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.
1101
Democracy’s Nightmare Scenario
Jonathan Last on the major risk to the Supreme Court’s legitimacy.
32 min
1102
Justice or Retribution?
Outrage at Kentucky’s decision is really outrage at the entire justice system.
30 min
1103
The Consequence of Elections
Senators like Lindsey Graham might find themselves pushed out of office.
32 min
1104
Wishing for Democracy
In the wake of Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s passing, the argument of packing the court prevails.
36 min
1105
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
1106
Condemn Nation
Both sides of the aisle put too much weight in this lazy bit of rhetoric.
31 min
1107
Fuel for a Cold War
We can’t let environmental concern override our power on the global chessboard.
28 min
1108
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
1109
Third Party Thieves
In a two-party system, do third-party candidates do anything but steal votes?
31 min
1110
Biden Wouldn’t Have Saved Us All
If we don’t temper our expectations, we’re setting him up to fail.
30 min
1111
Is It So Bad?
Depends on your perspective.
30 min
1112
The QAnon Questions
Clint Watts on where to start with this crazy conspiracy.
34 min
1113
Trump’s Taxpayer-Funded Defense
Barr is happy to be Trump’s personal lawyer.
24 min
1114
No Cause Bigger Than Himself
Trump has no respect for causes and institutions where he isn’t at the center.
33 min
1115
Brainworms or Biden
His real truths just aren’t as sticky as Trump’s truthless traps.
30 min
1116
Racism In The Simulation
Testing and teaching implicit bias with virtual reality.
27 min
1117
Villain Not Vigilante
The crimes of Kyle Rittenhouse were not justified.
28 min
1118
Is Anybody Paying Attention?
When it’s mostly just campaign ads, everything becomes repetitive noise.
33 min
1119
Trumpian Chaos Theory
Trump thinks he benefits from instability.
32 min
1120
One Stat to Rule Them All
Sonari Glinton on why we care too much about the monthly unemployment rate.
29 min
1121
The Curse of American Traffic
Sonari Glinton on why Los Angeles has such bad car congestion.
30 min
1122
The High Court of Facebook
Kate Klonick talks to Noah Feldman about Facebook’s new approach to speech disputes.
27 min
1123
In Lieu of Happy Hour
Kate Klonick talks to Ben Wittes about their daily show.
23 min
1124
Mistrust Your Memory
We should be careful with how easily we rewrite even the recent past.
35 min
1125
Our National Intelligence Is Broken
Guest host Annie Duke on partisanship and the breakdown of universalism.
31 min