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.
1401
The Power of Greta Thunberg
Her clarity comes from her single message.
24 min
1402
The Beginning of Impeachment
Why is this time different?
29 min
1403
Lauren Duca Wants a Revolution
But does she even know where to start?
31 min
1404
Hungry for Murder
Why are we so obsessed with true crime?
25 min
1405
Comedy Week: Late-Night
Has the late-night show lost its political teeth?
32 min
1406
Comedy Week: Film
How have streaming and comedic taste changed the comedy movie?
29 min
1407
Comedy Week: Podcasts
Talking to your funny friends might be the ticket.
34 min
1408
Comedy Week: Improv
Is kindness the next step in comedy?
36 min
1409
Comedy Week: Stand-Up Comedy
Has the world gotten too sensitive for stand-up comedy?
35 min
1410
Do the Hustle
Lorene Scafaria on directing Hustlers
30 min
1411
Leave It to Lovett
Jon Lovett’s roundtable podcast is a liberal hit, but does everybody agree too much?
28 min
1412
The Ousting of Donald Sterling
How the NBA purged their ranks.
30 min
1413
The Made-for-TV President
Anti-heroes are great TV characters, but terrible real-world leaders.
25 min
1414
Scientific Solutions to Absurdity
Randall Munroe on how to approach ridiculous problems with scientific rigor.
27 min
1415
It’s an Economist’s World
Number crunchers weren’t always at the levers of power in America—and we should question where their groupthink has led us.
29 min
1416
How We Speak Internet
Time spent scrolling and typing has shaped our vocabulary. And emojis are just the start.
28 min
1417
Lobbying for Good?
Most people think of lobbyists as political manipulators, but really they’re just playing the game the Constitution created.
37 min
1418
The Big Power of Right-Wing Radio
How Rush Limbaugh wrote the playbook on hijacking political discourse.
28 min
1419
To Greta Goes the Glory?
Not everyone has two weeks to sail across the Atlantic like Sweden’s young activist just did. But of course, that’s the point.
29 min
1420
The Mystery of Ivanka Trump
Vanessa Grigoriadis’ new podcast dives deep on the first daughter and the Trump cult.
30 min
1421
They Tried to Cancel You
Katie Herzog went through it in 2017 and now filmmaker Rhys Ernst endures it with his new film Adam.
29 min
1422
What’s in a Face, Anyway?
When Sadie Dingfelder mistook a stranger in a grocery store for her husband she realized she had a thing called face blindness.
30 min
1423
David Koch Was Bad. But Evil? Eh.
The billionaire poured money into enacting his libertarian values. But he sincerely believed—however benightedly—that these were best.
31 min
1424
Visiting the Migrant Families in Crisis
Sen. Jeff Merkley knows we can do better.
31 min
1425
Trump Is America
At least to him and the rest of the world.
27 min