Podcast Episodes

Mike Stops by House of Strauss and The Dispatch

Today on The Gist. Mike was recently on the podcast House of Strauss and The Dispatch Roundtable. We are going to share a portion, but if you want to listen to the rest of them, use the links below!

Published on 7 months, 3 weeks ago

Funny You Should Mention: Michelle Buteau

Michelle Buteau stops by to talk about getting high in the reptile house and why she caught flak for doing spon-con souptroversy. We also get into her Dutch husband, the spirituality she doesn’t buy …

Published on 7 months, 3 weeks ago

Rust Director Joel Souza on Tragedy, Survival, and His Non-Relationship with Alec Baldwin

Rust director Joel Souza joins for an interview about finishing a film that nearly killed him—and did kill talented cinematographer Halyna Hutchins. Souza speaks candidly about grief, safety failures…

Published on 7 months, 3 weeks ago

What is Gen-Z Doing with Mewing?

Sadie Dingfelder returns to investigate the cult of “mewing” — the viral tongue-posture technique that promises to chisel your jaw and change your life, or IS THAT BS? Then we turn to the rarest deve…

Published on 7 months, 4 weeks ago

Hubris Maximus: The Shattering of Elon Musk

Faiz Siddiqui discusses Hubris Maximus his sharp chronicle of Elon Musk’s maximalist vision, self-driving delusions, and the rule-breaking impulses that fuel both triumph and tragedy. Plus we hear a …

Published on 7 months, 4 weeks ago

Trump 47: It's Not a Heart Attack, It's Gingivitis

David Frum, former Bush speechwriter and Atlantic contributor discusses Republican cowardice, Democratic excess, and the structural dangers facing American democracy. Frum argues that Donald Trump’s …

Published on 8 months ago

The Full Ginsburg

Today on the Gist, we open the vaults to 2020 to revisit and interview with Dr. Paul Offit and we replay Monday's spiel on The Full Ginsburg.

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Published on 8 months ago

Iran-Contra wrote the Playbook for Presidential Lawlessness

Alan McPherson author of The Breach: Iran-Contra and the Assault on American Democracy joins to discuss the Iran-Contra affair and how it plagued both the end of Regans Presidency and George H. W. Bu…

Published on 8 months ago

Punchlines and Straw Men

Jeff Maurer, former Last Week Tonight writer, has been knee-deep in century-old New York Times clippings—considering the differences between yesterday’s fascism fears and today’s. In Part 2, Jeff ana…

Published on 8 months ago

When Experts Circle the Wagons, The Public Wanders Off

We conclude our conversation with Stephen Macedo and Frances Lee, authors of In Covid’s Wake, exploring how political structures—not just bad actors—amplified the crisis. Plus, revisiting a 2021 Wash…

Published on 8 months ago