The Stupid Genius of Dexter Guff

The Gist

Peach Fish Productions

News, Daily News

4.5 • 3.7K Ratings

🗓️ 18 October 2017

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

Thought-leaders build careers out of TED talks, inspirational quotes, and branded products. Dexter Guff is a big player in that space, teaching his listeners how to crush it every day. But Dexter Guff is not a real guy. His podcast, Dexter Guff Is Smarter Than You, is a satirical show starring actor Peter Oldring. Oldring explains the origins of the Dexter Guff character and the difficulties of executing dry humor. In the Spiel, Slate contributor Seth Stevenson sizes up Democratic Rep. Seth Moulton. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	The following podcast contains explicit language.
0:03.4	It's Tuesday, October 17, 2017 from Slated to the GIST.
0:11.1	I'm Mike Pesca.
0:12.7	Rex Tillerson didn't ask for the job.
0:14.9	Never wanted the job.
0:15.9	Isn't good at the job.
0:16.9	Isn't allowed to do the job.
0:18.4	Still I want him on the job.
0:20.4	I think I've said that before.
0:21.6	I've thought it before.
0:22.6	Probably tweeted it before.
0:23.6	But you know, I got a podcast.
0:24.6	Got to put it out there.
0:25.6	It's bad enough that Trump is fighting with Tehran and Pyongyang.
0:29.9	But even worse that during this critical moment in a world instability, he's also trading
0:36.2	barbs with his own secretary of state, Rex Tillerson.
0:39.3	And that could lead to a much more dangerous crisis, according to Republican Senator Bob
0:43.2	Corcor.
0:44.2	Who said Trump's statements on foreign policy, quote, castrate his secretary of state,
0:48.2	posing a threat to national security.
0:50.4	The thing about how tenuous the Tillerson position is, is I care, but I don't care more
0:57.9	than last week when I was told it was tenuous.
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