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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Does the Minimum Wage Create or Kill Jobs?
Today on the Gist, political writer Harry Enten f…
26 min
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Should We Ditch Internet Comments?
Do nasty comments affect how readers perceive an …
26 min
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Dirty Laundry? There’s an App for That
On today’s The Gist, Mike and New York magazine’s…
26 min
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Should Ruth Bader Ginsburg Just Quit Already?
With many well-respected liberal thinkers pressur…
26 min
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Blame Salt-n-Pepa for American Glottal Stop
Today on The Gist, why Chipotle has become an imp…
27 min
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Polls Say the Darndest Things
Forces for the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, o…
20 min
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13 Days a Beatle
For the first two weeks of June 1964, Jimmy Nicol…
28 min
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A Mass of Mass Shootings
Today on The Gist, criminologist and homicide res…
22 min
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Zen and Beef Jerky at the World Series of Poker
Today on The Gist, reporter and former Afghan Tal…
22 min
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Freakonomics Is Basically a Peanut Butter Cup
Today on the Gist, Politico magazine editor Susan…
27 min
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Fancy Private College vs. Good-Enough U
May’s unemployment numbers aren’t out until Frida…
24 min
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The Downside of Waiting for More Marshmallows
Today on the show, a look at a Tea Party resurgen…
26 min
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Does Obama Need More Drama?
President Obama’s speech to West Point graduates …
27 min
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Negotiating with Terrorists
Today on the Gist, a look at the release over the…
23 min
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How a Comedian Chooses Just the Right Words
Today on the show, Adam Davidson from NPR’s Plane…
28 min
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Why Math Matters
Today on the Gist, the case for integrating math …
21 min
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Will Racism Die When Today’s Racists Die?
How much do Donald Sterling’s attitudes toward ra…
27 min
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The Vicious Circle of Mass Shooting Media Coverage
On today’s episode of The Gist, Mike talks with A…
25 min
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Reinvigorating Reparations
A massive piece in the Atlantic by Ta-Nehisi Coat…
25 min
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The Role of Empathy in Israeli Peace Negotiations
Today on The Gist, a look at why peace negotiatio…
24 min
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Springtime for Hitler’s Stolen Art
Today on The Gist, the Wall Street Journal’s Mary…
24 min
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The Guy Who Started “Retweets Don’t Equal Endor...
Today on The Gist, we ask what it would be like t…
21 min
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Weren’t You in That Movie …?
We hear that a common obstacle to prosecuting cam…
25 min
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Inside the Jill Abramson Firing
On today’s episode, NPR's David Folkenflik explai…
25 min
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Elections in India, Debates in Idaho
The Hindu nationalist Narendra Modi has been deni…
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