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The Gist

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🗓️ 17 July 2014

⏱️ 24 minutes

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0:00.0	This episode is brought to you by Lionsgate Plus. The third season of the Lionsgate Plus
0:04.8	original series The Great is available to stream on Friday July 14 exclusively on Lionsgate
0:10.0	Plus. Follow Catherine the second play by L-Fanning and Peter The Great, played by Nicholas
0:14.4	Holt, as they hilariously attempt to make their marriage work after some seemingly insurmountable
0:18.7	problems, from attempt to murder and the imprisonment of close friends to their never-ending
0:22.6	legal responsibilities. The Great Season 3 is available to stream on Friday July 14 exclusively
0:28.2	on Lionsgate Plus. The following podcast contains explicit language.
0:36.7	It's Thursday July 17 2014. From slate it's the gist I'm Mike Pasca. So remember a couple
0:43.3	weeks ago I came up with Huza which is the more positive version of the Jewish anti-defamation
0:48.7	league. You don't, you're not a completist. Alright let me take it back to the way back
0:52.5	machine. But by the way I'm going to give the ADL some advice. Why are you always calling yourself
0:59.3	the ADL? Don't you want to be more proactive forward looking? Why not the Jewish
1:04.5	Commendation League? The Jewish Exultation League, you know, when someone says something nice about
1:10.3	the Jews you could call yourself here's a good one. The Hebraic Union of Zestfulness Zealon Harmony.
1:16.4	Huza! Huza, if it existed would certainly be hyping this. How Americans feel about religious
1:23.8	groups that came out from Pew today and they asked different Americans what religions and also
1:29.6	lack of religions like atheism which groups are you most warmed towards and guess who won the Jews.
1:36.8	So what Pew did was they set up a scale like a thermometer and they said ranging from zero to a
1:40.9	hundred. How warm are your feelings towards the Jews, the Catholics, the Christians? Now maybe
1:46.7	this gets into dicey territory right? Wait if I give the evangelicals a 98 isn't it too hot for
1:52.5	them you know? Is that at hate to boil the Mormons if I choose too high? I mean did they say
1:58.0	Celsius? Did they say Fahrenheit? It's hard to know what they say. But anyway Americans are warmer
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