Joe Biden Takes Over

The Gist

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4.5 • 3.7K Ratings

🗓️ 20 January 2021

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

On the Gist, a decent man gives a speech. In the interview, Mike talks to Sarada Peri about now President Joe Biden's inaugural speech. The former President Barack Obama speechwriter says Biden, "knocked it out of the park." They talk about the most effective moments and the importance of speaking directly about racism and white supremacy. Peri also discusses why Biden addressing the American people as "folks" is not only a favorite colloquialism of his, but a necessary way to relate. In the spiel, Republicans will likely continue to republican. Email us at thegist@slate.com Podcast production by Margaret Kelley and Cheyna Roth. 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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0:00.0	The following podcast may contain explicit content, which is, I suspect, why many of you are tuning in in the first place.
0:06.6	It's Wednesday, January 20th, 2021.
0:13.4	From Slate, it's the gist I'm Mike Pasca.
0:16.2	Joe Biden, president of the United States, said to, whoa, whoa, hold on.
0:21.2	Joe Biden, president of the United States.
0:25.3	We've done here.
0:26.4	And that's it for today's show, Shayna Roth, just producer, doesn't want to wait a while to have a chocolate dial.
0:31.1	Margaret Kelly says, fudge sickles.
0:32.8	No, okay, fine.
0:34.2	You knew the show wasn't over.
0:35.9	You could read the amount of time left on the file in your iPhone, though we could just loop the phrase,
0:42.2	Joe Biden, president of 1,000 times, and fool you.
0:45.0	Today, at his inauguration, Joe Biden spoke words of healing.
0:49.5	Kamala Harris spoke words of uplift.
0:52.0	22 year old poet Amanda Gorman leaned into slant rhymes of rhythm.
0:56.8	Garth Brooks wore a denim of reconciliation.
0:59.5	Lady Gaga sported a large bird of peace, but also presumably backstrain.
1:04.6	It was a very Biden-esque speech, emphasizing our shared interests, unity, togetherness.
1:10.3	Togetherness came up a couple of times, in fact.
1:12.4	And I promise you this, as the Bible says, we may endure for a night,
1:18.7	but joy come within the morning.
1:21.0	We will get through this together, together.
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