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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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
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Redial-a-Song
As a Long Island teenager in the 1980s, Mike Pesc…
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Give Me Liberty or Give Me … Liberté
A week ago, Obama told CNN he’s doing everything …
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Al Michaels Has the Call
Michael Daly of the Daily Beast on the challenges…
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Abraham Grinchstein
Thanksgiving cocktails are about a nice drink wit…
23 min
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Are You Sure He Had a Red Nose?
How open are Cubans to the idea of democracy? Tod…
21 min
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Grin and Bear It
Are we experiencing a fundamental reshaping of th…
26 min
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Bad Movies, Good Podcast
All this week on The Gist, we’re down with O.P.P.…
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Too Beautiful to Stop
All this week on The Gist, we’re down with O.P.P.…
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For Dana Gould, Editing Is No Laughing Matter
All this week on The Gist, we’re down with O.P.P.…
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Ten Years To 'StartUp'
All this week on the The Gist, we’re down with O.…
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Marc Maron on the Best Podcast Episode Ever
All this week on the The Gist, we’re down with O.…
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Cut Off From a Sex Life Too Soon
When your husband dies, must your sex life die to…
32 min
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Shakesbeer
Should America be the world police? Today on The …
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Is “Mother’s Intuition” Real?
While campus sexual assault is a real and serious…
26 min
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Goodness Gracious: Great Bio of Fire
Today on The Gist, Mike comes out with his predic…
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The Uruguayan in Chief
Today on The Gist, Slate’s Jacob Weisberg offers …
26 min
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Tap the Holiday Spirit
Clarence Page is knowledgeable, reasonable, and n…
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Orchestral Snoring on the Trans-Siberian Railway
On The Gist, NPR’s David Greene joins us in studi…
22 min
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The Duck Face Facial Regime
Today on The Gist, a look at the issues surroundi…
31 min
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Learning Little From the Near-Death Experience
Pop-up ads keep telling Mike to test his food sen…
27 min
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The Mingus Method for Toilet Training Cats
Starting Wednesday, Billboard will change the way…
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The Thunder-Throat Hope Behind Macy’s Floats
Thanksgiving is for eaters, so we’ve called in an…
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