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David Plotz
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.
Articles By David Plotz
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I Loved My Abusive Basketball Coach
He berated me and threw things at me. He also made me a better player and a better man.
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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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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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Watch the SOTU Live With Slate and WNYC!
Join us and Brian Lehrer for a live chat during the State of the Union.
