On The Gist, president Trump's mixes and matches idioms all the time, but his rhetoric doesn't really suffer from it.

In the interview, 2014 was full of retro vibes and repeats, with hits like "Happy," "All About That Bass," and "Blank Space" echoing older styles and Eminem's "Monster" recreating his past chart-topping collaboration with Rihanna. Chris Molanphy is on the show yet again to walk us through the big tracks from the year The Gist was born. Molanphy is the host of Hit Parade and the writer of Slate's "Why Is This Song No. 1?" column.

In the Spiel, it's a second interview with evolutionary biologist Patricia Brennan. The topic? Turkey genitals, of course.

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