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The Gist

They Called Him Son of Sam

The Gist

Peach Fish Productions

Daily News, News

4.53.7K Ratings

🗓️ 27 July 2017

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

Tom Jennings dug through hours of archival media footage to tell the story of Son of Sam, the serial killer who terrorized New York City in 1976 and 1977. The resulting documentary is part of the Smithsonian Channel's Lost Tapes series. The Lost Tapes: Son of Sam airs Sunday on the Smithsonian Channel. Also, a breakdown of the Boy Scouts' apology for Donald Trump's jamboree speech. Join Slate Plus! Members get bonus segments, exclusive member-only podcasts, and more. Sign up for a free trial today at slate.com/gistplus. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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I raise for life for my best friend who we lost to soon.

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I raise for life for my mom who was diagnosed with bowel cancer.

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I raise for life for my dad who's living with prostate cancer.

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I raise for life for everyone who's in cancer.

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Who will you race for?

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Sign up to your local event at raceforlife.org

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And together we will be cancer.

0:27.0

Impartnership with headline sponsors Standard Life.

0:30.0

The following podcast contains explicit language.

0:39.0

Sturrs. Day July 27, 2017 from Slated's The Just I, Mike Pesca.

0:43.0

The Boy Scouts of America have issued a statement about Donald Trump's recent speech

0:48.0

at the Boy Scout National Jamboree.

0:52.0

Michael Surbaugh, chief executive of the Boy Scouts of America, said this.

0:58.0

I want to extend my sincere apologies to those in our scouting family

1:03.0

who were offended by the political rhetoric that was inserted into the Jamboree.

1:08.0

This was never our intent.

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We had no way of knowing that a president who responds to terrorist attacks

1:15.0

by tweeting, I called it, would possibly make this event about him.

1:20.0

Furthermore, there was no way we could have possibly anticipated

1:25.0

that President Trump would not adhere to the norms of decorum in a public setting.

1:30.0

So if you see somebody getting ready to throw a tomato, knock the crap out of a booboogeon seriously.

1:37.0

Wait, I'm sorry, this is a written statement, how that getting here.

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