Political Gabfest - The "Say It with Me: President Ted Cruz" Edition
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4.5 • 6K Ratings
🗓️ 27 March 2015
⏱️ 52 minutes
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Emily Bazelon, David Plotz, and special guest Jamelle Bouie discuss the presidential ambitions of Sen. Ted Cruz, the Supreme Court case involving license plates and the Confederate flag, and the deliberate downing of a German airliner. Twitter: @SlateGabfestFacebook: facebook.com/GabfestEmail: gabfest@slate.comShow notes at slate.com/gabfest This week's episode is sponsored by Stamps.com. If you go to stamps.com, click on the microphone at the top of the home page and enter GABFEST for a $110 bonus offer, including up to $55 in free postage and a no-risk trial. 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.
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| 0:00.0 | The Slate Political Gab Fest is sponsored by Stamps.com. |
| 0:03.6 | Buy and print official U.S. postage using your own computer and printer |
| 0:06.6 | and save up to 80% compared to a postage meter. |
| 0:09.8 | Sign up for a no-risk trial and a $110 bonus offer |
| 0:13.0 | when you visit Stamps.com and use the promo code GabFest. |
| 0:16.7 | The following podcast contains explicit language. |
| 0:26.7 | Music The following podcast contains explicit language. Hello and welcome to the Slate Political Gab Fest from March 27, 2015. |
| 0:30.8 | The Say It With Me, President Ted Cruz edition, I'm David Plotz of Atlas Obscura in Washington, D.C. |
| 0:39.9 | Now it's John Dickerson's turn to be on vacation. So now we are Dickerson list, but instead of John Dickerson, we have |
| 0:45.7 | someone who is even nadier and just as smart. Jamel Bowie, who is one slate. I think staff |
| 0:53.0 | writer is my official title. |
| 0:54.7 | I think your epigraph is now even nadier and just as smart. |
| 0:58.9 | Yes. |
| 0:59.3 | I'm going to adopt that from a Twitter bio. |
| 1:01.7 | Yeah, it's good. |
| 1:02.4 | If you want to refer to me, if you need it, validate it, I'll validate it. |
| 1:06.8 | And that voice you heard, yes, listeners, the voice you've been waiting for, it's Emily Bazelon, back from literal round the world journey. |
| 1:16.9 | Hello, Emily. |
| 1:18.0 | Welcome back. |
| 1:18.4 | Hello. |
| 1:19.2 | That's great to be here. |
| 1:20.5 | Did you, you were in Southeast Asia? |
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