Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchPushing Back On Pushing Out Cuomo
Melissa DeRosa was the closest aide and top advisor to former NY State Governor, Andrew Cuomo. In her new memoir titled What's Left Unsaid: My Life a…
2 years, 6 months ago
For Your Consideration: No Small Endeavor
“A lot of people think we have a violence problem, but it doesn't seem to be the case; but where we are different is in terms of guns,” says Dr. Davi…
2 years, 6 months ago
BEST OF THE GIST: The Slippery Truth Edition
In this installment of Best Of The Gist, this past week was a big one in the life and career of House of Representatives member Jim Jordan. The 59-ye…
2 years, 6 months ago
With The Heights Of The Depths
A volume that deals with the heights of the depths The Blue Machine: How the Ocean Works is the latest work by Helen Czerski, British physicist, oce…
2 years, 6 months ago
Church (Commission) And State
Today, a double interview. First, Mike is joined by David Wain, founding member of the influential and anarchically funny sketch comedy group The Sta…
2 years, 6 months ago
Misinformation: Hard To Combat, Slippery To Define
An interview with Dr. Dannagal G. Young, author of Wrong: How Media, Politics, and Identity Drive our Appetite for Misinformation. Plus, sorting out …
2 years, 6 months ago
The First Definitive History Of Covid In The U.S.
Joe Nocera and Bethany McLean are out with The Big Fail: What the Pandemic Revealed About Who America Protects and Who It Leaves Behind. Among those…
2 years, 6 months ago
Has Hamas Laid A Trap?
Matthew Levitt, Fromer-Wexler Fellow at The Washington Institute and director of its Jeanette and Eli Reinhard Program on Counterterrorism and Intel…
2 years, 6 months ago
BEST OF THE GIST: Swords of Iron Edition
In this installment of Best Of The Gist, during Mike’s interview with Tablet Editor In Chief Alana Newhouse, which aired this past week, they discuss…
2 years, 6 months ago
A Pound Of Promise Yields 10 oz. Of Cure
Rajiv Shah is the former Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), and current President of the Rockefeller Fo…
2 years, 6 months ago