Politics Is a Circus

The Gist

Peach Fish Productions

Daily News, News

4.5 • 3.7K Ratings

🗓️ 9 August 2019

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

On The Gist, Montana has gone a little berserk. In the interview, Joshua Cohen is here to discuss his new book Attention: Dispatches From the Land of Distraction, and the many discursions he and Mike go on thanks to it. Like the depth of Bernie's political policies, Trump's time in Atlantic City, and why the circus is so important to the history of American culture. In the Spiel, Trump's distraction tactics. Want to see a special episode of The Gist live in New York? Get your tickets here! Slate Plus members get bonus segments and ad-free podcast feeds. Sign up now. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Tampa Bay
0:02.0	Where you feel the warmth of the sand under your feet by day
0:06.2	And the beat of downtown by night
0:09.2	Make it a holiday of a lifetime on Florida's golf coast
0:13.5	With beaches that stretch for miles a vibrant waterfront scene and
0:18.4	Incredible theme parks just a top-down drive away
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0:30.0	This episode could contain profanity. It's up to me. I guess your Saturday could contain a just newsletter to sign up for it
0:38.1	Or once a week newsletter go to slate.com slash just news
0:46.9	It's Thursday August 8th
0:49.0	2019 from slated to just I'm Mike Pesky. I'm heading to the Iowa State fair tomorrow
0:54.4	I'm just a huge fan of butter sculptures
0:57.3	Don't know who else if anyone else is gonna be there. I just go for the butter sculptures
1:01.0	They often have a cow butter sculpture
1:04.1	But they're this year having a special different butter sculpture
1:08.1	It's a John Hickenlooper butter sculpture. I'm excited. No
1:11.8	No seriously though. I will be chatting with him and other candidates
1:16.5	Yes talking it up to the Hick the loop to the H to the eye to the C to the K to the double-o
1:23.3	Pooper but I'm really interested in talking to Montana governor Steve Bullock
1:29.6	His strongest argument for electing him president is one that used to be quite strong in presidential politics and
1:36.7	Has since declined as a strong argument. It's the very fact that he is a governor
1:41.3	We used to love electing governors. They had executive experience. They actually have to run things
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