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<p>This week, Emily Bazelon, John Dickerson, and David Plotz revisit several favorite segments from Gabfests past to celebrate their 20th anniversary: the consequential and eye-opening “don’t call the police” debate, the segment in which John shows Bill Clinton how to apologize with his characteristic eloquence and grace, and that time a data scientist definitively answered the important question: which host interrupts the others the most?</p><p>For this week’s Slate Plus bonus episode, Emily, John, and David revisit one more favorite segment from 20 years of the Political Gabfest: that time in 2008 they fought about the John Edwards love affair scandal.</p><p> </p><p>In the latest <a href="slate.com/podcasts/gabfestreads"><u… Reads</u></a>, David Plotz talks with Wikipedia co-founder Jimmy Wales about his new book <a href="amazon.com/Seven-Rules-Trust-Blueprint-Buildin… Seven Rules of Trust: A Blueprint for Building Things That Last</em></a><em>. </em>They discuss how Wikipedia’s culture of assuming good faith and shared purpose became a model for building trustworthy digital communities — and what lessons that holds for companies, social media, and politics today.</p><p> </p><p>Email your chatters, questions, and comments to gabfest@slate.com. (Messages may be referenced by name unless the writer stipulates otherwise.)</p><p> </p><p>Podcast production by Nina Porzucki</p><p>Research by Emily Ditto</p><p><br></p><p>You can find the full Political Gabfest <a href="slate.com/podcasts/political-gabfest">… pages here</u></a>.</p><p> </p><p>Want more Political Gabfest? Join Slate Plus to unlock weekly bonus episodes. Plus, you’ll access ad-free listening across all your favorite Slate podcasts. You can subscribe directly from the Political Gabfest show page on <a href="podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/political-gabfes… Podcasts </u></a>and <a href="open.spotify.com/show/2oXS9kkKiXdkkCYB3YfqYZ&q…;. Or visit <a href="slate.com/gabfestplus"><u>slate.…; to get access wherever you listen.</p><p> </p><p>Find out more about <a href="secretfortdc.com/"><u>David Plotz's monthly tours of Ft. DeRussy,</u></a> the secret Civil War fort hidden in Rock Creek Park. </p><p><br></p><p><strong>Follow</strong></p><p>@SlateGabfest on X / <a href="twitter.com/SlateGabfest"><u>htt… Political Gabfest on Facebook / <a href="facebook.com/Gabfest/"><u>https:…; </p><p>Need to set up your Slate Plus feed? If you subscribed through Slate.com, check out our <a href="slate.com/podcastfaqs#plusbenefits"; rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">FAQ</a> at slate.com/podcastfaqs for easy instructions. Members subscribed via Apple Podcasts get automatic access—no setup required.</p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy<…; for more information.</p>