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.
2501
Targeted by Putin
While Mike Pesca’s off hosting Wait, Wait Don’t T…
25 min
2502
Shakespeare Without the Script
On a past Gist, we gave you drunk Shakespeare. No…
25 min
2503
What’s a Walking Bass Line?
Today on The Gist, Mike joins us from a Chicago T…
25 min
2504
Gunfight at the Walmart Corral
Today on The Gist, James Ledbetter from Inc. expl…
29 min
2505
The Pit Boss of House of Cards
Today on The Gist, we imagine the hearts and mind…
27 min
2506
Immigrants Don’t Steal Jobs
Today on The Gist, Adam Davidson of NPR’s Planet …
23 min
2507
Practical Yolks
How should we understand the evolving nature of U…
26 min
2508
The Wizard of Ooze
Remember when Mike Pesca gargled Pond’s cold crea…
24 min
2509
The #NotAMovie Challenge Begins
Now that we’ve become indifferent to illegal and …
30 min
2510
Scharpling and Wurster Do It Best
Tom Scharpling and Jon Wurster rarely analyze why…
22 min
2511
Puppy Love
Today on The Gist, we ask Jonathan Rauch of the B…
25 min
2512
Political Kryptonite
Today on The Gist, a look at ski racing’s uphill …
29 min
2513
My Big Fat German Debt
Why would someone accused of multiple crimes enga…
28 min
2514
A Matter of Chorus
Not every great pop song has a standard format or…
27 min
2515
Tips for Your Office Fridge
Last week the Supreme Court heard arguments in Ki…
33 min
2516
High Maintenance Delivers
Today on The Gist, we celebrate the Web series Hi…
23 min
2517
Bitter Delights
Will a recent Gallup poll be a wake-up call for s…
25 min
2518
Do Not Pass Go, Do Not Collect Patents
Today on The Gist, Mary Pilon shares the real his…
31 min
2519
Songs That Almost Killed the American Songbook
Obama promised hope and change, but what about ma…
25 min
2520
Paid to Play
Dream job alert. Today on the Gist, Mike talks wi…
34 min
2521
Republicans: Report to Spring Training
For ages, athletes have been judged by their impo…
26 min
2522
He Stared Down the Soviets
Before he was a Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist…
26 min
2523
One Condiment to Rule Them All
The New York outpost of France’s famed Maille mus…
41 min
2524
Smell The Roses
Slate's Dahlia Lithwick discusses the issue of le…
31 min
2525
World Saved by Jet-Skiing Comedian
Jet skis look like a horse running and defecating…
21 min