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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Sioux Falls Has a New Flag, and It’s Quite Fetc...
The Committee to Establish a Suitable Flying Bann…
28 min
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What Poker Has to Teach Us About Missile Defens...
When is it best to know when our privacy has been…
22 min
2503
Urban Biking: A Love Story
With only two days left before August recess, wha…
26 min
2504
We’re Terrible at Reading Online
Today on The Gist, Canadian human rights worker D…
26 min
2505
Why Does Tomato Juice Taste Better on an Airplane?
The world used to be full of empires. Is it time …
23 min
2506
Would You Let Your Husband Road Trip With an Ex?
Today on The Gist, where do you draw the line wit…
27 min
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Who’s Better Off: A Roman Emperor, or You?
How good did the Roman emperors have it? The Gist…
26 min
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Should Clothing Ever Be Optional?
Today on The Gist, writer Dave Hill tells us abou…
23 min
2509
When Does A Civilian Become A Combatant?
Are all civilians are automatically innocent? Tod…
23 min
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NYPD Cold Case from 100 Years Ago, and the Vict...
Today on The Gist, reporter Challen Stephens expl…
24 min
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Does Putin Know When to Fold ’Em?
Today on The Gist, Slate’s Anne Applebaum shares …
20 min
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Comic, Sans Its Hero
Today on The Gist, Ben Lillie from Story Collider…
23 min
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Your Brain on Bandwidth Poverty
Today on The Gist, as rockets rain from Gaza, Isr…
25 min
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Why Is Mike Pesca So Happy?
Today on The Gist, political analyst Jonah Blank …
21 min
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David Plotz Is Out, Panda Blogs Are In
Today at Slate, we announced a changing of the gu…
22 min
2516
Her Husband’s Stupid Record Collection
Is not visiting the U.S.-Mexico border President …
25 min
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This Guy Killed Hitler. All He Wants Is a Thank...
Today on the show, writer Mike Sacks explains how…
24 min
2518
Inside the Principal’s Office
For what was Mike’s most enjoyable visit to the p…
25 min
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Warren G. Harding in Love
Today on The Gist we discuss a new cache of steam…
23 min
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Today, It’s a Pot-Cast
As Washington State’s recreational marijuana law …
26 min
2521
Emotions Are Contagious, but Probably Not on Fa...
On the 75th anniversary of Lou Gehrig’s famous fa…
27 min
2522
Philly, in Black and White
Today on The Gist, Mike talks with Alice Goffman,…
29 min
2523
What Happens on Amish Spring Break Stays in Flo...
As Alan Mulally packs up his desk, Bryce Hoffman …
21 min
2524
Taking (a Fake) One for the Team
An obscure U.S. government agency called the Expo…
20 min
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The Diplomat Who F--ked Up
Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski was sec…
26 min