Slate: The Mucking About Gabfest

Political Gabfest

Slate Podcasts

Politics, Government, News

4.5 • 8.3K Ratings

🗓️ 1 July 2011

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Slate's Political Gabfest, featuring John Dickerson, David Plotz, and Emily Bazelon. This week: The debt ceiling debate, Michele Bachmann’s presidential candidacy, and the Supreme Court ruling on violent video games Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	This Slate podcast is brought to you by Bing.com, the search engine that helps you make everyday decisions with the help of your friends.
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0:17.5	Hello and welcome to the Slate Political Gab Fest.
0:20.3	For July the 1st, 2011.
0:23.2	I'm David Plotz.
0:24.0	I'm alone in Washington because John Dickerson is gallivanting around somewhere in the far west.
0:29.2	Emily Bazelon is gallivanting.
0:31.8	She's probably not gallivanting.
0:32.9	She's probably working in her office in New Haven, Connecticut.
0:35.8	Right, Emily?
0:36.7	Is that right?
0:37.1	Right. I'm angry at both of them. Right, Emily? Is that right? Right.
0:37.9	I'm angry at both of them, and the show is going to reflect that today.
0:42.3	We're going to talk about three topics, none of which have to do with the pleasant times
0:47.0	that they're having.
0:48.6	The first topic is going to be the debt ceiling.
0:51.5	The second topic is going to be Michelle Bachman, whose tea party
0:55.7	movement I'm attempting to join if it allows me to get back at John and Emily. And the third
1:01.6	topic is going to be the violent video games case. All right, I've gotten that out of my system.
1:09.2	Let's have a show.
1:16.3	So, and we'll also have cocktail chatter, which I'm desperately going to need by the time this thing is done.
1:19.7	Can you tell that David has spent the week alone with his children? Are you guys well?
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