I listen to a lot of podcasts on my shiny new green iPod Shuffle. (It's so darn cute, isn't it?) But of all of the podcasts I download, my absolute favorite is Slate's Political Gabfest. Three Slate writers — Emily Bazelon, John Dickerson and David Plotz — gather every Friday in their D.C. conference room to talk about the news of the week. The podcast has a simple conversational format that works really well. They offer astute analysis of three political news stories and a fun feature at the end called "Chatter" where they each share one news item that they will be "chattering about" at cocktail parties over the weekend. This week's podcast features discussion about:
The sad news about Elizabeth Edwards' health; the mashup of Apple's famous 1984 ad that has Hillary Clinton worried; the brewing constitutional showdown over whether White House aides will testify about the U.S. attorneys scandal; and why John doesn't listen to This American Life. linkTry it. You'll like it.
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I'm listening to Brian Lehrer Show's podcast right now. It's John Edwards. Good stuff. I'll have to check out your recommendations.
By the way, why can't I comment on your Queen post???
I don't know why. I think I screwed up when posting it.
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