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Back to SearchAn Alaskan Election Direction Inspection
Sarah Palin is on the ballot to serve her home state as its At-Large member of Congress. Let’s just say, the process is hardly straightforward. Plus, Dr. Patricia Campos-Medina, the Executive Directo…
Published on 3 years, 2 months ago
What He Lost When We lost Afghanistan
Journalist, novelist, and former Marine, Elliot Ackerman, who fought the Taliban, joins Mike to discuss his new book “The 5th Act: America’s End In Afghanistan”. Plus, an extroverted Norwegian walrus…
Published on 3 years, 2 months ago
BEST OF THE GIST: Leave George Washington’s Thighs Alone
In the interview, Mike chats with historian Alexis Coe, author of the new book You Never Forget Your First: A Biography of George Washington. They discuss the founding-father's height, dentures and t…
Published on 3 years, 2 months ago
High Steaks Talks
Nathan Allebach, brand consultant and author of https://www.vulture.com/2019/06/brand-twitter-jokes-history.html was for many years the twitter voice of Steak-umm brand meats. As such he engaged with…
Published on 3 years, 2 months ago
Twitchy Monkey Forbearing Dragon
China thinks in centuries but strikes quickly. China is patient, but impetuous. Is China all these things, or is our shorthand more malleable than diagnostic? And we are joined once more by Jason Kan…
Published on 3 years, 2 months ago
Politics and PTSD
Jason Kander was a Democrat-on-the-rise, who was silently struggling with demons. He tells the story of casting aside politics for his own mental survival in “Invisible Storm: A Soldier's Memoir of P…
Published on 3 years, 2 months ago
Burned Again and Again
Tomorrow President Biden Signs the Pact Act into law, dedicating funds and expanding VA health care to veterans exposed to burn pits and other toxic substances. Jason Piccolo, Host of the Protectors …
Published on 3 years, 2 months ago
Path Lit By Lightning
Jim Thorpe was the AP's greatest Athlete of the first half of the 20th century and has a strong claim to the title Greatest of All Time. But his story, as opposed to his myth, is largely untold, unti…
Published on 3 years, 2 months ago
BEST OF THE GIST: Unintended Consequences
In this installment of Best Of The Gist, we listen back to Monday’s Spiel about “unintended consequences,” as they relate to the Dobbs decision. And that inspired us to dig up Mike’s 2017 interview w…
Published on 3 years, 2 months ago
Podcast For Sale!
A Bloomberg investigation shows that some podcasters are selling guest slots for up to $50,000. We’ll open the Gist’s ledger to see who the highest- and lowest-paid guests have been. And we’re joined…
Published on 3 years, 2 months ago