The Killers and Rapists Edition
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4.5 • 6K Ratings
🗓️ 3 July 2015
⏱️ 58 minutes
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Emily Bazelon, David Plotz, and special guest Matt Yglesias recap the recently ended Supreme Court term, discuss the dire economic situation in Greece, and debate the worthiness of Donald Trump's candidacy. The Slate Political Gabfest is sponsored by SundanceNow Doc Club! The new streaming service for everyone who loves documentaries. Discover unforgettable films like The Queen of Versailles, The Staircase, and The Weather Underground. To get a free 30-day trial go to docclub.com/gabfest. And by Ziprecruiter. With Ziprecruiter, you can post your job to over 100 job sites with a single click and an interface that's easy to use. Right now, you can try ZipRecruiter for free! Go to ZipRecruiter.com/gabfest. And by Trunk Club. Answer a few simple questions about your look, style, and size, and receive a trunk full of great looking clothes that fit perfectly and make you look amazing. Only pay for the clothes you keep, and shipping is free. Go to TrunkClub.com/gabfest. 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
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| 0:00.0 | The Slate Political Gab Fest is sponsored by Sundance Now Dock Club, the new streaming service for everyone who loves documentaries. |
| 0:07.8 | Discover unforgettable films like the Queen of Versailles, the staircase, and the weather underground. |
| 0:13.0 | To get a free 30-day trial, go to dockclub.com slash gabfest. That's doc-c-l-U-B-com slash GabFest. And by ZipRecruiter, post your job to over 100 |
| 0:25.8 | job sites with a single click and an interface that's easy to use. Right now, you can try ZipRecruiter for |
| 0:31.7 | free. Go to ZipRecruiter.com slash GabFest. That's Ziprecruiter.com slash gabfest. |
| 0:38.4 | And by Trunk Club. |
| 0:40.1 | Answer a few simple questions about your look, style, and size, and receive a trunk |
| 0:45.0 | full of great-looking clothes that fit perfectly and make you look amazing. |
| 0:49.2 | Only pay for the clothes you keep, and shipping is free. |
| 0:51.8 | Go to Trunkclub.com slash gabfest. |
| 0:55.4 | The following podcast contains explicit language. |
| 1:05.6 | Hello and welcome to the Slate Plito Hook Gab Fest for July 3rd, 2015, the Killers and Rapists |
| 1:10.0 | Edition. |
| 1:10.6 | We just had a big debate about whether it should be the 2015, the Killers and Rapists Edition. We just had a big debate |
| 1:11.4 | about whether it should be the Rapists and Killers Edition and to settle on Killers and Rapists |
| 1:16.1 | Edition. I'm David Plotz of Atlas Obscura. We have a special show this week because John Dickerson |
| 1:21.1 | is not here. And John is in Aspen. I guess he's being held hostage in As it happens often in Aspen. |
| 1:29.3 | It's tough there. |
| 1:30.9 | Because John is being held hostage, I think he's doing a panel just as we're taping. |
| 1:34.5 | We have brought in special guest Gab Fester, Matt Iglesias, who is the executive editor of Vox, formerly our colleague here at Slate, dearly, dearly missed. |
| 1:44.3 | Although we're not colleagues at Slate anyway. |
| 1:46.2 | No, but we miss him nonetheless. |
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