Mike Pesca with three things: 1) North Carolina considers repealing the bathroom bill; 2) Obama makes a decision on Arctic drilling; 3) What year is it in Saudi Arabia?

Mike Pesca with three things: 1) The eclectic class at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame; 2) Trump loves Nixon, apparently; 3) NBA stars lose their trampoline privileges.

Chris Berube has today's three things: 1) Venezuela realizes dumping their most common currency note wasn't a great idea; 2) The electoral college gathers to pick the new president; 3) That's Ambassador Pitbull, thank you very much.

Mike Pesca has today's three things: 1) Hillary Clinton points a finger at Vladimir Putin's grudge, 2) A vocabulary lesson, and 3) Someone rescued baby Jesus and the police are not amused.

Mike Pesca has today's three things: 1) A successful birth after an ovarian-tissue transplant, 2) The U.K. approves babies from three DNA-parents, and 3) Kokomo lifts its ban on pinball.

Mike Pesca has today's three things: 1) Scientists rush to save climate data, 2) Philippines Rodrigo Duterte boasts of his kills, and 3) Trousergate in Great Britain.

Mike Pesca with today's three things: 1) Rex Tillerson has been picked by President-elect Trump for secretary of state, 2) Why Trump might be bored by his not-so-daily briefings, and 3) SantaCon may come to a city near you.

Mike Pesca, host of The Gist, with today's three things: 1) U.S. senators plan a probe, 2) Twitter rescinds ban on white supremacist Richard Spencer, and 3) Seeking an emoji-translator.

Mike Pesca with two things you needs to know, and one you don't: 1) How a puppy took down the South Korean president; 2) Geert Wilders gets a polite scolding for hate speech; 3) Some light Christmas-themed violence.

Mike Pesca with two things you needs to know, and one you don't: 1) The vanishing giraffe population; 2) Paris tries to slow smog; 3) Brazil's bizarre scheme to compensate wronged tourists.

Mike Pesca with Two Things You Need to Know and One You Don't: Two stories about Trump's Taiwan call, and scientific confirmation that vinyl sounds better.

Mike Pesca with two things you needs to know, and one you don't: 1) Michael T. Flynn's conspiracy loving son has a transition email address; 2) A Texas elector comes out against Trump; 3) An alt-right TV sketch show meets its end.

Mike Pesca with three things: two stories from the emptying U.S. facility at Guantanamo Bay, and a fraudulent American embassy is finally closed.

Mike Pesca with today's three things: 1) Chicago's murder rate, 2) America's rich getting richer, 3) The putting green stays!

Mike Pesca has today's three things: 1) The Eurozone's jobless rate, 2) He created the Bic Mac and all he got was a plaque, and 3) Vegans flip over five pounds.

Mike Pesca with today's three things: 1) The Forbes 500 cabinet, 2) Fiat heir goes on a tear, and 3) The Florida man who faked his own death will pay for the Coast Guard's search & rescue effort.

Mary Wilson fills in for Mike Pesca with today's three things: 1) The 11 victims of the OSU attack are expected to survive, 2) What the Mounk-Foa formula shows about the U.S., and 3) Do we have another "largest object" category for Guinness?

Mike Pesca with today's three things: 1) Afghanistan's veep kidnapped his rival at a buzkashi game, 2) Protesters denounce the Rasputin of South Korea, 3) Japan has melted an ice rink festooned with dead fish.

Mike Pesca with Two Things You Need to Know and One You Don't: Nikki Haley heads to the United Nations, the biggest fear of the Obama Administration, and the real origins of Thanksgiving.

Mike Pesca with Two Things You Need to Know and One You Don't: Trump vs. the media, Hillary's off the hook, and turmoil in the world of US soccer.

Mike Pesca with Two Things You Need to Know and One You Don't: Donald Trump's plans for the civil service, infrastructure, and the inauguration.

The Gist host Mike Pesca with your three things: President-elect Donald Trump's picks for national security adviser and attorney general, and a dogged poop-scooper in Pennsylvania.

Three things spotted by Mike Pesca, host of The Gist: 1) German Chancellor Angela Merkel's conditional comments to President-elect Donald Trump, 2) Austria's run-off presidential election, and 3) Cracking down on fake diplomas.

Mike Pesca with today's three things: 1) President Obama gives President-elect Trump room to act normally, 2) Rudy Giuliani's questionable endorsements, and 3) Tony Romo concedes the job of quarterback for the Dallas Cowboys.

Mike Pesca has three things you should know: 1) the word 'emolument,' 2) the trouble with blind trusts, and 3) while we do a post-mortem on presidential election polls, the Pols are doing a post-mortem on their former president.