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Senate Democrats have a rare chance to force Republican concessions in the government funding battle, but fear of political blame looms large. Lauren…
1 year, 7 months ago
While Wicked, Trump Is Not Defying Gravity
Wall Street’s downturn suggests that Donald Trump is not immune to the consequences of his bad economic policies. In the spiel, the dubious legal jus…
1 year, 7 months ago
Elle Reeve Explains the Neo Nazis
On today’s Gist, journalist Elle Reeve discusses her new book, Black Pill: How I Witnessed the Darkest Corners of the Internet Come to Life, Poison S…
1 year, 7 months ago
The Tipping Point
Today on the Gist we got back to Wednesdays spiel on Trumps speech to congress and go to a 2019 interview with Scotland’s Daniel Sloss who churns out…
1 year, 7 months ago
Oren Kessler, Author of Palestine 1936
The roots of the current conflict in Gaza trace back to the Balfour Declaration and earlier, but also to a series of ethnic killings and counterattac…
1 year, 7 months ago
Not Even Mad: Tariffs and Doge's Dodgy Dogma
On this episode of Not Even Mad, Michael Cohen and Liz Wolfe dissect Trump’s State of the Union-ish spectacle, where he barely asked for forbearance …
1 year, 7 months ago
Veteran Diplomat Charles Kupchan Holds Out Hope For a Peace Deal in Ukraine
Charles Kupchan, former European affairs specialist in Obama’s White House joins us to discuss whether a viable security agreement could be brokered …
1 year, 7 months ago
Those Tariffs Slap
Trump’s latest tariff escalation on China, Mexico, and Canada has earned the Wall Street Journal’s bluntest critique yet: “dumbest.” With markets rea…
1 year, 8 months ago
The Gist: More News, Less Gratitude
Former CBS Evening News executive producer Mosheh Oinounou joins The Gist to discuss Mo News, his fact-first, non-ideological news platform. We talk …
1 year, 8 months ago
Mike Pesca Gets Serious....Again!
Today on the Gist. We listen back to Tuesdays Spiel about Mikes time at the Principles First Summit. Then we play some of Mike's appearance on the Po…
1 year, 8 months ago