The #NotAMovie Challenge Begins

The Gist

Peach Fish Productions

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4.5 • 3.7K Ratings

🗓️ 23 March 2015

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Now that we've become indifferent to illegal and even legal forms of corruption, what will it take to improve the accountability of our public officials? Our guest Zephyr Teachout examines corruption's past and present. She's the author of Corruption in America: From Benjamin Franklin's Snuff Box to Citizens United. Plus, They Might Be Giants have always aspired to write movie themes, so they've asked Mike Pesca to enlist listeners to help with a demo. From now until April 6, tweet titles of imaginary movies to @slategist using the hashtag #NotAMovie. For the Spiel, the return of talk-show karaoke. Today's sponsor: Stamps.com. Sign up for a no-risk trial and get a $110 bonus offer, when you visit Stamps.com and enter promo code TheGist. Join Slate Plus! Members get bonus segments, exclusive member-only podcasts, and more. Sign up for a free trial today at http://www.slate.com/gistplus Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	You know it, and ModyBody knows it.
0:03.8	Leaks suck.
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0:17.3	while you move, jump, kick and sweat.
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0:39.5	Sign up for a no-risk trial and a $110 bonus offer when you visit Stamps.com and use
0:45.0	the promo code, the Just.
0:47.0	The following podcast contains explicit language.
0:51.9	It's Monday, March 23rd, 2015 from Slate.
0:56.6	It's the Just I'm Mike Pasca.
0:58.0	So you know, I love the NCAA tournament, and I hate the commercials during the NCAA tournament.
1:02.8	I realize it might just be that I hate commercials since the commercials I watch during the NCAA
1:07.5	tournament are the only commercials I ever watch, well football playoffs, and that's
1:11.1	why they pay to advertise the men.
1:13.5	So last week I told you about that one commercial with Charles Barkley, Spike Lee, and Samuel
1:18.2	L. Jackson.
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