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Political Gabfest

Slate: The Putin Ex Machina Gabfest

Political Gabfest

Slate Podcasts

Politics, Government, News

4.58.3K Ratings

🗓️ 13 September 2013

⏱️ 50 minutes

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

Slate's Political Gabfest, featuring David Plotz, John Dickerson and Emily Bazelon. This week: Changing course on Syria, choosing a mayor of New York, and losing faith in reality. Show notes at www.slate.com/gabfest. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:34.2

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0:43.4

Hello and welcome to the Slate Political Gapest for September 13th, 2013. The Putin-X Machina

0:48.9

edition. We're starting the show in the midst of an argument, which may be revived later

0:53.2

in the show. I am David Pl may be revived later in the show.

0:54.9

I am David Plotz.

0:55.9

I plan to revive it. The editor of Slate.

0:57.5

John Dickerson joins me.

0:59.0

He is Slate's chief political correspondent.

1:01.5

Hello, John.

1:02.5

Hello, David.

1:03.4

And then just off a plane, but safely in New Haven is Slate's senior editor, Emily Bazelon.

1:08.3

Hello, Emily.

1:09.5

Hello, Emily. Hello, David. Are you guys getting ready for your epic tennis match, annual tennis match at the Slate Retreat

1:14.6

next week? If by getting ready, you mean not playing tennis at all since the last time

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