The Mingus Method for Toilet Training Cats

The Gist

Peach Fish Productions

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4.5 • 3.7K Ratings

🗓️ 1 December 2014

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

Starting Wednesday, Billboard will change the way it measures success on the album chart. Today on The Gist, Chris Molanphy explains how the new system reflects our listening habits—and the evolution of the album inside the music business. Plus, reporter Jody Avirgan gives us the backstory on his recent Studio 360 piece about one of the strangest works ever composed by jazz giant Charles Mingus: a toilet-training guide. For cats. For the Spiel, do we need a perfect expression of popular sentiment? Mike ponders galvanizing anecdotes in the wake of Ferguson. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	want to make the most of Festival season.
0:02.2	Pfft!
0:03.2	Pfft!
0:04.2	Pfft!
0:06.2	Pfft!
0:07.2	Pfft!
0:08.2	Pfft!
0:09.2	Pfft!
0:10.2	Scan your next Coca-Cola for a chance to win Epic once in a lifetime Festival experiences
0:15.8	and much, much more.
0:17.8	Don't fear missing out.
0:19.8	Festival season is on us.
0:22.3	Coca-Cola and Coca-Cola Zero promotional packs participate subject to availability.
0:25.9	Look for on-pack, info and co-cap for how to enter and tease and seize.
0:28.7	Engines must be 18 plus.
0:50.9	It's Monday, December 1st, 2014 from Slate It's the GIST of Mike Pasca.
1:00.7	For all the attention that we've given to Ferguson, I think it's really made us take our
1:05.3	eye off the real issue.
1:06.8	That's pretty sad, the real issue of course being gamer gate.
1:09.9	People die all the time in video games, you don't see the gamers whining.
1:12.4	Actually, all they do is whine because they don't like their bad reviews.
1:16.4	When you get a bad review, death threats to female critics and three, two.
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