The Same Old Mike, Plus The New One

The Gist

Mike Pesca

News, Politics, Arts, Daily News

4.4 • 3.6K Ratings

🗓️ 22 December 2018

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

On The Gist, Donald Trump is to "wall" as zombies are to "braaaains." In his Broadway show (The New One) Mike Birbiglia tells you why procreation is a terrible idea, before waxing lyrical on the joys of raising a daughter—it’s complicated; he’s complicated. On The Gist, he spares a thought for how to tip at an Olive Garden, the future of email leaks, and Fox News’ underwhelming Christmas tree. In the Spiel, abandoning arguments of good (or bad) faith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	This program may contain explicit language.
0:02.9	Also, we have a newsletter coming out.
0:05.6	It's at slate.com slash just news.
0:08.8	Now on with the possibly filthy show.
0:15.4	Friday, December 21st, 2018, from slate, it's the gist I'm Mike Pesca,
0:21.4	and it's all about the wall, and I mean all.
0:25.2	Though I might not mean the wall, the president was elected.
0:29.3	As a candidate of the Republicans with the backing of Republicans,
0:33.1	he governed with the assistance of Republicans.
0:36.1	I'm pretty much no Democrats, and he adhered mostly to the tenants of Republicanism.
0:41.2	This has been our understanding all along.
0:43.6	Not really the case.
0:44.8	It doesn't really care about the things Republicans care about.
0:47.6	I mean, he cares about himself, but on issues,
0:49.6	he really only really cares about one thing.
0:52.6	One tangible thing is opposed to a concept like winning or strength.
0:56.4	He cares about immigration.
0:58.4	And he doesn't really care about immigration.
1:00.7	I mean, he doesn't really care about solving the issue.
1:03.0	He really cares about showing force and conveying strength on immigration.
1:07.9	And his audiences, of course, people who are very angry and in their anger,
1:12.5	easy to do.
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