The Gist - Thank God This Guy’s President

On The Gist, Slate’s Fred Kaplan explains how recent GOP rhetoric plays perfectly into the bad guys’ plans. He’s the author of The Insurgents: David Petraeus and the Plot to Change the American Way of War and 1959: The Year Everything Changed. For the Spiel, what we know about abortion clinic safety.  Today’s sponsors:   Goldman Sachs. Information about developments currently shaping markets, industries, and the global economy, on the firm’s podcast, Exchanges at Goldman Sachs, available on iTunes. The Message, a new podcast series from GE Podcast Theater. The entire season is available now on iTunes. Join Slate Plus! Members get bonus segments, exclusive member-only podcasts, and more. Sign up for a free trial today at slate.com/gistplus.

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The Goods from the Woods - Episode #68 – “Please Don’t Sue Us” with Brent Pettie

In this episode, Rivers and Pat are once again without Mr. Goodnight. Never fear, our guest Brent Pettie is here to talk about his life as a a stand-up comedian and "urban farmer" in Los Angeles. We also talk about outsider art and Eddie Money and then this podcast takes a sharp left turn into Crazytown as we talk about cults. This one is great*. Follow Brent on Twitter @BrentPettie.  Song of the week this week: "If it Takes A Lifetime" by Jason Isbell.  Follow the show @TheGoodsPod  Rivers is @RiversLangley  Dr. Pat is @PM_Reilly  Mr. Goodnight is @SepulvedaCowboy  Pick up a Goods from the Woods t-shirt at: http://prowrestlingtees.com/TheGoodsPod  *If you're from one of these organizations we talk about, we are comedians and we are sorry. You are *DEFINITELY NOT A CULT* and everything we said was a lie! Please don't sue us.