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Back to SearchVictor 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
Hunter In The Crosshairs, Horses In The Back
Chris Molanphy is here to discuss his new book, what is certainly the most authoritative work of non fiction about the Lil Nas X song "Old Town Road,…
2 years, 2 months ago
Not Graduating College Shortens Your Life
Angus Deaton, the Nobel Prize winner who popularized the notion of "deaths of despair" stops by to discuss his latest book, Economics In America: An…
2 years, 3 months ago
The Trial(s) Of Those Who Killed Elijah McClain
After the 2019 death of Elijah McClain at the hands of Aurora Colorado police, no charges were filed. Then, spurred on by activism over the murder of…
2 years, 3 months ago
BEST OF THE GIST: Hate Speech On Campus Edition
In this installment of Best Of The Gist, with the presidents of Harvard, M.I.T., and the University of Pennsylvania being hauled in front of the Hous…
2 years, 3 months ago
Untangling The News
Isaac Saul, a former writer for Vox, The Huffington Post, and Time Magazine, was frustrated with news bias and often slanted coverage. So he founded …
2 years, 3 months ago
Does Donald Trump Still Know How To Talk: An Investigation
In a national referendum, the country of Venezuela just voted to annex half of Guyana, against the will of the Guyanese ... and international law. An…
2 years, 3 months ago
"Vast Labyrinth" Or "Box Of Dates"?
Depending on where you get your news, the storied Hamas tunnel network is either a "vast labyrinth" or a 160-yard tunnel with little room for a comma…
2 years, 3 months ago
When Rewrites Go Wrong
A Boston Globe investigation into foster care adds to the sum of human knowledge only to have a botched MSNBC rewrite subtract from it. Also on the s…
2 years, 3 months ago