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The Gist

Chuck Klosterman Is Wrong! (He Says.)

The Gist

Peach Fish Productions

Daily News, News

4.53.7K Ratings

🗓️ 7 June 2016

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

On The Gist, Chuck Klosterman imagines how time erodes common ideas, like what counts as a great American novel and how we decide who's smart. His new book is But What If We're Wrong? For the Spiel, tyrants and their cats.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:22.6

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slash Gist and using the promo code Gist. The following podcast contains explicit language.

0:51.4

It's Monday June 6, 2016 from Slate, it's the Gist I'm Mike Pascon. Saying that day just made

1:01.2

me realize that it's been 10 years at the 10th anniversary of a specific piece I did for NPR.

1:06.8

I remember it because it was about the babies of the beast. I would be proud whoever my son is

1:14.3

and if the antichrist is who he is, you know, that's who he's going to be. Actually Michelle

1:19.6

dodged the B.L.s a bullet after we taped that interview her son came a little early.

1:23.9

The babies of the beast were those children who were born on 66606. So now that it's 66616,

1:32.4

you are maybe a fourth grader. Your parents did not avoid having you be a baby of the beast and if you

1:38.3

are or if you know any babies of the beast, please email us at thegistatslate.com or go to our

1:46.4

Facebook page, SlateGist, just thought of the babies of the beast. I have to be honest with you

1:53.0

when I was reporting that piece. I didn't make up the phenomenon but I didn't know that the

1:58.4

phenomenon existed before I said to myself, I bet there are a lot of mothers who could give birth

2:03.8

on 66606 who don't want to and indeed there were there was a pediatrician and an OBGYN who said,

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