The following podcast contains explicit language.

Hello and welcome to the Slate Political Gav Fest for October 26, 2017, the live from Chicago edition.

We are on stage in front of a rowdy and large crowd.

At the Merle Rescue Theater on the campus of DePaul University in Chicago, it is great to be in Chicago.

Hello. I'm David Plott's of Atlas Obscura, too. My immediate right is John Dickerson,

a CBS Space Venation.

And to John's right, and only this respect, is Emily Bazlon of the New York Times magazine.

On this week's Gav Fest, Arizona Senator Jeff Flake, Tennessee Senator Bob Corker,

Arizona Senator John McCain, former President George W. Bush, this was the week when Republican

savaged President Trump but couldn't manage to speak his name. Does this foretell an actual

split in the party? Then we'll talk with Cook County State's Attorney Kim Fox about criminal

justice reform here in Chicago. Then since the Harvey Weinstein story broke in the New York Times

last week, there has been a flood of news about ill-behaving men, assaulters, harassers,

bulleers, and they are now getting publicly shamed. Is it finally impossible for men to behave like

scum towards the women they work with? Plus, we'll have cocktail, chatter, and a slate plus segment,

which will be a Q&A with you, our dear audience. And yes, it is kind of weird to shill for a show

that is going to be 1200 miles to the east of here. But here we go. We're going to shill anyway.

I've checked with American Airlines and for just $269 you could fly to Boston on December 6th

and see our Gav Fest show, our conundrum show live at the Wilbur Theater in Boston at 7.30 pm.

You can get tickets for that show by going to slate.com slash live. December 6th in Boston tickets at

slate.com slash live. And glad we made it without you making a word. I know no piggy set.

Don usually does a little bit of that. No, I was trying to think if we should offer some kind of

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