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.
1326
Was Killing Soleimani Worth It?
And what does it mean for Iran?
28 min
1327
Journalists Aren’t Activists
Trying to be both muddies the waters.
28 min
1328
Dave Eggers and the Struggle of Satire
It’s so tricky to get it right.
25 min
1329
The Wasted Debate
There was little focus on policy that mattered.
31 min
1330
Forgiveness by Fiat
Warren’s plan for student debt is bad.
30 min
1331
The Issue With Oscar Noms
Snubbing female directors is bad business.
32 min
1332
Marianne Williamson Teleports Away
Another candidate gone from the primary race.
29 min
1333
The Final Great Jeopardy! Game
This whole line-up won’t happen again.
27 min
1334
What’s John Bolton’s Game?
And what is Congress going to do with him?
26 min
1335
The World’s Worst Extortion Racket
Trump wants Iraq to pay us for an air base we built there.
27 min
1336
Trump’s Iranian Connection
His money isn’t clean at all.
35 min
1337
Starting a War
Trump actions and words are out of alignment.
27 min
1338
Julián Is Through-lian
Is the race really weaker without him?
23 min
1339
The Stories the Gist Skipped in 2019
What didn’t we cover?
27 min
1340
Approving War Crimes?
The hosts of Zero Blog Thirty breakdown the Afghanistan papers, Trump’s recent pardons, and Eddie Gallagher.
29 min
1341
Ignoring Iowa
Trailing in the polls, Julian Castro is trying a peculiar campaign strategy.
26 min
1342
The Democrats Hardly Knew Jeff Van Drew
After the impeachment vote he suddenly switched parties.
26 min
1343
Pontius Pilate, Democrat
Republicans will go to biblical lengths to defend Trump.
32 min
1344
Capitalism Won. Now What?
Economist Branko Milanovic shares how this risky system serves us and how it doesn’t.
35 min
1345
The Youthful Power of Greta Thunberg
She captivates us because she seems so young
30 min
1346
The Kakistocracy Depends on the Cacophony
Noisy distractions are essential to them.
26 min
1347
The Politics of Humor
The Left and the Right are looking for different kinds of laughs.
24 min
1348
Discredited Nincompoop Nunes Is (Slightly) Vind...
He’s still a discredited nincompoop though.
28 min
1349
Expecting History to Judge
How we’ll be remembered shouldn’t be our moral guide.
29 min
1350
Not a Point of Order
Good try though, Republicans.
27 min