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The Gist

We Could Use Jon Stewart Right Now

The Gist

Peach Fish Productions

Daily News, News

4.53.7K Ratings

🗓️ 14 December 2016

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

Jon Stewart had a rough time hosting The Daily Show. By 2015, he hadn't had a good night's sleep in years. Exposure to Fox News had taken a toll. Writer Chris Smith chronicles Stewart's reign in a new oral history, which looks at the comedian's broader impact on political culture.  For the Spiel, Mike has cat scratch fever! Literally.   Today's sponsors:   Betterment, the largest automated investing service. Get up to six months of investing free when you go to Betterment.com/gist.   And Bon Appetit. For a limited time, you can give a one-year subscription to Bon Appetit for 15 percent off. Plus, they'll even throw in a cool tote bag! Get this deal today by going to bonappetit.com/giveBA and use promo code 15OFF. 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

The following podcast contains explicit language.

0:07.9

It's Wednesday, December 14th, 2016, from Slated's Digestive, Mike Pasca.

0:12.7

The Grinch had his designs on stealing Christmas.

0:16.4

Venezuela president Nicholas Maduro apparently sees himself as an anti-grinch Delta Force,

0:22.1

swooping in, securing the package.

0:24.6

We have the package, and rewarding those who have not been naughty this Christmas.

0:28.7

The besieged government of the beleaguered country of Venezuela

0:31.7

accused the country's biggest toy importer of artificially raising prices

0:36.7

by which they mean simply charging.

0:39.2

For about four million toys, so the government seized those toys

0:43.2

and they intend to distribute them to the little ninos.

0:46.2

At a press conference at the toy company's warehouse,

0:49.4

a government minister laid out his hall as one would the fruits of a drug bust

0:54.6

and detailed the seized contraband.

0:57.6

This clip is all in Spanish. I will translate.

1:18.5

There are approximately two million seven hundred ninety-one thousand six hundred

1:21.7

twenty toys approximately and we are able to detect another deposit of two hundred

1:26.4

twenty two thousand toys. Now there is only one known kingpin capable of cranking

1:30.8

out such a massive supply. The shadow we read suited figure goes by many names,

1:35.5

cringle, the saint, big daddy ex-mast, but we're on to him.

1:39.5

Here now is CNN. This is actual CNN translating the Venezuelan president,

1:44.7

Maduro's words.

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