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The Gist

Columbus Day ... Or Maybe Not

The Gist

Peach Fish Productions

Daily News, News

4.53.7K Ratings

🗓️ 9 October 2023

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

On this Indigenous Peoples Day we examine Mike's past—and even further past—stances on the "discoverer" of "America," and if we should be playing "best-of" segments today or originals. Plus, an archival interview with Steve Inskeep about his book Jacksonland: President Andrew Jackson, Cherokee Chief John Ross, and a Great American Land Grab. Produced by Joel Patterson and Corey Wara Email us at thegist@mikepesca.com To advertise on the show, visit: https://advertisecast.com/TheGist Subscribe to The Gist Subscribe: https://subscribe.mikepesca.com/ Follow Mikes Substack at: Pesca Profundities | Mike Pesca | Substack Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

It's Monday, October 9th, 2023, from Peachfish Productions.

0:07.6

It's the gist I might pesca, which means it is Columbus Day today, or as it is also called

0:13.4

Indigenous People Day, or Peoples.

0:15.9

It's not on calendars, or in banks, it's called Indigenous People's Day.

0:20.9

In some calendars, depending on your state, my Google calendar says it, but my Google

0:24.8

calendar also tells me it's Columbus Day.

0:27.3

I'm not sure how both show up, do they know about my leanings and predilections, or can

0:32.7

there be different settings for, however, you'd like your Google calendar to best reflect

0:38.2

your understanding of reality and social justice?

0:41.4

Christmas or solstice?

0:42.9

Nurtures Day or Mother's Day?

0:44.5

Flag Day or Jingleism Awareness Week?

0:46.9

I usually call this day Columbus Indigenous People's Day like the full hyphenated phrase,

0:51.3

as if it were a marriage.

0:52.3

You'll be at a bad marriage, a murderous one, you might say.

0:55.7

But there was a time when I just called this day Columbus Day, and I don't mean when

0:58.9

I was in elementary school in 1977, no, I just went by what it said on the calendars

1:03.6

and the banks, man, do I defer to the big banks, I gotta watch out for that.

1:07.6

Here was a sign off from this show in 2015, listen to how I talked about today, no show

1:14.5

on Monday to honor Columbus.

1:16.4

I remember when I did that sign off, some of my colleagues at the time gave me the stink

1:20.4

eye.

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