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Today a special show, wherein Mike discusses former NPR editor Uri Berliner's critique of the network he no longer works for, including claims about …
2 years ago
Gold Heist, Foiled
Canadian police are making arrests in the 2023 theft of $14 million of gold from an Air Canada flight. The criminals weapon of choice? Guns? Dynamite…
2 years ago
Family Guy Guy Guides Us Through Danger
Evan Waite, writer for Family Guy and The Onion, discusses his career, theories of comedy, and his new book, Life Wants You Dead: A Calm, Rational, …
2 years ago
Getting Aid to Gaza
Arwa Damon, recently back from Gaza, is a former CNN International Correspondent who has transitioned to relief work. Her organization is INARA, the …
2 years ago
Bond, Trump Bond
On the show today, an Iranian attack repelled. And, in a full-show interview, Will Thomas, assistant professor of law at the University of Michigan, …
2 years ago
BEST 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 …
2 years 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 rel…
2 years 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 exi…
2 years 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, Donal…
2 years 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 Ecua…
2 years ago