#148 Bedbugs and Aliens

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Gimlet

Society & Culture, Documentary, Technology

4.7 • 29.4K Ratings

🗓️ 26 September 2019

⏱️ 41 minutes

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This week, Yes Yes No returns with a raid on Area 51, and the very worst name you can call a New York Times writer. Listen to the 1st episode of Mogul Season 2: https://gimletmedia.com/shows/mogul/z3hwzx/s2-part-1-the-walls-were-sweating Further Reading: The tweet from this week's Yes Yes No. Bret Stephens' interview on MSNBC Bret Stephens' column: 'World War II and the Ingredients of Slaughter' Professor Dave Karpf's interview on NPR Lil Nas X's Area 51-themed music video Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	From Gimlet, this is reply all. I'm Alex Goldberg.
0:08.1	And I'm PJ vote.
0:09.9	Welcome once again to Yes, Yes, No, the segment on the show where our boss, Alex Bloomberg,
0:17.4	comes to us with something from the internet that he doesn't understand in the hopes that
0:21.6	we explain it to him.
0:23.4	Hey Alex.
0:24.4	Hello.
0:25.4	What I have is a tweet and it is a treat from a Twitter user named Casey Johnston and
0:31.8	her treats as this.
0:33.0	It says area 51, but for going to Brett Stevens house and calling him a bed bug.
0:39.2	Okay. I'm 100% on this one.
0:42.0	I'm 100% on this one.
0:44.0	Does it any part of it make sense to you?
0:46.8	Well, yes. So I know about the Brett Stevens bed bug thing.
0:54.5	How much do you know about Brett Stevens and bed bugs?
0:56.7	I know that Brett Stevens is a conservative opinion writer for the New York Times.
1:01.7	Yes.
1:02.7	And that he writes he writes things that a lot of people get really annoyed about.
1:06.8	Yeah, he's written about like the Arab line.
1:09.2	The Arab line.
1:10.2	And what's wrong with it?
1:11.2	Right.
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