Slate: The "How Clean Is Your CR?" Gabfest

Political Gabfest

Slate Podcasts

Politics, Government, News

4.5 • 8.3K Ratings

🗓️ 5 October 2013

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Slate's Political Gabfest, featuring David Plotz, John Dickerson and Emily Bazelon. This week: The government shutdown, the Obamacare rollout, and the assimilation of American Jews. Show notes at www.slate.com/gabfest. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	The Slate Political Gab Fest is brought to you by The Roadshow for Growth, a special partnership between Slate and GE Capital.
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0:41.3	Thank you. Gab Fest. Hello and welcome to the Slate Political Gab Fest for October 4th, 2013.
0:45.3	The How Clean is Your CR edition?
0:48.0	I'm David Plotz, the editor of Slate.
0:50.0	Embarrassed for our country, but extremely happy that the panda camp has been shut down.
0:56.7	That definitely seems like the priority right now.
0:59.2	I thought that would get a little rise out of you, Emily.
1:01.4	That was Emily Bazelon, Slate Senior Editor in New Haven.
1:05.8	Emily, has the government shut down affected New Haven at all?
1:08.6	I must have, but I haven't noticed.
1:11.1	And then next to me is Slate's chief local correspondent, John Dickerson, who still, a week later, has not picked up his guitar.
1:17.9	I know.
1:18.3	Are you going to be home tonight?
1:19.9	No.
1:20.4	See, every night I pick, you're not there.
1:22.9	It's amazing.
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