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Bazelon is turned to for her legal expertise as well as for her experience reporting on online bullying and child sexual abuse.

[2] Notable guests of the show have included Stephen Colbert,[3] John Hickenlooper,[4] David French,[5] Jamelle Bouie[6] and Farhad Manjoo.

[9] Andy Bowers, executive producer of the podcast, initially read articles from Slate for the podcast, but he said he was struck by how much he enjoyed the magazine's editorial meetings and thought that listeners would also enjoy the banter and analysis if he could capture it on audio.

[10] He provided Plotz, Bazelon and Dickerson with the basic structure of the gabfest and a small studio at Slate's Washington headquarters.