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Political Gabfest

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Political Gabfest

Slate Podcasts

Politics, Government, News

4.58.3K Ratings

🗓️ 25 June 2010

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

Slate's Political Gabfest, featuring David Plotz, Will Saletan, and Emily Bazelon. This week: General McChrystal is removed as the country's top officer in Afghanistan, a Supreme Court roundup with more on Elena Kagan, and the World Cup Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

The GabFest is sponsored by Audible, the Internet's leading provider of spoken audio entertainment.

0:12.9

GabFest listeners can download a free audiobook by signing up for an Audible membership at Audiblepodcast.com slash gabfest.

0:22.3

Hello and welcome to this late political gab fest for Friday, June 25th.

0:26.6

I am David Plotz.

0:28.5

I'm here in Washington with Will Salatin.

0:31.4

John Dickerson is on a secret mission.

0:35.6

I can't tell you where he is because it's secret.

0:38.2

Emily Bazelon joins us from New Haven,

0:40.2

and I should say that I am losing my voice,

0:42.5

so I may well lose my voice in the course of recording this,

0:45.7

in which case you guys can just chat, chat, chat, as though I'm not here.

0:49.0

David, did you hear that NPR story about the person who sang the lowest note ever?

0:53.8

Yes.

0:54.0

I thought of you.

0:54.7

Yes.

0:55.0

You did?

0:55.5

I was with my baby

0:57.5

as I was listening to that

0:58.7

and I just kept on imitating it.

1:00.8

I'm not,

1:01.4

I don't think I can get quite that low.

1:04.6

But you might feel to get close.

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