Slate: The Wearing Special Underwear Gabfest

Political Gabfest

Slate Podcasts

Politics, Government, News

4.5 • 8.3K Ratings

🗓️ 21 October 2011

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Slate's Political Gabfest, featuring David Plotz, William Saletan and Emily Bazelon. This week: The death of Muammar Qaddafi, the Republican presidential race, Middle East politics, wild animals in Ohio and the Supreme Court Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	When it comes to negotiating, we often imagine we're great at sticking to our guns to get what we want.
0:06.0	58,000. 65.
0:08.1	60?
0:09.0	65.
0:10.8	But when we're actually facing our opponent across the table, well, we cave.
0:15.2	I'm prepared to offer you $49,000.
0:17.5	I'll take it.
0:18.4	We can help.
0:19.5	Join me, Seth Stevenson, and Jill Barshay for a series of short podcasts
0:23.5	that will teach you the basic rules of smart haggling.
0:26.5	Slate's Negotiation Academy.
0:28.4	Every Monday on the Slate Daily podcast.
0:44.6	Hello and welcome to the Slate Political GabFest for Friday, October 21st, 2011.
0:45.7	My name is David Plotz.
0:46.6	I'm the editor of Slate.
0:50.2	I'm talking fast because we're going to cram so much into this Gab Fest.
0:51.2	You are not going to believe it.
0:54.4	Not three, not four, but five topics today.
0:55.2	Maybe even six.
0:56.1	It's going to be fast. Don't over promise.
0:57.6	You heard special guest voice, to my right, Slate Senior Editor, Will Salatan.
1:03.8	Will is sitting in for John Dickerson, who is on the road and not available to us because he is barraging Mitt Romney with pestering questions at this very second.
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