Let's Rank the Presidents

The Gist

Peach Fish Productions

Daily News, News

4.5 • 3.7K Ratings

🗓️ 3 July 2019

⏱️ 32 minutes

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On The Gist, should we rethink the structure of a week? In the interview, founding CEO of C-SPAN Brian Lamb and Co-CEO Susan Swain are here to discuss their new book The Presidents: Noted Historians Rank America's Best—and Worst—Chief Executives. They discuss with Mike the creation of the book, visiting presidential burial places, and some Mike's favorite things about C-SPAN. In the Spiel, the passion of Mike Francesa. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	The following recording may contain explicit language.
0:02.9	I can't get more explicit than May.
0:05.7	Let's just say it may.
0:06.9	["Main Theme Song"]
0:10.9	It's Wednesday, July 3, 2019, from slated to the gist I'm,
0:14.5	Mike Pasca.
0:15.6	Wednesday, hmm, tomorrow, Thursday, Fourth of July.
0:18.5	Bring up the question.
0:19.5	What's the best day of the week for a holiday to fall on?
0:23.4	I have the answer.
0:24.8	I think it's Thursday, and I'll tell you why.
0:27.5	So first, let's start with the worst.
0:29.1	Wednesdays are the worst.
0:30.5	It's an island.
0:31.7	You don't automatically get the preceding two days
0:34.1	or the subsequent two days.
0:36.2	You may, but it's not automatic.
0:38.2	It's just this little island of respite.
0:41.2	The next worst day for a holiday is actually Sunday.
0:44.6	Because Sunday holidays are a little redundant.
0:46.5	Most of the benefits of a holiday are
0:48.2	subsumed by it being Sunday.
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