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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The Most Interesting Man We Know
Today on The Gist, we might have audio from Brian…
35 min
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Melody As Smoking Gun
Are headlines about “three-parent babies” far-fet…
35 min
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North Korea’s Former Poet Laureate
Today on The Gist, a look at how propaganda thriv…
24 min
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The Detox Detox
Today on The Gist, political analyst Jonah Blank …
29 min
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The One-Man Beautification Plan
Today on The Gist: a visual avenger for the beaut…
28 min
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Caffeine: Shot by Shot
Fellow dads Mike Pesca and Adam Davidson of NPR a…
32 min
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The Passion of the Christie
Do Chris Christie’s outbursts make him impossible…
28 min
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Microsoft’s Imperfect 10
Does the GOP’s 2016 candidate need to figurativel…
28 min
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The Five-Second Story
How exactly should the United States go about cou…
31 min
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Fraunces Tavern Bombing
Before the Revolutionary War, the tavern founded …
28 min
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George Costanza vs. ISIS
Winning the public relations war against ISIS won…
28 min
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Learning Styles Over Substance
After elementary school, who will cater to your l…
22 min
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Bull in a Vagina Shop
When it comes to international monetary shockers,…
32 min
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Where Are America’s Terrorist Cells?
From a statistical standpoint, should we all be s…
28 min
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Should You Buy the Fitbit?
On The Gist, Slate’s Reihan Salam shares the Repu…
30 min
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Is “Don’t Be Evil” More Than a Slogan?
Today on The Gist, Michael Levi from the Council …
28 min
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A Better Name for 11
How real is the possibility of a terrorist strike…
33 min
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If LBJ Faced Today's Congress
Did Lyndon B. Johnson really move Washington with…
25 min
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Shh! ASMR Isn’t Real
Why do the American public and political leadersh…
25 min
2520
A Poet Goes to MerCon
Can terrorism ever be defeated? As a tactic? As a…
26 min
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The Right to Remain Uncivil
From campus codes to moderated online forums, fai…
24 min
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Mario Cuomo’s Missed Career in Stand-Up
What did Mario Cuomo accomplish and set in motion…
38 min
2523
Redial-a-Song
As a Long Island teenager in the 1980s, Mike Pesc…
27 min
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Give Me Liberty or Give Me … Liberté
A week ago, Obama told CNN he’s doing everything …
27 min
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Al Michaels Has the Call
Michael Daly of the Daily Beast on the challenges…
29 min