Podcast Episodes

Ethan Strauss: Great Writers, Bad Thinkers, and the Death of the Sports Gamer

Episode 3005

Mike and Ethan Strauss joined to talk on Substack and they talked about Ethan's 4:00 a.m. "rise and grind" writing routine, the frustrating trend of …

16 hours ago

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Liz Hoffman: Why We Are So Pessimistic About a Resilient Economy

Episode 3004

Today on the Gist, digging into the rhetoric around California's Proposition 36 and examining how advocacy groups frame low-level arrest statistics t…

1 day, 9 hours ago

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Liz Hoffman: Will AI Trigger a Jobless Food Fight?

Episode 3003

Today on the Gist, assessing the political fallout from the Supreme Court's Callais decision striking down majority minority congressional districts.…

2 days, 9 hours ago

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Suzy Hansen: How The Syrian War Radicalized Erdoğan

Episode 3002

Today on the Gist, a look at the recent security incident at the White House Correspondents' Dinner and why Donald Trump's demand for a new White Hou…

3 days, 9 hours ago

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Ted Dintersmith: The Life-Changing Math Schools Ignore

Episode 3001

Today on the Gist, examining the confusing details and conspiracy theories surrounding the recent Washington press corps assailant. Then, Ted Dinters…

4 days, 9 hours ago

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Richard Lapper: Why Lula Didn't Become a Chavista

Episode 3000

Today on the Gist, reflecting on the president's black tie press conference remarks about accepting political violence, and why our media ecosystem c…

5 days, 9 hours ago

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Mike Pesca Might Be Wrong & The Art of Korean Rock Throwing

Episode 2999

It's the Saturday show! First, we pull a recent appearance: Mike joins Jeff Maurer on the I Might Be Wrong podcast. They debate Mike's recent Free Pr…

1 week ago

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Maya Kornberg on How Congress Got Stuck

Episode 2998

Today on the Gist, the US and Iran are supposedly in peace talks, but the real terror might just be the Iranian Navy's choice of "loose ski masks." T…

1 week, 1 day ago

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Not Even Mad: Sarada Peri & Sarah Isgur

Episode 2997

Today on the Gist, Mike is joined by Sarada Peri, former speechwriter for President Obama, and Sarah Isgur, senior editor at SCOTUSblog and author of…

1 week, 2 days ago

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Jennifer Shahade on the Grandmaster of Intermezzos: Donald Trump

Episode 2996

Today on the Gist, looking at the recent Virginia gerrymander vote and what it actually means for democracy when one side plays to win. Then, chess m…

1 week, 3 days ago

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