Political Gabfest - The "I Will Keep You in Suspense" Edition
Political Gabfest
Slate Podcasts
4.4 • 8.5K Ratings
🗓️ 20 October 2016
⏱️ 64 minutes
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Summary
David Plotz and Emily Bazelon are
joined by Slate Group chairman, Jacob Weisberg, to discuss
the
third Presidential debate and the possible danger zones that exist
for an opinionated journalist, like
Amy Goodman, covering a
protest.
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| 0:00.0 | The following podcast contains explicit language. |
| 0:10.0 | Hello and welcome to the Slate Political Gab Fest for October 20th, 2016, the I will keep you in suspense edition. |
| 0:17.2 | I'm David Fons of Atlas Obscura. |
| 0:19.6 | Emily Bazelon of the New York Times Magazine joins me from |
| 0:22.8 | New Haven. Hello, Emily. Hey, David. |
| 0:25.5 | Such a nasty one. Oh, wait, did I say something? What? |
| 0:31.6 | What? I don't get it. Oh, dear. John Dickerson is recovering in Nevada. |
| 0:37.8 | He lost all at the craps table last night, but he couldn't make the show this morning, |
| 0:42.5 | although we have a special treat from him later on. |
| 0:47.0 | Jacob Weisberg, the chairman of the Slate Group, host of Trumpcast, and regular GabFest guest is in in John's place. |
| 0:54.8 | Hello, Jacob. |
| 0:55.9 | Hey, David. |
| 0:57.1 | You're in New York, right? |
| 0:58.3 | I'm in New York. |
| 0:58.8 | I will not attempt to replace John's statesmanlike quality. |
| 1:05.3 | It's true. |
| 1:05.5 | I don't think we could. |
| 1:06.3 | It would be hard to find someone a statesman like as John to sit in for him. |
| 1:10.1 | Someone texted me last night just to tell me they like John's tie. Oh. Did you pass that on to John? I was like, oh, I didn't notice it. Okay. Yeah, great. John's a journalist that even Vladimir Putin can respect. |
| 1:22.6 | On this week's Gab Fest, Donald Trump's extraordinary third debate. |
| 1:28.5 | Will it change the dynamics of the race at all? |
| 1:32.0 | Then Trump claims the election is rigged. |
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