Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchDalmatian Bumps, The Cuckoo's Nest Effect, and Heists Adjusted For Inflation
Walt Hickey is a Pulitzer Prize-winning data journalist and also a real pop-culture-impersonated peruser. His new book is You Are What You Watch, How…
2 years, 6 months ago
The Principled Never Tern A Blind Eye
What do George Santo, the Stellar's Jay, Donald Trump, the Anna Hummingbird, Adam Kinzinger, and the Cooper's Hawk all have in common? Yes, they are …
2 years, 6 months ago
Geese Buffalo Sensors, Prisoners On The Lam
In Philadelphia, an after-action report on the prisoners who escaped a city jail, despite the best efforts of napping and non-fence-repairing guards.…
2 years, 6 months ago
When Intellectual Rigor Is No Longer De Rigueur
Greg Lukianoff, President of the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression, returns to continue our discussion about his new book, The Cancelin…
2 years, 6 months ago
Counting On Hamas For A Count
President Biden is pretty suspicious about official counts emanating from the Hamas-controlled health ministry in Gaza. News outlets aren't squelchin…
2 years, 6 months ago
BEST OF THE GIST: The Power, Wealth And How We Use Them Edition
Melissa DeRosa is out with a new book, What's Left Unsaid: My Life at the Center of Power, Politics & Crisis, and we had her on the show earlier thi…
2 years, 6 months ago
Israel’s Existential Threat Matrix
As the world debates Middle East peace, Israeli defense expert Kobi Michael gives us a window into how he and many of his countrymen are thinking abo…
2 years, 6 months ago
Too Much Justice Scares The System
Stephen Bright is a death penalty lawyer and critic of our illogical, slapdash system of criminal justice. He's out with a new book, The Fear of Too…
2 years, 6 months ago
What Makes Protests Fail
Vincent Bevins has covered Brazil for the Los Angeles Times, and Southeast Asia for the Washington Post, and during his tenure he's covered many prot…
2 years, 6 months ago
"Andrew Cuomo Resigned For This?"
Melissa DeRosa was a top aide to Andrew Cuomo, and her new memoir is titled What's Left Unsaid: My Life at the Center of Power, Politics & Crisis. De…
2 years, 6 months ago