Podcast Episodes

Jocelyn Benson on Being a Purposeful / Purple State Warrior

Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson joins to discuss her new book The Purposeful Warrior: Standing Up for What's Right When the Stakes Are Hig…

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David Graham on The Project and the Plan to Remake American Government

David Graham author of The Project: How Project 2025 is Changing America, explains how Project 2025 seeks not smaller government, but a more obedient…

1 year, 1 month ago

Character Under Fire: Gen. Stanley McChrystal on the Costs of Conviction

Retired General Gen. Stanley McChrystal joins to discuss his book On Character: Choices that Define a Life, and how real character transcends grit or…

1 year, 1 month ago

Altman Almighty

Sam Altman’s outsize ambition and messianic optimism take center stage in a conversation with Keach Hagey, author of The Optimist: Sam Altman, OpenAI…

1 year, 1 month ago

BLT: Bacon, Lettuce, and Todd

Today on The Gist we play back a section for our Chuck Todd interview that didn't make it on air and revisit a 2020 interview with Don Bacon.

Produce…

1 year, 1 month ago

Jim Lampley on the Blows That Made Broadcasting History

Jim Lampley joins to discuss It Happened!: A Uniquely Lucky Life in Sports Television, his memoir of sports, broadcasting, the randomness of a lucky …

1 year, 1 month ago

Not Even Mad: Eric Zorn and Austin Berg

Austin Berg and Eric Zorn are Not Even Mad as we discuss mayoral overcrowding and Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker, the supposed new MAGA slayer. Plus…

1 year, 1 month ago

Max Expression, Merz Confusion

Arkells frontman Max Kerman joins to discuss his book Try Hard: Creative Work in Progress, unpacking the craft behind stage banter, songwriting rule-…

1 year, 1 month ago

Holy Vehicles and Hollow Coverage

Pope Francis posthumously sends a Popemobile to Gaza — a gesture more symbolic than logistical. Chuck Todd returns to discuss media complicity, Biden…

1 year, 1 month ago

Chuck Todd Presses On

Former Meet the Press host Chuck Todd joins to talk about his new podcast, The Chuck Toddcast. He discusses why being a non-pushover and being non-pa…

1 year, 1 month ago