Political Gabfest - The Bags and Bags and More Bags of Cash Edition
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🗓️ 29 May 2015
⏱️ 54 minutes
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Emily Bazelon, David Plotz, and John Dickerson discuss the U.S. government's case against international soccer's most powerful and corrupt organization, the assault against the USA PATRIOT Act, and a curious Supreme Court case that could be a boon to Republicans.The Slate Political Gabfest is sponsored by Stamps.com. Buy and print official U.S. postage using your own computer and printer, and save up to 80% compared to a postage meter. Sign up for a no-risk trial and a $110 bonus offer when you visit Stamps.com and use the promo code GABFEST. And by the University of California, committed to advancing our world through discovery. Learn more at universityofcalifornia.edu. The University of California—the power of public. Join Slate Plus! Members get bonus segments, exclusive member-only podcasts, and more. Sign up for a free trial today at www.slate.com/gabfestplus. Twitter: @SlateGabfestFacebook: facebook.com/GabfestEmail: gabfest@slate.comShow notes at slate.com/gabfest
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| 0:00.0 | The Slate Political GabFest is sponsored by Stamps.com. |
| 0:03.9 | Buy and print official U.S. postage using your own computer and printer and save up to 80% compared to a postage meter. |
| 0:10.3 | Sign up for a no-risk trial and a $110 bonus offer when you visit Stamps.com and use the promo code GabFest. |
| 0:17.8 | And by the University of California, committed to creating opportunity through knowledge. |
| 0:23.2 | Learn more at University of California.edu. The University of California, the power of public. |
| 0:29.9 | The following podcast contains explicit language. |
| 0:48.0 | Hello and welcome to the Slate Political Gab Fest for May 29th, 2015, the Bags and Bags and More Bags of Cash edition. I'm David Plotz of Atlas Obscura. |
| 0:50.9 | Emily Bazelon of The New York Times Magazine joins from New Haven today. |
| 0:56.0 | Hello, Emily. |
| 0:57.0 | Hello, David. |
| 0:58.1 | And John Dickerson of Face the Nation and Slate joins from where, New York? |
| 1:03.3 | New York. |
| 1:04.5 | Hello, John. How are you? |
| 1:05.9 | I'm fine. |
| 1:07.1 | What are we T-minus? |
| 1:08.1 | Is your first show, it's not this weekend, is it? |
| 1:10.5 | It's not this weekend. It's next weekend. Wow. How are you feeling? Nervous but excited. That is crazy. That's amazing. What's crazy is, I mean, I've done it before, but when I did it before, there wasn't a next one right after it. I mean, in other words, like it's, yeah, it's... |
| 1:29.9 | Right. |
| 1:30.3 | It's like it's the difference between babysitting and having a child. |
| 1:33.1 | Yes. |
| 1:33.8 | Oh, my God. |
| 1:36.0 | Did you just pull that right out of the plots file cabinet of analogies? |
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