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.
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Comedian Jen Kirkman Doesn’t Want Kids. Cue Out...
Today on The Gist, comedian Jen Kirkman explains …
29 min
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Ken Follett’s Case for Long Novels
Today on The Gist, Riveted author Jim Davies expl…
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Chanteuse Storm Large Subtly Accuses Miley Cyru...
Today on The Gist, we call up Scottish schoolteac…
26 min
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Why Do I Keep Accidentally Dating Swingers?
Today on The Gist, Adam Davidson from Planet Mone…
29 min
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Did You See Obama Pull a John Wayne?
How did the office of the president work with TV …
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Tips for Prosecuting Ray Rice
How appropriate were the measures taken against R…
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Reductio Ad Hitlerum
Today on the first archive edition of The Gist, a…
26 min
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Dan Carlin on the Art of the Retreat
Taking a note from Mike’s hairline (zing!), Slate…
25 min
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Stop Calling Teaching a Calling. It's a Profess...
Former NFL player Nate Jackson’s league health in…
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A Brilliant Cellist Embraces the Devil’s Music
Today on The Gist, cellist Maya Beiser tells us h…
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The Almost Mystical Yet Totally Routine Process...
What does Anna Karenina look like when you read T…
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Can Naps Make You Feel Worse?
While the best chess players in the world face of…
28 min
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The Thing I Need To Do Before “I Do”
On The Gist, Adam Davidson from Planet Money expl…
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Gilbert Gottfried Speaks for the Birds
Today on The Gist, a voice you couldn’t mistake f…
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Happy People in Love … Boring
Republicans, like all marketers, want to reach La…
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Puppies Don’t Win Pulitzers
Today on The Gist, we say hello to Yo founder Or …
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The Bomb Makers’ Bomb Maker
On The Gist, Mike plays the mad dog and our guest…
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The Proud Mom of 23 Could-Be Kids
“In general, are you satisfied or dissatisfied wi…
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Is Infidelity Still a Third Rail for TV?
We bet you an Andrew Jackson that you’ll like our…
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Dude, on the Set of the Big Lebowski
In preparation for Lebowski Fest, writer Alex Bel…
28 min
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Hillary’s Early Primary Polling
Today on the Gist, Rolfe Winkler from the Wall St…
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Baby Panda vs. George Washington
On The Gist, Slate editors and special guest Broo…
29 min
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Is That Ferguson or Selma?
The visuals coming out of Ferguson, Missouri, evo…
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In Ukraine, Even the Flags Are Clashing
President Obama and former Secretary of State Hil…
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Would You Report a Creepy Correspondence?
When a bored copy-shop employee spotted a chillin…
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