When the '80s Went Pro

The Gist

Peach Fish Productions

News, Daily News

4.5 • 3.7K Ratings

🗓️ 21 April 2017

⏱️ 30 minutes

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It's 1987, and the breakthrough creativity of the early '80s is beginning to sour. Also, everyone's hair is ridiculous, but that's beside the point. Chris Molanphy is our guide to the year's Billboard's hits, which taught us, as he says, that "fairly great art can result from commerce and studio polish." Molanphy writes Slate's Why Is This Song No. 1 column. Plus, what to do about America's antiquated industries, like steel and coal. And Mike answers your emails, tweets, corrections, and anger in the Lobstar. 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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0:30.0	The following podcast contains explicit language.
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0:36.0	The front-a April 21st, 2017, from Slate, its Digestive Mike Pesca.
0:44.0	The Trump administration is once again seeking to protect its idea of the American economy.
0:50.0	It's an idea when to be rich, to be a tycoon, a captain of industry,
0:55.0	an industrialist. You got the coal miners, coal, the coal,
1:00.0	and the factory workers. And when it came to the forgotten American worker,
1:06.0	Trump stole hearts, and now Trump hearts steal.
1:09.0	President Donald Trump directed his administration Thursday to expedite an investigation
1:14.0	into whether steel imports are jeopardizing US national security.
1:21.0	This is not an area where we can afford to become dependent on other countries.
1:25.0	See evoking the national security angle, even though we get a lot of our
1:29.0	steel from places like Canada and South Korea, we're getting it from allies.
1:33.0	How's that hurt security? What if they stop giving us steel?
1:36.0	What if, indeed? It is true we are dependent on steel in so far as we trade globally.
1:42.0	We like cheaper, the less refined stuff from places like China,
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