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“I've been listening to this for a while, but can't do it any more. The recent segment on Somali pirates was heavy with such witticisms as "do they have their own lingo? Do they say "grr?" Which would be a lame and obvious joke if someone dropped it in a drunken conversation on a boring Friday night, and which in the context of a show ostensibly about politics and world affairs is just eye-rollingly jejune. Add that to the frequency with which the participants will offer opinions on subjects that they themselves admit they really know nothing about, and what you have here is basically the experience of listening in on 3 moderately informed and not particularly witty people dish for a half hour. If you want humor in your political punditry, you'll do better with NPR's It's All Politics, with Rudin and Elving. Their jokes are at least original, and they seem to have done their reading before they do their talking...”Read full review »
gravytop via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
04/18/09
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“The Political and Cultural Gabfests make me want to get in the car and get stuck in traffic so I can listen! Please don't change a thing!!”Read full review »
RL LosAngeles via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
01/04/09
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“Slate's other podcasts that are scripted are very good, but the gabfest is really terrible.”Read full review »
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United States of America ·
01/21/09
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“i love the nuance and stream of thought exchanges that go on. i especially enjoy the newest edwards slugfest! ha! keep it up.”
Buttonia via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
07/26/08
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