Political Gabfest - The "Coin Toss" Edition
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🗓️ 5 February 2016
⏱️ 46 minutes
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John Dickerson, David Plotz and Emily Bazelon discuss the impact of the Iowa Caucus on the Republican and Democratic Parties and David Plotz speaks with Adam McKay about America's financial system and his Oscar-nominated film, The Big Short.
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| 0:00.0 | The Slate Political GabFest is brought you by Stamps.com. |
| 0:02.9 | Buy and print official U.S. postage using your own computer and printer and save up to 50% compared to a postage meter. |
| 0:10.1 | Sign up for Stamps.com and get a four-week trial and a $110 bonus offer when you use the promo code GabFest. |
| 0:17.5 | And by Casper, an online retailer of premium mattresses for a fraction of the price. |
| 0:23.0 | Casper mattresses come with free delivery and returns within a 100-day period, |
| 0:28.0 | and get $50 toward any mattress purchase by visiting casper.com slash political |
| 0:34.1 | and using the promo code Political. |
| 0:37.6 | And by Harries, the shaving company that offers German engineered blades, well-designed handles, and shipping right to your door. |
| 0:45.1 | Visit harries.com for $5 off your first purchase with the promo code GabFest. |
| 0:50.2 | The following podcast contains explicit language. |
| 0:57.0 | Music The following podcast contains explicit language. Hello and welcome to the Slate Political Gab Fest for February 5th, 2016, the Coin Toss edition on David Plotz of Atlas Obscura. |
| 1:09.7 | I am in Washington, D.C. with John Dickerson. Hello, John Dickerson, a face the nation. Hello, David. I'm David Plotz of Atlas Obscura. I am in Washington, D.C. with John Dickerson. Hello, John Dickerson of Face the Nation. Hello, David. I'm so happy to physically be here with you. I know it's been a long time since we've physically been together. I want to hold hands. Let's not. That's so sweet. Emily Bazelon, there she is. Are you in New Haven, Emily, or somewhere else? |
| 1:27.6 | I am in New Haven. I'm sorry that I'm not there with you guys. I'm glad you're reunited, though. |
| 1:32.3 | New York Times Magazine. Did you see that there was an email chatter? We may have a live show coming up together. I did see that. together. That will be nice. |
| 1:39.6 | Yeah. |
| 1:40.1 | On this week's Gab Fest, the presidential race stops being polite and starts getting real. |
| 1:45.3 | We'll catch up on the GOP post-off. On this week's Gab Fest, the presidential race stops being polite and starts getting real. |
| 1:45.3 | We'll catch up on the GOP post-Iowa in our first segment. |
| 1:49.9 | Then in our second segment, the Democratic race post-Iowa. |
| 1:54.5 | Then I will talk to Adam McKay, the director of the big short, about money, finance, regulation, Washington. |
| 2:00.5 | What, if anything, we learned |
| 2:01.8 | from the financial crisis. |
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