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Political Gabfest

The "Freaks and Leaks" Edition

Political Gabfest

Slate Podcasts

News, Politics, Government

4.48.5K Ratings

🗓️ 19 February 2017

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Summary

Emily Bazelon, David Plotz and John Dickerson are joined by Julia Ioffe of The Atlantic to discuss the Russia scandal and ouster of Michael Flynn. They also examine the populist revolt to save Obamacare, and American-Israeli relations. 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

Transcript

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0:00.0

The following podcast contains explicit language.

0:10.8

Hello and welcome to the Slate Political Gap House.

0:12.6

For February 16, 2017, the Freaks and Leaks edition,

0:16.2

I am David Plott of Atlas Obserion.

0:18.2

I'm here in Slate's DC studio with John Dickerson,

0:22.3

host of Face the Nation.

0:23.2

Hello.

0:24.0

Mary Day.

0:24.8

John.

0:25.0

Mary Day and Beav's Good Cheer.

0:26.2

Uh, thank you.

0:28.2

You too, right back at you.

0:29.8

And from New Haven is, of course, Emily Vazlon,

0:35.0

host of the Slate Political Gap House.

0:37.2

No, of the New York Times magazine.

0:39.0

I'm not the host of the New York Times magazine.

0:41.4

Although I sort of like that idea,

0:43.0

I could just like stand there with a glass of wine

0:45.4

instead of actually working.

0:48.0

On this week's Gap House, Holy Moly, it's ridiculous.

0:52.8

An assassin wearing an LOL t-shirt,

0:55.0

poisons, North Korea's heir apparent in broad daylight

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