Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchSCOTUS’s Shadow Docket, Calibrated + Steven Vladeck
Mike previews the new Supreme Court term: Colorado’s conversion-therapy ban, transgender athlete cases out of Idaho and West Virginia, a Louisiana Vo…
4 months, 3 weeks ago
Funny You Should Mention: Steph Tolev
Season 3 of Funny You Should Mention begins with the “Filth Queen” herself Steph Tolev to explore why gross can be smart, how crowd work goes viral, …
4 months, 3 weeks ago
Plestia Alaqad: “The Eyes of Gaza,” Witness and Journalist
Today on the Gist, a tough conversation with Plestia Alaqad about what she saw in Gaza and how she frames it for a global audience. They dig into sym…
4 months, 3 weeks ago
Jake Tapper and the Race Against Terror
Today on The Gist. Jake Tapper breaks down the first U.S. criminal trial of a foreign combatant: why prosecutors chose court over Gitmo, and the pain…
4 months, 3 weeks ago
Obama CDC Director Tom Frieden: “'Believe in Science' Is a Terrible Idea.”
The former CDC director lays out his “See, Believe, Create” playbook from The Formula for Better Health: How to Save Millions of Lives—Including Your…
4 months, 3 weeks ago
Steven Pinker: “Common Knowledge Changes Everything”
Steven Pinker joins to discuss his new book, When Everyone Knows That Everyone Knows: Common Knowledge and the Mysteries of Money, Power, and Everyda…
4 months, 3 weeks ago
Diane Foley on America’s Hostage Blind Spot
Diane Foley, founder of the Foley Foundation and mother of slain journalist James Foley, joins Mike to discuss America’s fragmented hostage-recovery …
5 months ago
Jonah Blank: “Very Quickly and Then Very Slowly” in Nepal
South Asia expert Jonah Blank explains how a Gen-Z–driven uprising—fueled by social media, flaunted elite wealth, and ubiquitous VPNs—toppled Nepal’s…
5 months ago
Not Even Mad: Ben Wizner & Ilya Shapiro
Free speech under heat: the ACLU’s Ben Wizner and the Manhattan Institute’s Ilya Shapiro square off (and sometimes align) on the “ethos” of the First…
5 months ago
Yaakov Katz - While Israel Slept: Winning Tunnels, Losing Time
Yaakov Katz co-author with Amir Bohbot, of While Israel Slept: How Hamas Surprised the Most Powerful Military in the Middle East, traces the failures…
5 months ago