The Disinhibited Fascist

Political Gabfest

Slate Podcasts

Politics, Government, News

4.5 • 8.3K Ratings

🗓️ 24 October 2024

⏱️ 64 minutes

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Summary

This week, Emily Bazelon, John Dickerson, and David Plotz discuss Donald Trump’s fascism, disinhibition, and age; the state of young men in America with Rachel Simmons; and Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion at the University of Michigan with Nicholas Confessore of The New York Times. Join us on December 4 for Political Gabfest Live in Brooklyn! Tickets are on sale now. And send us your Conundrums at slate.com/conundrum. For this week’s Slate Plus bonus episode, Emily, John, and David talk about Elon Musk following Donald Trump. In the latest Gabfest Reads, John talks with Dan Harris about his book, 10% Happier 10th Anniversary Edition: How I Tamed the Voice in My Head, Reduced Stress Without Losing My Edge, and Found Self-Help That Actually Works – A True Story. Email your chatters, questions, and comments to [email protected]. (Messages may be referenced by name unless the writer stipulates otherwise.) Podcast production by Cheyna Roth Research by Julie Huygen Want more Political Gabfest? Join Slate Plus to unlock weekly bonus episodes. Plus, you’ll access ad-free listening across all your favorite Slate podcasts. You can subscribe directly from the Political Gabfest show page on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. Or visit slate.com/gabfestplus to get access wherever you listen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to the slate political cab fest.
0:07.0	And if I say one word slightly out, they say he's cognitively impaired.
0:16.4	October 24, the Disinhibited fascist edition.
0:21.0	I'm David Platz from Cityast in Washington, D.C. I'm really sweaty. I've had
0:26.0	computer problems, but my back feels better for all those keeping track of my my
0:30.4	health and or hygiene issues from CBS News in New York City, John Dickerson, Hello, John.
0:38.0	And if you haven't ordered your David complaints check-off list, you can get that by email it's like that's what
0:45.1	slate plus members get exactly that's exactly that's exactly right they get a hi gang
0:50.3	also in the gang Emily Bazalon of the New York Times magazine and Yale University
0:54.9	Law School, she is the lawyer for the gang. Hello, Emily.
0:57.7	Hello, hello.
0:58.7	You would not go to prison. John and I would get sent to prison. You would represent us,
1:01.8	even though we, you were in on all of our
1:03.8	dirty deeds but you used your attorney-client privilege to keep yourself sort of clean.
1:10.1	I don't know if I knew about the commission of a crime or Fraud as it was occurring I could be in big trouble too.
1:15.6	Hmm.
1:16.6	You've you've I've noticed how careful you are to leave the room when John and I talk about the
1:21.4	Commission of a Crime or Fraud.
1:23.0	This week on the Gapfest, the state of the presidential race two weeks to go
1:26.8	does early voting tell us anything and the interesting discussion of whether Trump is
1:31.9	a fascist and whether it matters.
1:34.1	Then are young men supporting Trump because society has abandoned them and invested too much in
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