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The Gist

What's in a Face, Anyway?

The Gist

Peach Fish Productions

Daily News, News

4.53.7K Ratings

🗓️ 26 August 2019

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

On The Gist, Trump is a bad negotiator. In the interview, you've probably heard of face blindness. And you possibly wondered whether it was a real thing. Do some people really walk the world, full of other people as it is, without the ability to recognize them from their features? They do. Sadie Dingfelder shared her experience over at the Washington Post, and does so now on The Gist. In the Spiel, the Everything Is Alive tariff-a-thon. 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 contain explicit language.

0:26.0

I can't get more explicit than may.

0:29.0

You'll literally say it may.

0:34.0

It's Monday, August 26, 2019, from slated to the gist I'm Mike Pasco.

0:39.0

So, feed a fever, starve a cold, feed a cold, starve a fever.

0:43.0

All I know is Nuka Hurricane Strait Anoreaster.

0:47.0

Or is it torpedoes tsunami, go building to building via urban guerilla warfare against a cyclone?

0:53.0

Anyway, the Trump pieces were wrong.

0:56.0

They thought that you could Nuka Hurricane out of existence,

1:01.0

but no, they should have looked into buying the hurricane from Denmark and then bombing Greenland.

1:06.0

Oh no, I'm giving them terrible ideas.

1:09.0

Of the crazy stuff that has come out of the White House, perhaps that Nuka Hurricane,

1:14.0

perhaps that was the stupidest in recent days, but it actually wasn't the most dangerous.

1:19.0

Here on ABC's This Week, they played a montage to mark just the last few days of crazy,

1:26.0

and I want to play it for you and then make a point.

1:29.0

Well, Greenland, I don't know, it got released somehow.

1:31.0

We'd be interested, but we'll talk to them a little bit.

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