The Kitsch of Death

The Gist

Peach Fish Productions

News, Daily News

4.5 • 3.7K Ratings

🗓️ 21 November 2014

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

If it bleed, it leads, but today on The Gist we discuss the bloodless. Our guest Caitlin Doughty is the author of Smoke Gets in Your Eyes: And Other Lessons From the Crematory and host of the popular series Ask a Mortician. Plus, Eric Fine from Van Eck Global shares insight into Brazil's economy, plus pop-up commentary from NPR's Adam Davidson. For the Spiel, explaining Serial to people who explain things (badly) to other people. Get The Gist by email as soon as it's available: slate.com/GistEmail Subscribe to the podcast in iTunes: itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/slate…id873667927?mt=2 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:19.6	or up.
0:24.5	This Thursday, November 20, 2014 from Slate It's the GIST.
0:28.5	I might pass you.
0:29.5	You may sense something different about me, less readiness in the cheeks, but more attuned
0:34.8	to my natural surroundings.
0:36.8	From approximately 6.30 last night to 7.05 this morning, I joined the ranks of the vegan.
0:44.4	Well, actually, dinner was at 6.30 and I probably had an incense lunch, so I'm going to
0:48.4	retie on my book, A Vegan for 18 Hours.
0:52.0	The 18 Hours Vegan.
0:53.2	My friend, Andy Bowers, you hear him giving the foul language warning occasionally at the
0:56.8	beginning of this podcast.
0:58.1	I can make him do that right now if I just say.
1:00.5	The following podcast contains explicit language.
1:03.9	Puppycock.
1:04.9	Anyway, Andy is a vegan, a totally non-prostilizing vegan.
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