Political Gabfest - The Living Will Envy the Dead Edition
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4.5 • 6K Ratings
🗓️ 2 October 2015
⏱️ 61 minutes
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Emily Bazelon, Jamelle Bouie, David Plotz, and guest Julia Ioffe discuss the aftermath of John Boehner’s departure, the showdown between Vladamir Putin and Barack Obama over Syria, and a case involving prosecutorial fiddling with DNA evidence. The Slate Political Gabfest is brought to you by OPEN ACCOUNT, a podcast series created by SuChin Pak and Umpqua Bank. OPEN ACCOUNT explores, through honest and sometimes comical interviews, our uncomfortable silence around money. OPEN ACCOUNT is available now on iTunes. And by Goldman Sachs. Get information about developments currently shaping markets, industries, and the global economy on the firm’s podcast, ‘Exchanges at Goldman Sachs,’ available on iTunes. And by Bonobos. Bonobos takes the pain and hassle out of finding stylish clothes that fit. For a limited time, all new customers can get 20 percent off their first order at Bonobos.com/Gabfest. Discover the difference that an expertly crafted, better-fitting wardrobe can make. 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 brought to you by Open Account, a podcast series created by |
| 0:04.0 | Suchin Poc and Umpqua Bank. Open Account explores through honest and sometimes comical |
| 0:09.3 | interviews, our uncomfortable silence around money. Open Account is available now on iTunes. |
| 0:16.4 | And by Goldman Sachs, get information about developments currently shaping markets, industries, and the global economy on the firm's podcast. |
| 0:24.2 | Exchanges at Goldman Sachs, available on iTunes. And by Bonobos, Bonobos takes the pain and hassle out of finding stylish clothes that fit. For a limited time, all new customers can get 20% off their first order at bonobos.com slash gabfest. |
| 0:41.1 | That's B-O-N-O-B-O-S dot com slash gabfest. |
| 0:46.6 | Discover the difference that an expertly crafted, better-fitting wardrobe can make. |
| 0:50.6 | The following podcast contains explicit language. |
| 0:58.0 | Music can make. The following podcast contains explicit language. Hello and welcome to the Slate Political Gab Fest for October 2, 2015. |
| 1:06.3 | The Living Will Envy the Dead edition. |
| 1:08.8 | I'm David Plotz of Atlas Obscura. |
| 1:47.5 | Emily Bazelon of the New York Times Magazine joins me telephonically from a closet in New Haven, Connecticut. Hello, Emily. Hello. I'm in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, just so you know where my closet is located. From a closet in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania? Hello? Is that why you were talking to your sister there? That's who it was. Yeah. How I was wondering? Say hi to your sister. I hope. And then John Dickerson is, he got a week of vacation. Face the Nation gave him a couple of days off. So John can't join us today. But we are joined instead by our stalwart regular substitute, Jamal Bowie, the chief political correspondent of Slate. |
| 1:48.3 | Hello, Jamel. |
| 1:49.2 | He's here in Washington. |
| 1:49.7 | Hello. |
| 1:52.3 | Jamel is wearing camouflage pants. So if you can't see him during this podcast, that's probably why. |
| 1:57.3 | On this week... |
| 1:58.5 | Thank you, Tark. |
| 2:00.8 | I appreciate it. On this week's Thank you, Tark. I appreciate it. |
| 2:03.8 | On this week's Gab Fest, the aftermath of John Boehner's departure, what will happen in Congress |
| 2:08.8 | and what will happen in December in Congress. |
| 2:11.4 | Then the showdown between Vladimir Putin and Barack Obama over Syria, and then a truly |
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