Podcast Episodes

Jay Inslee vs. the Climate Polling Problem

Former Washington Governor Jay Inslee argues Democrats can win on climate—if they frame it as jobs, savings, and health, not just apocalypse. He points to his state’s 62–38 vote preserving ambitious …

Published on 6 months, 2 weeks ago

The Gist List Live with Ben Dreyfuss

Replay of the interview Mike Pesca did with Ben Dreyfuss on The Gist List. Click the link below to subscribe for free to The Gist List.

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Published on 6 months, 2 weeks ago

Funny You Should Mention: Chris Turner

Comedian, freestyler, and archaeology grad Chris Turner joins the show to explain how a middle-class British kid  became one of the most dazzling improv lyricists in comedy. From his early days writi…

Published on 6 months, 3 weeks ago

Lawless: A Storm of Shade and Sneering

Leah Litman, author of Lawless: The Supreme Court Runs on Conservative Grievance, Fringe Theories, and Bad Vibes, argues that originalism masks a partisan project, while critics counter that Roe’s re…

Published on 6 months, 3 weeks ago

Getting on Leah Litman's Case

Law Professor Leah Litman, author of Lawless: How the Supreme Court Runs on Conservative Grievance, Fringe Theories, and Bad Vibes argues that the current Supreme Court operates as a vessel for conse…

Published on 6 months, 3 weeks ago

Revolutionary Fog and Folly

Pulitzer Prize–winner Rick Atkinson joins to discuss The Fate of the Day: The War for America, Fort Ticonderoga to Charleston, 1777 to 1780, the second volume in his Revolutionary War trilogy. He exp…

Published on 6 months, 3 weeks ago

Obama’s Elon

Aneesh Chopra, America’s first-ever Chief Technology Officer under Obama, joins The Gist to assess Elon Musk’s rebranded takeover of government tech via “Doge.” He outlines how the US Digital Service…

Published on 6 months, 3 weeks ago

Mike Stops by The Reason Roundtable

Mike joins The Reason Roundtable Podcast to talk about Trump's War on Harvard.

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Published on 6 months, 3 weeks ago

Ben Ansell on FAFO, FADFO, and the Myth of Immediate Consequence

Oxford political scientist Ben Ansell discusses the meme-worthy but deeply explanatory concept of FAFO—f**k around and find out—and its subtler cousin FADFO, where reckless policy choices oddly fail …

Published on 6 months, 3 weeks ago

Bark Buttons: “Who Let the Dogs Talk?”

Today on The Gist: Sadie Dingfelder returns for an “Is That BS?” segment to investigate dog talking buttons—those viral gadgets that claim to give pets a voice. Are dogs actually communicating abstra…

Published on 6 months, 4 weeks ago