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Hello and welcome to the Slate Political Gap Fest for January 29th, 2016, the Dark Dark Money

Edition I'm David Plots of Atlas Obscura. I am alone in Washington this week. I think it's our

last week in our satellite studio. John Dickerson of Face the Nation. Where are you, John Dickerson?

I'm in New York City. Shouldn't you be in Iowa? It's complicated.

Because I'm in New York City on my way to go to interview Donald Trump and New Hampshire.

But first I'm going tonight to sit on a stage in the Ed Sullivan theater.

Oh, are you doing a Colbert show? Yeah.

What to talk on the show? That's great. Excellent. There is also Emily Bazzlon of the New York Times

magazine. You are in New Haven, right? Emily? I am indeed. Are you either interviewing Donald Trump

or going on the late show or going to Iowa? I am doing nothing interesting at all this evening.

On this week's Gap Fest, we have a billionaire in every segment. I guarantee it. There will in

fact be maybe even more than one billionaire in some segments. The Iowa caucuses are next week.

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