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By Emily Bazelon, John Dickerson, Dana Milbank, David Plotz, and June Thomas
Updated Monday, Nov. 26, 2007, at 3:15 PM ET

To play the Nov. 23 Gabfest, click the arrow on the audio player below:

You can also download the program here, or you can subscribe to the weekly Gabfest podcast feed in iTunes by clicking here.

On today's agenda: Barack Obama surges in Iowa, a stem-cell breakthrough, and D.C.'s handgun law goes to court.

Our e-mail address is . (E-mail may be quoted by name unless the writer stipulates otherwise.) Posted by June Thomas at 3:15 p.m.

Friday, Nov. 16, 2007

To play the Nov. 16 Gabfest, download the program here, or you can subscribe to the weekly Gabfest podcast feed in iTunes by clicking here.

On this week's agenda: bad news for Hillary; parsing the good news from Iraq; and the debate over whether to issue driver's licenses to undocumented aliens.

Some of the articles mentioned in the discussion:

Emily's "XX Factor" post on John McCain's "gaffe"
John on Hillary Clinton's planted question
Time's Michael Duffy on Rudy Giuliani's Kerik problem

Our e-mail address is . (E-mail may be quoted by name unless the writer stipulates otherwise.) Posted by June Thomas at 3:30 p.m.

Friday, Nov. 9, 2007

To play the Nov. 9 Gabfest, download the program here, or you can subscribe to the weekly Gabfest podcast feed in iTunes by clicking here.

The Gabfest crew reconvened in the D.C. radio room to discuss Rudy's hookup with Pat Robertson, Hillary's gender politics, the worrying turn of events in Pakistan, and our sick economy.

Our e-mail address is . (E-mail may be quoted by name unless the writer stipulates otherwise.) Posted by June Thomas at 2:15 p.m.

Friday, Nov. 2, 2007

To play the Nov. 2 Gabfest, download the program here, or you can subscribe to the weekly Gabfest podcast feed in iTunes by clicking here.

David is traveling this week, but the Washington Post's "Washington Sketch" writer, Dana Milbank, joined John and Emily to chew over debating Democrats, the Republican doing Meet the Press on Sunday, and the flap over waterboarding. And in a shocking development, John offers a "Cocktail Chatter" nugget that doesn't involve polling!

Some of the articles mentioned in the discussion:

The waterboarding video Emily mentioned
Dana Milbank's Washington Post piece about the waterboarding breakfast
William Saletan's piece on the AEI's forum on smart Jews
Slate V's take on the Ron Paul ad, along with his supporters' negative reactions

Our e-mail address is . (E-mail may be quoted by name unless the writer stipulates otherwise.) Posted by June Thomas at 1:19 p.m.

Friday, Oct. 26, 2007

To play the Oct. 26 Gabfest, download the program here, or you can subscribe to the weekly Gabfest podcast feed in iTunes by clicking here.

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.

The soundproofing is still a work in progress

Since the D.C. Slatesters 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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Emily Bazelon is a Slate senior editor. John Dickerson is Slate's chief political correspondent and author of On Her Trail. He can be reached at . Dana Milbank writes the Washington Post's Washington Sketch column. David Plotz is Slate's deputy editor. He is the author of The Genius Factory: The Curious History of the Nobel Prize Sperm Bank. You can e-mail him at . June Thomas is Slate's foreign editor. You can e-mail her at .
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