Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchTed Kaye: "You can love a flag and have it co-opted."
Episode 3070
Today on The Gist, guest host Brian Greene kicks off our rotating host lineup with a dive into the Peach Fish archives. First, Mike Pesca dissects th…
3 months ago
Vincent Schiraldi: Mass Supervision and Criminal Justice Reform
Episode 3069
Today on The Gist, guest host Bob Garfield replays an interview with prison reformer Vincent Schiraldi about his book, Mass Supervision: Probation, P…
3 months ago
Michael Murphy: "The Spaces Around Us Are Shaping Us and Changing Us"
Episode 3068
Today on The Gist, An interview with architect Michael Murphy about his memoir-style book, Our World in 10 Buildings: How Architecture Defines Who We…
3 months ago
Steven Johnson: "We Have Three Levels of Probability. It's Gonna Happen, It's Not Gonna Happen, and Maybe"
Episode 3067
Today on The Gist, guest host Bob Garfield introduces the show's new format before diving into a special double-feature interview with science and te…
3 months, 1 week ago
Funny You Should Mention: Jeff Arcuri
Episode 3066
Today on The Gist, its Funny You Should Mention with stand-up comedian Jeff Arcuri, whose crowd-work proficiency anchors his new Netflix special. Arc…
3 months, 1 week ago
Pesca La Vista
Episode 3065
Today, on the final episode of The Gist...
After 12 years and more than 3,000 episodes, Mike revisits his very first top-of-the-show segment, from Ma…
3 months, 1 week ago
David Wain & Ken Marino: "We're Always Modulating The Madcap"
Episode 3064
Today on The Gist, Mike explores his gist list, not that gist list, the other gist list. Then, filmmakers and actors David Wain and Ken Marino join t…
3 months, 1 week ago
Batya Ungar-Sargon: "Anti-Zionism Now Is A Central Plank Of Leftist Politics"
Episode 3063
Today on The Gist, host Mike Pesca reflects on the art of the contentious debate and the ongoing siloing of the modern media landscape, looking back …
3 months, 2 weeks ago
Ray Madoff: "The Tax System No Longer Taxes Investments And Inheritances"
Episode 3062
Today on The Gist, the media misinformation surrounding historical focus groups and billionaire tax histories. Then, Boston College Law School profes…
3 months, 2 weeks ago
Chris Cillizza: "Most Of Those People Don't Pay"
Episode 3061
Today on the Saturday show, host Mike Pesca shares a revealing conversation with independent media veteran Chris Cillizza from a recent Substack Live…
3 months, 2 weeks ago