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Gabfest
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The Barack Obama Is Richard Nixon Gabfest
Listen to Slate's show about Obama’s scandal trifecta. Plus, the murder conviction of abortion doctor Kermit Gosnell.
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The "Is Anyone Too Fat to Be President?" Gabfest
Listen to Slate's show about Obama’s “red line” in Syria, the modern surveillance state, and Chris Christie's weight-loss surgery.
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The "Whoops, Did I Really Just Hand the 2000 Election to Bush?" Gabfest
Listen to Slate's show about the hunger strike at Gitmo, Congress' FAA fix, and Sandra Day O’Connor’s Supreme Court regrets.
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The “That Dime Bag Will Be $14.50 With Tax” Gabfest
Listen to Slate's show about the case against bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, President Obama’s backbone problem, and how to tax the new pot market.
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The What a Horrible, Horrible Week Gabfest
Listen to Slate's show about the Boston Marathon bombing and the ensuing coverage by mainstream and social media. Plus, the defeat of the gun bill.
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The Guy Named Plotz Makes Jokes About a Guy Named Weiner Gabfest
Listen to Slate's Political Gabfest on a Senate gun bill deal, Obama's budget proposal, and Anthony Weiner’s strategic re-entry into public life.
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The Give Us Your Tired, Your Poor ... But Not on the Basketball Court Gabfest
Listen to Slate's show about Marco Rubio’s vacillation on immigration reform, new abortion laws in conservative states, and the line between tough coaching and bullying.
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The Everybody’s Back Hurts Gabfest
Listen to Slate's show about gay marriage before the Supreme Court, the status of gun control legislation 100 days after Newtown, and This American Life’s investigation of disability benefits.
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The Scary, Out-of-Touch, Narrow-Minded, Stuffy Old Man Gabfest
Stephen Colbert visits the Political Gabfest as we discuss Republican rebranding; the Steubenville rape case; and Sheryl Sandberg’s new book, Lean In.
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Gabfest Truthiness
WATCH: Stephen Colbert drops by the live NYC Political Gabfest.
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The Gigantic, Delicious Sugary Drink Gabfest
Listen to Slate's show about Paul Ryan’s updated budget proposal, the overturning of Michael Bloomberg’s soda ban, and the tense coexistence of religion and modernity.
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The Screw You, Let’s Have Lunch Gabfest
Listen to Slate's show about Obama’s renewed efforts to schmooze the GOP, Rand Paul’s filibuster, and the evolving Sen. Menendez prostitution scandal.
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The I’m Working From Home Gabfest
Listen to Slate's show about life after the sequester, the Supreme Court’s review of the Voting Rights Act, and Yahoo's ban on working from home.
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The Sequestering Obama’s Golf Game Gabfest
Listen to Slate's show about the sequester standoff, a new challenge to campaign finance laws, and the president’s snub of the White House press corps.
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The Send Them to the Glue Factory Gabfest
Listen to Slate's show about the State of the Union address, whether some politicians should follow the pope’s lead and retire, and the president’s new emphasis on education reform.
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The Drone On Gabfest
Listen to Slate's show about Obama’s drone policy, a preview of the State of the Union, and a plan to fix the deficit.
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The Huddled Masses and Plotz's Birthday Gabfest
Listen to Slate's show about the politics of immigration reform, the unrest in Egypt, and how to compensate the victims of child pornography.
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The Live in Washington, D.C., Gabfest
Listen to Slate's show about Obama's second inauguration, filibuster reform, and the perils of tweeting on the job.
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The Elitist and Hypocrite Gabfest
Listen to Slate's show about the White House plan to confront gun violence, the suicide of Aaron Swartz, and a preview of President Obama’s inauguration.
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The $1 Trillion Gabfest
Listen to Slate's show about the embattled Hagel nomination, the platinum coin option, and Obama’s administration full of men.
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The After the Fiscal Cliff, the Debt Ceiling Chasm Gabfest
Listen to Slate's show about the fiscal cliff deal, the dysfunctional Congress, and a newspaper’s decision to publish a map of gun permit owners. Plus, an interview with Slate's “War Stories” columnist Fred Kaplan.
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The 2012 Conundrums Gabfest
Listen to Slate's special year-end show featuring the conundrums that stumped us in 2012.
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The Last Shot Gabfest
Listen to Slate's show about the political legacy of the Newtown shootings, Boehner’s Plan B, and the legacy of Robert Bork.
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The Union-Made Gabfest
Listen to Slate's show about Michigan’s new right-to-work law, the Supreme Court’s decision to tackle gay marriage, and torture in Zero Dark Thirty.
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The Doomsday Scenario Gabfest
Listen to Slate's show about the fiscal cliff negotiations, lessons from the 2012 campaign, and the New York Post’s tragic cover photo.
