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.
1151
Dastardly Debate
Recapping the universally panned presidential debate is painful.
34 min
1152
Drawing Districts
Annie Duke talks about districting and gerrymandering with mathematician Moon Duchin.
35 min
1153
Deliver Us From Trump
New revelations might not make a difference to voters.
32 min
1154
Reconsidering Comey
Jeff Daniels and Billy Ray on their new Showtime mini-series The Comey Rule
31 min
1155
Democracy’s Nightmare Scenario
Jonathan Last on the major risk to the Supreme Court’s legitimacy.
32 min
1156
Justice or Retribution?
Outrage at Kentucky’s decision is really outrage at the entire justice system.
30 min
1157
The Consequence of Elections
Senators like Lindsey Graham might find themselves pushed out of office.
32 min
1158
Wishing for Democracy
In the wake of Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s passing, the argument of packing the court prevails.
36 min
1159
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
1160
Condemn Nation
Both sides of the aisle put too much weight in this lazy bit of rhetoric.
31 min
1161
Fuel for a Cold War
We can’t let environmental concern override our power on the global chessboard.
28 min
1162
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
1163
Third Party Thieves
In a two-party system, do third-party candidates do anything but steal votes?
31 min
1164
Biden Wouldn’t Have Saved Us All
If we don’t temper our expectations, we’re setting him up to fail.
30 min
1165
Is It So Bad?
Depends on your perspective.
30 min
1166
The QAnon Questions
Clint Watts on where to start with this crazy conspiracy.
34 min
1167
Trump’s Taxpayer-Funded Defense
Barr is happy to be Trump’s personal lawyer.
24 min
1168
No Cause Bigger Than Himself
Trump has no respect for causes and institutions where he isn’t at the center.
33 min
1169
Brainworms or Biden
His real truths just aren’t as sticky as Trump’s truthless traps.
30 min
1170
Racism In The Simulation
Testing and teaching implicit bias with virtual reality.
27 min
1171
Villain Not Vigilante
The crimes of Kyle Rittenhouse were not justified.
28 min
1172
Is Anybody Paying Attention?
When it’s mostly just campaign ads, everything becomes repetitive noise.
33 min
1173
Trumpian Chaos Theory
Trump thinks he benefits from instability.
32 min
1174
One Stat to Rule Them All
Sonari Glinton on why we care too much about the monthly unemployment rate.
29 min
1175
The Curse of American Traffic
Sonari Glinton on why Los Angeles has such bad car congestion.
30 min