Revenge of the Music Nerds

The Gist

Peach Fish Productions

Daily News, News

4.5 • 3.7K Ratings

🗓️ 23 November 2016

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Our favorite cultural cabal in Cleveland has spoken. The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame has announced its nominees for induction in 2017—and the picks are incomparable as always, with Chic, Pearl Jam, and Kraftwerk in the running. Chris Molanphy discusses shoo-ins and long shots. He writes the "Why Is This Song No. 1?" column for Slate. For the Spiel, a special holiday message from Mike Pesca. Today's sponsors: MVMT Watches. Get 15 percent off today, with free shipping and free returns, by going to MVMTWatches.com/gist. 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.
0:03.4	It's Wednesday, November 23, 2016 from Slate.
0:11.0	It's the gist I'm Mike Pasca.
0:13.2	Trump, Donald Trump, President-elect, Donald Trump, in his interview with The New York
0:17.4	Times, backed off his pledge to torture because a general told him building rapport works
0:23.7	too.
0:24.7	This idea was actually out there.
0:26.9	It was in the literature.
0:28.9	But Trump was told it directly by General Mattis, and I guess before that it had an occurred
0:33.6	to him.
0:34.6	Also, told the Times that climate change seems to have some connectivity to human activity,
0:40.5	also not going to prosecute Hillary and said the New York Times actually something of a
0:44.7	jewel.
0:45.7	So I guess he's moderating or we're normalizing to our great shame, turning this guy is going
0:50.6	to lead us into something normal.
0:52.4	But that's a good thing, right?
0:53.4	No, it's bad.
0:54.4	Question and post, Trump's new interview with The New York Times isn't reassuring.
0:59.2	It's deeply alarming.
1:01.1	Greg Sargent says it's good to Trump acknowledge that human activity might be connected to climate
1:05.7	change.
1:06.7	But the mere fact that this is seen as a major breakthrough is a loan, a reminder of how
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