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Back to SearchBEST OF THE GIST: Tunnel Edition
In this installment of Best Of The Gist, we listen back to Mike’s December 6, 2023 interview with Aric Toler about the storied Hamas tunnel network, which, depending on where you get your news, is ei…
Published on 1 year, 10 months ago
Trump Liable, Willis Excitable, Guatemalan Democracy Viable
Donald Trump is ordered to pay over $350 million ... bad judgement for him there. Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis hits back hard at defense attorneys seeking to toss her off the Georgia …
Published on 1 year, 10 months ago
Parades, Churches, Super Bowls and Guns
Shootings at Joel Osteen's megachurch and the Kansas City Chiefs' Super Bowl Parade illustrate an American tendency to find meaning in shootings based on the oddest factor: the shooter's motivations …
Published on 1 year, 10 months ago
God, Guns, and Sedition...In That Order
Bruce Hoffman & Jacob Ware are leading terrorism experts out with a new book titled God, Guns, and Sedition: Far-Right Terrorism in America. We discuss the rise of the far right. Plus, Santos out, D…
Published on 1 year, 10 months ago
Our Unconvincing Gun Arguments
Jonathan Metzl, Professor of Sociology and Psychiatry at Vanderbilt University and author of What We've Become: Living and Dying in a Country of Arms on examining the flaws in our gun-control strate…
Published on 1 year, 10 months ago
Rush To Kill
George Hale is the reporter behind Rush To Kill, the eight-part podcast series that looks at federal death row, which lay dormant for years ... until the waning days of the Trump administration. Plus…
Published on 1 year, 10 months ago
BEST OF THE GIST: Sunday TV Edition
In this installment of Best Of The Gist, in honor of Superbowl Sunday, we listen back to Mike’s 2019 interview with former Baltimore Raven offensive lineman John Urschel. After his time in the NFL, U…
Published on 1 year, 10 months ago
Identifying Non-Identity-Based Solutions
We end DEI week with the second half of our interview with Denise Hamilton, author of Indivisible: How to Forge our Differences into a Stronger Future. We discuss areas where racism might very well b…
Published on 1 year, 10 months ago
Self-Executing Themselves In The Foot
Colorado's Lawyer gets schooled by SCOTUS. Bud Light tries to counter the forces of stupidity via the power of goofy Super Bowl ads. Plus, DEI educator and consultant Denise Hamilton, author of Indi…
Published on 1 year, 10 months ago
The Insurrection And Trump's Election
SCOTUS is considering if Donald Trump should appear on Coloradoans ballot in November, and if not, why not? The officially decreed "not immune for all prosecution" former POTUS faces scrutiny from SC…
Published on 1 year, 10 months ago