Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchBEST OF THE GIST: The Juice, Squeezed Edition
In this installment of Best Of The Gist, listen to Mike’s show opener this past Thursday about the death of O.J. Simpson. Then we listen back to our December 6, 2016 interview with Ezra Edelman, whos…
Published on 1 year, 8 months ago
Delicious Chicken 'n' Mice
Robert Kenner and Melissa Robledo are the eco-directors of Food Inc 2, which raises questions about how American agribusinesses have an unhealthy relationship with politicians, communities, and our b…
Published on 1 year, 8 months ago
Pour Some Sugar On The Man In The Mirror O' Mine
Chris Molanphy drops by to count down the hits of 1988, a time when we weren't worried, we were happy, and we were making the transition from the exiting of dreams and the entering of cars. Also, in …
Published on 1 year, 8 months ago
Florida, Abortion, and Trump
The Bulwark's Marc Caputo says Florida's six-week limit on abortion is vulnerable, but not certain, to go down via popular referendum. Even so, Donald Trump has such a huge advantage in the state he'…
Published on 1 year, 8 months ago
Arizona's 1864 Abortion Law Stands
The Arizona Supreme Court has banned almost all abortions in the state, deferring to a law written in 1864. Also on the show, a brief history of Ecuador and embassies. Plus, the continuation of our i…
Published on 1 year, 8 months ago
Oregon Drug Debacle
Keith Humphreys, Stanford Professor and author of Addiction: A Very Short Introduction, talks about the of failure of a local Oregon ordinance he was called in to offer expertise about. We discuss hi…
Published on 1 year, 8 months ago
BEST OF THE GIST: Podcast Implosion Edition
In this installment of Best Of The Gist, Mike’s Thursday Spiel about the carnage at NPR and the reason for it. Then we listen back to part of Mike’s January conversation with Jeremy Hobson, host of T…
Published on 1 year, 8 months ago
Remembering The Repressed Memory Movement
Jena Martin is a pathologist by day who has produced a six-part podcast series looking back at the recovered memory movement of the late 1980s and early 90s. Everyone was having them, were any real? …
Published on 1 year, 8 months ago
Public Radio Podcast Pounded
Another round of bloodletting in the world of podcasting and public radio. NPR listenership is down 15-20%, and the excuses the industry is relying on wither, don't apply, or are flat out wrong. Mik…
Published on 1 year, 8 months ago
Trump Is Their Barbarian
Atlantic Staff writer Tim Alberta, author of The Kingdom, the Power, and the Glory: American Evangelicals in an Age of Extremism says many Christians support Donald Trump because they are forgiving,…
Published on 1 year, 8 months ago