Political Gabfest - The “I’m Not Throwing Away My Shot” Edition
Political Gabfest
Slate Podcasts
4.4 • 8.5K Ratings
🗓️ 20 November 2015
⏱️ 68 minutes
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Emily Bazelon, John Dickerson, and David Plotz discuss the growing threat of ISIS (live from the Superfest on Broadway show), the Supreme Court case over Texas abortion restrictions, and the hit musical Hamilton. 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 MSNBC. For the past forty years, Chris Matthews has lived and breathed American politics. Chris explores today’s issues with passion, compassion, and persistence non-stop. Watch him on Hardball with Chris Matthews, weeknights at 7 Eastern only on MSNBC. And by Credit Karma. Don’t pay for your credit score! With Credit Karma, you can see your credit score, right now, absolutely free. Just text GABFEST to 89800 to download the free Credit Karma app and get started! 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 Gavfests is brought to you by Stamps.com by and print official US |
| 0:04.3 | Postage using your own computer and printer and save up to 80% compared to a postage meter. |
| 0:08.8 | Sign up for Stamps.com and get a four week trial and a $110 bonus offer when you use the promo code |
| 0:14.3 | Gavfest. And by MSNBC, for the past 40 years, Chris Matthews has lived and breathed American politics. |
| 0:21.1 | Chris explores today's issues with passion, compassion, and persistence, nonstop. |
| 0:25.6 | Watch him on hardball with Chris Matthews, weeknights at 7 Eastern, only on MSNBC. |
| 0:30.9 | And by credit karma, don't pay for your credit score. With credit karma, you can see your credit |
| 0:35.6 | score right now absolutely free. Just text Gavfest to 899-800 to download the free credit karma app |
| 0:44.4 | and get started. Again, text the word Gavfest to 899-800. The following podcast contains explicit language. |
| 0:55.8 | Hello and welcome to the Slate Political Gavfests for November 20th, 2015. I'm not throwing away my shot. |
| 1:06.1 | In addition, I'm David Plots of Atlas Obscura, John Dickerson of Base the Nation is with me. |
| 1:12.4 | Hello John and Washington. Hey, oh David. John's voice is going to be awesome today. He's |
| 1:17.1 | going to embody male vocal fry. Can you embody it for one second? Sure. Well, yeah, I keep trying to |
| 1:22.4 | want to clear my throat, but I won't. I'll just own it. Yeah. So now I got it. It is sexy. It is super sexy. |
| 1:28.7 | We should call the fans of ACination are just they're beating up with sweat. We should not be |
| 1:34.7 | there in a 95 degree studio. We should come up with something for me to narrate because it's going |
| 1:40.8 | to run out. That's really awesome. That other voice you heard Emily Bazelon of the New York Times |
| 1:46.4 | magazine. Hello, Emily from New Haven. Hello, hello. I want to say that you said the title of the show |
| 1:51.9 | with the wrong cadence. I did that on purpose. Okay. Do you want me to I can do it? I know I was kind |
| 1:58.0 | of a joke. That's right. I miss the joke again. I emphasize my shot rather than my shot. |
| 2:05.3 | Is that what you're talking about? I'm not giving away my shot. I'm not throwing away. Also, |
| 2:10.2 | by the way, it's not giving away. That's worse. Yes. On this week's campus, we will all the Hamilton |
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