Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchFluoride Is Getting Dangerous: Is That BS?
Many American municipalities fluoridate their water supplies in hopes of lowering the number of cavities in our teeth. The practice stems from some p…
1 year, 3 months ago
No Holding Down Hegseth
Pete Hegseth faced sharp questioning from Senate Democrats over his leadership credentials, allegations of sexism and sexual impropriety, humanitaria…
1 year, 3 months ago
L.A. Fires: The Cost and the Climate
In Los Angeles, the fires rage on, with damage estimates so high they almost defy belief. But perhaps the L.A. fires truly will cause as much destruc…
1 year, 3 months ago
BEST OF THE GIST: Greenland Edition
Each weekend on Best of The Gist, we revisit an archival segment from the past and replay something from the current week. This weekend, we listen ba…
1 year, 3 months ago
The Apocalypse Musical
Joshua Oppenheimer, the director of the recent apocalypse musical The End, starring Tilda Swinton and Michael Shannon, joins us to discuss musicals a…
1 year, 3 months ago
Fact Check: Meta Goes Fact-Less
Mark Zuckerberg has announced that META platforms Facebook and Instagram are doing away with fact-checking. However, Kate Klonick argues they weren’t…
1 year, 3 months ago
Trudeau Virtue-Signaled Himself Out of Office
Journalist Stephen Marche, author of the NYT op-ed “Justin Trudeau Was His Own Worst Enemy,” argues that the soon-to-be-former Prime Minister’s virtu…
1 year, 3 months ago
The Brief Highs and Crushing Lows of Drug Decriminalization
Oregon, San Francisco, Seattle, and Vancouver have all experimented with drug decriminalization over the past few years. The results? A deadly disapp…
1 year, 3 months ago
The Wages of Lawlessness and the Laws of Wages
An analysis of the most “sympathetic” January 6th rioters hardly supports their innocence. Plus, have we been measuring economic progress all wrong? …
1 year, 3 months ago
BEST OF THE GIST: Jimmy 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…
1 year, 4 months ago