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Back to SearchThe AUKUS Caucus Can Be Raucous
The faceblind but otherwise incredibly observant Sadie Dingfelder drops by to discuss her new book, Do I Know You?: A Faceblind Reporter’s Journey i…
2 years, 3 months ago
BEST OF THE GIST: Founding Fathers Day Edition
In this installment of Best Of The Gist, a couple interviews from the vault in honor of Independence Day. First up, historian Gordon S. Wood explains…
2 years, 3 months ago
Living Constitutionally Requires A Strong Constitution
Americans talk a big game about the U.S. Constitution and its role in guiding the nation for nearly 250 years, but few try to live strictly by the wo…
2 years, 3 months ago
Spinning The Insidious
Phil Elwood was a marketer and strategist who helped the governments of Libya, Qatar, Nigeria, and not quite but almost Syria make their cases on the…
2 years, 4 months ago
Cringing Oneself Out Of The Presidency
Donald Trump lies a lot, and his acolytes construct permission structures to excuse those lies. On the other hand, Joe Biden put forward a cringe-wor…
2 years, 4 months ago
Donald Trump, Immune Buffoon
SCOTUS gives immunity to Presidents for official acts, and leaves it to lower courts to define (and maybe get overruled on) what constitutes "officia…
2 years, 4 months ago
BEST OF THE GIST: Mixed Signals Edition
In this installment of Best Of The Gist, the remainder of Mike’s interview with Ben Smith and Nayeema Rasa, co-hosts of the new Semafor podcast Mixed…
2 years, 4 months ago
Must Joe Go?
Jospeh Robinette Biden did not cover himself in glory in last night's debate. As Democrats discuss changing horses midstream, The Gist analyses what …
2 years, 4 months ago
The Bear, The Draft, The Debate
With big sporting, cultural, and political events occurring all at once, Mike offers a contemplation of the nature and purpose of speculation about t…
2 years, 4 months ago
All The Editor's Mess
Ben Smith and Nayeema Raza, co-hosts of the Semaphor podcast Mixed Signals, discuss the turmoil at the Washington Post. Plus Jamal Bowman's Israel p…
2 years, 4 months ago