Political Gabfest - The "I'm Defaulting on My Student Loans" Edition
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4.5 • 6K Ratings
🗓️ 12 June 2015
⏱️ 61 minutes
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Emily Bazelon, David Plotz, and John Dickerson discuss the Supreme Court's "Jerusalem passport" ruling, Hillary Clinton's electoral strategy, and the crushing burden of student debt. 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. And by Blue Apron, the new service that delivers all the ingredients you need to make incredible meals at home. Farm-fresh ingredients are perfectly portioned and come with an easy to follow recipe card, so you can create a delicious meal in 35 minutes or less. Discover a better way to cook. Visit BlueApron.com/gabfest to get your first two meals free. 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: @SlateGabfest Facebook: facebook.com/Gabfest Email: gabfest@slate.com Show notes at slate.com/gabfest
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| 0:00.0 | The Slate Political Gab Fest is sponsored by Stamps.com. |
| 0:03.8 | Buy in print official U.S. postage using your own computer and printer and save up to 80% compared to a postage meter. |
| 0:10.7 | Sign up for a no-risk trial and a $110 bonus offer when you visit Stamps.com and use the promo code GabFest. |
| 0:18.2 | And by the University of California, committed to creating opportunity through |
| 0:22.5 | knowledge. Learn more at University of California.edu. The University of California, the power of |
| 0:29.5 | public. And by Blue Apron, the new service that delivers all the farm-fresh ingredients you need to make |
| 0:36.0 | incredible meals at home. |
| 0:37.9 | Discover a better way to cook. |
| 0:39.6 | Visit blueapron.com slash gabfest to get your first two meals free. |
| 0:44.0 | That's blueapron.com slash gabfest. |
| 0:46.4 | The following podcast contains explicit language. Hello and welcome to the Slate Political Gab Fest for June 12, 2015, the I'm defaulting on my student loans edition. |
| 1:04.1 | I'm David Plotz of Atlas Obscura here in Washington, D.C., with now blooded, face-the-nation host, John Dickerson. John, hello. Blood. Oh. Oh. Blotted. You've had first blood. You've been blooded. That's the, you're the first person who's used that expression in connection with the debut. Hi. How was, how was week one? It was, it was great. It was exciting. It was challenging. It was, uh, I learned a lot. People seemed to have liked it. Some people didn't like it. |
| 1:30.4 | Did you read your reviews? Were there reviews? I don't know if there are reviews. |
| 1:33.1 | Yeah, there was one review. And then there was lots of email, lots of wonderful, positive, helpful email. And then some of the other kind. |
| 1:42.2 | Who do you have on week two? |
| 1:44.1 | We two. Well, you have on week two? |
| 1:44.7 | Week two. |
| 1:49.2 | Well, we have Bernie Sanders, a candidate for the Democratic nomination. |
| 1:54.0 | And Lindsey Graham, another candidate for a nomination, but of the other party. |
| 1:55.0 | Bernie Sanders is good. And then, like, this is a huge. |
| 1:57.4 | The show is the meat between the fake announcement sandwich, which is the, |
| 2:02.1 | you've got Hillary Clinton's launch on Saturday, even though. Another one? Did it already |
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