Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchNot Even Mad: Jonah Goldberg & Zee Cohen-Sanchez
Hamas hostages, Trump and autocracy, and the strangely quiet shutdown — we tackle all three. Why Trump’s blunt style played in the Middle East, whether “competitive authoritarianism” really fits his …
Published on 2 months, 1 week ago
Jonathan Mahler: The Tabloids That Made The City That Made the Country
Mahler walks us through The Gods of New York: Egotists, Idealists, Opportunists, and the Birth of the Modern City, 1986–1990—how a late-'80s crucible of crime, crack, and tabloids minted characters l…
Published on 2 months, 1 week ago
Cory Doctorow: Enshittification: Why Everything Suddenly Got Worse and What to Do About It
Doctorow lays out his "enshittification" playbook—how tech platforms lure users, trap businesses, then extract value from both—tying it to interoperability, right-to-repair, and DMCA lock-ins, with F…
Published on 2 months, 1 week ago
SCOTUS’s Shadow Docket, Calibrated + Steven Vladeck
Mike previews the new Supreme Court term: Colorado’s conversion-therapy ban, transgender athlete cases out of Idaho and West Virginia, a Louisiana Voting Rights Act fight, and a Rastafarian grooming …
Published on 2 months, 2 weeks ago
Funny You Should Mention: Steph Tolev
Season 3 of Funny You Should Mention begins with the “Filth Queen” herself Steph Tolev to explore why gross can be smart, how crowd work goes viral, Bill Burr’s boost to her career, and the Canadian …
Published on 2 months, 2 weeks ago
Plestia Alaqad: “The Eyes of Gaza,” Witness and Journalist
Today on the Gist, a tough conversation with Plestia Alaqad about what she saw in Gaza and how she frames it for a global audience. They dig into sympathy versus credence, terminology like IDF versus…
Published on 2 months, 2 weeks ago
Jake Tapper and the Race Against Terror
Today on The Gist. Jake Tapper breaks down the first U.S. criminal trial of a foreign combatant: why prosecutors chose court over Gitmo, and the painstaking sleuthing that turned a shaky confession i…
Published on 2 months, 2 weeks ago
Obama CDC Director Tom Frieden: “'Believe in Science' Is a Terrible Idea.”
The former CDC director lays out his “See, Believe, Create” playbook from The Formula for Better Health: How to Save Millions of Lives—Including Your Own. He separates settled facts (hypertension con…
Published on 2 months, 2 weeks ago
Steven Pinker: “Common Knowledge Changes Everything”
Steven Pinker joins to discuss his new book, When Everyone Knows That Everyone Knows: Common Knowledge and the Mysteries of Money, Power, and Everyday Life, exploring how shared awareness coordinates…
Published on 2 months, 2 weeks ago
Diane Foley on America’s Hostage Blind Spot
Diane Foley, founder of the Foley Foundation and mother of slain journalist James Foley, joins Mike to discuss America’s fragmented hostage-recovery system, wrongful detentions, and why the U.S. resp…
Published on 2 months, 3 weeks ago