The “Happy Valentine’s Day, Judge Moore” Edition
Listen to Slate's show about the marriage equality confusion in Alabama, whether we should forgive Brian Williams, and Emily Bazelon's story about a campus sexual assault charge.
The Political Gabfest has moved! Find new episodes here.
Become a fan of the Political Gabfest on Facebook. We post to the Facebook page throughout the week, so keep the conversation going by joining us there. Or follow us @SlateGabfest!
To listen to the discussion, use the player below:
For this week’s Slate Plus bonus segment, the hosts discuss David’s latest updates as CEO of Atlas Obscura. Slate Plus members get an ad-free version of this podcast with bonus segments. Visit slate.com/gabfestplus and try it free for two weeks.
On this week’s Slate Political Gabfest, Emily Bazelon, John Dickerson, and David Plotz discuss the legal battle for gay marriage in Alabama, David Brooks’ piece on whether to forgive Brian Williams, and Emily’s New York Times Magazine cover story about an alleged sexual assault at Stanford University.
Here are some of the links and references mentioned during this week's show:
- What’s going on in Alabama with gay marriage, and what do U.S. District Court Judge Callie V. S. Granade, Alabama Supreme Court Chief Justice Roy S. Moore, and SCOTUS have to do with it?
- What’s the deal with Alabama anyway? Is this George Wallace 2.0?
- Emily’s sort-of defense of Alabama’s Chief Justice Moore.
- David Brooks forgave Brian Williams. Should you? Can you?
- Jon Ronson highlights how one stupid tweet ruined Justine Sacco’s life.
- John’s Slate piece on the disturbing glee at Mark Sanford's downfall.
- Read Emily’s excellent New York Times Magazine cover story, "The Stanford Undergraduate and the Mentor."
- R.I.P. Bob Simon and David Carr (and farewell to Jon Stewart).
Emily chatters about Darwinian Doodles and The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate.
John chatters about Jordan M. Wright's collection of political memorabilia.
David chatters about the Culture Gabfest’s Slate Plus segment on the best love songs of all time, his favorite love songs, and conjugal visits.
.jpg.CROP.promo-small2.jpg)
(Almost) every product recommended on every Slate podcast since the dawn of creation.
Topic ideas for next week? You can tweet suggestions, links, and questions to @SlateGabfest.
Join the discussion of this episode on Facebook.
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 Tarik Barrett.