The following podcast contains explicit language.

It's Wednesday, August 3, 2016, from slate, it's the gist I'm Mike Pesca.

I was going over the archives and I think it's been about three weeks since I have

spied about really talked about anything other than politics, conventions, brawls with

gold star families, baby ejection from rally.

How could you not, right?

But it happened.

Today it happened.

There was news that demanded my attention that had nothing to do with Donald or Hillary.

I speak of flossing.

Back now with what might be the most controversial news of the day.

It has people divided on social media, some saying, I told you so.

Others saying that's gross.

It's a report that says, despite what we've been told for decades, flossing your teeth

might not even work and the evidence for it is weak and very unreliable.

So flossing might not be good for you.

I am like you, I suppose, constantly whipsawed by what the government says we should or shouldn't

do.

Use sunscreen, don't use sunscreen.

Good to eat milk and butter, bad to eat carbs and meat.

Some of the recommendations seem nuts, like how much nuts to eat.

And you ever notice how anything with the tiniest bit of citrus gives you 7,000% of

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