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The Gist

Big Turmoil in Big Sky Country

The Gist

Peach Fish Productions

Daily News, News

4.53.7K Ratings

🗓️ 27 June 2017

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

Anne Helen Petersen returns to discuss her new posting—as the Western correspondent for BuzzFeed. Petersen will be reporting on U.S. political culture from her new home, Missoula, Montana. "There's a reason every newspaper used to have bureaus in every part of the country," says Petersen, who recently covered the recent razor-thin House race in which notorious Republican Greg Gianforte came out on top. On the Spiel, when everything becomes a calamity, nothing is a calamity. Join Slate Plus! Members get bonus segments, exclusive member-only podcasts, and more. Sign up for a free trial today at slate.com/gistplus. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Hey, I haven't seen you since Starbox after that festival. Oh, yeah, we need to hang out with the weather's good

0:06.2

This weekend shopping Saturday Sunday meals then lunch with Oscar next weekend

0:12.0

Thursday night with top cinema next Friday and a most about thing another one

0:17.5

How about right now perfect Starbucks the new chocolate waffle cone for Appetitino

0:24.2

You read my mind summer hits different with Starbucks subject to availability whilst stocks last

0:30.0

The following podcast contains explicit language

0:39.6

It's Tuesday June 27th

0:41.8

2017 from slated to the gist I might pesca the Senate healthcare reform law is now inaccurate on all four parts of its title

0:51.3

It's not endorsed by a majority of senators who can't really call it the Senate's law

0:55.3

It's not a law we know that Mitch McConnell is going to delay his vote on it

1:00.2

And it's not really healthcare reform it's more about taxes the vote was postponed

1:04.5

We don't know what that means, but I want to point out one oddity that's been going on in the debate around the bill

1:11.5

Someone decided that a good talking point is how much it does or doesn't help

1:17.8

Opioid addicts there is a disproportionate attention paid to that

1:23.0

Health problem here's Republican Senator Lamar Alexander a bill supporter it ends the tax on

1:29.7

Individuals who choose not to buy insurance it provides more money for hospitals who serve low income teniseans

1:37.3

Who don't have insurance?

1:38.9

There's new funding for opioid abuse and opioid abuse is a rampant epidemic in our state

1:45.9

Okay, he's trying to say don't worry this bill will help

1:50.1

opioid users here's Rob Portman Republican Senator of Ohio

1:53.9

Doesn't really support the bill he talked about opioid users as well in my own state

1:58.8

We have a big concern over the expanded Medicaid population

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