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Political Gabfest

Humvees on the National Mall

Freitag, 15. August 2025 · 54 min

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<p>This week, Emily Bazelon, John Dickerson, and guest host <a href="nytimes.com/column/jamelle-bouie"><… Bouie</u></a> discuss the perils of this week’s Trump-plus-Putin (minus Zelensky) summit in Alaska, how Trump’s claimed crime “emergency” provided pretext for National Guard deployment and takeover of D.C. police, and a new presidential memorandum requiring colleges to share admissions data to “verify” that they are not considering race.</p><p><br></p><p> For this week’s Slate Plus bonus episode, Emily, John, and guest host <a href="nytimes.com/column/jamelle-bouie"><… Bouie</u></a> discuss when and, perhaps more importantly, when <em>not </em>to give advice. </p><p> </p><p>In the latest <a href="slate.com/podcasts/gabfestreads"><u… Reads</u></a>, David talks with <a href="carlhiaasen.com/"><u>Carl Hiaasen</u></a> about his new book, <a href="amazon.com/Fever-Beach-Novel-Carl-Hiaasen-eboo… Beach</u></a>, a political satire for the Trump Era.</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>Research by Emily Ditto</p><p>You can find the full Political Gabfest <a href="slate.com/podcasts/political-gabfest">… pages here</u></a>.</p><p> </p><p><br>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>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>

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