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Political Gabfest

The “Ambien and Racism” Edition

Political Gabfest

Slate Podcasts

News, Politics, Government

4.48.5K Ratings

🗓️ 31 May 2018

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

Emily Bazelon, John Dickerson, and David Plotz discuss #WhereAreTheChildren and new immigration policies, the death toll in Puerto Rico, and Roseanne’s racism. 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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

The following podcast contains explicit language.

0:03.2

[♪ OUTRO MUSIC PLAYING [♪

0:10.6

Hello and welcome to the Slate Political Gap Fest from May 31, 2018.

0:14.3

The Ambien and Racism Edition I am David Ploss about.

0:17.9

Subscrier here, together with my confrares in the CBS Radio Studio.

0:24.7

John Dickerson of CBS this morning, thanks for having us.

0:28.0

You're sure?

0:29.0

Well, it's great to be with you all.

0:31.8

I love one word together.

0:32.9

I love one word together too.

0:34.9

Did you say with you all, if it's just the two of us, and then with you both, or would

0:38.4

you still say with you all?

0:39.4

We'll all together, right?

0:40.9

No, you just say all.

0:41.9

Just the all and toughest John as well, because then it would be all.

0:45.0

No, you're exactly right.

0:46.0

I think it should be with you both, but I am so overwhelmed by the all that it's just

0:50.7

I'm surprised that you start to sense with it.

0:52.7

It's as if we've been fruitful and multiplied in this very room.

0:56.0

Exactly.

0:57.0

And that of course is Emily Baslan of the New York Times magazine.

1:00.6

Hello, Emily.

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