Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchTusk Talk: Why Cuomo Leads and the Subways Smell Like Sh*t
Political strategist and author Bradley Tusk joins to diagnose the 2025 New York City mayor’s race—why voters seem fine with Andrew Cuomo’s refusal to reckon with past scandals, and why the race feel…
Published on 6 months, 4 weeks ago
Pig Sacrifices and Talking Drums: Don't Squeeze the Shaman
Manvir Singh, author of Shamanism: The Timeless Religion, shares insights from a decade with Indonesia’s Mentawai people, where healing rituals double as communal celebrations. He discusses how langu…
Published on 7 months ago
The Gist List Live w Ethan Strauss
Today on The Gist. Ethan Strauss joined Mike Pesca for a Substack Live conversation. Today we air a portion of it focusing on Caitlin Clark and shoes. You can listen to the full interview by clicking…
Published on 7 months ago
Funny You Should Mention: Robby Hoffman
Comedian, podcaster, and self-described cutie-in-her-own-way Robby Hoffman drops by to discuss her life, her comedy, and why she takes talking as seriously as any other art form. From growing up ultr…
Published on 7 months ago
Realign for Palestine
Ahmed Fouad Alkhatib, founder of Realign for Palestine and a nonresident fellow at the Atlantic Council, joins to discuss his effort to reframe Palestinian advocacy around coexistence and accountabil…
Published on 7 months ago
Not Even Mad: Eli Lake, Michael Cohen on Biden's Health, and the New Human-Rights-Free Foreign Policy
Eli Lake and Michael A. Cohen take stock of the Biden health debate—diagnosis, exaggeration, and whether it’s actually affected his presidency. Michael pushes back on what he calls the “decline indus…
Published on 7 months ago
Inside the Movement to Dismantle Democracy in God’s Name
Katherine Stewart, author of Money, Lies, and God: Inside the Movement to Destroy American Democracy, explains how America’s Christian nationalist forces are exporting extremism abroad while cloaking…
Published on 7 months, 1 week ago
Katherine Stewart on Christian Nationalism's Influence on Conservatism
Katherine Stewart, author of Money, Lies, and God: Inside the Movement to Destroy American Democracy, joins to discuss Christian nationalism’s influence on modern conservatism. Also, the distinction …
Published on 7 months, 1 week ago
Alexa, What's with the Pope's Brother?
Today on The Gist we revisit an interview from 2017 with Lena Kahn and play a segment from this week where Mike talked abouts the new popes MAGA brother.
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Published on 7 months, 1 week ago
Henry Abbott on the Logistics of Ballistics
Henry Abbott joins to discuss Ballistic: The New Science of Injury-Free Athletic Performance, spotlighting insights from Dr. Marcus Elliott—not just about elite training, but how something as basic a…
Published on 7 months, 1 week ago