Why Political Consultants Prescribe Bumpkin

The Gist

Peach Fish Productions

Daily News, News

4.5 • 3.7K Ratings

🗓️ 28 October 2014

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Every so often there's a politician who breaks through, or an idea that catches fire … just not this election year. Today on The Gist, Mark Leibovich from the New York Times counts the many ways this midterm election disappoints. Plus, using data to better understand human nature. We speak with OkCupid founder Christian Rudder about his new book Dataclysm. For the Spiel, bring on the poo. Get The Gist by email as soon as it's available: slate.com/GistEmail Subscribe to the podcast in iTunes: itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/slate…id873667927?mt=2 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:36.0	It's Tuesday October 28th 2014 from Slate It's The Gist.
0:40.0	So on the show today, I'm going to talk to the head of OKCube.
0:44.0	But funny story, we find out about each other.
0:47.0	They say this guy Christian Rudder is a particularly good match for our show.
0:51.0	So we message each other and he seems intriguing.
0:53.0	He seems interested in us.
0:55.0	A few back and forth with these messages.
0:57.0	We agree on a time and a place.
0:59.0	And I'm going to go to this place yesterday.
1:01.0	I try not to get up, too up, too down for these things.
1:04.0	You know, you do so many of them.
1:06.0	You try to keep an even keel.
1:07.0	So we get to the place and I see him.
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