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.
1226
Film the Police
We should tape them ourselves, not valorize them on reality TV.
33 min
1227
Summer at Covid Camp
They might be a good test run before school in the fall.
28 min
1228
The Defund Debate Cycle
Defunding looks a lot like reforming.
33 min
1229
Defund the Police?
That might not be the most effective tactic.
37 min
1230
How Ferguson Prepared the Protesters
Looking at parallels from 2014, and the ways organizers are now using what they learned then.
28 min
1231
Trump Doesn’t Speak for Catholics
How the Catholic church and people of faith are supporting BLM.
34 min
1232
Night and Day
We’re living in two different versions of our country.
35 min
1233
Trump Can’t Heal America
His rhetoric makes it clear he doesn’t want to.
34 min
1234
The Leaders We Need
Who can we look to once the smoke clears?
25 min
1235
Looking Past the Looting
Sometimes riots are the only way people feel heard.
35 min
1236
It’s Tough to Like the Post Office
Sometimes you just have to through the Hobbesian nightmare.
34 min
1237
Putting Courageous Idiocy to Use
Caution is smart, but so is a willingness to be wrong.
30 min
1238
Coaching Through Life
Michael Lewis on the coach’s role in training the mind.
33 min
1239
No Regrets
Trump wouldn’t have done anything differently.
31 min
1240
Too Many Pills
A lot of our supplements just lead to expensive urine.
29 min
1241
Lights Out on Covid-19
How UV light might be an option in virus control.
21 min
1242
Solving for the Future
How looking upstream can help us prevent impending problems.
27 min
1243
The Most Powerful Woman in America
Nancy Pelosi is a muted master of politics.
32 min
1244
Shining a Light on the Mask Market
How one business pivoted to masks as the crisis began.
26 min
1245
Crying Wolf on Kushner
This is the one time he isn’t wearing sheep’s clothing.
32 min
1246
Divide Creep Is Ruining America
Consider how less polarized democracies are handling the crisis.
33 min
1247
America’s Testing Circus
How Trump’s sleight of hand tries to trick us yet again.
26 min
1248
Are Any Covid-19 Podcasts Worth It?
We listened to them so you don’t have to.
31 min
1249
Sweden’s Global Failure
32 min
1250
Forecasting Federal Inaction
How could scientists predict the government wouldn’t trust them?
29 min