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The Gist

Women's Gymnastics Gets the Hard-Boiled Treatment

The Gist

Peach Fish Productions

Daily News, News

4.53.7K Ratings

🗓️ 17 August 2016

⏱️ 22 minutes

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Summary

On The Gist, Megan Abbott discusses her latest book, You Will Know Me, a psychological thriller set in the high-pressure world of elite women's gymnastics. In the Spiel, a send-off for John McLaughlin.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

The following podcast contains explicit language.

0:07.7

It's Wednesday, August 17th, 2016, from Slate It's The Gisdy Mike Pesca.

0:13.0

Donald Trump has hired Steve Bannon, the executive chairman of Bright Bart News,

0:18.6

and reportedly solicited debate advice and maybe more from Roger L's.

0:23.0

The Fox News former chairman, this is a campaign shake-up.

0:27.7

Paul Manafort will retain his title as campaign chairman,

0:31.2

but you just knew that someone with Manafort's background was gonna run into trouble

0:35.2

with the notoriously insecure Trump.

0:37.8

No, no, no, it's not that Manafort is.

0:39.6

Ties to a anti-democratic Ukrainian regime in Vladimir Putin.

0:44.3

It's the hair.

0:45.4

Here's a thick natural lustrous head of hair.

0:49.2

To Donald Trump, this cannot stand.

0:51.0

So now we got Bright Bart and Fox, former Fox, running the show.

0:57.0

This says to me that if Trump becomes president,

1:00.6

he will elevate press secretary to a cabinet position.

1:04.4

In fact, I think it goes beyond that.

1:06.6

It finally hits me.

1:07.7

Remember when John Kasich was reportedly offered the vice presidency

1:12.7

and the pitch was, you'll get to be in charge of domestic policy

1:16.8

and foreign policy.

1:18.8

And then Kasich said, well, what's left for Trump?

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