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The Gist

The World Needs Better Men

The Gist

Peach Fish Productions

News, Daily News

4.53.7K Ratings

🗓️ 9 October 2020

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

On the Gist, the vice presidential debate and expanding SCOTUS. In the interview, Mike is joined by author, comedian, podcast host, and actor Michael Ian Black to talk about his latest book, A Better Man: A (Mostly Serious) Letter to My Son. Black was persuaded to write the book after publishing a New York Times op-ed on school shootings and gun control in 2018. Part advice and part memoir, A Better Man poses the question: why is it always boys and young men who are pulling the trigger? Black challenges readers to expand their definition of masculinity while refraining from denigrating qualities traditionally seen as feminine. In the spiel, how the Hasidic community in New York City is handling COVID-19. Email us at thegist@slate.com Podcast production by Daniel Schroeder and Margaret Kelley. Slate Plus members get bonus segments and ad-free podcast feeds. Sign up now.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Following program may contain language that is explicit and by explicit,

0:27.0

I mean implicitly, not two words.

0:34.0

Sturrs. October 8th, 2020 from Slate, it's the gist I'm Mike Pesca.

0:38.0

Last night, thousands of eyes were on Mike Pence.

0:41.0

Also TV ratings were pretty high. I am obviously talking about the insect.

0:45.0

That will be the main takeaway from the debate, not kidding.

0:49.0

The little go-class will spend some time on the substance for a day,

0:53.0

but in four years, the debate will boil down to a fly, like a witch's broom.

0:59.0

But like the fly, there was one thing Kamala Harris was not able to swat away,

1:04.0

and that was the question about packing the court.

1:07.0

Let's talk about packing the court then.

1:10.0

Let's talk about the fact. I'm about to.

1:14.0

So the Trump Pence administration has been,

1:19.0

because I sit on the Senate Judiciary Committee Susan, as you mentioned,

1:22.0

and I have witnessed the appointments for lifetime appointments to the federal courts,

1:27.0

district courts, courts of appeal.

1:29.0

People who are purely ideological people who have been reviewed by legal professional organizations

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