This week, Emily Bazelon, John Dickerson, and David Plotz revisit several favorite segments from Gabfests past to celebrate their 20th anniversary: the consequential and eye-opening “don’t call the police” debate, the segment in which John shows Bill Clinton how to apologize with his characteristic eloquence and grace, and that time a data scientist definitively answered the important question: which host interrupts the others the most?
For this week’s Slate Plus bonus episode, Emily, John, and David revisit one more favorite segment from 20 years of the Political Gabfest: that time in 2008 they fought about the John Edwards love affair scandal.
 
In the latest <a href="https://slate.com/podcasts/gabfestreads">Gabfest Reads</a>, David Plotz talks with Wikipedia co-founder Jimmy Wales about his new book <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Seven-Rules-Trust-Blueprint-Building/dp/0593727460/tag=slatmaga-20">The Seven Rules of Trust: A Blueprint for Building Things That Last</a>. They discuss how Wikipedia’s culture of assuming good faith and shared purpose became a model for building trustworthy digital communities — and what lessons that holds for companies, social media, and politics today.
 
Email your chatters, questions, and comments to gabfest@slate.com. (Messages may be referenced by name unless the writer stipulates otherwise.)
 
Podcast production by Nina Porzucki
Research by Emily Ditto

You can find the full Political Gabfest <a href="https://slate.com/podcasts/political-gabfest">show pages here</a>.
 
Want more Political Gabfest? Join Slate Plus to unlock weekly bonus episodes. Plus, you’ll access ad-free listening across all your favorite Slate podcasts. You can subscribe directly from the Political Gabfest show page on <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/political-gabfest/id158004641">Apple Podcasts </a>and <a href="https://open.spotify.com/show/2oXS9kkKiXdkkCYB3YfqYZ">Spotify</a>. Or visit <a href="http://slate.com/gabfestplus">slate.com/gabfestplus</a> to get access wherever you listen.
 
Find out more about <a href="http://secretfortdc.com/">David Plotz's monthly tours of Ft. DeRussy,</a> the secret Civil War fort hidden in Rock Creek Park.  

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