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Back to SearchBEST OF THE GIST: The Dispatch Edition
This weekend on Best Of The Gist, a couple segments from The Dispatch Podcast, on which Mike was a guest last week. Hosts Sarah Isgur and Jonah Gold…
1 year, 6 months ago
Who Wants to Be A College President?
There was a time when "College President" was a cushy job, but that time is officially over. Now its a headache rapped in a time suck surrounded by a…
1 year, 6 months ago
Talking Zoning Without Zoning Out
Zoning is really, really important, but it's also a tad dry. Well, not when they're putting up a four-storey building right next door, ruining your a…
1 year, 6 months ago
Shifting Shame To Blame, The Trump Way
Arlie Russell Hochschild went to Kentucky to study the reasons residents give for supporting Donald Trump, even if so many of his policies seem to be…
1 year, 6 months ago
Swing State Update: Nevada
On Tuesday, November 5th, as they start to tally the ballots and declare electoral votes, few states will be as scrutinized as the Silver State. We t…
1 year, 6 months ago
The Eric Adams Mishegoss
Eric Adams, the mayor of New York City and a former cop, is in hot water. He’s been charged with bribery and campaign finance offenses, his friend an…
1 year, 6 months ago
BEST OF THE GIST: Terror 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, 6 months ago
Funny You Should Mention - Nimesh Patel
Funny You Should Mention Episode One: Nimesh Patel. Over his career Nimesh Patel has gone from a comedian who wants to make points and jokes to a pur…
1 year, 7 months ago
Wisconsin By A Whisker, Arizona By An Iota
Amy Walter, Editor-in-Chief of The Cook Political Report, is here with the news that you knew but didn't know how very true it was—the Presidential r…
1 year, 7 months ago
Knucklehead Of State
The stakes for debates are pretty low when the Vice Presidency is the office in question, but J.D. Vance seems to have said better sounding words tha…
1 year, 7 months ago