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Even after Tucker Carlson issued his double coupon day dasvidaniya, the ghost of Navalny trails him. Plus, Putin arrests a U.S. ballerina for donatin…
2 years, 2 months ago
Your Enemy's Victory Speech
William Ury, author of Possible: How We Survive (and Thrive) in an Age of Conflict has worked on peace negotiations in Norther Ireland, South Africa…
2 years, 2 months ago
BEST OF THE GIST - Presidents Day
We are off on this Holiday, but we wanted to share two interviews from the archive. One is from 2019 with founding CEO of C-SPAN Brian Lamb and Co-CE…
2 years, 2 months ago
BEST OF THE GIST: Tunnel Edition
In this installment of Best Of The Gist, we listen back to Mike’s December 6, 2023 interview with Aric Toler about the storied Hamas tunnel network, …
2 years, 2 months ago
Trump Liable, Willis Excitable, Guatemalan Democracy Viable
Donald Trump is ordered to pay over $350 million ... bad judgement for him there. Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis hits back hard at defe…
2 years, 2 months ago
Parades, Churches, Super Bowls and Guns
Shootings at Joel Osteen's megachurch and the Kansas City Chiefs' Super Bowl Parade illustrate an American tendency to find meaning in shootings base…
2 years, 2 months ago
God, Guns, and Sedition...In That Order
Bruce Hoffman & Jacob Ware are leading terrorism experts out with a new book titled God, Guns, and Sedition: Far-Right Terrorism in America. We disc…
2 years, 2 months ago
Our Unconvincing Gun Arguments
Jonathan Metzl, Professor of Sociology and Psychiatry at Vanderbilt University and author of What We've Become: Living and Dying in a Country of Arm…
2 years, 2 months ago
Rush To Kill
George Hale is the reporter behind Rush To Kill, the eight-part podcast series that looks at federal death row, which lay dormant for years ... until…
2 years, 2 months ago
BEST OF THE GIST: Sunday TV Edition
In this installment of Best Of The Gist, in honor of Superbowl Sunday, we listen back to Mike’s 2019 interview with former Baltimore Raven offensive …
2 years, 2 months ago