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
701
BEST OF THE GIST: Good News Edition
26 min
702
An Oil Price Cap Could Work
27 min
703
Putin’s Slick Substance
31 min
704
Why Will Writes
31 min
705
QAnon Shaman To His Left, Police To His Right
34 min
706
Crashing The Capitol
32 min
707
BEST OF THE GIST: Susan Orlean Extra + Juul To ...
30 min
708
Oz and Incest
39 min
709
China Is Always Watching
28 min
710
Susan Orlean Explodes Books
33 min
711
Beaver Hunt
33 min
712
BEST OF THE GIST: Back To School Edition
32 min
713
Where Does The Arc Of History Really Bend?
34 min
714
Confronting South Africa’s Racist-Created Trauma
33 min
715
Trump Impeachments: Behind The Scenes
33 min
716
A House Member Shouts “Fire”
34 min
717
Sometimes ER Doctors Aren’t Sure Either
38 min
718
BEST OF THE GIST: The Fall And Rise Of Adam Neu...
28 min
719
To Pathologize, Or Not To Pathologize?
39 min
720
Why Atlanta Burned
35 min
721
When A Mass Shooting Happens On Your Watch
29 min
722
Senator Leahy On D.C.’s Brighter Days And Gotha...
30 min
723
What Do The Taliban Want?
29 min
724
BEST OF THE GIST: Monday Night Calculus
29 min
725
A Fine Line Between Pleasure And Pain
35 min