The “Now We Have Pipe Bombs” Edition

Political Gabfest

Slate Podcasts

News, Politics, Government

4.4 • 8.5K Ratings

🗓️ 25 October 2018

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Emily Bazelon, David Plotz, and John Dickerson discuss the pipe bombs sent to Trump critics, the state of the midterm elections, and whether Saudi Arabia will be punished for the death of Jamal Khashoggi. 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 of Political Gap Fest for October 25th, 2018.
0:14.2	Then now we have pipe bombs edition of the Gap Fest.
0:18.2	I'm David Plott, the Battle of Seeds Bureau.
0:19.8	I'm in Washington, D.C., Emily Bazeland of the New York Times magazine.
0:24.0	Is a new Haven? Hello, Emily.
0:26.6	Hello, David.
0:27.9	And John Degersen of CBS this morning is in New York.
0:31.3	Hello, John.
0:32.5	Hello, David.
0:33.6	On this week's show, pipe bombs sent to the Obama's Joe Biden Hillary Clinton,
0:41.9	Maxine Waters, George Soros, Robert DeNiro,
0:46.6	is American politics at an extraordinarily dangerous moment.
0:51.5	Then the state of the midterm elections two weeks out,
0:55.0	our Democrats headed for disappointment after a summer of enthusiasm.
1:00.6	And then the outrage over the Jamal Kashoggi murder has not diminished,
1:06.4	but will it actually change the world's relationship to Saudi Arabia?
1:10.1	Plus, we will have cocktail chatter.
1:12.2	And do not forget, dear ones, we have a conundrum live show coming up on December 12th
1:18.9	at NYU Skurbel Center in Manhattan.
1:21.6	The ticket's still a few tickets available at Slate.com slash live.
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