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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Putin Programs, You Decide
Today on The Gist, Phil Galewitz from Kaiser Heal…
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Ar U for Spelling Reform?
Today on The Gist, an update from Slate’s Dahlia …
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Thomas Jefferson as Touchstone
Do women make better presidents? Today on The Gis…
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Vincent D’Onofrio on Introversion and Acting
Today on The Gist, Slate’s Dahlia Lithwick puts n…
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Risk Lives Up to Its Name
Today on The Gist, Mike tests the assertion that …
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Expired Exschmired
For a tourist’s paradise, the Maldive Islands is …
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The Moment Has Arrived
Today on The Gist, Brian Koppelman, the accomplis…
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TED Talks Shame the Devil
Today on The Gist, we explore a new form of dark …
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Targeted by Putin
While Mike Pesca’s off hosting Wait, Wait Don’t T…
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Shakespeare Without the Script
On a past Gist, we gave you drunk Shakespeare. No…
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What’s a Walking Bass Line?
Today on The Gist, Mike joins us from a Chicago T…
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Gunfight at the Walmart Corral
Today on The Gist, James Ledbetter from Inc. expl…
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The Pit Boss of House of Cards
Today on The Gist, we imagine the hearts and mind…
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Immigrants Don’t Steal Jobs
Today on The Gist, Adam Davidson of NPR’s Planet …
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Practical Yolks
How should we understand the evolving nature of U…
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The Wizard of Ooze
Remember when Mike Pesca gargled Pond’s cold crea…
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The #NotAMovie Challenge Begins
Now that we’ve become indifferent to illegal and …
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Scharpling and Wurster Do It Best
Tom Scharpling and Jon Wurster rarely analyze why…
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Puppy Love
Today on The Gist, we ask Jonathan Rauch of the B…
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Political Kryptonite
Today on The Gist, a look at ski racing’s uphill …
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My Big Fat German Debt
Why would someone accused of multiple crimes enga…
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A Matter of Chorus
Not every great pop song has a standard format or…
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Tips for Your Office Fridge
Last week the Supreme Court heard arguments in Ki…
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High Maintenance Delivers
Today on The Gist, we celebrate the Web series Hi…
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Bitter Delights
Will a recent Gallup poll be a wake-up call for s…
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