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Journalist Matt Katz's father was barely in his life, and when he was, it was fairly unpleasant for Matt. Then a genetics test tore up Matt's script. That deadbeat dad might have been a deadbeat, but…
Published on 1 year, 7 months ago
Retirement: A Decreasingly Septuagenarian Phenomenon
Economist Allison Schrager, Bloomberg columnist and author of An Economist Walks into a Brothel: And Other Unexpected Places to Understand Risk, makes the case for working well into your 70s. And ev…
Published on 1 year, 7 months ago
You Gotta Eat The Bug
A cicada invasion dawns, and edible bugs are all the, if not rage, then opportunity for a quirk filled cooking segment. Plus, protesters at Harvard negotiate their way out of trouble, whereas their P…
Published on 1 year, 7 months ago
Michael Cohen, Forma' Fixa'
A glimpse into the Trump Trial, where a sleepy former President is somehow more compelling than hush money, off-the-book payments, and getting stiffed on your bonus. Plus, life expectancy by race com…
Published on 1 year, 7 months ago
BEST OF THE GIST: Pulitzer Edition
In this installment of Best Of The Gist, Mike’s December 5, 2023 interview with author, journalist, and former director of the International Crisis Group’s Arab-Israeli Project, Nathan Thrall. Nathan…
Published on 1 year, 7 months ago
A Drug That Kills Drink's Thrills With Andy Mills
Andy Mills and Matthew Boll are out with a new podcast Reflector. Now available. Episode 1 concerns Naltrexone, a drug that actually works to stop alcohol cravings, and yet 12-Step programs are much …
Published on 1 year, 7 months ago
One Cop's Questionable Confessions
Steve Fishman is the host and executive producer of The Burden, a podcast which focuses on the string of iffy convictions attained thanks to the police work of a high-flying Brooklyn cop in the 1990s…
Published on 1 year, 7 months ago
A Half-Baked Full-Blown Famine Assessment
Cindy McCain says there's a "full-blown famine" going on in Gaza. The agency she heads at the UN does not agree. Plus, a House of Representatives hearing into NPR bias was skipped by NPR's CEO and no…
Published on 1 year, 7 months ago
Lobbyists As Apex Predators
The Wolves Of K Street: The Secret History of How Big Money Took Over Big Government is a new book detailing how the influence business took root and metastasized in federal politics. Co-author and …
Published on 1 year, 7 months ago
Objectivity And Other Obsolescent Ideals
The New York Times Executive Editor proclaims the paper to not be in the business of defeating Trump. Howls of outrage ensue. Plus, Donald Trump seems fine with fines. And in a talk with Danielle Clo…
Published on 1 year, 7 months ago