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.

Daily News
Politics
Arts
676
BEST OF THE GIST: Good News Edition
26 min
677
An Oil Price Cap Could Work
27 min
678
Putin’s Slick Substance
31 min
679
Why Will Writes
31 min
680
QAnon Shaman To His Left, Police To His Right
34 min
681
Crashing The Capitol
32 min
682
BEST OF THE GIST: Susan Orlean Extra + Juul To ...
30 min
683
Oz and Incest
39 min
684
China Is Always Watching
28 min
685
Susan Orlean Explodes Books
33 min
686
Beaver Hunt
33 min
687
BEST OF THE GIST: Back To School Edition
32 min
688
Where Does The Arc Of History Really Bend?
34 min
689
Confronting South Africa’s Racist-Created Trauma
33 min
690
Trump Impeachments: Behind The Scenes
33 min
691
A House Member Shouts “Fire”
34 min
692
Sometimes ER Doctors Aren’t Sure Either
38 min
693
BEST OF THE GIST: The Fall And Rise Of Adam Neu...
28 min
694
To Pathologize, Or Not To Pathologize?
39 min
695
Why Atlanta Burned
35 min
696
When A Mass Shooting Happens On Your Watch
29 min
697
Senator Leahy On D.C.’s Brighter Days And Gotha...
30 min
698
What Do The Taliban Want?
29 min
699
BEST OF THE GIST: Monday Night Calculus
29 min
700
A Fine Line Between Pleasure And Pain
35 min