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.
1176
In Lieu of Happy Hour
Kate Klonick talks to Ben Wittes about their daily show.
23 min
1177
Mistrust Your Memory
We should be careful with how easily we rewrite even the recent past.
35 min
1178
Our National Intelligence Is Broken
Guest host Annie Duke on partisanship and the breakdown of universalism.
31 min
1179
Pursuing Progress
The DNC needs to take a note from Biden and more openly embrace progressives.
31 min
1180
Prosecuting the Past?
Michelle Goldberg discusses the DNC and if a future President Biden should prosecute Trump.
31 min
1181
Moving to the Middle
Last Night’s DNC focused on reaching across the aisle and a return to normalcy.
31 min
1182
The Law’s Favorite Outlaw
The NYPD Union unapologetically supports Trump.
33 min
1183
Conspiracist for Congress
A system that lets a conspiracy theorist win a primary on six percent of the electorate is broken.
30 min
1184
The Folly of Predicting the Presidency
Odds are only odds, not reality.
32 min
1185
A Spectrum of Love
Creator Cian O’Clery on his Netflix series Love on the Spectrum
29 min
1186
Kamala Joins the Ticket
Biden chooses his running mate.
30 min
1187
Wise to the Lies?
Trump hopes voters haven’t figured him out yet.
33 min
1188
One Third of Americans Are Always Wrong
Unfortunately, it’s a different third every time.
30 min
1189
The Evils of Election Incompetence
They might be bungled by nothing more insidious than idiocy.
25 min
1190
Trump’s Foundation Is Crumbling
Voters are starting to flee the GOP because of his epidemic ineptitude.
27 min
1191
Teachers Are Not Essential
Remote education isn’t a matter of life and death, but in-person instruction could be.
35 min
1192
America Has Failed
We can’t tough this out, and we’re too dumb to admit that.
27 min
1193
Stuck in the Suburbs
Trump doesn’t understand that even the people who live there don’t like them.
26 min
1194
The Legacy of John Lewis
Obama eulogizes one of the men who made him possible.
30 min
1195
Unmasked and Unhinged
The consequences from Louis Gohmert’s refusal to protect his body and mind.
27 min
1196
Bill Barr’s Tactical Boredom
Attorney General Barr finds the House Democrats’ questioning tiresome.
28 min
1197
Ignoring the Need Economy
The Republicans are hurting Americans by debating who deserves financial help.
28 min
1198
Lone Star Lunacy
How Gov. Abbott’s response to the pandemic has caused even more chaos in the state.
39 min
1199
The Mask Monologues
Who wins the prize for most unhinged anti-mask rant?
31 min
1200
Congress Can’t Contain Its Crazy
Rep. Yoho’s rage overrode any attempt to play politics.
32 min