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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Weren’t You in That Movie …?
We hear that a common obstacle to prosecuting cam…
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Inside the Jill Abramson Firing
On today’s episode, NPR's David Folkenflik explai…
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Elections in India, Debates in Idaho
The Hindu nationalist Narendra Modi has been deni…
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Should The Wildlings Be on The Terrorism Watch ...
Today on the show, who belongs on the terrorism w…
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Smithies Dis Chris, Coaches Corner
On today’s episode, Mike Pesca talks with Cathy O…
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Signifiers: Headphones, Beards & The Washington...
Today on The Gist, is buying Beats by Dre a good …
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Bankers and Internet Outrage and All These Ands
On this Friday’s Gist, Mike Pesca talks with Feli…
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Has the U.S. Crowdsourced Foreign Policy?
Slate's The Gist with Mike Pesca: The Telegraph's Tom Rogan speaks with Mike about the wisdom of sending forces to rescue the Nigerian schoolgirls. Later in the show, Mike tries his hand at freestyle hip-hop, and he shares recent news items related to...
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Slate’s The Gist with Mike Pesca: Why Are Onlin...
On today’s episode, Mike Pesca talks with Mark Le…
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Slate’s The Gist with Mike Pesca: Russian Reali...
May 6, 2014: Mike Pesca talks with Russia expert …
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Slate’s The Gist With Mike Pesca: Episode the F...
Mike talks with Slate's Dahlia Lithwick about tod…
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Promo: The Gist of the Gist
Mike Pesca gives a little preview of his new daily show, debuting May 5, 2014 on Slate.
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