Political Gabfest

The “I Will Keep You in Suspense” Edition

Listen to Slate’s show about the final presidential debate, Trump’s “rigged election” claims, and the prosecution of journalist Amy Goodman.

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On this week’s Slate Political Gabfest, Emily Bazelon, Jacob Weisberg, and David Plotz discuss the final presidential debate, Trump’s “rigged election” claims, and the prosecution of journalist Amy Goodman.

Here are some of the links and references from this week’s show:

Emily chatters about the defamation trial following Rolling Stone’s discredited “A Rape on Campus” article.

Jacob chatters about the T Magazine piece “Kerry James Marshall Is Shifting the Color of Art History.”

David chatters about Larry Lessig’s classy response to a WikiLeak’d email about him.

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Podcast production by Jocelyn Frank. Links compiled by Kevin Townsend.