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Pod Damn America

PREVIEW: The Dinkin Project

Pod Damn America

Pod Damn America

Comedy

4.3691 Ratings

🗓️ 3 December 2020

⏱️ 5 minutes

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Summary

Anders regales us with a tale of New York's first and only black mayor. We also talk about whether the M&M's have sexes and/or genders. FULL EPISODE AT PATREON.COM/PODDAMNAMERICA

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0:00.0

Yes, David Dinkins.

0:02.1

I'm not sure if he really eats from deli sandwich.

0:05.6

He's a very well-dressed guy, and, you know, he wouldn't want to spill on himself.

0:09.6

Although he would change several times a day.

0:12.5

He would change outfits like two or three times.

0:15.0

And they're always like very, very dapper.

0:18.3

The mayor who does costume changes like Lady Gaga?

0:22.9

Cool.

0:23.6

It's a dinkin's thing.

0:25.6

It's a dink thing.

0:28.7

So he...

0:29.6

It's a big thing.

0:30.4

I should mention, too, a campaign issue in 1989 is he just like didn't pay taxes for for three years or something like that and

0:41.9

he just like didn't have an explanation for it other than like I forgot and people would keep

0:49.2

asking him about it and he says look I haven't committed crime. What I did was fail to comply with the law.

0:56.5

This is the most relatable thing a mayor has ever said.

0:59.3

Yeah, that's pretty cool.

1:01.4

Yeah, that's got a brush under the rug.

1:03.2

Or it's like not that big of a deal in 89.

1:06.6

But he does, notable, he only gets a third of white voters.

1:11.1

So it's that third and then the rest of the mosaic coming behind him.

1:17.4

Beautiful mosaic.

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