Nothing Up Their Sleeves?

The Gist

Peach Fish Productions

News, Daily News

4.5 • 3.7K Ratings

🗓️ 3 June 2015

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

Today on The Gist, Maria Konnikova of the New Yorker returns for another installment of "Is That Bullshit?" Maria and Mike take a closer look at compression sleeves used by elite athletes, senior citizens, and injured folks alike. Plus, we talk about the U.S. military's Massive Ordnance Penetrator bomb and Russia's Armata supertank with Rebecca Grant, the president of IRIS Independent Research and a contributor to Air Force magazine. For the Spiel, Mike raises an eyebrow at the body count in Avengers: Age of Ultron. Today's sponsor: Squarespace, the easiest way to create a beautiful website, blog, or online store. Use the offer code GIST at checkout to get 10 percent off. Squarespace. Build it Beautiful. Join Slate Plus! Members get bonus segments, exclusive member-only podcasts, and more. Sign up for a free trial today at slate.com/gistplus. Join the discussion of this episode on Facebook. Email: thegist@slate.com Twitter: @slategist Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:48.0	The following podcast contains explicit language.
0:52.0	It's Tuesday, June 2nd, 2015, from Slate,
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