Slate: The Show Me Your National ID Card Gabfest

Political Gabfest

Slate Podcasts

Politics, Government, News

4.5 • 8.3K Ratings

🗓️ 11 November 2011

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Slate's Political Gabfest, featuring David Plotz, Will Saletan and Emily Bazelon. This week: The sexual harassment charges against Herman Cain and Rick Perry’s meltdown, Tuesday’s election results, and the downfall of Joe Paterno Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:26.4	Hello and welcome to the Slate Political Gab Fest for 111111.
0:29.0	My daughter has been so excited about 11, 11, 11.
0:30.9	Are your kids excited about 11, 11, 11?
0:33.6	Yes, and isn't your daughter 11 as my son is 11? No, she's only 10.
0:34.5	No, she wishes she was 11.
0:36.1	And she has a friend whose birthday is 11, 13, 11. And her friend is really sad that her birthday wasn't 11, 11, 11, turning 11. Have you apologized for failing to conceive in the year 2000? I think we did conceive in the year 2000. Her birthday in December. She just went before November.
0:54.7	Yeah, there you go.
0:55.3	Okay.
0:56.0	Anyway, we are here today.
0:59.5	When I say we, I mean, I, David Plotz, the end of Slate.
1:02.7	I'm here with Emily Bazelon in New Haven, Emily, Slate, senior editor.
1:08.9	Good to have you.
1:10.2	Welcome.
1:10.7	I know one of many senior editors. You are. We have a second senior editor here today
1:14.3	because John Dickerson, who we thought was going to be here, because he is so traveling,
1:19.1	all political, traveling guy, couldn't make it because his plane, I think, was delayed.
1:25.2	And so we have instead the Sublime William Salatan. Will is also
1:30.1	a senior editor here at Slate Will. Thanks for stepping in. And we will try not to trick you with
1:34.3	really difficult things you haven't prepared for. I'll be the brunette John Dickerson.
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