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Back to SearchDonald Trump, Immune Buffoon
SCOTUS gives immunity to Presidents for official acts, and leaves it to lower courts to define (and maybe get overruled on) what constitutes "officia…
1 year, 8 months ago
BEST OF THE GIST: Mixed Signals Edition
In this installment of Best Of The Gist, the remainder of Mike’s interview with Ben Smith and Nayeema Rasa, co-hosts of the new Semafor podcast Mixed…
1 year, 8 months ago
Must Joe Go?
Jospeh Robinette Biden did not cover himself in glory in last night's debate. As Democrats discuss changing horses midstream, The Gist analyses what …
1 year, 8 months ago
The Bear, The Draft, The Debate
With big sporting, cultural, and political events occurring all at once, Mike offers a contemplation of the nature and purpose of speculation about t…
1 year, 8 months ago
All The Editor's Mess
Ben Smith and Nayeema Raza, co-hosts of the Semaphor podcast Mixed Signals, discuss the turmoil at the Washington Post. Plus Jamal Bowman's Israel p…
1 year, 8 months ago
Southlake
Mike Hixenbaugh is a Senior Investigative Reporter for NBC News and the co-creator of Southlake, a podcast that won a Peabody for spotlighting the te…
1 year, 8 months ago
Joe, Abe Dissimilar
Investor and climate activist Tom Steyer discusses his new book Cheaper, Faster, Better: How We’ll Win the Climate War and why running for president …
1 year, 8 months ago
BEST OF THE GIST: Father And Son Edition
In this installment of Best Of The Gist, Mike and his first-born son Milo appeared on the Smoke Em If You Got Em podcast this past week. The two Pesc…
1 year, 8 months ago
Warning: This Discussion Of Warnings Might Cause Googly Eye At Night
The Surgeon General proposes warning labels for social media; we ask, "Do warning labels even do anything?" Plus, Dispatch Editor-in-Chief Jonah Gold…
1 year, 8 months ago
Tricking Spotify Into Getting Weird
Glenn McDonald is a streaming music pioneer who worked for years for Spotify. He's out with a new book, You Have Not Yet Heard Your Favorite Song: H…
1 year, 8 months ago