Unwrapping Holiday BS

The Gist

Mike Pesca

News, Politics, Arts, Daily News

4.4 • 3.6K Ratings

🗓️ 3 December 2015

⏱️ 20 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

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Summary

On The Gist, Maria Konnikova of the New Yorker rounds up the holiday season’s most tedious myths for a game we call “Is That Bulls--t?” Her new book, The Confidence Game, is now available for preorder. For the Spiel, all the things we don’t know but tend to report in wake of another mass shooting. Today’s sponsors: Stamps.com, where you can buy and print official U.S. postage right from your desk using your own computer and printer. Use the promo code THEGIST to get a no-risk trial and a $110 bonus offer. The Message, a new podcast series from GE Podcast Theater. The entire season is available now on iTunes. 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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0:00.0	Time for Diet Coke?
0:06.0	Yes, yes, yes!
0:12.0	Da da da da da!
0:14.0	I really need a good zap.
0:16.0	Love what you love.
0:18.0	Diet Coke.
0:19.0	Get Runway Ready.
0:20.0	A chance to win the ultimate shopping experience
0:22.0	plus hundreds of prizes curated by Kate Moss.
0:25.0	From a Paxen store, 18 plus teas and teas
0:27.0	visit Coke.co.uk slash break.
0:30.0	The DIST is brought to you by Stamps.com.
0:32.0	Buy and print official US Postage
0:34.0	using your own computer and printer
0:36.0	and save up to 80% compared to a postage meter.
0:39.0	Sign up at Stamps.com and get a four week trial
0:42.0	and a $110 bonus offer.
0:44.0	When you use the promo code, the DIST.
0:46.0	And buy the message, an original science fiction podcast
0:50.0	from Panoply and GE Podcasts Theatre.
0:53.0	All of season one is available now.
0:55.0	So listen and find out why a 70 year old alien recording
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