Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchThe Epstein Files Are a Distraction From… the Epstein Files
The Spiel looks at the latest Epstein document dump and why each release manages to embarrass powerful people while resolving almost nothing. With mi…
8 months, 3 weeks ago
David Greene: "Obsession Is a Window Into the Human Soul"
David Greene joins us to talk about his new podcast, David Greene Is Obsessed, where opera singers map public restrooms, pizza-tour guys chase the pe…
8 months, 3 weeks ago
Charlie Sykes on the "Little Platoons" that Humbled Trump
Today on the Saturday show, Mike shares a conversation he had with Charlie Sykes, former host of The Bulwark and current host of the new podcast To t…
8 months, 3 weeks ago
Paul D. Miller: "International Law Is Not the Same Thing as Justice"
Paul D. Miller joins the show to argue that international law is a set of norms, not a moral court. A former CIA analyst and Army intelligence office…
8 months, 3 weeks ago
Not Even Mad: Ruy Teixeira and Jesse Adams
Mike contemplates the hierarchy of American attention, contrasting the 50 million eyes on the AFC Championship game with the obscurity of the men lea…
8 months, 4 weeks ago
"Chaos Isn't Enforcement": Minnesota Exposes ICE's Political Miscalculation
ICE's aggressive actions in Minnesota were meant to project force and restore order, but instead produced chaos, public distrust, and a political bac…
8 months, 4 weeks ago
Thomas Goetz: "Medicine works by helping some people a lot and most people not at all."
Thomas Goetz joins the show to discuss his new podcast Drug Story, starting with the chain from FDR's death to cholesterol science, statins, and the …
9 months ago
Elliot Williams: "We'll get the girls from Annie to even things out"
CNN legal analyst and former federal prosecutor Elliot Williams joins to talk about his new book Five Bullets: The Story of Bernie Goetz, New York's …
9 months ago
Michelle Tafoya on the "Complete and Utter Ambush"
First, Mike argues that Stephen Miller's promise of "federal immunity" to ICE agents is just as reckless as Donald Trump telling Iranian protesters t…
9 months ago
Kenneth Vogel on the "Sh*tbag Business"
Today on The Gist, Mike explains why he won't be watching Netflix's Skyscraper Live, arguing that Alex Honnold's latest stunt is an "attractive nuisa…
9 months ago