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The Gist

Mike Birbiglia and Ira Glass Followed the Fear Here

The Gist

Peach Fish Productions

Daily News, News

4.5 • 3.7K Ratings

🗓️ 12 August 2016

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

On every great improv team there's an undertow of angst. Who will get snatched up by a TV show? Who will toil in relative obscurity? Who will quit after the big break doesn't come? On Ep. 560, comedian Mike Birbiglia and This American Life creator Ira Glass talk about their film Don't Think Twice, an ode to improvisational comedy and recalibrating what it means to be a success. Find it in a theater near you.  For the Spiel, our Lobstar of the Antentwig.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

The following podcast contains explicit language.

0:03.4

["Hilarious Music"]

0:07.7

It's Friday, August 12, 2016 from Slate.

0:10.6

It's the gist I might pesca.

0:12.6

Hillary Clinton has a podcast, her own podcast.

0:16.6

I suggest the way to listen to it is fast-forward past the first 20 minutes when she talks all about her cats and hecklers

0:23.0

and then just get to the part where she interviews Pat Nas-Walt.

0:25.6

Okay, wrong podcast.

0:27.5

But seriously, it was really weird hearing Hillary Clinton say those immortal podcast words.

0:34.0

Hello, I'm Hillary Clinton, former first lady, Secretary of State and New York Senator.

0:40.0

If you're like me, you hate standing in line in the post office and that's why, wait, wait, Hillary, if you win, you get to a point to postmaster general.

0:49.0

There's something weird about having a likely president host a podcast.

0:53.1

You know, like when she says, whether you're wearing a suit or a sweatshirt, you spend almost 24 hours a day in your underwear.

0:58.6

But instead of making a statement, your underwear is probably boring.

1:01.7

That's why I, as president, will take China before the World Trade Organization to force them into more interesting textiles.

1:09.0

It just being president undercuts a lot of what we call the calls to action of the sponsors.

1:15.2

But Hillary Clinton really does have a podcast.

1:18.2

It could have gone in many directions, I suppose.

1:20.2

It could have been one of those fan fictiony Republican wish fulfillment podcasts.

1:25.7

This is a global killing, prepaid call from.

1:30.0

I'm Hillary Clinton.

1:32.0

And in May that, a Maryland correctional facility.

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