Podcast Episodes

Funny You Should Mention: Rosebud Baker

Rosebud Baker joins Funny You Should Mention with the rare gift of making life’s toughest moments hilarious, and a point of view that’s inseparable f…

1 year ago

Pesca Plus Special: Arlie Hochschild

Today on The Gist, we are sharing a Pesca Plus episode on this Holiday to give you a taste of what you can get by being a Pesca Plus Member. Weekly l…

1 year ago

Unsympathetic Empathy

Veteran diplomat Stuart Eizenstat joins The Gist to discuss The Art of Diplomacy: How American Negotiators Reached Historic Agreements That Changed t…

1 year ago

Helen Lewis on Dead Parents, Paper Animals, And The Politics of Genius

Helen Lewis discusses The Genius Myth: A Curious History of a Dangerous Idea, her critique of how society defines—and distorts—the concept of genius.…

1 year ago

What Could Go Right, And Why We Rarely Hear About It

Zachary Karabell of The Progress Network and the What Could Go Right podcast lays out a case for “edgy optimism,” highlighting under-covered wins in …

1 year ago

The Gist List Live with Kat Rosenfield

Replay of the interview Mike Pesca did with Kat Rosenfield on The Gist List. Click the link below to subscribe for free to The Gist List.

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1 year ago

Putting Death Metal On Your Plants Playlist: Is That Bs?

In another edition of Is That BS? Sadie Dingfelder joins to ask: is chatting with your ficus legit, or just verbal compost? The science of sound and …

1 year ago

Not Even Mad: Allison Schraeger and Matt Yglesias

Economist Allison Schraeger and Slow Boring’s Matt Yglesias join Mike to discuss the unrest in Los Angeles — and how to protest without giving Donald…

1 year ago

Inside the Only Trump Trial (So Far)

New York Times reporter Jonah Bromwich joins to discuss Dragon on Centre Street: New York v. Donald J. Trump, his journalist account of the only Trum…

1 year ago

The Ghost Lab — Bigfoot, Ghosts, and Government Distrust in the Granite State

Author Matt Hongoltz-Hetling returns with The Ghost Lab, a rollicking deep dive into New Hampshire’s paranormal subculture, where Bigfoot lurks behin…

1 year ago