Observing Obscura Day

The Gist

Peach Fish Productions

News, Daily News

4.5 • 3.7K Ratings

🗓️ 4 May 2017

⏱️ 23 minutes

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Summary

A hallowed day is nearly upon us: Obscura Day on Saturday, May 6. Think of it like a worldwide quest to discover all things odd and remarkable. The whole thing was dreamed up by the surveyors and spelunkers at Atlas Obscura. Today, Mike steps in as your Obscura Day scout, venturing into the Lite Brite Neon Studio in Brooklyn. Saturday's expeditions include a kayaking trip to a ship graveyard in Maryland, an Absinthe demonstration in London, and a tour of the world's first nuclear power plant in Idaho. Check out Atlas Obscura's website to find an Obscura Day event near you. In the Spiel, health care is supposed to be the one intimate area where a politician's lie won't work. So… what's going on? Join Slate Plus! Members get bonus segments, exclusive member-only podcasts, and more. Sign up for a free trial today at slate.com/gistplus. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	The following podcast contains explicit language.
0:07.9	It's Thursday, May 4th, 2017 from Slate.
0:10.7	It's the Gisdai Mike Pasca.
0:12.5	May 4th.
0:13.6	Star Wars Day, because...
0:15.8	May the 4th be with you?
0:17.8	Originally founded as Star Wars fans with speech impediment day.
0:21.7	Darth Vader is a Sith Lord.
0:25.4	Doris Vadeer is the 6th Lord.
0:29.1	No, again.
0:30.5	It is also a National Day of Prayer.
0:32.4	In a National Day of Reason.
0:33.8	Yes, those two things.
0:35.0	And the interplay of those two belief systems,
0:37.9	or with the Day of Reason fact systems,
0:39.6	describes passage of Obamacare repeal,
0:43.5	which happened in the house, faith.
0:45.7	On the part of Republicans, or at least those Republicans,
0:48.4	who worry about getting reelected,
0:50.3	that their constituents won't be hurt so much reason.
0:53.6	If they're from states that opt out of covering
0:56.2	pre-existing conditions,
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