The Scary, Out-of-Touch, Narrow-Minded, Stuffy Old Man Gabfest

From left, Stephen Colbert, David Plotz, Emily Bazelon, and John Dickerson at the Slate Political Gabfest.

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Dear Prudence Live Show?New York, April 23, at 92Y. Tickets and additional information.

In a live taping of this week?s Slate Political Gabfest at the 92^nd Street Y Tribeca in New York, Emily Bazelon, John Dickerson, and David Plotz discuss the GOP?s autopsy report on the 2012 election; the Steubenville, Ohio, rape case; and Sheryl Sandberg?s new book, Lean In. Plus, Gabfest fan Stephen Colbert makes a surprise visit at the end of the show. (The Colbert audio begins at 52:21 in the player above.)

Here?s a video of Colbert cocktail chatter recorded in front of a live audience at New York's 92YTribeca:

(Footage appears courtesy of 92Y.)

Here are some of the links and references mentioned during this week's show:

Stephen Colbert chatters about the BBC?s recap of a batch of secret Oval Office recordings that were recently released by the LBJ Library. Colbert laments the country?s collective loss of memory regarding President Nixon?s ?war crimes,? and he cites Gallup polling data about how the country now remembers the Iraq and Vietnam wars.

David chatters about panda porn.

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