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The Gist

Visiting the Migrant Families in Crisis

The Gist

Peach Fish Productions

News, Daily News

4.53.7K Ratings

🗓️ 23 August 2019

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

On The Gist, the Amazon is on fire. In the interview, Sen. Jeff Merkley was the first member of Congress to visit the migrant detention centers along the border and view the atrocious ways we were treating the people forced to live there. He's here to talk with Mike about the crisis, the failure of the Trump administration, and what we can do about it. His new book is America Is Better Than This: Trump's War Against Migrant Families. In the Spiel, Trump and Israel. Want to see a special episode of The Gist live in New York? Get your tickets here! 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

This episode is brought to you by Network Rail.

0:04.0

It's easy to disappear into your own bubble when you're out and about,

0:08.0

whether you're lost in your thoughts or lost in nature.

0:11.0

The last thing on your mind is the danger of trains at level crossings.

0:16.0

Beware the bubble, stay aware, take care, and help us keep you safe at level crossings.

0:23.0

The following recording may or may not include instances of words being said

0:28.0

that the FCC would find me for if their long arm could ever reach.

0:36.0

Sturrs. Day August 22, 2019, from slated to the gist of Mike Pesca,

0:41.0

the rain forest is a flame.

0:44.0

Sometimes you want to be clever, you're me, I mean, you know,

0:47.0

you want to point out all that fun stuff in the world that's weird.

0:51.0

We have a president whose antics could be said to lend themselves to this sort of analysis.

0:57.0

But we have to say again and again, the Amazon is on fire.

1:02.0

Yes, yes, chicken sandwiches, but Amazon fire.

1:07.0

Sure, Gwyneth has a book consultant.

1:10.0

His name is Thatcher Wine, but on the other hand, this from Judy Woodruff, from the PBS NewsHour.

1:18.0

President of Brazil, conceded today, his government lacks the resources to fight raging wildfires.

1:25.0

The fires in the Amazon rain forest have increased more than 80% this year.

1:30.0

But President Jarrah Bolsonaro had initially declined outside help.

1:35.0

Meanwhile, French President Emmanuel Macron called for this weekend's G7 summit to treat the fires as an international emergency.

1:44.0

Well, that's cause it is.

1:46.0

20% of the world's oxygen has been outsourced, essentially outsourced, to a protection racket,

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