The Gabfest Gospel Tour
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Updated Friday, Oct. 26, 2007, at 1:22 PM ET
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On this week's show, Emily, John, and David discuss the latest political dramas, Californian fires and signs of Armageddon, and the New Republic's "Iraq Diarist" dilemma.
Since the D.C. Slate sters moved into their swank new digs, the dimensions and acoustics of the new "studio" have been topics of some fascination for gabbers and listeners alike. By popular demand, we present a photographic explanation for why it sometimes sounds as though the Gabfest is recorded in a wind tunnel—the soundproofing is still a work in progress. (That's the carpet that Emily was responsible for selecting, BTW. I'm told it was reattached to the wall before the Oct. 26 show was recorded.)
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Friday, Oct. 19, 2007
On this week's show, Emily, John, and David discuss the increasingly heated rhetoric among GOP presidential hopefuls, the notably friendly reception attorney general nominee Michael Mukasey got in the Senate, and how the Dalai Lama's medal drove Beijing around the bend.
Plus, we have a little drama during the Gabfest taping when a light bulb explodes. After hearing the episode, wry listener Quan S. Choi sent us this joke:
June Thomas is a Slate culture critic. Follow her on Twitter.
Emily Bazelon is a Slate senior editor and writes about law, family, and kids. She's working on a book about bullying.
John Dickerson is Slate's chief political correspondent and author of On Her Trail. He can be reached at slatepolitics@gmail.com. Read his series on Risk. Follow him on Twitter.
David Plotz is the Editor of Slate. He's the author of The Genius Factory: The Curious History of the Nobel Prize Sperm Bank and Good Book. He appears on Slate's Political Gabfest.