Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchThe Future Looked Brighter In The Past
Pulitzer Prize winning NY Times writer David Leonhardt is here to discuss Ours Was The Shining Future: The Story of the American Dream. The hostage exchange between Israel and Hamas is working and s…
Published on 2 years, 1 month ago
BEST OF THE GIST: Cease-Fire Edition
In this installment of Best Of The Gist, as Israel and Hamas agree to a cease fire, we listen back to Mike’s 2014 interview with Mitchell Reiss, author of Negotiating with Evil, who suggests that the…
Published on 2 years, 1 month ago
60 Hours In Israel
Mike spent the majority of last week reporting from Israel. On his trip, he met and interviewed many people living through the current crisis, and this special Thanksgiving weekend episode is a colle…
Published on 2 years, 1 month ago
Architecture’s Weird Definition of “Natural”
Des Fitzgerald, Professor of Medical Humanities and Social Sciences at University College Cork in Ireland, is out with a new book The Living City: Why Cities Don’t Need to Be Green to Be Great. The …
Published on 2 years, 1 month ago
Alaskan Booze Cruise
NBA veteran Carlos Boozer is here to talk about his upbringing, his career, and his new book, Every Shot Counts: A Memoir of Resilience. Plus, what if the city issued all citizens a False Testimony …
Published on 2 years, 1 month ago
The Proper Corralling and Taming of Disinformation
Lee McIntyre author of “On Disinformation" discusses and debates with Mike, how to conceptualize disinformation, and how not combat it consistently no matter who is getting dissed. Plus, new evidence…
Published on 2 years, 1 month ago
BEST OF THE GIST: Israel Story Edition
In this installment of Best Of The Gist, something a little different. If you’ve been listening to The Gist this past week, you’ve heard Mike reporting from Israel. He’s home safe now, but he spent s…
Published on 2 years, 1 month ago
Israel's War Clock Is Ticking
As Israeli Defense Forces explore and document what was found in and under Al-Shifa hospital, verification is hard, and doubt is free and easy to sew. Plus, Robert Pape wonders, "What makes a terrori…
Published on 2 years, 1 month ago
Gist In Israel: The Deadliest Single Site Of October 7th
Mike visits Kibbutz Be’eri, which saw carnage on October 7th, and he’s told the story of what happened there. Also on the show, Roma Agrawal is a structural engineer who spent six years working on th…
Published on 2 years, 1 month ago
Live From Israel: A Nation Held Hostage
On Mike’s second day in Israel, he attends the meeting of people trying to bring their family members kidnapped by Hamas home from captivity. Also on the show, Patrick T. Brown, a Ph.D. climate scien…
Published on 2 years, 1 month ago