest.
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| 0:39.5 | Hello and welcome to Slate Political Gap Fest for December 12, 2014. |
| 0:51.1 | The America's National Shame Edition had a different title, but Emily and John stopped |
| 0:57.4 | me from using it. |
| 0:58.4 | I'm David Plots about with Sapskura, Emily Vazlon, and John Dickerson are conspiring against |
| 1:03.5 | me together in New York. |
| 1:04.5 | I'm in DC. |
| 1:05.8 | Just the way we like it. |
| 1:07.3 | Yeah, although I feel at the end of the year, I'm always trying to gather traditions |
| 1:12.9 | together. |
| 1:13.9 | I think it kicks off at Thanksgiving and I go and see my stepfather. |
| 1:17.1 | I feel like we should have had an end of the year tradition of a long, boozy lunch. |
| 1:22.2 | That would be so great. |
| 1:23.7 | I love a long, boozy lunch. |
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