A disappointment: snide, poorly prepared, too often shallow
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“I've given this a fair try, listening to it 5 or 6 times. The podcast has its occasional interesting or informative moments, but on the whole, as others have observed, the panel spends more time striving to be hip and cool and funny (in a juvenile and sometimes nihilistic way) than striving to offer fresh perspectives or real insight. As for inside jokes about the foibles of Slate's staff, those jokes got old fast. (Not that I'm anti-humor; it's just that I like my humor funny, and in a political podcast I'd prefer humor in moderate doses rather than mega-doses.)”Read full review »
Experimentalist via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
08/22/08
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“Commentary with a heavy liberal slant. I listened to several podcasts, but can no longer spend my time listening to chatter. I could get more intelligent, thoughtful political conversation from three pre-schoolers.”
PrinsBoi via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
09/30/08
“I just listened to "The Edwards Slugfest Gabfest", and it was the funniest podcast I've heard in a long time. Normally David, Emily, and John are pretty calm and for the most part intelligent and insightful, but this time they just went at in an incredibly profane manner. This episode...”Read full review »
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United States of America ·
07/29/08
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“It's a fine podcast, if only for being an originally-produced podcast of equal quality to radio/TV roundtables recorded to podcast form. Dickerson, Bazelon, and Plotz are three intelligent, well-rounded observers from the inside. They are also were some of the few reporters brave enough not...”Read full review »
Eric620 via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
07/19/06
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