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The Gist

Trump Is America

The Gist

Peach Fish Productions

Daily News, News

4.53.7K Ratings

🗓️ 22 August 2019

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

On The Gist, Scaramucci was wrong about Trump. In the interview, journalist David Robson is here to talk about his new book The Intelligence Trap: Why Smart People Make Dumb Mistakes. He and Mike talk the intelligence quotient, the blind spots smart people have, and why it might be a good idea to talk about yourself in the third person. In the Spiel, Trump as all of America. Slate Plus members get bonus segments and ad-free podcast feeds. Sign up now. Want to see a special episode of The Gist live in New York? Get your tickets here! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

I am so over this situation, Peter. I'm unbumble to find something real. You know, like someone

0:07.5

you can count on, someone who actually cares about what you think. I just want someone

0:12.5

who's ready for that long-term kind of love. Whether you're looking for your next boyfriend,

0:18.9

girlfriend, casual date or just someone who truly gets you, it's waiting for you unbumble.

0:25.5

This episode could contain profanity. It's up to me, I guess. Your Saturday could contain

0:33.4

a just newsletter. To sign up for it or once a week newsletter, go to slate.com slash just news.

0:40.7

It's Wednesday, August 21st, 2019 from slated to the just-i-mic pesca. So perhaps you have read

0:52.5

that Washington Post opinion piece. I was wrong about Trump. Here's why, by Anthony Scaremucci.

1:00.5

I have not. I've been meaning to. But first, I wanted to share a piece with you that we hear

1:06.6

at the Gist have commissioned. It was written by a major player in another administration that the

1:12.2

mainstream media wanted you to think was up to no good. Let us play a clip of the guest columnist.

1:17.9

You've certainly seen him. He's gotten a lot of screen time and then we will get right into this

1:23.7

piece. Well, well, well, bonsai. What have we got here? Model notion. Zio. What do you think, Ed?

1:34.4

Just what I was thinking. Yeah, did I talk into this thing? Yes, just right into that, Pansai.

1:40.7

Okay. Here is my opinion piece. I sure whiffed on Skaw. Let me tell you how that happened by Banzai.

1:53.0

I grew up in a large hyena pride on Hyena Island. And while we never stoved, I mean, there was always

1:58.2

a caucus of a jackal or some other hyena. You know how that goes. We would buy no means comfortable.

2:04.3

Fortunately, I was clever enough to get into Skaw. And I made my bones. I lived in those bones

2:10.4

in the financial markets, which was weirdly hospitable to hyenas. And it was there that I first came

2:15.8

across and grew enamored by. And yeah, I'm also going to say inspired by Skaw. I always felt that

2:23.1

the kind of folks I grew up with, simple, hardworking scavenger dogs of the Serengeti had found a champion

2:30.5

in a guy like Skaw. Unlike the supercilious Mustafa and the naive, everything handed to him from

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