Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchTusk Talk: Why Cuomo Leads and the Subways Smell Like Sh*t
Political strategist and author Bradley Tusk joins to diagnose the 2025 New York City mayor’s race—why voters seem fine with Andrew Cuomo’s refusal t…
1 year ago
Pig Sacrifices and Talking Drums: Don't Squeeze the Shaman
Manvir Singh, author of Shamanism: The Timeless Religion, shares insights from a decade with Indonesia’s Mentawai people, where healing rituals doubl…
1 year ago
The Gist List Live w Ethan Strauss
Today on The Gist. Ethan Strauss joined Mike Pesca for a Substack Live conversation. Today we air a portion of it focusing on Caitlin Clark and shoes…
1 year, 1 month ago
Funny You Should Mention: Robby Hoffman
Comedian, podcaster, and self-described cutie-in-her-own-way Robby Hoffman drops by to discuss her life, her comedy, and why she takes talking as ser…
1 year, 1 month ago
Realign for Palestine
Ahmed Fouad Alkhatib, founder of Realign for Palestine and a nonresident fellow at the Atlantic Council, joins to discuss his effort to reframe Pales…
1 year, 1 month ago
Not Even Mad: Eli Lake, Michael Cohen on Biden's Health, and the New Human-Rights-Free Foreign Policy
Eli Lake and Michael A. Cohen take stock of the Biden health debate—diagnosis, exaggeration, and whether it’s actually affected his presidency. Micha…
1 year, 1 month ago
Inside the Movement to Dismantle Democracy in God’s Name
Katherine Stewart, author of Money, Lies, and God: Inside the Movement to Destroy American Democracy, explains how America’s Christian nationalist fo…
1 year, 1 month ago
Katherine Stewart on Christian Nationalism's Influence on Conservatism
Katherine Stewart, author of Money, Lies, and God: Inside the Movement to Destroy American Democracy, joins to discuss Christian nationalism’s influe…
1 year, 1 month ago
Alexa, What's with the Pope's Brother?
Today on The Gist we revisit an interview from 2017 with Lena Kahn and play a segment from this week where Mike talked abouts the new popes MAGA brot…
1 year, 1 month ago
Henry Abbott on the Logistics of Ballistics
Henry Abbott joins to discuss Ballistic: The New Science of Injury-Free Athletic Performance, spotlighting insights from Dr. Marcus Elliott—not just …
1 year, 1 month ago