On this week’s episode of Gabfest Radio from Slate and WNYC, Political Gabfest panelists Emily Bazelon, John Dickerson, and David Plotz discuss the politics of immigration reform and whether it’s too late for the GOP to embrace it. Plus they dive into Emily’s New York Times Magazine cover story about compensating the victims of child pornography.
On this week’s episode of Gabfest Radio from Slate and WNYC, recorded live at Washington's Sixth & I Historic Synagogue, Political Gabfest panelists Emily Bazelon, John Dickerson, and David Plotz discuss Obama’s second inaugural address and what it signals about his new approach to governing, and social media policy in the workplace.
On this week’s episode of Gabfest Radio from Slate and WNYC, Political Gabfest panelists Emily Bazelon, John Dickerson, and David Plotz discuss the White House plan to confront gun violence and the harsh reaction from the NRA. Plus, they preview the President Obama’s second inauguration, and why there seems to be less excitement than in 2009.
On this week’s episode of Gabfest Radio from Slate and WNYC, Political Gabfest panelists Emily Bazelon, John Dickerson, and David Plotz discuss the embattled nomination of former GOP senator Chuck Hagel to head the Defense Department, and the sticky question of gender parity in the Obama administration.
On this week’s episode of Gabfest Radio from Slate and WNYC, Political Gabfest panelists Emily Bazelon and David Plotz, and special guest David Weigel, discuss the fiscal cliff deal and the decision by the Journal News to publish a map of gun permit owners.
On this week’s episode of Gabfest Radio from Slate and WNYC, Political Gabfest panelists Emily Bazelon, John Dickerson, and David Plotz present their annual "Conundrums" show. We asked listeners to send us their most vexing moral or ethical dilemmas, and the panelists debate their favorites.
On this week’s episode of Gabfest Radio from Slate and WNYC, Political Gabfest panelists Emily Bazelon, John Dickerson, and David Plotz discuss how America might confront gun violence in the wake of the latest mass shooting tragedy in Newton, Conn. They also discuss the legacy of the late Supreme Court nominee Robert Bork.
On this week’s episode of Gabfest Radio from Slate and WNYC, Political Gabfest panelists Emily Bazelon, John Dickerson, and David Plotz, discuss Michigan’s new right-to-work law and the declining power of unions, and the depiction of torture in "Zero Dark Thirty."
On this week’s episode of Gabfest Radio from Slate and WNYC, Political Gabfest panelists Emily Bazelon, John Dickerson, and David Plotz, discuss the GOP’s search for better leverage in the fiscal cliff negotiations, and the ethics of The New York Post’s tragic cover photo.
On this week’s episode of Gabfest Radio from Slate and WNYC, Political Gabfest panelists Emily Bazelon, John Dickerson, and David Plotz, discuss whether the long-discussed option of limiting the filibuster is really about to happen, and the ethics of outing bullies online.
On this week’s episode of Gabfest Radio from Slate and WNYC, Political Gabfest panelists Emily Bazelon, John Dickerson, and David Plotz, discuss whether raising taxes, enhancing revenue, or closing loopholes (or however you want to describe it) is going to be key to the White House and Congress finding a solution to the "fiscal cliff." They then discuss the new Steven Spielberg movie "Lincoln," and what it tells us about today's politics.