The Wizard of Ooze

The Gist

Peach Fish Productions

News, Daily News

4.5 • 3.7K Ratings

🗓️ 24 March 2015

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Remember when Mike Pesca gargled Pond's cold cream on The Gist? That gargle honored the master orator and Republican Sen. Everett Dirksen, who collaborated with a Democrat, Lyndon B. Johnson, to pass major civil rights legislation. Today, Todd Purdum tells the story of the Senate minority leader who liked to give news conferences in the lotus position. He's the author of An Idea Whose Time Has Come: Two Presidents, Two Parties, and the Battle for the Civil Rights Act of 1964. For the Spiel, Angelina Jolie is brave. Don't forget the #NotAMovie Challenge! From now until April 6, tweet titles of imaginary movies to @slategist using the hashtag #NotAMovie. Today's sponsor: Automatic, the connected car adapter that pairs your car to your smartphone. Save 20 percent with free shipping and a 45-day return policy when you go to automatic.com/gist 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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0:58.6	Chenewe, Achibay has died. The Nigerian novelist known for things fall apart. It's been pretty quiet
1:05.5	the last few years on October 2012. He published there was a country, a personal history of Biafra.
1:10.8	But since then, really nothing. Now of course, when great writers hit their 80s as Achibay has,
1:15.5	their output can suffer. They won't be as prolific as they were in their youth. But you know what else
1:20.6	has been a real hindrance to this great writer's productivity after the last two, two and a half years
1:26.5	when he hasn't been published? The fact that he's been dead for two of them. Twitter fell to notice
1:32.0	fact. I got messages yesterday in my feed mourning the death of Chenewe, Achibay. I can't say that I
1:39.3	said, wait, that guy died two years ago. But I also didn't say the world must know we all must
1:45.2	grieve unlike the United States ambassador to the United Nations who tweeted, Susan Rice tweeted,
1:50.9	despite the promise of the future. Today is a somber day in Nigeria as Chenewe, Achibay,
1:56.4	was laid to rest in his native village. Today he was laid to rest. Wait, this man,
2:01.9	Booker International Prize winner was a zombie the last two years. Although I got to say that Cynthia
2:06.7	Ozek has been getting kind of stale these last few years. Anyway, my favorite tweet wasn't by anyone
2:11.7	famous just by someone who thought to tweet a world now without Chenewe, Achibay. It is hard
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