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Back to SearchFunny You Should Mention: Rosebud Baker
Rosebud Baker joins Funny You Should Mention with the rare gift of making life’s toughest moments hilarious, and a point of view that’s inseparable from the punchline. Her Netflix special Motherlode …
Published on 6 months, 1 week ago
Pesca Plus Special: Arlie Hochschild
Today on The Gist, we are sharing a Pesca Plus episode on this Holiday to give you a taste of what you can get by being a Pesca Plus Member. Weekly longer episodes, Ad Free listening and more. Click …
Published on 6 months, 1 week ago
Unsympathetic Empathy
Veteran diplomat Stuart Eizenstat joins The Gist to discuss The Art of Diplomacy: How American Negotiators Reached Historic Agreements That Changed the World, drawing on his work from Camp David to H…
Published on 6 months, 1 week ago
Helen Lewis on Dead Parents, Paper Animals, And The Politics of Genius
Helen Lewis discusses The Genius Myth: A Curious History of a Dangerous Idea, her critique of how society defines—and distorts—the concept of genius. From Hans Eysenck’s wildly specific formula (pref…
Published on 6 months, 1 week ago
What Could Go Right, And Why We Rarely Hear About It
Zachary Karabell of The Progress Network and the What Could Go Right podcast lays out a case for “edgy optimism,” highlighting under-covered wins in medicine, education, and public policy. From New M…
Published on 6 months, 1 week ago
The Gist List Live with Kat Rosenfield
Replay of the interview Mike Pesca did with Kat Rosenfield on The Gist List. Click the link below to subscribe for free to The Gist List.
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Published on 6 months, 1 week ago
Putting Death Metal On Your Plants Playlist: Is That Bs?
In another edition of Is That BS? Sadie Dingfelder joins to ask: is chatting with your ficus legit, or just verbal compost? The science of sound and strawberries might surprise you. Then in The Spiel…
Published on 6 months, 2 weeks ago
Not Even Mad: Allison Schraeger and Matt Yglesias
Economist Allison Schraeger and Slow Boring’s Matt Yglesias join Mike to discuss the unrest in Los Angeles — and how to protest without giving Donald Trump a win. Then, the trio surveys the NYC mayor…
Published on 6 months, 2 weeks ago
Inside the Only Trump Trial (So Far)
New York Times reporter Jonah Bromwich joins to discuss Dragon on Centre Street: New York v. Donald J. Trump, his journalist account of the only Trump trial that resulted in a verdict. They explore h…
Published on 6 months, 2 weeks ago
The Ghost Lab — Bigfoot, Ghosts, and Government Distrust in the Granite State
Author Matt Hongoltz-Hetling returns with The Ghost Lab, a rollicking deep dive into New Hampshire’s paranormal subculture, where Bigfoot lurks behind every maple tree and alien abductees fill out gr…
Published on 6 months, 2 weeks ago