Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchFrance vs USA When "Democracy Is At Stake"
In the United States, we're told that democracy is "on the ballot." But how do the very people making those claims enjoin the battle to save it? In F…
1 year, 9 months ago
Elon Musk: Space Innovator or Inefficient Colonel Sanders?
A New York Times front page investigation tallies up all the bird nests (nine total) and other flora, fauna, and civil war battlefields "discommoded"…
1 year, 9 months ago
Facing Faceblindness
Sadie Dingfelder (or at least someone of her general shape wearing the same outfit) is back to talk more about her research and her new book, Do I Kn…
1 year, 9 months ago
The AUKUS Caucus Can Be Raucous
The faceblind but otherwise incredibly observant Sadie Dingfelder drops by to discuss her new book, Do I Know You?: A Faceblind Reporter’s Journey i…
1 year, 9 months ago
BEST OF THE GIST: Founding Fathers Day Edition
In this installment of Best Of The Gist, a couple interviews from the vault in honor of Independence Day. First up, historian Gordon S. Wood explains…
1 year, 9 months ago
Living Constitutionally Requires A Strong Constitution
Americans talk a big game about the U.S. Constitution and its role in guiding the nation for nearly 250 years, but few try to live strictly by the wo…
1 year, 9 months ago
Spinning The Insidious
Phil Elwood was a marketer and strategist who helped the governments of Libya, Qatar, Nigeria, and not quite but almost Syria make their cases on the…
1 year, 10 months ago
Cringing Oneself Out Of The Presidency
Donald Trump lies a lot, and his acolytes construct permission structures to excuse those lies. On the other hand, Joe Biden put forward a cringe-wor…
1 year, 10 months ago
Donald 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, 10 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, 10 months ago