Washing Out the Trump Stain

The Gist

Peach Fish Productions

Daily News, News

4.5 • 3.7K Ratings

🗓️ 23 December 2020

⏱️ 36 minutes

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On the Gist, who wants the vaccine? And, today in Remembrances of Things Trump: Did Trump really want a moat with alligators and snakes? In the interview, it's the second half of Mike's conversation with author Michael Scott Alexander about his book, Making Peace with the Universe: Personal Crisis and Spiritual Healing. Alexander talks about his connection to finding a religious path and identity, the differences between religious institutions and personal enlightenment, and why the concept of spirituality desperately needs rebranding. Alexander is associate professor of religious studies and Maimonides Endowed Chair in Jewish Studies at the University of California, Riverside. In the spiel, cleansing America of Trump. Email us at thegist@slate.com Podcast production by Daniel Schroeder, Margaret Kelley, and Cheyna Roth. 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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0:39.0	It's Tuesday, December 22, 2020, from Slated to Just On Mike Pasca.
0:47.0	Occurring, simultaneously, we have two main stories about the public and vaccination.
0:53.0	What is this?
0:54.0	A new survey by the Kaiser Family Foundation found that about a quarter of Americans
0:59.0	do not want to get vaccinated.
1:01.0	The skepticism represents a challenge as the country tries to control exploding infections, hospitalizations and deaths.
1:08.0	Two few people want to get vaccinated.
1:11.0	The other big story, according to the BBC, is this.
1:15.0	Everybody is going for a finite pie.
1:19.0	The pie is fixed for now and everybody wants a slice of it and there's obviously going to be some jostling and pushing.
1:26.0	Too many people want to get vaccinated.
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