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The Gist

"Mrs. Robinson," "Hey Jude," and Some Utter Schlock

The Gist

Peach Fish Productions

Daily News, News

4.53.7K Ratings

🗓️ 16 September 2016

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

The political upheaval of 1968 was ferocious, but the Billboard charts still reflected a calm, placid sensibility. Our guest Chris Molanphy looks at the year in radio hits, from Herb Alpert's debut as a singer to the novelty tracks competing for air time with the Beatles and Simon and Garfunkel. Molanphy writes Slate's Why Is This Song No. 1? column.   For the Spiel, a debate with Politico Magazine writer Bill Scher: Was Hillary Clinton taking a risk with her "deplorables" comment? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

This episode is brought to you by Lionsgate Plus. The third season of a Lionsgate Plus original

0:05.3

series that the Great is available to stream on Friday July 14 exclusively on Lionsgate Plus.

0:10.7

Follow Catherine the Second, played by Elle Fanning and Peter the Great, played by Nicholas

0:14.5

Holt, as they hilariously attempt to make their marriage work after some seemingly insurmountable

0:18.8

problems, from attempt to murder and the imprisonment of close friends to their never-ending

0:22.7

legal responsibilities. The Great, season 3 is available to stream on Friday July 14 exclusively

0:28.2

on Lionsgate Plus. The following podcast contains explicit language.

0:33.0

It's Friday September 16, 2016 from Slate, it's the Gisdai Mike Pesca. Donald Trump had

0:45.0

to admit it. Obama was born in, by the way, have you seen the lobby, the well-appointed

0:50.3

lobby? No, but seriously, of course, Donald Trump just came out and said that if you stay

0:55.7

nine nights, you could earn a tenth or at least a free continental breakfast in an upgrade.

0:59.6

But no really, the proprietor of the Trump International Hotel had to admit that America

1:06.4

is not currently led by the Obama International presidency. But how can you blame them? Seriously,

1:14.1

that was his point. How can you blame me? Much like the overstuffed chairs and sumptuous

1:19.0

high thread count sheets at the Trump International Hotel, there was enough blame to go around.

1:25.0

Well, enough meaning that she was smeared Hillary Clinton and her campaign of 2008 started

1:36.9

the Bertha controversy. I finished it. I finished it. You know what I mean. Where does it come up

1:45.6

with this? Actually, the mainstream media, gullible as it was in giving the Trump International

1:51.3

Hotel a free commercial, was more credulous about the Hillary started to claim. In fact,

1:57.1

they were downright accessories after the fact. I want to play a clip from Morning Joe,

2:03.2

and I'm going to stop it the second that Morning Joe himself starts laughing.

2:09.0

There is Hillary Clinton's March 2008 interview with 60 minutes, where she did not question

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