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Political Gabfest

The "Freedom Gas" Edition

Political Gabfest

Slate Podcasts

News, Politics, Government

4.48.5K Ratings

🗓️ 30 May 2019

⏱️ 67 minutes

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Summary

Emily Bazelon, and Julia Ioffe discuss the E.U. election means for the world, Trump’s war on climate science, and the deaths at Mount Everest. Topic ideas for next week? You can tweet suggestions, links, and questions to @SlateGabfest. Tweet us your cocktail chatter using #cocktailchatter or post it to our Facebook page. (Messages may be quoted by name unless the writer stipulates otherwise.) Become a fan of the Political Gabfest on Facebook and follow us on Twitter @SlateGabfest. The email address for the Political Gabfest is gabfest@slate.com. (Email may be quoted by name unless the writer stipulates otherwise.)  Podcast production by Jocelyn Frank. Research and show notes by Bridgette Dunlap.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcript

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0:00.0

This episode of The Gabfest contains explicit language.

0:03.6

I feel like we went a little bit into like smoking

0:06.5

That was a great discussion, I like that.

0:08.5

What is authentic man?

0:10.5

I don't know what it did.

0:11.5

Hello and welcome to the Slate Political Gabfest from May 30th, 2019.

0:14.6

The Freedom Gas Edition, I'm David Plots of Atlas Obscura.

0:18.1

I'm in Washington, DC.

0:20.7

Joining me electronically, psychologically,

0:24.3

is Emily Basilons in Your Times Magazine, Yale Law School,

0:28.3

and the book charged.

0:30.1

Emily, you have too many titles.

0:31.3

We have to ditch one of them.

0:32.6

Pick one.

0:33.5

It's summer.

0:34.1

We can ditch Yale for the summer.

0:35.6

Hey, nice to see you.

0:37.4

Emily's in New York, I think.

0:39.0

Yep.

0:39.5

Not joining us this week is John Dickerson.

0:41.5

He is, who knows where.

0:43.1

He's off somewhere.

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