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Back to SearchThe Slings And Poop Maps Of Outrageous Fortune
Eliot Cohen, Dean of the Johns Hopkins School of International Studies and former Counselor to the Secretary Of State has always thought Shakespeare …
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The Tempest In Elon Musk's Brain
Elon Musk's intemperate but tempestuous remarks show us a man whose not hard to understand but difficult nonetheless. Plus, we're visited by Kliph Ne…
2 years, 3 months ago
Flying Cars Grounded By Red Tape And The Russian Mob
In Bradley Tusk's new novel Obvious In Hindsight, a flying car company attempts to get government approval, even though the politics are dicey, the l…
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"From The River To The Sea" Rebranded As A Call For Peace
When a slogan of war suddenly becomes a call to peace. Also on the show, we pick back up where we left off with the New York Times' David Leonhardt. …
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The Future Looked Brighter In The Past
Pulitzer Prize winning NY Times writer David Leonhardt is here to discuss Ours Was The Shining Future: The Story of the American Dream. The hostage …
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BEST OF THE GIST: Cease-Fire Edition
In this installment of Best Of The Gist, as Israel and Hamas agree to a cease fire, we listen back to Mike’s 2014 interview with Mitchell Reiss, auth…
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60 Hours In Israel
Mike spent the majority of last week reporting from Israel. On his trip, he met and interviewed many people living through the current crisis, and th…
2 years, 3 months ago
Architecture’s Weird Definition of “Natural”
Des Fitzgerald, Professor of Medical Humanities and Social Sciences at University College Cork in Ireland, is out with a new book The Living City: W…
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Alaskan Booze Cruise
NBA veteran Carlos Boozer is here to talk about his upbringing, his career, and his new book, Every Shot Counts: A Memoir of Resilience. Plus, what …
2 years, 3 months ago
The Proper Corralling and Taming of Disinformation
Lee McIntyre author of “On Disinformation" discusses and debates with Mike, how to conceptualize disinformation, and how not combat it consistently n…
2 years, 3 months ago