Political Gabfest - The "Predator in the Bathroom" Edition
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4.5 • 6K Ratings
🗓️ 6 November 2015
⏱️ 51 minutes
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Emily Bazelon, John Dickerson, and David Plotz discuss the 2015 election results, GOP candidates' debate demands, and the rising mortality of middle-aged white Americans. 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 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 Blue Apron. Blue Apron sends gourmet recipes, and all the fresh ingredients you need to make them, right to your door. 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. 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 GabFest is brought to you by Stamps.com. Buy and print official U.S. postage |
| 0:04.9 | using your own computer and printer and save up to 80 percent compared to a postage meter. |
| 0:09.4 | Sign up for Stamps.com and get a four-week trial and a $110 bonus offer when you use the |
| 0:14.6 | promo code GabFest. And by Goldman Sachs, get information about developments currently shaping markets, industries, and the global economy on the firm's podcast. |
| 0:24.3 | Exchanges at Goldman Sachs, available on iTunes. |
| 0:28.2 | And by Blue Apron. Blue Apron sends gourmet recipes and all the fresh ingredients you need to make them right to your door. |
| 0:34.6 | Farm fresh ingredients are perfectly portioned and come with an easy-to-follow |
| 0:38.1 | recipe card so you can create a delicious meal in 35 minutes or less. Visit blue apron.com |
| 0:44.0 | slash gab vest to get your first two meals free. The following podcast contains explicit language. |
| 0:57.7 | Hello and welcome to the Slate Political Gab Fest for November 6th, 2015, The Predator in the |
| 1:02.1 | Bathroom Edition. |
| 1:03.1 | I'm David Plotz of Atlas Obscura. |
| 1:05.8 | John Dickerson of Face the Nation is here with me in Washington. |
| 1:08.8 | Hello. |
| 1:09.7 | John. |
| 1:10.3 | Hey, I'm happy to be with you. I thought you were going to be in New York, so I'm happy to see you. No, I was in New York until I was on the train. Now I'm back. That is, that's chuckle, is Emily Bazelon of the New York Times Magazine. She is in virtual reality since apparently the New York Times Magazine is all VR. That's right. |
| 1:28.2 | Except I had nothing to do with any of it except to ooh and awe appropriately. |
| 1:33.1 | Can I just say that after our quiet car discussion, I've now ridden the quiet car in my last two train trips, and maybe I'm now now a quiet car convert. |
| 1:42.1 | It's pretty nice, right, as long as you're playing by the rules yeah i even shushed someone |
| 1:47.6 | no my gosh you've really gone over i did a very i did so awesomely though very very it was very cool |
| 1:54.3 | if you do say so i was very cool it was definitely like the cool it was your hipest shushing moment ever |
| 1:59.3 | it was like chill it was like really chill it was good everyone. It was like chill. It was like really chill. It was good. Everyone came away from the encounter thinking, that was awesome. |
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