The Gabfest: A fiscal cliff deal and the debt ceiling negotiations, Speaker Boehner survives a challenge, and how the military fights insurgencies and terrorists.

The Gabfest: How to navigate Congress after the fiscal cliff deal, a newspaper maps gun permit owners, and changing…

The Gabfest: How to navigate Congress after the fiscal cliff deal, a newspaper maps gun permit owners, and changing…

Slate's weekly political roundtable.
Jan. 4 2013 2:16 PM

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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Live Gabfest! Jan. 23, Washington, D.C., at Sixth & I Historic Synagogue, 7 p.m. (Doors open at 6.) Tickets and more information here.

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On this week’s Slate Political Gabfest, Emily Bazelon, David Plotz, and special guest Dave Weigel discuss the fiscal cliff deal, the dysfunctional Congress, and the decision by the Journal News to publish a map of gun permit owners. Plus, David interviews Slate's “War Stories” columnist Fred Kaplan about his new book, The Insurgents: David Petraeus and the Plot To Change the American Way of War.

Here are some of the links and references mentioned during this week's show:

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Emily chatters about skate skiing and lattes, despite David’s scorn.

Dave Weigel chatters about new directions for several comics that were created by Rob Liefeld. Listener @sparker417 recommends Prophet #21.

Topic ideas for next week? You can tweet suggestions, links, and questions to @SlateGabfest. 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 Mike Vuolo. Links compiled by Jeff Friedrich.