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
The Wasted Debate
There was little focus on policy that mattered.
31 min
1177
Forgiveness by Fiat
Warren’s plan for student debt is bad.
30 min
1178
The Issue With Oscar Noms
Snubbing female directors is bad business.
32 min
1179
Marianne Williamson Teleports Away
Another candidate gone from the primary race.
29 min
1180
The Final Great Jeopardy! Game
This whole line-up won’t happen again.
27 min
1181
What’s John Bolton’s Game?
And what is Congress going to do with him?
26 min
1182
The World’s Worst Extortion Racket
Trump wants Iraq to pay us for an air base we built there.
27 min
1183
Trump’s Iranian Connection
His money isn’t clean at all.
35 min
1184
Starting a War
Trump actions and words are out of alignment.
27 min
1185
Julián Is Through-lian
Is the race really weaker without him?
23 min
1186
The Stories the Gist Skipped in 2019
What didn’t we cover?
27 min
1187
Approving War Crimes?
The hosts of Zero Blog Thirty breakdown the Afghanistan papers, Trump’s recent pardons, and Eddie Gallagher.
29 min
1188
Ignoring Iowa
Trailing in the polls, Julian Castro is trying a peculiar campaign strategy.
26 min
1189
The Democrats Hardly Knew Jeff Van Drew
After the impeachment vote he suddenly switched parties.
26 min
1190
Pontius Pilate, Democrat
Republicans will go to biblical lengths to defend Trump.
32 min
1191
Capitalism Won. Now What?
Economist Branko Milanovic shares how this risky system serves us and how it doesn’t.
35 min
1192
The Youthful Power of Greta Thunberg
She captivates us because she seems so young
30 min
1193
The Kakistocracy Depends on the Cacophony
Noisy distractions are essential to them.
26 min
1194
The Politics of Humor
The Left and the Right are looking for different kinds of laughs.
24 min
1195
Discredited Nincompoop Nunes Is (Slightly) Vind...
He’s still a discredited nincompoop though.
28 min
1196
Expecting History to Judge
How we’ll be remembered shouldn’t be our moral guide.
29 min
1197
Not a Point of Order
Good try though, Republicans.
27 min
1198
The Truth Behind the Steele Dossier
The story about it distracted us from the facts within it.
22 min
1199
Biden Wants a Fight
But it’s not going to help.
28 min
1200
Making the Worse Argument
Do the Republicans just think it works better?
30 min