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.
1051
How Ferguson Prepared the Protesters
Looking at parallels from 2014, and the ways organizers are now using what they learned then.
28 min
1052
Trump Doesn’t Speak for Catholics
How the Catholic church and people of faith are supporting BLM.
34 min
1053
Night and Day
We’re living in two different versions of our country.
35 min
1054
Trump Can’t Heal America
His rhetoric makes it clear he doesn’t want to.
34 min
1055
The Leaders We Need
Who can we look to once the smoke clears?
25 min
1056
Looking Past the Looting
Sometimes riots are the only way people feel heard.
35 min
1057
It’s Tough to Like the Post Office
Sometimes you just have to through the Hobbesian nightmare.
34 min
1058
Putting Courageous Idiocy to Use
Caution is smart, but so is a willingness to be wrong.
30 min
1059
Coaching Through Life
Michael Lewis on the coach’s role in training the mind.
33 min
1060
No Regrets
Trump wouldn’t have done anything differently.
31 min
1061
Too Many Pills
A lot of our supplements just lead to expensive urine.
29 min
1062
Lights Out on Covid-19
How UV light might be an option in virus control.
21 min
1063
Solving for the Future
How looking upstream can help us prevent impending problems.
27 min
1064
The Most Powerful Woman in America
Nancy Pelosi is a muted master of politics.
32 min
1065
Shining a Light on the Mask Market
How one business pivoted to masks as the crisis began.
26 min
1066
Crying Wolf on Kushner
This is the one time he isn’t wearing sheep’s clothing.
32 min
1067
Divide Creep Is Ruining America
Consider how less polarized democracies are handling the crisis.
33 min
1068
America’s Testing Circus
How Trump’s sleight of hand tries to trick us yet again.
26 min
1069
Are Any Covid-19 Podcasts Worth It?
We listened to them so you don’t have to.
31 min
1070
Sweden’s Global Failure
32 min
1071
Forecasting Federal Inaction
How could scientists predict the government wouldn’t trust them?
29 min
1072
Tara Reade and the Difficulty of Belief
35 min
1073
Do Morals Matter?
Good intentions could lead to bad consequences.
30 min
1074
Georgia Is a Laboratory
Let’s Hope Brian Kemp listens to the scientists
33 min
1075
Useful Interviews from Gist’s Past
Math modeling and analogies.
23 min