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31/10/2024

Political Gabfest: The presidential race: where we stand; the election: what we worry about; the backlash from non-endorsements: why we care.

The presidential campaign gets down and dirty

24/10/2024

Slate Political Gabfest: Donald Trump’s fascism, disinhibition, and age; the state of young men in America; Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion at the University of Michigan

And he might be re-elected President

17/10/2024

Political Gabfest: Kamala Harris makes her pitch to Black and Hispanic men; Republican senators in Nebraska, Texas, and Florida are in surprisingly close races; when conspiracies win, hurricane victims lose on disaster relief.

Will she win their votes?

10/10/2024

Political Gabfest: Race between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump is too close to call; legal experts are worried about a Trump win; recent hurricanes prove climate change is real.

Kamala Harris’s path to victory depends on the Blue Wall

03/10/2024

Political Gabfest: VP candidates Tim Walz and JD Vance have “nice” debate; Israel and Hezbollah and Iran fire missiles and 2,000 Lebanese die; NYC Mayor Eric Adams pleads not guilty.

No matter how nicely Tim Walz asks

26/09/2024

Political Gabfest: Kamala Harris v. Donald Trump and Tim Walz v. JD Vance, Josh Stein v. Mark Robinson in North Carolina, and College v. Careerism

The Republican candidate is sinking the party's chances to take the governor's office. And maybe the presidency.

19/09/2024

Political Gabfest: Who is inciting political violence? And who is suffering the consequences?

And the residents of Springfield, Ohio lose

13/09/2024

Political Gabfest: Kamala Harris sinks Donald Trump in presidential debate; Taylor Swift jumps into campaign politics and endorses Harris; Nate Persily dives deep on election integrity.

Hook, line, and sinker: Harris beats Trump

05/09/2024

Political Gabfest: Kamala Harris is beating Donald Trump in national polls – but just barely; Israelis are demanding a hostages-ceasefire deal; Russia and China are interfering in U.S. politics.

Why isn't Harris doing better in the race to beat Donald Trump?

29/08/2024

Political Gabfest: A campaign potpourri of the Kamala Harris-Donald Trump debate, endorsements, and issues; the return of Special Counsel Jack Smith; and the national housing shortage with Conor Dougherty

No audience, no live mics, no written notes.

22/08/2024

Political Gabfest: We’re talking about which moments from the Democratic National Convention stand out; what presidential polls say; and where locals complain about too many tourists.

Democrats are talking freedom, patriotism, and joy.

15/08/2024

Political Gabfest: Trump is still lying about crowd size and spreading election misinformation; Vice President Harris is looking to define Candidate Harris; Marin Cogan is writing about guns.

Trump continues to spread election misinformation.

08/08/2024

Political Gabfest: Gov. Tim Walz is Democratic nominee for VP; Google search is illegal monopoly; SecDef Lloyd Austin undoes three 9/11 guilty-plea deals.

And he dubbed Donald Trump “weird”

01/08/2024

Political Gabfest: New Democratic line against JD Vance and Donald Trump; Kamala Harris VP-stakes; President Biden’s attempt to reform Supreme Court

The Gabfest hosts discuss weirdness, Kamala Harris’s vice president choices, and President Biden’s dead-on arrival Supreme Court reform.

25/07/2024

Political Gabfest: Joe Biden drops out of race; Kamala Harris goes from Veep to nominee; fallout for Secret Service following Donald Trump assassination attempt.

Kamala Harris goes from Veep to nominee and the fallout of the Secret Service

19/07/2024

Political Gabfest: J.D. Vance is hired, GOP thinks victory is in the air, and what comes after the Donald Trump assassination attempt.

J.D. is Donald Trump’s veep pick and now Republicans can’t wait for November

12/07/2024

Political Gabfest: Should Joe Biden stay or go; what is Project 2025; does Justice Amy Coney Barrett deserve respect?

Do other names floated for the nomination have what it takes to beat Donald Trump?

04/07/2024

Political Gabfest: Supreme Court gives absolute presidential immunity, takes away administrative state; will Joe Biden be Democratic presidential nominee?

And takes away the administrative state

28/06/2024

Political Gabfest: In the first presidential debate of 2024, Donald Trump didn’t win but Joe Biden definitely lost.

Biden failed to clear the age hurdle

27/06/2024

Political Gabfest: Supreme Court rules on emergency abortions in Idaho and on guns for domestic abusers; New York Democrats decide not to re-elect Congressman Jamaal Bowman.

But the justices say no to guns for domestic abusers

21/06/2024

Political Gabfest: Trump v. Biden rematch could decide all or nothing; U.S. surgeon general and California governor take on social media and smartphones; and former Indiana governor attacks one-party rule.

What could next week's debates decide?

13/06/2024

President Biden started new asylum policy to stop illegal border crossings; European Parliament’s recent elections will bring change; New York City congestion pricing is no-go for now.

Will it stop illegal border crossings?

06/06/2024

Political Gabfest: Fallout from Donald Trump’s felony conviction; spin-up for Hunter Biden’s trial; upshot for college speech from campus protests with Charles Homans.

What it all means and if anyone will care. Plus - Hunter Biden's trial and speech on college campuses.

30/05/2024

Political Gabfest: The Democrats’ likely loss of the Senate; The Fall of Roe; and the rise of Lauren Boebert

But “might” doesn’t equal “will”

23/05/2024

Political Gabfest: Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito flags his right-wing views; David Leonhardt looks at A New Centrism; OpenAI sounds like Scarlett Johansson.

Can he provide Equal Justice Under Law?

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John, Emily and David discuss SCOTUS letting the Texas abortion ban go into effect; the Afghanistan exit; and Dr. Atul Gawande joins the show to explain how Costa Rica has surpassed US life expectancy by getting serious about public health. Here are some notes and references from this week’s show: Atul Gawande for the New Yorker: “Costa Ricans Live Longer Than Us. What’s the Secret?” Here’s this week’s chatter: John: Erin Donaghue for CBS News: “Officers and Paramedics Charged in Death of Elijah McClain” Emily: Jed Kolko for The New York Times: “The Downtown Decade: U.S. Population Density Rose in the 2010s” David: The Very Nice Box, by Eve Gleichman and Laura Blackett; Nile Cappello for The Atavist: “The Girl In The Picture” Listener chatter from Karl Richter: A compilation of Nanci Griffith’s performances on Letterman For this week’s Slate Plus bonus segment John, David, and Emily share their advice for people starting college. If you enjoy the show, please consider signing up for Slate Plus. Slate Plus members get benefits like zero ads on any Slate podcast, bonus episodes of shows like Slow Burn and Danny Lavery's show Big Mood, Little Mood and you’ll be supporting the Political Gabfest. Sign up now at slate.com/gabfestplus to help support our work. Tweet us your questions and chatters @SlateGabfest or email us at [email protected]. (Messages may be quoted by name unless the writer stipulates otherwise.) Podcast production by Jocelyn Frank. Research and show notes by Bridgette Dunlap. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Ross Douthat on infrastructure plan

David Plotz on healthcare reform

David Plotz on Hillary Clinton's new memoir

Emily on Facebook's Firehose For News

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