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Back to SearchI WAS WRONG: The Central Park Karen
In May 2020, Amy Cooper had her dog off leash in New York City's Central Park, when a black bird watcher name Christian Cooper asked her to leash her…
2 years, 4 months ago
I WAS WRONG: Aziz Ansari
While Mike is on vacation, we are revisiting topics he was wrong about. Today we take on Aziz Ansari. Back in 2018, a woman using the pseudonym "Grac…
2 years, 4 months ago
I WAS WRONG: Louis C.K.
While Mike is on vacation, we are revisiting topics he was wrong about. Today we tackle Louis C.K. Back in 2017, the comedian was at the top of his g…
2 years, 4 months ago
I WAS WRONG: Swedish Covid Deaths
This week, Mike is on a well-earned vacation, but before he left, he wanted to correct the record on a few topics he felt he had misled listeners abo…
2 years, 4 months ago
BEST OF THE GIST: Pop Music Edition
Each week on Best Of The Gist, we give you something from the past week and a deep cut from the archives, and this week we’re starting off with Mike’…
2 years, 4 months ago
Listen Now: Sports Explains the World
Sports Explains the World unveils some of the wildest and most surprising sports stories you’ve never heard - And they’re all true. From the teenager…
2 years, 4 months ago
Plastic Straw Critics Were Always A Straw Man
A new study shows that paper and bamboo straws are WORSE for the environment and the human body than plastic straws in important ways. Plus, the deat…
2 years, 4 months ago
Forgiving The Fumble-Fisted, Not The Underhanded
USC professor Peter Kim, author of How Trust Works: The Science of How Relationships Are Built, Broken, and Repaired, says that when the violation i…
2 years, 4 months ago
Candidates Going "Full Prigozhin" On The Leader
Tonight's Milwaukee debate presents a chance for the absent Donald Trump's fellow Republicans to offer a frontal assault, a sideward glance, or a kis…
2 years, 4 months ago
Hijacking A Memory ... And Also An Actual 12 Year Old
Martha Hodes is now a professor of history at NYU, where she teaches students techniques of interweaving their first-person accounts and the historic…
2 years, 4 months ago