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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North Korea’s Former Poet Laureate
Today on The Gist, a look at how propaganda thriv…
24 min
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The Detox Detox
Today on The Gist, political analyst Jonah Blank …
29 min
2403
The One-Man Beautification Plan
Today on The Gist: a visual avenger for the beaut…
28 min
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Caffeine: Shot by Shot
Fellow dads Mike Pesca and Adam Davidson of NPR a…
32 min
2405
The Passion of the Christie
Do Chris Christie’s outbursts make him impossible…
28 min
2406
Microsoft’s Imperfect 10
Does the GOP’s 2016 candidate need to figurativel…
28 min
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The Five-Second Story
How exactly should the United States go about cou…
31 min
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Fraunces Tavern Bombing
Before the Revolutionary War, the tavern founded …
28 min
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George Costanza vs. ISIS
Winning the public relations war against ISIS won…
28 min
2410
Learning Styles Over Substance
After elementary school, who will cater to your l…
22 min
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Bull in a Vagina Shop
When it comes to international monetary shockers,…
32 min
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Where Are America’s Terrorist Cells?
From a statistical standpoint, should we all be s…
28 min
2413
Should You Buy the Fitbit?
On The Gist, Slate’s Reihan Salam shares the Repu…
30 min
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Is “Don’t Be Evil” More Than a Slogan?
Today on The Gist, Michael Levi from the Council …
28 min
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A Better Name for 11
How real is the possibility of a terrorist strike…
33 min
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If LBJ Faced Today's Congress
Did Lyndon B. Johnson really move Washington with…
25 min
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Shh! ASMR Isn’t Real
Why do the American public and political leadersh…
25 min
2418
A Poet Goes to MerCon
Can terrorism ever be defeated? As a tactic? As a…
26 min
2419
The Right to Remain Uncivil
From campus codes to moderated online forums, fai…
24 min
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Mario Cuomo’s Missed Career in Stand-Up
What did Mario Cuomo accomplish and set in motion…
38 min
2421
Redial-a-Song
As a Long Island teenager in the 1980s, Mike Pesc…
27 min
2422
Give Me Liberty or Give Me … Liberté
A week ago, Obama told CNN he’s doing everything …
27 min
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Al Michaels Has the Call
Michael Daly of the Daily Beast on the challenges…
29 min
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Abraham Grinchstein
Thanksgiving cocktails are about a nice drink wit…
23 min
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Are You Sure He Had a Red Nose?
How open are Cubans to the idea of democracy? Tod…
21 min