Political Gabfest - The "Live From Georgia" Edition
Political Gabfest
Slate Podcasts
4.4 • 8.5K Ratings
🗓️ 28 April 2016
⏱️ 52 minutes
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Summary
Emily Bazelon, David Plotz and John Dickerson discuss how Ted Cruz's running mate announcement could impact the Republican race for the Presidential nomination. They also weigh in on Hillary Clinton's standing and the three offer some potential new tests for potential Presidential candidates of the future.Â
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| 0:00.0 | The Slate Political Gab Fest is brought you by Goldman Sachs. Get information about developments |
| 0:04.9 | currently shaping markets, industries, and the global economy on the firm's podcast. Exchanges |
| 0:10.6 | at Goldman Sachs, available on iTunes. And by Harries, the shaving company that offers German |
| 0:17.1 | engineered blades, well-designed handles, and shipping right to your door. |
| 0:21.6 | Visit harries.com for $5 off your first purchase with the promo code GabFest. |
| 0:27.7 | And by Concurr, employees get simplified expense reports and business leaders get full visibility into their company's spending habits. |
| 0:36.4 | Expense, travel, invoice. Learn more at concur.com |
| 0:41.5 | slash gabfest. And by Ring. With Ring video doorbell, you can see and speak to anyone at your |
| 0:49.4 | door from anywhere in the world using your smartphone. Political GabFest listeners get free expedited FedEx shipping when you go to ring.com slash |
| 0:58.2 | GabFest. |
| 0:59.4 | With Ring Video Doorbell, you're always home. |
| 1:03.3 | The following podcast contains explicit language. |
| 1:06.3 | Music. Hello, and welcome to the Slate Political Gab Fest for April 28th, 2016, the live from Georgia edition of the Gab Fest. |
| 1:28.1 | We are joined by a huge crowd, or as we like to say. |
| 1:34.4 | That's a huge. That's a huge. That's a huge crowd. |
| 1:37.9 | At the first center in downtown Atlanta, I'm David Plotz of Atlas Obscura. |
| 1:42.4 | I'm joined on stage. To my far left is the man who puts |
| 1:47.5 | the face and face the nation. John Dickerson. Hello, John. And to my near left is, of course, |
| 1:55.9 | Emily Bazelon of the New York Times, which for you, Atlanta Times, the New York Times is like the Atlanta Journal |
| 2:02.2 | Constitution, but with Paul Krugman. |
| 2:06.5 | On this week's scabfest, Donald Trump sweeps the Northeast primaries on Tuesday night, while |
| 2:12.1 | Ted Cruz tries to pull a Carly-fiorina-shaped rabbit out of an Indiana-shaped hat. |
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