{"podcast":{"title":"Political Gabfest","slug":"political-gabfest-500617","podcast_index_feed_id":500617,"rss_url":"https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/696568de9ab39048a63ed7f7","website_url":"https://slate.com/podcasts/political-gabfest","image_url":"https://assets.pippa.io/shows/696568de9ab39048a63ed7f7/show-cover.jpg","author":"Slate Podcasts","episode_count":1114,"summary":"Voted “Favorite Political Podcast” by Apple Podcasts listeners. Stephen Colbert says \"Everybody should listen to the Slate Political Gabfest.\" The Gabfest, featuring Emily Bazelon, John Dickerson, and David Plotz, is the kind of informal and irreverent discussion Washington journalists have after hours over drinks. Get more Political Gabfest with Slate Plus. Join to unlock weekly bonus episodes—plus ad-free listening across all your favorite Slate podcasts. Subscribe directly from the Political Gabfest show page on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. Or visit slate.com/gabfestplus to get access wherever you listen. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-19T06:21:00.389937+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/political-gabfest-500617"},"episode":{"title":"Gabfest Reads | Why Liberalism Needs to Reclaim the Center","slug":"gabfest-reads-why-liberalism-needs-to-reclaim-the-center","published_at":"2026-05-16T07:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/political-gabfest-500617/gabfest-reads-why-liberalism-needs-to-reclaim-the-center","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/political-gabfest-500617","url":"https://shows.acast.com/political-gabfest/episodes/gabfest-reads-why-liberalism-needs-to-reclaim-the-center","audio_url":"https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/696568de9ab39048a63ed7f7/e/6a06065168dc584edad43276/media.mp3","summary":"In this month’s episode of Gabfest Reads, John Dickerson interviews Bloomberg columnist Adrian Wooldridge about his new book The Revolutionary Center: The Lost Genius of Liberalism . In a moment when American democracy is under assault from authoritarian populists and dogmatic progressives, Wooldridge argues that liberalism itself offers the most resilient framework for pluralistic, self-correcting societies.  Dickerson and Wooldridge discuss what liberalism really is, why both the left and right have become illiberal, and what citizens can do to defend the democratic principles on which the nation was built. Tweet us your questions @SlateGabfest or email us at gabfest@slate.com. (Messages could be quoted by name unless the writer stipulates otherwise.) Podcast production by Nina Porzucki. Need to set up your Slate Plus feed? If you subscribed through Slate.com, check out our FAQ at slate.com/podcastfaqs for easy instructions. Members subscribed via Apple Podcasts get automatic access—no setup required. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","meta_description":"In this month’s episode of Gabfest Reads, John Dickerson interviews Bloomberg columnist Adrian Wooldridge about his new book The Revolutionary Center: The…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2859,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/political-gabfest-500617/episodes/gabfest-reads-why-liberalism-needs-to-reclaim-the-center/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/political-gabfest-500617/gabfest-reads-why-liberalism-needs-to-reclaim-the-center.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}