Congress Can't Contain Its Crazy

The Gist

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🗓️ 22 July 2020

⏱️ 34 minutes

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On the Gist, Life of Kanye. In the interview, Princeton History and Public Affairs Professor Julian Zelizer joins Mike to discuss his latest book on former speaker of the house, Newt Gingrich. With the help of Gingrich's own congressional documents, Burning Down the House: Newt Gingrich, the Fall of a Speaker, and the Rise of the New Republican Party explains the ways Newt seized an opportunity to use C-Span cameras and modern technology to his advantage, how he gave rise to partisanship, and his plans to conquer Congress through his appetite for disruption. In the spiel, Republicans embarrassing themselves. Email us at thegist@slate.com Podcast production by Daniel Schroeder and Margaret Kelley. Slate Plus members get bonus segments and ad-free podcast feeds. Sign up now. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:21.0	Following program may contain potty talk, no guarantee, but it just may.
0:31.0	Wednesday, July 22, 2020, from slated to just time, Mike Pesca.
0:36.0	Kanye West is running for president, or something.
0:40.0	He did what he called a campaign event in Charleston, South Carolina, but there were no microphones.
0:45.0	I could a rapper slash politician be expected to know.
0:48.0	Microphones can be used to amplify the human voice.
0:52.0	Therefore, the audience only got to hear him shout his thoughts on abortion.
0:56.0	My mom saved my life. My dad wanted to support me.
1:03.0	My mom saved my life. It would have been no Kanye West.
1:09.0	Later, Kanye flew to his compound in Wyoming and started tweeting about his marriage, and maybe a divorce,
1:15.0	and there seemed to be some genuine anguish there.
1:18.0	Today, his wife, Kim Kardashian, released a nicely composed statement about Kanye's mental health,
1:24.0	his diagnosis of bipolar disorder, saying, quote, those who are close with Kanye,
1:29.0	know his heart and understand his words sometimes do not align with his intentions.
1:34.0	You could take that to heart and still be quite done with Kanye's antics, no matter what the cause.
1:41.0	You can have compassion for the man and still be a little resentful of him asking for all the attention he receives and getting it.
1:48.0	When the attention is channeled into a masterful work of music, or even just an interesting insight,
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