Political Gabfest | The “Justice Department is Dire“

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News, News Commentary, Politics

4.6 • 6K Ratings

🗓️ 20 February 2025

⏱️ 69 minutes

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This week, Emily Bazelon, John Dickerson, and David Plotz discuss the apparent corrupt bargain involving NYC mayor Eric Adams and the bonfire of Justice Department resignations; what could possibly go wrong when Musk and DOGE access the IRS and Social Security; and talk to Marc Dunkelman about his new book Why Nothing Works: Who Killed Progress – and How to Bring it Back. For this week’s Slate Plus bonus episode, Emily, John, and David discuss whether the human body could endure a voyage to Mars and if space really is our destiny as humans. In the latest Gabfest Reads, Emily talks with author Rich Benjamin about his new book, Talk to Me: Lessons From a Family Forged by History. Email your chatters, questions, and comments to [email protected]. (Messages may be referenced by name unless the writer stipulates otherwise.) Podcast production by Kevin Bendis Research by Emily Ditto Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:49.5	Hello and welcome to the Slate Political GabFest.
1:01.0	Hello, and welcome to the Slate Political Gab Fest. February 20th, 2025, the Justice Department is Dyer edition.
1:08.0	I'm David Plotz of CityCast in Washington, D.C., from New Haven, Connecticut,
1:13.4	and the New York Times Magazine, and Yale University Law School. And her attic is Emily Bazelon.
1:19.2	Hello, Emily. Hi. I'm in my dining room, but I like my attic. I'll be in my attic later.
1:24.7	Okay. And her dining room.
1:36.3	From New York City, where he is the co-anchor of the CBS Evening News and the host of CBS Evening News Plus, Plus, Plus.
1:38.8	Am I the co-anchor of one and the host of the other?
1:41.1	I think I'm the co-anchor of one and the anchor of the other.
1:41.7	Oh.
1:42.0	Huh.
1:42.7	Okay.
1:43.7	No, no.
1:46.5	I like the idea that I'm the host. It feels more comfortable. Okay. I feel like you're the host. What kind of chair do you get to sit in?
1:51.4	Is it the same chair? It's the same chair. They just move it over because it's just me.
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