Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchA Barn, A Murder, And The Weight Of Secrecy
Wright Thompson’s family farm in Mississippi is 23 miles from the site where fourteen-year-old Emmett Till was murdered in the summer of 1955. In his…
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Liberalism As A Way Of Life
In the United States, as well as in many other English-speaking nations, “liberal” is a label with much political baggage. But “liberalism” is a much…
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"Obamaha" For The Win
You know it's a kooky election when Omaha, Nebraska could swing the presidency to the Democrats and California is the path to control of the House of…
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Weight Loss Drugs And Snacking On Monkey
In under-covered jungle news, monkeys are being eaten by apes, and this has been going on for a while. In human consumption news, the Senate attempts…
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Chronicling The Black-White Wealth Gap
Louise Story is here to discuss her new book, Fifteen Cents On The Dollar: How Americans Made the Black-White Wealth Gap. Plus Israel and Hezbollah f…
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BEST OF THE GIST: Reason Edition
In this installment of Best Of The Gist, we bring you a recent episode of The Reason Interview With Nick Gillespie, on which Mike Pesca was the gues…
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Naked Came The Lieutenant Governor
It wasn't only North Carolina Senate candidate Mark Robinson's political ambitions that were naked, it was his forum for web posting—the Nude Africa …
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Maryland Governor Wes Moore
Today a wide-ranging interview with Maryland Governor Wes Moore. We talk about the bipartisan blame for America's housing policy, why Baltimore's mur…
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Phoning In The Election
We do everything on the phone, so why not vote? It's much more secure than you think, says Bradley Tusk, author of Vote With Your Phone: Why Mobile V…
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How A Judge Decides Who Gets A Second Chance
We're joined once more by sitting federal judge Frederic Block to discuss his thought process in sentencing and forgiving. His new book is A Second C…
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