Oh, How This Feels Like Moscow

The Gist

Peach Fish Productions

News, Daily News

4.5 • 3.7K Ratings

🗓️ 10 February 2017

⏱️ 31 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

On The Gist, guest host Julia Ioffe of the Atlantic talks about the similarities and surprising differences between President Trump and Russia's Vladimir Putin with Miriam Elder, world editor at BuzzFeed. Elder shares her idea of how the two leaders fit into a global story unfolding right now. Plus, Ioffe and Elder explain "whataboutism" and other vocabulary lessons from their time reporting in Moscow. In the Spiel: The Trump presidency is quickly putting the lie to an old Russian saw. Today's sponsors: Dunkin' Donuts. Upgrade your day with DD Perks. Earn a free Dunkin' Donuts beverage when you enroll by using promo code DDPODCAST, and speed past the line in store with on-the-go ordering. Download the Dunkin' app and enroll today. Green Mountain Coffee. Green Mountain Coffee is passionate about making a smoother tasting cup. Try it today with code TRYGMC. 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

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	The following podcast contains explicit language.
0:08.0	Hello folks, it's Friday, February 10th, 2017,
0:12.2	filling in for Mike Pesco on The Gist.
0:14.6	I'm Julia Yafi, I'm a staff writer with The Atlantic.
0:17.7	And today we're going to talk about all the crazy stuff that happened this week.
0:22.1	It's only been three weeks since President Trump has become president.
0:27.4	It seems like a lot longer, but it's only been three weeks.
0:30.1	And this week, a lot of really important stuff happened.
0:33.4	For example, last night, the ninth circuit court of appeals based in San Francisco
0:38.1	handed down a unanimous decision blocking the Trump administration's immigration ban.
0:42.6	But let's talk briefly about this week's unsung hero, White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer.
0:49.0	Sean Spicer has had a rough couple of weeks.
0:52.6	And this week, it just got oh so bad for him.
0:55.7	The week opened with comedian Melissa McCarthy, hilariously portraying Sean Spicer on Saturday night live.
1:04.2	She was spraying reporters with a supersoaker.
1:08.0	She was ramming them with the podium.
1:10.9	Yeah, I wanted to ask about the travel ban on Muslim.
1:13.5	Yeah, it's not a ban.
1:14.7	I'm sorry?
1:15.5	It's not a ban.
1:16.9	The travel ban is not a ban, which makes it not a ban.
1:19.6	But you just called it a ban.
	...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Peach Fish Productions, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of Peach Fish Productions and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.