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.
2201
Cutting Class
In White Trash, author Nancy Isenberg delves into the history of class identities and our efforts to appropriate or shed them.
21 min
2202
AM Spiel: RNC Rapid Response
What was the convention's Tuesday theme supposed to be, again? Lucifer something?
8 min
2203
To Catch a Cartel
The Infiltrator is Hollywood’s treatment of the customs agent who burrowed deep inside Pablo Escobar’s money-laundering operation.
25 min
2204
O Captain Fantastic!
Early films by director Matt Ross explored carnivorous armchairs. His latest movie—about a headstrong father and his children—is a bit more grounded.
29 min
2205
And We Never Looked at Music the Same Way Again
The year of MTV’s launch brought us aerobic-chic, urban cowboys, and the one song you hear at every wedding.
22 min
2206
The Ungeheuerlich Mr. Johnson
Boris Johnson, the United Kingdom’s new top diplomat, in all his un-bleeped glory.
24 min
2207
Type A Anonymous
Maria Konnikova sizes up the old saw: “I’m a little Type A.”
24 min
2208
Art That Makes You Angry
This is your brain on political ads.
24 min
2209
A Kamikaze Mission to Jupiter
Scientist Summer Ash explains the interstellar choreography of the Juno spacecraft mission and what we hope to learn from it.
26 min
2210
The Life and Death of Aaron Swartz
Author Justin Peters on the impatient child prodigy of the free-culture movement.
26 min
2211
It Was the Best of Timesheets, It Was the Worst...
For novelist J. Bradford Hipps, the modern office space is rich territory when it comes to human drama.
27 min
2212
Mister Postman, Lower Your Price Points for Me
Your trusty postal service used to traffic in children and politicians’ dirty laundry.
25 min
2213
Reduce, Reuse, and Re-Evaluate
Recycling: It’s the dominant moralism of our time. Is it bull?
24 min
2214
Fantastic Negrito Returns
Xavier Dphrepaulezz has had a good year.
29 min
2215
Wyatt Cenac Wants Kermit the Frog’s Job
The comedian’s stand-up showcase aspires to be the next Muppet Show. Without the puppets.
23 min
2216
Poll Analysis From a Spiritual 60-Year-Old
Harry Enten explains the new 2016 election prediction from FiveThirtyEight.
25 min
2217
Do the Dead-Cat Bounce
Looking for a silver lining in the Brexit vote.
26 min
2218
Brittle England
The Brexit vote let supporters of the “Leave” campaign stick it to the elites. What’s the value of their collective primal scream?
25 min
2219
Billboard Hits From 1964
On a day of British retreat, we ponder the British Invasion.
28 min
2220
The Character Actor’s Studio
Coping with Star Trek makeup and other tips from René Auberjonois.
30 min
2221
If You Build It, Alonzo and Alie Will Come
Alonzo Bodden and Alie Ward explain "How to Build … Everything."
26 min
2222
Can Boris Fool Britannia?
Tracing the parallels between Boris Johnson’s calls for the Brexit and Donald Trump’s rise.
27 min
2223
Brexit Stage Right
Is this the best you got, Team Leave?
26 min
2224
Charmed and Disgusted With Dave Hill
You might say he saw the whole Trump phenomenon coming.
25 min
2225
We Are Never Ever Joining Quail Forever
Probing the limits of Quail Unlimited.
30 min