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Back to SearchTrump Reflects, Then Rages
Donald Trump spoke for the first time since being shot. He was muted, then rageful ... as usual. We also heard from Kid Rock, Hulk Hogan, and a retin…
2 years, 3 months ago
Trump's Unexpected Strength With Black Voters
On Day One of the 2024 Republican National Convention, five of the six black Republicans in congress spoke to the crowd. Burgess Owens was the sixth,…
2 years, 3 months ago
Babydog And Boebert
With Day 2 of the RNC now in the rearview mirror, we will listen to Mike's interviews with Lauren Boebert and Pennsylvania Republican Senate candidat…
2 years, 3 months ago
Republicans Explain Polarization
A run down of the major themes of Day One of the RNC, from gas prices to the many black Republicans who took the stage. Plus, JD Vance and DJ Trump a…
2 years, 3 months ago
Heated Rhetoric (And Deranged People With Guns) Are Making Politics Dangerous
Other than political brinksmanship, the fraying of societal norms, an ocean of bad information, and nearly unchecked gun ownership, how have we arriv…
2 years, 3 months ago
BEST OF THE GIST: The Good Fight Edition
This week, we dedicate our weekend Best Of show to an interview Mike did on Yascha Mounk’s podcast, The Good Fight. Mike is the guest in this wide-ra…
2 years, 3 months ago
Water War
Gabriela Cowperthwaite and investigative reporter Nate Halverson join Mike to talk about their film about the international militias and governments …
2 years, 3 months ago
France 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…
2 years, 3 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"…
2 years, 3 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…
2 years, 3 months ago