The “11 Hours and She Didn’t Flinch” Edition
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4.5 • 6K Ratings
🗓️ 23 October 2015
⏱️ 45 minutes
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Emily Bazelon, John Dickerson, and David Plotz discuss Hillary Clinton's best week ever, the failing campaign strategies of Jeb Bush, and Matthew Yglesias's essay in Vox about the "deep trouble" that Democrats are in.The Slate Political Gabfest is brought to you by Stamps.com. Buy and print official U.S. postage using your own computer and printer, and save up to 80% compared to a postage meter. Sign up for a no-risk trial and a $110 bonus offer when you visit Stamps.com and use the promo code GABFEST.And by Goldman Sachs. Get information about developments currently shaping markets, industries, and the global economy on the firm’s podcast, ‘Exchanges at Goldman Sachs,’ available on iTunes.And by Bonobos. Bonobos takes the pain and hassle out of finding stylish clothes that fit. For a limited time, all new customers can get 20 percent off their first order at Bonobos.com/gabfest. Discover the difference that an expertly crafted, better-fitting wardrobe can make. Join Slate Plus! Members get bonus segments, exclusive member-only podcasts, and more. Sign up for a free trial today at www.slate.com/gabfestplus. Twitter: @SlateGabfest Facebook: facebook.com/Gabfest Email: gabfest@slate.com Show notes at slate.com/gabfest
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| 0:00.0 | The Slate Political GabFest is brought you by Stamps.com. Buy and print official U.S. postage |
| 0:05.2 | using your own computer and printer and save up to 80% compared to a postage meter. |
| 0:10.3 | Sign up for Stamps.com and get a four-week trial and a $110 bonus offer when you use the promo code GabFest. |
| 0:17.9 | And by Goldman Sachs, get information about developments currently shaping markets, |
| 0:22.8 | industries, and the global economy on the firm's podcast, exchanges at Goldman Sachs, available |
| 0:28.4 | on iTunes. And by Bonobos, Bonobos takes the pain and hassle at a finding stylish clothes |
| 0:34.9 | that fit. For a limited time, all new customers can get 20% off their first order at bonobos.com |
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| 0:48.6 | Discover the difference that an expertly crafted better-fitting wardrobe can make. |
| 0:52.8 | The following podcast contains explicit language. |
| 1:02.9 | Hello and welcome to the Slate Political Gab Fest for October 23rd, 2015, the 11 hours, |
| 1:08.8 | and she didn't flinch edition. |
| 1:10.6 | I'm David Plotz of Atlas Obscura. I'm in Washington, D.C., with our new producer, Jocelyn Frank. That is exciting. We have a new producer. Hello. Jocelyn. Jocelyn's waving. She knows better than to speak, apparently. John Dickerson, a face the nation, joins me from somewhere, a hotel room, somewhere, where? |
| 1:28.9 | New York City. |
| 1:30.0 | Oh, hello, yeah, exactly. |
| 1:32.6 | That's not exciting enough. |
| 1:33.8 | Not exactly. |
| 1:35.3 | Far-flung, but flung anyway. |
| 1:37.3 | Yeah, well, and also flung. |
| 1:39.3 | Emily Bazelon is more far-flung this week of the New York Times Magazine. |
| 1:42.2 | Emily, you're in the central time zone, we know. I am in Memphis in the kindly home of Ansela Larson, who I'm very grateful to for taking me in this morning. So we're having a late taping this week. So you're hearing the show late. Apologies. But it's because the news. The news required us to do it. On this week's Gab Fest, we will talk about Hillary |
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