The “Time to Panic” Edition

Political Gabfest

Slate Podcasts

News, Politics, Government

4.4 • 8.5K Ratings

🗓️ 22 September 2016

⏱️ 59 minutes

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David Plotz, Emily Bazelon and John Dickerson discuss Donald Trump's attempt to leave the birther conspiracy club, how the New York and New Jersey bombs could impact the election and what a pardon for Edward Snowden would represent for US national security. 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 [♪
0:09.6	Hello and welcome to the Slate Political Gap Test for September 22, 2016, the Time to Panic Edition.
0:15.5	I am David Plott's of Atlas Obscura to my left.
0:19.7	His family is Lawn of the New York Times Magazine.
0:22.2	Hello, Emily.
0:23.2	Hello, hello.
0:24.1	To my right is John Dickerson of Face the Nation.
0:27.5	This is about the size of it, isn't it?
0:29.5	The, uh, and so glad we're in a room together.
0:33.5	We have been in a room together for so long.
0:35.5	It's exciting.
0:36.5	We are in the swing.
0:37.5	I think we should apply for some kind of grant so that we could all be in the room together
0:41.5	all the time.
0:42.5	You think someone wants to give us a grant?
0:43.5	Yeah, I think so.
0:44.5	I think that's called our jobs.
0:46.5	No, but-
0:47.5	That's called the advertisers.
0:48.5	Well, no, but finding a way to get us all into the room, I think there's got to be
0:52.5	some phony below.
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