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Hello and welcome to the Slate Political Gab Fest, the teeny little bounce edition.

I'm David Plotz, the editor of Slate, and I'm full of love for GabFest fans because so many of you turned out for the events that my wife, Hannah Rosen and I did this week in New York and D.C.

And so many of you introduced yourselves. And it was lovely, truly lovely. I say that in a, like, completely non-ironic, just lovely way to see all of you at these events and to talk to you. So thank you for coming out. It was genuinely touching.

What's the name of your wife's book, David?

The End of Man. So glad you asked, John.

But actually, I may chatter about that. Joining me, of course, is Slate Chief Political

Correspondent and Political Director of CBS News. John Dickerson, hello, John.

Hello, David. So John cuckled at us this week by appearing on the CultureGab Fest, and I'm a little worried about it, John.

What does the Culture Gavs does that we won't do?

Is she prettier than we are?

Things that she does in the bedroom?

I think it's excellent cross-fertilization.

You're interpreting this in the wrong competitive spirit, David.

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