Podcast Episodes

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, 4 months 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, 4 months 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, 4 months 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, 4 months 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, 4 months ago

Jay Inslee vs. the Climate Polling Problem

Former Washington Governor Jay Inslee argues Democrats can win on climate—if they frame it as jobs, savings, and health, not just apocalypse. He poin…

1 year, 4 months ago

The Gist List Live with Ben Dreyfuss

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

The Gist Lis…

1 year, 4 months ago

Funny You Should Mention: Chris Turner

Comedian, freestyler, and archaeology grad Chris Turner joins the show to explain how a middle-class British kid  became one of the most dazzling imp…

1 year, 4 months ago

Lawless: A Storm of Shade and Sneering

Leah Litman, author of Lawless: The Supreme Court Runs on Conservative Grievance, Fringe Theories, and Bad Vibes, argues that originalism masks a par…

1 year, 4 months ago

Getting on Leah Litman's Case

Law Professor Leah Litman, author of Lawless: How the Supreme Court Runs on Conservative Grievance, Fringe Theories, and Bad Vibes argues that the cu…

1 year, 5 months ago