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Political Gabfest

Slate: The Ugly, Mashed-Together Compromise Gabfest

Political Gabfest

Slate Podcasts

Politics, Government, News

4.58.3K Ratings

🗓️ 29 July 2011

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

Slate's Political Gabfest, featuring David Plotz, Annie Lowrey, and Emily Bazelon. This week: The pressing debt ceiling debate, the politically-based shootings in Norway, and bullying gay students in Minnesota Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

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0:07.3

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0:17.2

Hello and welcome to the Slate Political Gab Fest for Friday, July 29th, 2011.

0:22.3

I am David Plotz, the editor of Slate.

0:24.9

I am back. I'm alive. I survived the worst health week of my life.

0:30.4

Thank you for all your moral support.

0:33.0

Thanks for all those emails that people sent saying it was so much better not having you on the show.

0:37.6

No, people did not send such emails.

0:40.1

There was several such emails.

0:42.7

Very few.

0:43.5

There were a few get wells.

0:44.9

There were a number of get wells too.

0:46.7

There were a bunch of get wells.

0:47.8

And I did.

0:48.4

I'm now well.

0:49.7

But, oh, man, never, ever go tubing.

0:53.8

Never go tubing.

0:54.9

Let that be the lesson.

0:56.3

Never.

0:56.8

Annie, have you ever thought about going tubing?

0:59.1

No, no.

1:00.1

I've never thought about tubing.

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