The "Sealed Indictment" Edition
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4.5 • 6K Ratings
🗓️ 21 November 2018
⏱️ 72 minutes
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Summary
Emily Bazelon, David Plotz, and John Dickerson discuss what may be next for the Mueller investigation, the California wildfires, and new revelations about Facebook’s leadership team.
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| 0:00.0 | The following podcast contains explicit language. |
| 0:10.1 | Hello and welcome to the Slate Political Gab Fest for November 22nd, 2018, the sealed indictment edition. |
| 0:16.3 | I just realized today is the 55th anniversary of the Kennedy assassination or the day that the show comes out is the 55th anniversary. |
| 0:23.8 | Who knew? |
| 0:24.9 | So I am David Plotz of Atlas Obscura. |
| 0:27.7 | I'm in Washington, D.C. |
| 0:29.8 | My co-host, Emily Bazelon of The New York Times and John Dickerson of CBS this morning are both in New York. |
| 0:37.7 | Hello, guys. Happy York. Hello, guys. |
| 0:38.7 | Happy Thanksgiving. |
| 0:39.6 | Hello, David. |
| 0:40.2 | Hey, happy Thanksgiving. |
| 0:42.0 | So we're taping on Tuesday. |
| 0:44.3 | So who knows what could possibly happen between now and when you hear this, which I hope is not during Thanksgiving, but maybe a little bit before or a little bit after Thanksgiving. |
| 0:52.3 | Or heck, maybe some families have podcast listening over Thanksgiving. |
| 0:56.4 | It could save you, you know, having a podcast to tune out to. |
| 0:59.8 | That is a good point. |
| 1:00.6 | That's right. |
| 1:01.0 | We could be an island of tranquility. |
| 1:03.6 | Or like a bouncy castle of fun. |
| 1:07.3 | I always think of us as a bouncy castle of fun. |
| 1:10.2 | That's really what our tagline should be. |
| 1:12.1 | That's what our T-shirt should say. As you can see, we've got a little pre-holiday joy and boisterousness. We've all been sitting here chit-chatting. But there's serious business to attend to. So we're going to talk about what is going on with the Mueller investigation. then we're going to talk about the California wildfires, what they portend about life in the next century and what they pretend about life under a drastically changed climate. Then is Facebook evil or just self-delusional? Are there any other choices we will discuss? we'll have cocktail chatter of course and a reminder |
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