Uneducated Posturing

The Gist

Peach Fish Productions

Daily News, News

4.5 • 3.7K Ratings

🗓️ 13 July 2020

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

On the Gist, the Washington football team have more work ahead than they realize. In the interview, Washington Post columnist Alexandra Petri joins Mike to chat about her recently published book Nothing Is Wrong and Here Is Why. A hand-picked anthology of her some of her best essays that are mockingly sharp, and unsettlingly cheerful, it showcases the satirist's gleefully distorted take on our political and social realities. In the spiel, educational idiocy. 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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0:00.0	Angie's list is now Angie and we've heard a lot of theories about why.
0:03.9	I thought it was an eco-move for your worst, less paper.
0:07.0	Humph, it was so you could say it faster.
0:09.6	No way.
0:10.4	It's to be more iconic.
0:12.0	Must be a tech thing.
0:13.2	But those aren't quite right.
0:14.8	It's because now you can compare up front prices,
0:17.6	book a service instantly, and even get your project handled from start to finish.
0:21.6	Sounds easy.
0:22.4	It is, and it makes us so much more than just a list.
0:25.6	Get started at Angie.com.
0:27.2	That's ANGI, or download the app today.
0:30.0	The following program may offend those who say fudge.
0:32.9	Instead of another f word, it may also offend those who say fudge
0:37.1	when asked to rank their top three desserts.
0:43.1	It's Monday, July 13, 2020 from Slated's The Gist-Dimike Pesca.
0:47.8	Some of the, let's say, Pol-Rud make refined baked goods, including scones,
0:51.6	decided to get out of the scone game, rebrand,
0:55.2	and man biscuits he's going with.
0:57.4	And of course, there's the fact that his signature product, the Rud scones,
1:02.9	may have engaged in baker or racer, the actual maker of the scones,
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