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Political Gabfest

We’re Not Fooling Around Here

Political Gabfest

Slate Podcasts

News, Politics, Government

4.48.5K Ratings

🗓️ 3 October 2019

⏱️ 68 minutes

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Summary

Emily Bazelon, John Dickerson and David Plotz discuss the impeachment investigation, a new theory of why conservatives can’t quit Trump, and the court ruling upholding Harvard’s affirmative action program. For this week’s Slate Plus bonus segment, David, John, and Emily discuss the new nutrition guidelines for red meat consumption. You can tweet suggestions, links, and questions to @SlateGabfest. Tweet us your cocktail chatter using #cocktailchatter or post it to our Facebook page. (Messages may be quoted by name unless the writer stipulates otherwise.) The email address for the Political Gabfest is gabfest@slate.com. (Email may be quoted by name unless the writer stipulates otherwise.) Podcast production by Jocelyn Frank. Research and show notes by Bridgette Dunlap. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Hello and welcome to the Slate Political Gap Festival. October 3rd, 2019, the We're

0:44.5

Not Follin Around Here edition. I am David Plott's of Outlet Subscura. I'm in Washington,

0:49.8

DC, Locust Center of a impeachment America. That's probably some CNN studio downtown.

0:57.6

John Dickerson of CBS is 60 minutes joins me from New York City. Hello John.

1:02.8

Hiya. And Emily Bazelon of the New York Times magazine and also Yale University Law School.

1:09.3

School Law School. Joins me from probably from New Haven. Are you in New Haven Emily or

1:14.9

somewhere else? No, I'm actually in New York. I feel like I've joined a different show.

1:18.9

Like I missed a week and you turned into like a circus bar group. Oh, I don't know. I'm actually,

1:23.2

I mean, I'm just trying to artificially pet myself up. I'm having a slow start to them.

1:28.2

I'm exactly what it sounds like. Okay. Step right up. Ladies don't. I was at Coney Island

1:34.0

yesterday. So I was at Coney Island for the Outlet Subscura offsite. And so I'm feeling very

1:38.4

carnival barker. See the tallest man. This man will swallow a four foot sword on today's

1:46.4

gaffest. We have so much Ukraine, so much impeachment. First, we will talk about what is going

1:52.5

on in the investigation and how President Trump and his allies are counter-punching. John,

1:57.9

did you just say God? Did you just say? Well, I just I thought of object because there's so much

2:02.7

that's happened just between the time you started your sentence and right now. I mean, so

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