When the Train to Hell Runs on Time
The Gist
Mike Pesca
4.4 • 3.6K Ratings
🗓️ 14 August 2025
⏱️ 42 minutes
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Summary
Aziz Huq, author of The Collapse of Constitutional Remedies, explains how liability insurers shape policing in small towns, why “rights versus rights” conflicts—from same-sex marriage to police brutality—often hinge on public trust, and how Chicago’s low murder clearance rate reflects deep distrust of law enforcement. He analyzes the Supreme Court’s Grants Pass ruling on homelessness, arguing that its “status versus conduct” distinction masks moral judgments about choice and responsibility. Plus, Trump’s Kennedy Center Honorees include KISS, Gloria Gaynor, George Strait, Michael Crawford, and Sylvester Stallone—prompting thoughts on merchandising, coffin diplomacy, and the Kiss Army.
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| 0:00.0 | It's Thursday, August 14th, 2025 from Peach Fish Productions. |
| 0:07.3 | It's The Gist. I'm Mike Pesca. |
| 0:09.2 | We have the honorees for the Kennedy Center. |
| 0:12.0 | It will be presented by Donald Trump, M.C. Donald Trump. |
| 0:15.5 | And they are to be Kiss. |
| 0:17.4 | Gloria Gaynor, George Strait, Michael Crawford, and Sly Stallone. |
| 0:22.1 | Just the other day I was thinking about a great line for Gloria Gaynor's obit, hopefully |
| 0:27.0 | in many, many years, but it would go something like this. |
| 0:29.8 | Gloria Gaynor, best known for her chart-topping 1979 hit, I Will Survive. |
| 0:35.2 | Today gives lie to her song's title. Maybe that's a good last line. You reminisce over it as I Will Survive. Today gives Lie to her song's title. |
| 0:38.1 | Maybe that's a good last line. |
| 0:39.7 | You reminisce over it as I Will Survive Slow Music Plays. |
| 0:46.2 | Sly, that's great. |
| 0:48.0 | Straight, straight fire. |
| 0:49.9 | The Phantom himself. |
| 0:51.2 | All cool, of course, Gloria Gaynor. |
| 0:53.8 | Usually there's someone from the world |
| 0:55.1 | of classical music or ballet. I get it, not Trump's style. But then there's Kiss. Kiss. The artists |
| 1:02.5 | behind both look it up and lay it down. They will be honored. How about Kiss? You know, I think |
| 1:08.6 | whoever is putting the Wikipedia entries together for Kiss songs is in the bag |
| 1:14.3 | because they claim that the song Strutter, I'll read you the Wikipedia entry. |
| 1:19.9 | The lyrics to the Kiss Song Strutter, based on the well-dressed vixins, the saw in the streets of New York show a Bob Dylan influence. |
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