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Back to SearchBEST OF THE GIST: Israel Story Edition
In this installment of Best Of The Gist, something a little different. If you’ve been listening to The Gist this past week, you’ve heard Mike reporti…
2 years, 3 months ago
Israel's War Clock Is Ticking
As Israeli Defense Forces explore and document what was found in and under Al-Shifa hospital, verification is hard, and doubt is free and easy to sew…
2 years, 3 months ago
Gist In Israel: The Deadliest Single Site Of October 7th
Mike visits Kibbutz Be’eri, which saw carnage on October 7th, and he’s told the story of what happened there. Also on the show, Roma Agrawal is a str…
2 years, 3 months ago
Live From Israel: A Nation Held Hostage
On Mike’s second day in Israel, he attends the meeting of people trying to bring their family members kidnapped by Hamas home from captivity. Also on…
2 years, 3 months ago
De-Polarized By An Existential Threat
Gigi Levy-Weiss is a former Apache helicopter pilot in the Israeli Air Force, a tech entrepreneur, and a member of Brothers In Arms, reservists who r…
2 years, 3 months ago
Fast, Efficacious, And Safe: A Tall Order
Gus Perna was a four-star general a month out from retirement from the Army, when the Trump Administration tapped him to help lead the logistics of O…
2 years, 3 months ago
BEST OF THE GIST: Competing Narratives Edition
In this installment of Best Of The Gist, first we rewind to the summer of 2014, when Israel and Palestine were again locked in armed conflict. To und…
2 years, 3 months ago
The Science Of History
History is the product of remembering our past, so it involves the mind, though we have underused neuroscience in understanding how we know what we t…
2 years, 4 months ago
We Have FedEx'd Our Pandas Back To China
China recalls its pandas, and Americans bid them a tearful adieu. If only we could form such a tight bond with the Uyghurs. We are also joined by Dr.…
2 years, 4 months ago
Beaten To Protect Democracy
Aquilino Gonell was a Capitol Hill Police Officer who, on January 6th, was beset upon by an angry mob then all but abandoned by officialdom in the af…
2 years, 4 months ago