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Chuck Klosterman returns with his one-word book, Football, using the Raiders' brand mystique—and the Pac-12 reduced to two lonely teams—as proof that…
9 months ago
Chuck Klosterman: Football Isn't a Game—It's the Last American Monoculture
Author Chuck Klosterman joins the show to discuss his new book, Football, and how football's strange mechanics, from hidden labor to stop-start pacin…
9 months ago
Jeremy Hobson on the "Rally Around the Flag" Risk in Iran
Mike joins Jeremy Hobson on The Follow Up to discuss the "awful but lawful" nuances of the Minneapolis ICE shooting, the potential blowback of the Tr…
9 months, 1 week ago
Funny You Should Mention: Liza Treyger
Comedian Liza Treyger explains why she prefers the 1:30 a.m. Comedy Cellar crowd—the drunk, the horny, the post-Broadway undead—and why bombing early…
9 months, 1 week ago
Charles Duhigg: "Looping for Understanding" and Other Supercommunicator Tricks
Charles Duhigg returns to explain why great talkers are usually great listeners, and how "looping for understanding" can lower the temperature in alm…
9 months, 1 week ago
David McCloskey on Why Real-World Spying is "Too Crazy for Fiction"
Today on The Gist, a look at Donald Trump's plan to cap credit card interest rates at 10%—a populist move that might actually rob the poor to pay for…
9 months, 1 week ago
Reese Gorman on Congress's Vanishing Backbone — and Dexter Filkins' Rubio "Zig and Zag" Portrait
Reese Gorman of Notus (and the On Notus podcast) explains the outlet's "teaching hospital" model for young journalists—and reports that Republicans a…
9 months, 1 week ago
Séamus McElearney on the End of Omertà as a Business Model
Former FBI agent Séamus McElearney, author of Flipping Capo: How the FBI Dismantled the Real Sopranos, walks through the case that shattered the DeCa…
9 months, 1 week ago
Fact-Checking the Maduro Raid—and the Art of Fucking Around
Mike breaks down the U.S. abduction of Nicolas Maduro, arguing that Donald Trump's penchant for exaggeration shouldn't blind us to actual strategic s…
9 months, 2 weeks ago
Ezekiel Emanuel: "Don't Be a Schmuck"—and Yes, Eat Your Ice Cream.
The physician and health-policy veteran lays out six "simple" rules for a long, healthy life, arguing that most wellness advice fails by demanding pe…
9 months, 2 weeks ago