Did Smarf Have to Die?

The Gist

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4.5 • 3.7K Ratings

🗓️ 13 November 2014

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Are we entering an era in which failure will dominate our lives? On The Gist, Adam Davidson from Planet Money discusses his New York Times Magazine feature "Welcome to the Failure Age!" and how purple chairs explain progress. Plus, Casper Kelly shares insight into the awful TV-show theme songs that inspired his epic and addictive Adult Swim video "Too Many Cooks." For the Spiel, the fever in song and fact. Get The Gist by email as soon as it's available: slate.com/GistEmail Subscribe to the podcast in iTunes: itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/slate…id873667927?mt=2 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:06.5	It's Wednesday November 12 2014 from slate. It's the gist. I'm Mike Pasca
1:11.6	So Zabuma Fuz Jovian the Cockerel Cica Fah lemur has died
1:16.1	Now of the words I just said here are the ones I understand the lemur has died
1:20.8	I do not know what Zabuma Fuz Jo is what Jovian was
1:25.4	Cockerel Cica anyway the millennials around slate have been hit pretty hard by the news of this dead lemur
1:32.5	So I now welcome in some of Slates younger staffers all generations are wrapped here in the office of slate
1:38.7	We go up to almost 50 so here is Ayesha Harris. Hello. Ayesha. Hello and Ann Marie Lindeman who just started doing some video for us
1:45.1	What's up, Ann Marie? Oh nothing much. What's your Jovian memory? Ayesha clear remember?
1:50.4	I just remember him being absolutely adorable adorable
1:53.7	Very cute and Ann Marie. What do you remember of this lemur? I remember sitting on the couch and watching it when I was sick and
2:00.1	I was into it because I like the crats brothers
2:03.5	Then these are brothers Martin. I so here this from the AV the onion AV right up brothers Martin and Chris Krat hosted the show where they'd often introduce kids to various
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