Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchAlex Roarty: "The Status Quo Sucks Right Now"
NOTUS political reporter Alex Roarty joins Mike to survey the 2026 midterm landscape. They discuss the evolving definition of a "quality candidate" f…
1 week, 5 days ago
Kat and Mike's Museum of Bad Ideas
Mike tracks the interstate absurdities created by the EPA's repeal of emissions standards. Buy a car in Iowa, and by the time you hit Illinois, you'r…
1 week, 6 days ago
Congress, the Potency Problem, and How To!
Trump sought $163 billion in cuts, including slashing the EPA by 54 percent, HUD by 44 percent, and the CDC by 41 percent, but even his most loyal Ho…
2 weeks ago
Charles Duhigg: "You can mobilize till you're blue in the face."
Charles Duhigg joins to explain his MADD versus D.A.R.E. taxonomy, why organizing beats mobilizing, and how MAGA built a durable local infrastructure…
2 weeks, 1 day ago
The Scalpel And The Chainsaw
On this Saturday edition of The Gist, we present "One From The Future." Mike joins Ruy Teixeira on the Liberal Patriot podcast to discuss a brewing t…
2 weeks, 4 days ago
Ben Terris: "Visiting A Parallel Universe"
Today on The Gist, Mike breaks down Judge Richard Leon's ruling that Pete Hegseth's attempt to strip Senator Mark Kelly of his rank was absolute "hor…
2 weeks, 5 days ago
Not Even Mad: Joe Nocera & Jonah Goldberg
Joe Nocera of The Free Press and Jonah Goldberg of The Dispatch parse the Epstein files fallout on both sides of the Atlantic, from Keir Starmer's Lo…
2 weeks, 6 days ago
Is That BS: Compostable Dog Poop Bags
Sadie Dingfelder returns to rule on compostable dog poop bags and recycled toilet paper in a no-holds-barred round of "Is That Bulls**t?" No, it's do…
3 weeks ago
Autocracy Watch with Yascha Mounk
Political theorist Yascha Mounk returns to assess whether the United States is sliding toward autocracy or demonstrating institutional resilience und…
3 weeks, 1 day ago
Aaron Magid on King Abdullah, "The Most American King"
Middle East analyst Aaron Magid joins the show to discuss King Abdullah II and the argument at the heart of his book The Most American King. Magid ex…
3 weeks, 2 days ago