Slate: The After the Fiscal Cliff, the Debt Ceiling Chasm Gabfest

Political Gabfest

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Politics, Government, News

4.5 • 8.3K Ratings

🗓️ 4 January 2013

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Slate's Political Gabfest, featuring David Plotz, Emily Bazelon and special guest David Weigel. This week: The fiscal cliff is averted, Congress is broken and gun owners get mapped. Plus, an interview with Slate's War Stories columnist Fred Kaplan. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	The following podcast contains explicit language.
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0:33.2	Hello and welcome to the Slate Political GabFest for January 4th, 2013, the after-the-fiscal cliff, the debt ceiling chasm.
0:35.7	I'm David Plotz, the editor of Slate in Washington, D.C.
0:39.9	From New Haven is the one the only, Emily Bazelon, Slate Senior Editor.
0:43.6	Hello, Emily.
0:44.8	Do we get special intros in the new year, David?
0:47.6	Yes, special intro.
0:49.0	Always special intros.
0:50.8	John Dickerson, triumphant after his spectacular performance on our Conundrums Gap Fest last week, has taken this week off to celebrate to rest on his laurels.
1:00.5	And sitting in for him, resplendent in a tie and a vest and a suit is Slate's political reporter and blogger.
1:07.4	Extraordinary Dave Weigel.
1:08.3	Hello, Dave.
1:09.0	Hello.
1:09.8	Good to be here.
1:10.4	He's just off Capitol Hill to see us.
1:13.2	Good to have you.
1:14.4	First show of 2013, same dismal issues as 2012.
1:18.4	Our number one topic this week will be the fiscal cliff averted.
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