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Political Gabfest

The "Red, Red Line" Edition

Political Gabfest

Slate Podcasts

News, Politics, Government

4.48.5K Ratings

🗓️ 13 April 2017

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

Emily Bazelon, David Plotz and John Dickerson discuss U.S. foreign relations, Democratic hopes for 2018 and the United Airlines seat ejection. 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

Transcript

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0:00.0

The following podcast contains explicit language.

0:03.2

[♪ INTRO MUSIC PLAYING [♪

0:10.2

Hello and welcome to the Slate Political Gabb Vest for April 13th, 2017, the red, red line edition.

0:17.2

I'm David Plott of Atlas Obscura.

0:21.0

I'm in New York today.

0:23.1

Emily Bazelon of The Neurotimes magazine is in New Haven.

0:27.3

Hello, Emily.

0:28.5

Hey, David.

0:29.2

And John Dickerson, host of Face the Nation on CBS, is in Washington.

0:34.5

Is that right, John?

0:35.5

That's true.

0:36.0

I'm in Washington.

0:37.1

We are all scattered to the winds.

0:39.4

It means, however, an assault.

0:42.4

You could hit any one of the three Gabb Vest spots, but two thirds of the show would survive.

0:48.0

So we're safe.

0:49.7

The show can continue in case there's a surgical strike on New York, New Haven or Washington.

0:54.9

That's reassuring for all of us and for our listeners.

0:58.6

On this week's Gabb Vest, the aftermath of the administration's attack on Syria and

1:05.4

it's growing showdown with Russia, then how excited and delighted should Republicans

1:12.3

be that they held onto a house seat in Kansas.

1:16.6

What's going on with these special elections?

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