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Back to SearchHigh Stakes, Low Standards: America's Gambling Gamble
Jonathan D. Cohen, author of Losing Big: America’s Reckless Bet on Sports Gambling, joins to explain why our national rush into online sports betting…
10 months, 2 weeks ago
Pay to Play: The NCAA’s Big Payout Era Begins
The NCAA’s $2.8 billion settlement doesn’t just change the rules—it rewrites the entire playbook. Mike talks with Gabe Feldman, director of Tulane’s …
10 months, 2 weeks ago
Puzzling The Puzzle Master on The Puzzler
Today on The Gist we air Mikes appearence on The Puzzler with A.J. Jacobs.
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10 months, 3 weeks ago
The NIH vs. The New Grievance Politics
Former NIH director Elias Zerhouni reflects on the agency’s triumphs and shortcomings in light of his new memoir, Disease Knows No Politics. He defen…
10 months, 3 weeks ago
Airborne Assumptions and Subventilated Science
Carl Zimmer joins to discuss Airborne: The Hidden History of the Life We Breathe, a book that excavates the forgotten science of airborne disease tra…
10 months, 3 weeks ago
How to Make Crime Feel Weird
Criminologist Nick Cowen joins to explore how drunk driving transformed from a tolerated norm to a societal taboo, and how deterrence works best when…
10 months, 3 weeks ago
The Algorithm Is Hollywood’s New God
Filmmaker Justine Bateman argues that Hollywood’s creative spark has been smothered by fear, corporate consolidation, and algorithmic decision-making…
10 months, 3 weeks ago
When Hulk Turned Heel
Marc Raimondi discusses Say Hello to the Bad Guys: How Professional Wrestling’s New World Order Changed America, his new book on Hulk Hogan’s heel tu…
10 months, 3 weeks ago
Mike Pesca talks NPR Funding on The 21st Show
Today on The Gist. We play back Mikes appearance on the 21st Show where they discuss NPR and its funding. It originally aired on Monday July 28th.
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10 months, 4 weeks ago
Phil Gramm Hearts Capitalism, From Dickens To The New Deal
Former Senator Phil Gramm joins to defend capitalism’s record, arguing that the Industrial Revolution improved lives, the New Deal prolonged the Depr…
10 months, 4 weeks ago