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.
976
Wishing for Democracy
In the wake of Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s passing, the argument of packing the court prevails.
36 min
977
Special: SCOTUS After Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Emily Bazelon on the Justice’s legacy, the looming Senate fight, and what could happen with a conservative court.
26 min
978
Condemn Nation
Both sides of the aisle put too much weight in this lazy bit of rhetoric.
31 min
979
Fuel for a Cold War
We can’t let environmental concern override our power on the global chessboard.
28 min
980
Stop Fracking Out
This new industry has helped the U.S. regain its global energy foothold. We just need to regulate it better.
28 min
981
Third Party Thieves
In a two-party system, do third-party candidates do anything but steal votes?
31 min
982
Biden Wouldn’t Have Saved Us All
If we don’t temper our expectations, we’re setting him up to fail.
30 min
983
Is It So Bad?
Depends on your perspective.
30 min
984
The QAnon Questions
Clint Watts on where to start with this crazy conspiracy.
34 min
985
Trump’s Taxpayer-Funded Defense
Barr is happy to be Trump’s personal lawyer.
24 min
986
No Cause Bigger Than Himself
Trump has no respect for causes and institutions where he isn’t at the center.
33 min
987
Brainworms or Biden
His real truths just aren’t as sticky as Trump’s truthless traps.
30 min
988
Racism In The Simulation
Testing and teaching implicit bias with virtual reality.
27 min
989
Villain Not Vigilante
The crimes of Kyle Rittenhouse were not justified.
28 min
990
Is Anybody Paying Attention?
When it’s mostly just campaign ads, everything becomes repetitive noise.
33 min
991
Trumpian Chaos Theory
Trump thinks he benefits from instability.
32 min
992
One Stat to Rule Them All
Sonari Glinton on why we care too much about the monthly unemployment rate.
29 min
993
The Curse of American Traffic
Sonari Glinton on why Los Angeles has such bad car congestion.
30 min
994
The High Court of Facebook
Kate Klonick talks to Noah Feldman about Facebook’s new approach to speech disputes.
27 min
995
In Lieu of Happy Hour
Kate Klonick talks to Ben Wittes about their daily show.
23 min
996
Mistrust Your Memory
We should be careful with how easily we rewrite even the recent past.
35 min
997
Our National Intelligence Is Broken
Guest host Annie Duke on partisanship and the breakdown of universalism.
31 min
998
Pursuing Progress
The DNC needs to take a note from Biden and more openly embrace progressives.
31 min
999
Prosecuting the Past?
Michelle Goldberg discusses the DNC and if a future President Biden should prosecute Trump.
31 min
1000
Moving to the Middle
Last Night’s DNC focused on reaching across the aisle and a return to normalcy.
31 min