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
Forgiveness by Fiat
Warren’s plan for student debt is bad.
30 min
1152
The Issue With Oscar Noms
Snubbing female directors is bad business.
32 min
1153
Marianne Williamson Teleports Away
Another candidate gone from the primary race.
29 min
1154
The Final Great Jeopardy! Game
This whole line-up won’t happen again.
27 min
1155
What’s John Bolton’s Game?
And what is Congress going to do with him?
26 min
1156
The World’s Worst Extortion Racket
Trump wants Iraq to pay us for an air base we built there.
27 min
1157
Trump’s Iranian Connection
His money isn’t clean at all.
35 min
1158
Starting a War
Trump actions and words are out of alignment.
27 min
1159
Julián Is Through-lian
Is the race really weaker without him?
23 min
1160
The Stories the Gist Skipped in 2019
What didn’t we cover?
27 min
1161
Approving War Crimes?
The hosts of Zero Blog Thirty breakdown the Afghanistan papers, Trump’s recent pardons, and Eddie Gallagher.
29 min
1162
Ignoring Iowa
Trailing in the polls, Julian Castro is trying a peculiar campaign strategy.
26 min
1163
The Democrats Hardly Knew Jeff Van Drew
After the impeachment vote he suddenly switched parties.
26 min
1164
Pontius Pilate, Democrat
Republicans will go to biblical lengths to defend Trump.
32 min
1165
Capitalism Won. Now What?
Economist Branko Milanovic shares how this risky system serves us and how it doesn’t.
35 min
1166
The Youthful Power of Greta Thunberg
She captivates us because she seems so young
30 min
1167
The Kakistocracy Depends on the Cacophony
Noisy distractions are essential to them.
26 min
1168
The Politics of Humor
The Left and the Right are looking for different kinds of laughs.
24 min
1169
Discredited Nincompoop Nunes Is (Slightly) Vind...
He’s still a discredited nincompoop though.
28 min
1170
Expecting History to Judge
How we’ll be remembered shouldn’t be our moral guide.
29 min
1171
Not a Point of Order
Good try though, Republicans.
27 min
1172
The Truth Behind the Steele Dossier
The story about it distracted us from the facts within it.
22 min
1173
Biden Wants a Fight
But it’s not going to help.
28 min
1174
Making the Worse Argument
Do the Republicans just think it works better?
30 min
1175
Kamala Is Out
After months of campaign turmoil and dismal poll numbers, the Democratic presidential candidate is no longer in the race.
24 min