Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchA Boxing Day Grab Bag
On this day after Christmas, we are choosing to eschew the news cycle and instead have a little fun. We found some oldies-but-goodies from Mike's pre…
2 years, 2 months ago
BEST OF THE GIST: Christmas Eve Eve Edition
In this installment of Best Of The Gist, we replay Mike’s Tuesday Spiel about Chicago’s disgruntled neighborhoods, overwhelmed by newly resettled mig…
2 years, 2 months ago
Coal Deaths In Your Stocking
Don't Worry … it's actually good news. Part of the spate of good news that we can't quite accept or process. Plus, the greatest face-melting rock ant…
2 years, 2 months ago
Hamas, Holy Warriors
Reena Ninan, veteran broadcast reporter for CBS, ABC, and Fox has been in earlier versions of Hamas tunnels, and she tells us about underground ambit…
2 years, 2 months ago
The State Of A Two-State Solution
Donald Trump is barred from the ballot in Colorado, for now, interesting reasoning contributed to the court's decision, which probably won't survive …
2 years, 2 months ago
Northern Cities, Southern Problems
It's not just bomb-throwing conservative House members who think migrants arriving at the U.S. southern border are a problem. Turns out, the people w…
2 years, 2 months ago
AOC: A Revolutionary Who Wants To Be Loved
Ryan Grim, author of The Squad: AOC and the Hope of a Political Revolution describes the ascent, tactics, behaviors, and personalities of AOC and ot…
2 years, 2 months ago
BEST OF THE GIST: Sludge Train Edition
In this installment of Best Of The Gist, we rewind to Tuesday to listen back to Mike’s treatise on New Jersey’s sludge barge, though, for reasons per…
2 years, 2 months ago
Victor Orban And Other Smelly Pigs
Ukraine's EU funding is thwarted by the Hungarian leader whose less Buddah and more Pest, Victor Orban. Plus, Kate Mara and Shawn Bannon drop by to t…
2 years, 2 months ago
Perspectives On War Time Proportionality
Twelve hundred Israelis were killed by Hamas. Perhaps 15,000 Gazans have died as Israel has pursued its attacker, many Hamas fighters among them. But…
2 years, 2 months ago