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Political Gabfest

Slate Podcasts

Politics, Government, News

4.58.3K Ratings

🗓️ 27 July 2012

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

Slate's Political Gabfest, featuring John Dickerson, David Plotz, and Emily Bazelon. This week: The Aurora Colorado shooting aftermath, Republicans and Jews, and the Olympics Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

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0:09.6

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0:16.1

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0:28.9

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0:47.2

Hello and welcome to the Slate Political GabFest for the week of July 27th, 2012, the greatest ad you will ever see GabFest.

0:51.4

I am David Plotz, the editor of Slate, but I would trade it all in.

0:57.0

Trade in editing the awesomest magazine in the world to be on the U.S. Olympic team, to be a sprinter, perhaps on the U.S.

0:59.4

Olympic team.

1:01.1

In New Haven, joining us is Slate Senior Editor, Emily Bazelon.

1:05.0

Emily, what sport would you want to be an Olympian?

1:08.6

Actually, you know what?

1:09.2

Hold that.

1:09.8

Let's talk about that in our Olympic segment.

1:11.6

Good. I have no answer for you.

1:13.0

Okay. Think about it as we do the show.

1:15.6

What would you want to?

1:16.8

What would you want to meddle in?

1:19.6

And here in Washington this week, back from the road, is John Dickerson, who is Olympian on Twitter.

1:26.8

Olympian in his charisma, Olympian in his ability

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