Gist: Nukes and Crannies




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Summary: On The Gist, the press is too squeamish to clarify that “shithouse” isn’t much better than “shithole.” <br><br>In the interview, more on fire and fury—nuclear fire, rhetorical fury, and the consequences of both. <a href="https://twitter.com/ArmsControlWonk">Jeffrey Lewis</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/aaronstein1">Aaron Stein</a>, hosts of <a href="https://www.armscontrolwonk.com/"><em>Arms Control Wonk</em></a>, assess the Trump administration’s tough talk on North Korea and the danger of a South Korea that decides to take matters into its own hands. <br><br>In the Spiel, Aziz Ansari isn’t blameless, but he doesn’t deserve a total destruction of his career, either.