Scientific Solutions to Absurdity

The Gist

Peach Fish Productions

Daily News, News

4.5 • 3.7K Ratings

🗓️ 10 September 2019

⏱️ 28 minutes

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On The Gist, Trump and Scotland. In the interview, creator of xkcd Randall Munroe is here to talk about his new book How To: Absurd Scientific Advice for Common Real-World Problems. He and Mike talk about puzzling out the chicken and the egg, testing nuclear weapons on beverages, and how Serena Williams fits into his scientific exploration. In the Spiel, the Taliban and Camp David. 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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0:30.0	The following recording may contain explicit language. I can't get more explicit than may let you say it may
0:41.1	Monday September 9th 2019 from slated the gist I'm Mike Pasca is the video for the Trump turnberry hotel in Scotland begins
0:49.1	We see lush greens sweeping vistas a
0:53.2	Corgis gigantic hotel and then a uniformed hotel employee seems like the concierge but can we really be sure?
1:01.2	He's Scottish
1:03.2	I'm new grießen senior coincials here at Trump turnberry luxury collection resort, Scotland
1:10.0	Okay, he's got it. The accent smokey but also with Pete
1:13.6	But the Trump turnberry resort which our president owns and his family makes money on
1:18.3	23 million dollars in 2017 in fact is located near Prestwick airport
1:23.6	So when the Air Force has to stop and refuel at Prestwick well, I guess guess of Mr. Trump stay a Trump turnberry hotel
1:33.1	The only thing is the hotel in fact stopping and refueling at Prestwick is pretty far out of the way and
1:40.1	stays are up
1:41.7	Way up under the Trump administration and did we mention the Trump administration or at least the Trump family is
1:48.0	Making money on the branch of the military of which Donald Trump is the commander is this illegal?
1:55.4	Maybe not but the Air Force's top spokesman says even if the stays are within government rates
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