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The Gist

Tricking Spotify Into Getting Weird

The Gist

Mike Pesca

News, Politics, Arts, Daily News

4.43.6K Ratings

🗓️ 20 June 2024

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Summary

Glenn McDonald is a streaming music pioneer who worked for years for Spotify. He's out with a new book, You Have Not Yet Heard Your Favorite Song: How Streaming Changes Music. Also, DeSantis and Disney get un-Frozen. Plus, assessing a challenge to New York Congressman Jamal Bowman on an issue other than Israel. Produced by Joel Patterson and Corey Wara Email us at [email protected] To advertise on the show, visit: https://advertisecast.com/TheGist Subscribe to The Gist Subscribe: https://subscribe.mikepesca.com/ Follow Mikes Substack at: Pesca Profundities | Mike Pesca | Substack Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

It's Thursday, June 20th, 2024 from Peach Fish Productions.

0:07.0

It's the gist I'm Mike Paska.

0:09.0

A famous feud has simmered.

0:12.0

News Nation has details. feud has

0:13.3

details.

0:14.3

And so the Florida Governor Ron Desantis and Disney

0:17.0

appear to be ending their years long fight.

0:20.2

The Desantis appointed tourism board unanimously approved a new $17 billion developmental deal with Walt Disney World.

0:26.8

It means a new 15-year expansion.

0:30.0

Desantis did get for a while to rob Disney of their governing district, which allowed them to rule the mousetum like a thief-dom.

0:38.0

But after a while, things went from frozen to, if not in Canto, then looking up,

0:42.8

Desantis is no dumba, he knows fighting with Disney is just goofy.

0:46.4

And then somebody bends, each side drops its lawsuit.

0:50.5

There were signs in the previous months of detente.

0:54.0

Cooler heads seemed to prevail, if you will, a soft surrender to the rush of day when the heat of a rolling we can can't be turned away. Can't be turned away an enchanted moment and it sees me through.

1:20.4

It was enough for the thick-heeled boot wearer to live to fight another day

1:27.3

Can you feel the love tonight

1:36.0

is where we are.

1:40.0

Okay not love between these two parties per se, but mutual self-interest.

1:45.7

Desantis brings into the fold a giant state employer.

1:48.8

He made his case when he thought he needed to make it to a national audience.

1:52.8

Turns out the national audience wasn't particularly receptive and now everyone could back down.

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