Political Gabfest - The "Everything is Absolutely Terrible" Edition
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🗓️ 4 December 2015
⏱️ 47 minutes
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The “Everything is Absolutely Terrible” EditionEmily Bazelon, John Dickerson, and David Plotz discuss the mass shootings in California and Colorado, the Climate Summit in France and Rahm Emanuel's future as mayor of Chicago.The Slate Political Gabfest is brought to you 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 Stamps.com and get a 4-week trial and a $110 bonus offer when you use the promo code GABFEST.And by Harry's, the shaving company that offers German-engineered blades, well-designed handles, and shipping right to your door. Visit Harrys.com for $5 off your first purchase with the promo code GABFEST.And by The Message, an original science fiction podcast from Panoply and GE Podcast Theater. All of Season 1 is available now, so listen and find out why a 70-year-old alien recording seems to be killing people. Search for The Message on iTunes.Slate Plus members: Get your ad-free podcast feed.Become a fan of the Political Gabfest on Facebook. We post to the Facebook page throughout the week, so keep the conversation going by joining us there. Or follow us@SlateGabfest (#heygabfest)! The email address for the Political Gabfest isgabfest@slate.com. (Email may be quoted by name unless the writer stipulates otherwise.)Â
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| 0:00.0 | The Slate Political Gabvest is brought to you by Stamps.com. |
| 0:03.2 | Buy and print official U.S. postage using your own computer and printer and save up to 80% compared to a postage meter. |
| 0:09.4 | Sign up for Stamps.com and get a four-week trial and a $110 bonus offer when you use the promo code GabFest. |
| 0:16.8 | And by Harries, the shaving company that offers German engineered blades, well-designed handles, and shipping right to your door. |
| 0:23.5 | Visit harries.com for $5 off your first purchase with the promo code GabFest. |
| 0:29.1 | And by the message, an original science fiction podcast from Panoply and GE Podcast Theater. |
| 0:35.2 | All of Season 1 is available now, so listen and find out why a 70-year-old |
| 0:39.9 | alien recording seems to be killing people. Search for the message on iTunes. |
| 0:45.3 | The following podcast contains explicit language. |
| 1:00.1 | Hello and welcome to the Slate Political Gab Fest for December 4th, 2015. |
| 1:02.5 | The Everything is Absolutely Terrible Edition. |
| 1:04.4 | I'm David Plotz of Atlas Obscura. |
| 1:09.3 | What is not terrible, the only thing that's not terrible in the world, as far as I can tell, is that we're all together. |
| 1:10.1 | Yay! |
| 1:11.8 | Yes, it's a metaphor. |
| 1:14.6 | We need to all come together to solve these problems. |
| 1:18.5 | Does that you, does that imply that by the end of the show we will have solved these problems? |
| 1:22.4 | No, I just mean it's a good first step for any life. |
| 1:23.2 | All right. |
| 1:28.7 | That's John Dickerson, a the Nation, inspirational theater and politics. |
| 1:31.5 | And to my right is Emily Bassalon. |
| 1:32.0 | Hello, Emily. |
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