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Back to SearchElection 2024: Tall Tales Of A Short Campaign
Kamala Harris' staff reveals their biggest challenges, notably the little time they had to sell their candidate to America. Plus, Hunter Biden is pardoned by his father—an act he said he'd never comm…
Published on 1 year ago
BEST OF THE GIST: NewsGuard Edition
Each weekend on Best Of The Gist, we listen back to an archival Gist segment from the past, then we replay something from the past week. This weekend, we listen back to Mike’s April 2023 interview wi…
Published on 1 year ago
Funny You Should Mention - Episode 5 Mike Yard
Mike Yard is a standup comic who has appeared on Inside Amy Schumer, Flatbush Misdemeanors, and was a contributor to The Nightly Show with Larry WiImore. He is both an ex-felon and a union leader at …
Published on 1 year, 1 month ago
Abraham Lincoln: Plow The Speed
Abraham Lincoln certainly loved the nation he led, he loved Democracy, he loved his wife, and he loved some men, too. That’s according to a new film, Lover Of Men: The Untold History of Abraham Linco…
Published on 1 year, 1 month ago
All The President's Thighs
Shaun Peterson is director of Lover Of Men: The Untold History of Abraham Lincoln. He and historian Tom Balcerski talk about the evidence indicating that Abraham Lincoln shared more than just a cot w…
Published on 1 year, 1 month ago
Congressman Seth Moulton
We're joined by Massachusetts Congressman Seth Moulton, who discusses how democrats should engage on important but sensitive issues like trans women in sport. Also discussed: Moulton's conversation w…
Published on 1 year, 1 month ago
BEST OF THE GIST: HR-Ification Edition
On November 12th, Mike published a story in The Atlantic’s “Ideas” section titled “The HR-ification of the Democratic Party: The party of norms, procedure, bureaucracy, DEI initiatives, rule followin…
Published on 1 year, 1 month ago
A Healthy Dose Of Oz And RFK
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is tapped to run HHS. Dr. Mehmet Oz has been named as Medicare and Medicaid overseer. Dan Diamond of the Washington Post analyses the importance of those agencies and their vuln…
Published on 1 year, 1 month ago
What Does Jay Bhattacharya Want To Do With The NIH?
Jay Bhattacharya, the Stanford professor who advocated for widespread openings during the pandemic, months before there was a vaccine, has become a bit of a hero to Americans upset about lockdowns an…
Published on 1 year, 1 month ago
Parks And Rec, In Effect
Jim O'Heir, who played Jerry (or was it Larry?) on 121 episodes of TV's Parks And Recreation, is out with a new book, Welcome to Pawnee: Stories of Friendship, Waffles, and Parks and Recreation. We d…
Published on 1 year, 1 month ago