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The Gist

Peach Fish Productions

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4.5 • 3.7K Ratings

🗓️ 7 September 2018

⏱️ 28 minutes

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On The Gist, Lincoln, Kennedy, and Lincoln Kennedy could all speak better than President Trump. If you're old enough to remember November 2016, you know that telling a good story—even an untrue one—wins elections. Author Yuval Noah Harari worries that populism has liberalism beat on this front, especially given an uncertain future looming with AI, biotechnology, and the possible obsolescence of the human worker. Harari's new book is 21 Lessons for the 21st Century. In the Spiel, a lawmaker's voting record is the only thing we should judge them on. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Angie's list is now Angie and we've heard a lot of theories about why.
0:03.9	I thought it was an eco-move for your worst, less paper.
0:07.0	Humph, it was so you could say it faster.
0:09.6	No way.
0:10.4	It's to be more iconic.
0:12.0	Must be a tech thing.
0:13.2	But those aren't quite right.
0:14.8	It's because now you can compare up front prices,
0:17.6	book a service instantly, and even get your project handled from start to finish.
0:21.6	Sounds easy.
0:22.4	It is, and it makes us so much more than just a list.
0:25.6	Get started at Angie.com.
0:27.3	That's ANGI, or download the app today.
0:30.0	This show may contain my tips for making money on bitcoin.
0:32.9	It won't.
0:33.8	It also may contain explicit language, and it really might.
0:40.3	It's Friday, September 7th, 2018, from Slate.
0:42.8	It's the gist, I'm Mike Pesca.
0:45.2	So Donald Trump has compared himself to Abraham Lincoln.
0:48.1	He was talking about the Gettysburg address and giving some sort of third accurate,
0:53.0	one third, meaning 33% accurate, focus three of the Gettysburg address,
0:58.2	and how it wasn't accepted, and then 50 years later,
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