The “Nevertheless She Persisted” Edition

Political Gabfest

Slate Podcasts

News, Politics, Government

4.4 • 8.5K Ratings

🗓️ 9 February 2017

⏱️ 55 minutes

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David Plotz, Emily Bazelon and John Dickerson discuss the legal fight over the President Trump's immigration executive order, the confirmation battles of DeVos and Sessions and Elizabeth Warren's grandstanding, and debate if comedy can shape public opinion and policy. 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 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 [♪
0:10.6	Hello and welcome to the Slate Political Gap Fest for February 9, 2017.
0:14.1	The Nevertheless, if you persisted in addition, I'm David Plotz.
0:18.0	That was Obscura.
0:19.5	Joining me here in Washington DC is of course John Degers in the face of the nation.
0:23.4	Howdy John Howdy.
0:25.4	And from her cubicle, not her cubicle.
0:29.8	It's anything quite a cubicle.
0:31.8	What's the term?
0:32.8	I just lost the term.
0:33.8	It's a whitey-hole.
0:34.8	Her hidey-hole in New Haven is a womb of comfort and warmth.
0:39.0	His Emily Baslon of The New York Times Magazine.
0:42.6	Hello.
0:43.6	Hi, guys.
0:44.6	What's up?
0:45.6	Oh, you know, Thursday morning, actually super amounts of snow blowing outside my window.
0:50.0	Oh, that's up.
0:51.0	That's nice.
0:52.0	There was none in Washington.
0:53.0	It's no storm.
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