Political Gabfest - The "Hate and Castrate" Edition
Political Gabfest
Slate Podcasts
4.4 • 8.5K Ratings
🗓️ 4 March 2016
⏱️ 43 minutes
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Summary
David Plotz, Emily Bazelon and John Dickerson discuss the unfolding anti-Trump effort, Hillary Clinton's general election potential and the Supreme Court's recent debate
about abortion access in West Texas.
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| 0:00.0 | The Slate Political GabFest is brought to you by Stamps.com, buy and print official U.S. postage |
| 0:05.2 | using your own computer and printer and save up to 50% compared to a postage meter. |
| 0:10.3 | Sign up for Stamps.com and get a four-week trial and a $110 bonus offer when you use the promo code GabFest. |
| 0:18.3 | And by Harries, the shaving company that offers German engineered blades, |
| 0:22.9 | well-designed handles, and shipping right to your door. Visit harries.com for $5 off your first |
| 0:28.9 | purchase with the promo code Gabfest. And by Audible.com with more than 180,000 audiobooks and |
| 0:36.5 | spoken word audio products. |
| 0:38.6 | Get a free 30-day trial and a free audiobook at audible.com slash gabfest. |
| 0:44.7 | The following podcast contains explicit language. |
| 1:00.6 | Hello and welcome to the Slate Political Gab Fest from March 4th, 2016, the Hate and Castrate Edition. |
| 1:07.2 | I'm David Plotz, Atlas, Excura, here in Slate's Washington, D.C. Studio. |
| 1:10.2 | With me is John Dickerson to Face the Nation. Hello, John. |
| 1:27.9 | Hello, David. Resplendent and lavender. I like that shirt. I have a slightly darker version of that shirt, but I think I want your version. And joining us by The Miracle of Digital Something or Other is Emily Bazelon of the New York Times Magazine. Hi, Emily. Hello. Where are you? You in? I'm in New Haven. See, us. Okay. |
| 1:28.5 | On this week's GabFest, has Donald Trump locked up the nomination? |
| 1:32.5 | Then we'll talk about how Hillary Clinton might campaign against him in the general election, and would she definitely win the general election? |
| 1:41.1 | Then we will talk about the case before the Supreme Court, the Texas abortion case |
| 1:45.4 | before the Supreme Court, an eight justice court, here's perhaps the biggest abortion case |
| 1:49.4 | in 20 years. We'll have cocktail chatter. And in Slate Plus, Clarence Thomas breaks his silence. Why are |
| 1:55.4 | people so obsessed with the fact that he spoke up in oral argument this week? If you are not yet |
| 2:00.1 | a Slate Plus member, |
| 2:01.5 | get it by going to slate.com slash gavs plus. |
| 2:05.1 | The anti-Trump forces are trying to coalesce. |
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