Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchHeated Rhetoric (And Deranged People With Guns) Are Making Politics Dangerous
Other than political brinksmanship, the fraying of societal norms, an ocean of bad information, and nearly unchecked gun ownership, how have we arrived at this moment in which people think the way to…
Published on 1 year, 5 months ago
BEST OF THE GIST: The Good Fight Edition
This week, we dedicate our weekend Best Of show to an interview Mike did on Yascha Mounk’s podcast, The Good Fight. Mike is the guest in this wide-ranging conversation about media and society, and Ya…
Published on 1 year, 5 months ago
Water War
Gabriela Cowperthwaite and investigative reporter Nate Halverson join Mike to talk about their film about the international militias and governments waging a war for water, The Grab. Plus, Biden pass…
Published on 1 year, 5 months ago
France vs USA When "Democracy Is At Stake"
In the United States, we're told that democracy is "on the ballot." But how do the very people making those claims enjoin the battle to save it? In France, they pulled back from a far right victory. …
Published on 1 year, 5 months ago
Elon Musk: Space Innovator or Inefficient Colonel Sanders?
A New York Times front page investigation tallies up all the bird nests (nine total) and other flora, fauna, and civil war battlefields "discommoded" by launches of SpaceX rockets. We contemplate the…
Published on 1 year, 5 months ago
Facing Faceblindness
Sadie Dingfelder (or at least someone of her general shape wearing the same outfit) is back to talk more about her research and her new book, Do I Know You?: A Faceblind Reporter’s Journey into the S…
Published on 1 year, 5 months ago
The AUKUS Caucus Can Be Raucous
The faceblind but otherwise incredibly observant Sadie Dingfelder drops by to discuss her new book, Do I Know You?: A Faceblind Reporter’s Journey into the Science of Sight, Memory, and Imagination.…
Published on 1 year, 5 months ago
BEST OF THE GIST: Founding Fathers Day Edition
In this installment of Best Of The Gist, a couple interviews from the vault in honor of Independence Day. First up, historian Gordon S. Wood explains why the friendship between founding fathers Thoma…
Published on 1 year, 5 months ago
Living Constitutionally Requires A Strong Constitution
Americans talk a big game about the U.S. Constitution and its role in guiding the nation for nearly 250 years, but few try to live strictly by the words of said document. AJ Jacobs is one of them. Fo…
Published on 1 year, 5 months ago
Spinning The Insidious
Phil Elwood was a marketer and strategist who helped the governments of Libya, Qatar, Nigeria, and not quite but almost Syria make their cases on the world stage. He was also involved in the Mueller …
Published on 1 year, 5 months ago