Slate: The Rick Perry's Creepy Basement Gabfest

Political Gabfest

Slate Podcasts

Politics, Government, News

4.5 • 8.3K Ratings

🗓️ 28 October 2011

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Slate's Political Gabfest, featuring John Dickerson, David Plotz, and Emily Bazelon. This week: Rick Perry’s flat tax proposal, the historic low ratings for Congress, and controversial legislation in Mississippi Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	The following is a real listener complaint about Slate's sports podcast Hang Up and Listen
0:05.0	posted recently on iTunes by a user named Chimps in Suits.
0:09.6	Four out of five stars.
0:11.6	My only complaint is that there aren't more shows like this available.
0:15.0	Dear Chimps in Suits, we'll see what we can do.
0:18.8	Visit slate.com slash hang up to lodge your grievance, to listen to the show, and to subscribe.
0:27.4	Hello and welcome to the Slate Political Gab Fest for Friday, October 28th.
0:36.3	I'm Emily Bazelon.
0:39.6	I'm here in our New York studio for a change with David Plotz. And John Dickson, our senior political correspondent chief guru, is in
0:46.9	Washington. Hey, John. Hey. Hi. Hi. All right. So before we start, let's do our live show.
0:52.8	Were you surprised at Emily's hosting?
0:54.9	I couldn't be more surprised.
0:56.5	But I'm always delighted to hear her voice.
0:59.8	So whatever surprise I may have had was a immediate leavened.
1:02.7	A good recovery there.
1:06.1	All right.
1:06.7	So our live show announcements, we will be absolutely for sure in Des Moines. No, not in Des Moines, at Grinnell College in Iowa.
1:16.5	Should I start that over again?
1:17.5	No. What kind of host are you?
1:19.3	I'm like a slightly flubbing sort of host. We will be at Grinnell College in Iowa on December the 7th.
1:26.9	We're really excited for this show, and we would
1:30.1	love for you to write into us and let us know that you are coming. It will be reassuring and
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