What Detroit Gave America

The Gist

Peach Fish Productions

Daily News, News

4.5 • 3.7K Ratings

🗓️ 8 March 2016

⏱️ 19 minutes

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On The Gist, a new SAT is here, and the Today show has already failed the test. Author David Maraniss tells the story of an inflection point for Detroit from his book Once in a Great City: A Detroit Story. For the Spiel, no one is being offered 55 million dollars to be spied on naked. 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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0:20.1	The following podcast contains explicit language.
0:23.7	It's Tuesday, March 8th, 2016 from Slated to the Just I, Mike Pesca.
0:32.2	Big votes in states like Michigan and Mississippi today.
0:35.7	But there was another big change over the weekend.
0:37.4	In fact, it was the debut of the new SAT, so that today's show, among other news outlets,
0:42.2	decided to have their anchors and reporters take the new SAT.
0:46.9	It did not go well.
0:47.9	Here was the first question.
0:49.4	A partially built pool contains 600 gallons of water, a hose is turned on, and water flows
0:55.6	into the pool at the rate of 8 gallons per minute.
0:59.8	How many gallons of water will be in the pool after 70 minutes?
1:04.8	Okay, 70 times 8 plus the existing 600, so that's 1160, right?
1:11.6	So one anchor guy blirts out.
1:13.6	What are our choices?
1:14.6	You've stepped in now.
1:16.6	No, it's multiple choices.
1:17.6	Five, six, six, one.
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