The “Just A Little Bit of Shoe Polish” Edition

Political Gabfest

Slate Podcasts

News, Politics, Government

4.4 • 8.5K Ratings

🗓️ 7 February 2019

⏱️ 66 minutes

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Summary

Emily Bazelon, John Dickerson, and David Plotz discuss Virginia Democrats in turmoil, Trump’s State of the Union speech, and the appalling conditions at a federal prison in New York. For this week’s Slate Plus bonus segment John, David, and Emily discuss the crisis in digital media. 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

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0:00.0	The following podcast contains explicit language.
0:03.2	[♪ OUTRO MUSIC PLAYING [♪
0:09.6	Hello, and welcome to the Slate Political Gap Fest for February 7, 2019.
0:13.4	The just a little bit of shoe polish edition.
0:16.7	I'm David Plotzev out with Subscura.
0:19.0	I'm in Washington, D.C.
0:20.9	And my confers, my fellow hosts,
0:24.5	John Dickerson, Emily Bazlon of CBS this morning,
0:28.0	and the New York Times magazine, respectively,
0:30.0	are both in CBS's studio.
0:31.7	So I'm not with you guys.
0:33.6	What secrets are you sharing with each other?
0:36.1	What things are you talking about?
0:37.5	That you're cutting me out of it?
0:38.3	I just texted you all the secrets.
0:40.3	You're not cut out of anything.
0:42.4	I just updated all the secrets.
0:44.7	It's true.
0:45.5	All the secrets, including the location of the Masonic key.
0:50.7	The very treasure.
0:51.9	Exactly.
0:52.9	What about the location of the afterparty?
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