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The Gist

2007 Defined the Next Decade In Pop

The Gist

Peach Fish Productions

News, Daily News

4.53.7K Ratings

🗓️ 22 September 2017

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

The chart-topping hits of 2007 featured Beyoncé at peak pop and Kanye West ahead of the curve with electronic dance music. Why do the hits of 2007 have such impressive staying power? Chris Molanphy says it might be because the 2007 Billboard charts were more comprehensive than ever, marking the first time that digital music sales were incorporated into a song's ranking. Molanphy writes Slate's Why Is This Song No. 1? column and hosts the podcast Hit Parade. In the Spiel, John McCain just keeps on delivering.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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It's Friday, September 22, 2017, from Slate, it's the gist I'm Mike Pesca.

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The thing about asymmetrical warfare is it puts the superpower in a bind.

0:49.0

So when Donald Trump began calling Kim Jong-un a rocket man,

0:53.0

oh, that seemed like fun in games, but it did open up the US to counter attack.

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Now, in the stages nuclear, the US has most of the chits.

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We have overwhelming superiority.

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The North Koreans at this point probably can't even reach us with a missile,

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but when the weapons are words and the battleground is Twitter,

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all of that goes out the window.

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So by engaging in a war of words instead of say a war of war,

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or my choice, a non-war of diplomatic strategy.

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Right. But by doing that, Donald Trump evened the playing field.

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So now, Kim responds, accusing the US president of being a mentally deranged dodered.

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A dodered? Yes, a dodered.

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As Miriam Webster's dictionary, helpfully tweeted,

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