Slate: The Tighty Whitie Podcast
Political Gabfest
Slate Podcasts
4.4 • 8.5K Ratings
🗓️ 24 April 2009
⏱️ 38 minutes
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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 the Slate Political Gab Fest for Friday, April 24th. |
| 0:26.8 | I'm Emily Bazelon here in New Haven, hosting with David Plotz. |
| 0:30.7 | And with us in Washington is John Dickerson. |
| 0:33.0 | I have finally pulled off the takeover of the Slate Political Gab Fest. |
| 0:37.6 | What's it like to be inside the Beltway, John, to be a Beltway insider caught up in all |
| 0:43.8 | the kind of shenanigans of Washington and not out here with the people. |
| 0:47.5 | Yeah, because Yale is such a bastion of American grassroots and heartland. |
| 0:54.2 | You know, when I think of America, I think of Yale. |
| 0:57.4 | It's true. |
| 0:57.9 | We're in a leafy suburb. |
| 0:59.4 | Oh, leafy suburb. |
| 1:00.6 | Well, good, good. |
| 1:02.2 | The gritty leafy suburbs of New Haven. |
| 1:05.0 | I think you've been in Washington for too long, John. |
| 1:07.4 | That could be true. |
| 1:09.0 | I'm looking for ways to get out. |
| 1:12.6 | Perhaps. |
| 1:13.1 | I took the Acella this morning. |
| 1:15.1 | That seemed to work. |
| 1:18.3 | Next time it's your turn, my dear. |
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