Podcast Episodes

Can Israel Survive As A Democracy?

This week, Emily Bazelon, John Dickerson, and David Plotz discuss Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s legislative win limiting judicial powers while …

2 years, 7 months ago

Gabfest Reads: How the British Empire Twisted the Truth

David Plotz talks with author David Grann about his new book, The Wager. The non-fiction book tells the harrowing story of a shipwreck off the coast …

2 years, 7 months ago

Trump Legal Traffic Jam

This week, Emily Bazelon, John Dickerson, and David Plotz are together again and talking about Donald Trump’s next indictment and the charges against…

2 years, 7 months ago

The World Is Burning

This week, John Dickerson and David Plotz are joined by Vox’s Marin Cogan @marincogan to discuss the extreme weather, heat, and floods that are wreak…

2 years, 7 months ago

Rural Arkansas Explored in an Extra Gabfest Reads

This week, Emily Bazelon, John Dickerson, and David Plotz are on vacation, but Emily taped an extra episode of Gabfest Reads for everyone. She sits d…

2 years, 7 months ago

Live in Washington D.C. with Governor Wes Moore

This week, Emily Bazelon, John Dickerson, and David Plotz are live and on stage with Maryland Governor Wes Moore and also discuss the Supreme Court’s…

2 years, 8 months ago

Not THAT President Kennedy

Here are some notes and references from this week’s show:

Keziah Weir for Vanity Fair: “How Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Became the Anti-vaxxer Icon of Ameri…

2 years, 8 months ago

Gabfest Reads: The Case for Treating Animals With Dignity

Emily Bazelon talks with author Peter Singer about his updated and re-released book, Animal Liberation Now. The classic text has been an integral par…

2 years, 8 months ago

What Could Judge Cannon Do?

This week, Emily Bazelon, John Dickerson, and David Plotz discuss the federal case against Donald Trump involving national-security documents, Atlant…

2 years, 8 months ago

Trump Is Indicted – Again

In a Gabfest Special Edition, David Plotz, John Dickerson, and Emily Bazelon discuss Donald Trump’s indictment on charges relating to classified docu…

2 years, 8 months ago