Slate: The Live From Seattle Gabfest

Political Gabfest

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Politics, Government, News

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🗓️ 5 October 2012

⏱️ 69 minutes

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A special live show of Slate's Political Gabfest, featuring David Plotz, John Dickerson, Emily Bazelon and guest Dan Savage. This week: The debate, the election aftermath and the maternity leave that wasn't. 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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0:34.5	Hello and welcome to the Slate Political GabFest, the live from Seattle edition for Friday, October 5th, 2012.
0:40.7	I'm David Plotz in Washington, but not that Washington.
0:44.7	We are at a sold-out town hall in downtown Seattle.
1:10.1	Wow. Wow. I'd always heard that the fresh mountain air and plentiful salmon made you beautiful and have luxuriant hair and I find that it's true.
1:14.4	Joining me on stage are... You're envious of luxuriant hair, aren't you?
1:16.6	I am. He actually shaved his head.
1:20.2	Like, not clipped it. He actually...
1:22.1	Andy had a whole discussion about the difference
1:24.9	between shaving and clipping.
1:26.5	It's a shame we didn't catch that on tape.
1:29.6	So joining me on stage to my left is Slate Senior Editor Emily Bazelon.
1:34.3	Hello, Emily.
1:35.3	Hello, David.
1:42.7	And to my further left is Sl chief political correspondent John Dickerson.
1:47.3	Hello, John.
1:48.1	Hello, David.
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