Wrecking Public Trust

The Gist

Peach Fish Productions

News, Daily News

4.5 • 3.7K Ratings

🗓️ 5 December 2020

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

On the Gist, Corey Lewandowski has caught the virus. And, today's installment of Remembrances of Things Trump: criticizing Chucks. In the interview, Maria Konnikova is back for another "Is That Bullshit?" She and Mike dissect where the stipulations around the socially distanced fifteen-minute time limit.* While in close proximity to another person, how long does it actually take to get exposed and what are the variables? Turns out, the time frame depends on a variety of factors like weather, mask fabric, location and even air quality. Maria's latest book The Biggest Bluff: How I Learned to Pay Attention, Master Myself, and Win is a New York Times bestseller and listed as one of their 100 Notable Books for 2020. In the spiel, the detriments of downplaying Covid-19. Email us at thegist@slate.com Podcast production by Daniel Schroeder and Margaret Kelley. Slate Plus members get bonus segments and ad-free podcast feeds. Sign up now. * Links: Beyond Six Feet: A Guideline to Limit Indoor Airborne Transmission of COVID-19, COVID-19 Indoor Safety Guideline and app. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	New Year, new me.
0:02.0	Nah. I'm fine just the way I am.
0:04.5	Doing the things I love.
0:06.5	Like enjoying a latte.
0:08.6	On the bus with some music.
0:10.4	Or on a walk with a friend.
0:12.4	My only resolution is to enjoy more of what I love.
0:17.2	Like switching up my usual with oat, soy, almond or coconut.
0:21.6	All delicious non-dairy alternatives available at Starbucks.
0:26.0	For no extra charge.
0:27.3	Whilst stocks last, subject to availability.
0:30.0	The following program has words that were once banned in Boston as they say,
0:34.2	no not Bucky, Dant or Manhattan clam chowder.
0:37.2	Much worse words than that.
0:39.0	It's Friday, December 4, 2020, from slated to just dime, Mike Pesca.
0:47.2	Corey Lewandowski was last in the news for getting COVID.
0:51.0	He seems to have shaken it, but the virus is back.
0:54.9	Not COVID, Lewandowski himself.
0:57.2	So Lewandowski lists himself as the campaign manager for the successful 2016 Donald Trump
1:03.0	presidential campaign.
1:04.4	And those words in that order are technically true.
1:07.5	But in this order, they aren't.
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