The Gist
For thirty minutes each day, Pesca challenges himself and his audience, in a responsibly provocative style, and gets beyond the rigidity and dogma. The Gist is surprising, reasonable, and willing to critique the left, the right, either party, or any idea.
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Spooning With Dan Pashman
Today on The Gist, John Curtice from the What Sco…
26 min
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Your Grandpa Is a Little Sketchy
Today on The Gist, professional storyteller Matt Dicks speaks with the winner of our storytelling challenge. Did we make the right pick? Hear our entries from yesterday’s Gist here. Plus, Emily Yoffe of Slate’s Dear Prudence column advises...
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What Makes a Story Unforgettable
Today on The Gist, professional storyteller Matt …
25 min
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Are Probiotics Bulls--t?
Today on The Gist, it’s an episode that comes fro…
26 min
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We Dish on the Knish
Today on The Gist, Marc Caputo from Politico’s F…
27 min
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Before Bombs Fell Out of Favor
Today on The Gist, Bryan Burrough explains what A…
26 min
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From 'The Daily Show' to the Past
On Ep. 238, Brian Unger joins us in studio. He’s …
24 min
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50-Year-Old Hits
Today on The Gist, we listen back to Billboard hi…
22 min
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Putin Programs, You Decide
Today on The Gist, Phil Galewitz from Kaiser Heal…
25 min
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Ar U for Spelling Reform?
Today on The Gist, an update from Slate’s Dahlia …
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Thomas Jefferson as Touchstone
Do women make better presidents? Today on The Gis…
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Vincent D’Onofrio on Introversion and Acting
Today on The Gist, Slate’s Dahlia Lithwick puts n…
30 min
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Risk Lives Up to Its Name
Today on The Gist, Mike tests the assertion that …
24 min
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Expired Exschmired
For a tourist’s paradise, the Maldive Islands is …
29 min
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The Moment Has Arrived
Today on The Gist, Brian Koppelman, the accomplis…
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TED Talks Shame the Devil
Today on The Gist, we explore a new form of dark …
30 min
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Targeted by Putin
While Mike Pesca’s off hosting Wait, Wait Don’t T…
25 min
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Shakespeare Without the Script
On a past Gist, we gave you drunk Shakespeare. No…
25 min
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What’s a Walking Bass Line?
Today on The Gist, Mike joins us from a Chicago T…
25 min
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Gunfight at the Walmart Corral
Today on The Gist, James Ledbetter from Inc. expl…
29 min
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The Pit Boss of House of Cards
Today on The Gist, we imagine the hearts and mind…
27 min
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Immigrants Don’t Steal Jobs
Today on The Gist, Adam Davidson of NPR’s Planet …
23 min
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Practical Yolks
How should we understand the evolving nature of U…
26 min
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The Wizard of Ooze
Remember when Mike Pesca gargled Pond’s cold crea…
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The #NotAMovie Challenge Begins
Now that we’ve become indifferent to illegal and …
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