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
801
Why We Like The Music We Like
36 min
802
China Told Us Who They Were
33 min
803
BEST OF THE GIST: Good News Edition
26 min
804
An Oil Price Cap Could Work
27 min
805
Putin’s Slick Substance
31 min
806
Why Will Writes
31 min
807
QAnon Shaman To His Left, Police To His Right
34 min
808
Crashing The Capitol
32 min
809
BEST OF THE GIST: Susan Orlean Extra + Juul To ...
30 min
810
Oz and Incest
39 min
811
China Is Always Watching
28 min
812
Susan Orlean Explodes Books
33 min
813
Beaver Hunt
33 min
814
BEST OF THE GIST: Back To School Edition
32 min
815
Where Does The Arc Of History Really Bend?
34 min
816
Confronting South Africa’s Racist-Created Trauma
33 min
817
Trump Impeachments: Behind The Scenes
33 min
818
A House Member Shouts “Fire”
34 min
819
Sometimes ER Doctors Aren’t Sure Either
38 min
820
BEST OF THE GIST: The Fall And Rise Of Adam Neu...
28 min
821
To Pathologize, Or Not To Pathologize?
39 min
822
Why Atlanta Burned
35 min
823
When A Mass Shooting Happens On Your Watch
29 min
824
Senator Leahy On D.C.’s Brighter Days And Gotha...
30 min
825
What Do The Taliban Want?
29 min