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Uber is actually turning a profit, and it's looking like it could realize the once-seeming-long-shot goals of its founders and investors. Ali Griswol…
2 years, 6 months ago
BEST OF THE GIST: Politics-On-A-Stick Edition
The Iowa State Fair is in its final weekend, and, along with deep-fried delicacies, politics was in the air. That reminded us of Mike’s 2019 visit to…
2 years, 6 months ago
To Sound The Maui Sirens?
Herman Andaya, Maui’s emergency chief decided not to sound sirens before the fires scorched Lahaina, which seems like an obvious mistake. But all the…
2 years, 6 months ago
Trump Diehards And De-Meh-Crats
With 151 days until the Iowa Caucuses, we're joined by Amy Walter, Publisher and Editor-in-Chief of the Cook Political Report with Amy Walter and the…
2 years, 6 months ago
A Georgia Defense Lawyer Walks Us Through The Charges
Noah Pines, a top Atlanta-based litigator, assesses the strength of Fani Willis's indictment of Donald Trump and eighteen others, with special attent…
2 years, 6 months ago
The Science Of Covid Misdirection
Donald G. McNeil Jr., former NY Times Pulitzer Prize winning science and health reporter specializing in plagues, discusses the leading scientists wh…
2 years, 6 months ago
African Prisons Too Crowded For Ex-Presidents
Horror movies are one of those invisible dividing lines of society. You either watch them, or you don’t. Alison Leiby, co-host of Ruined, a podcast …
2 years, 6 months ago
BEST OF THE GIST: Population and Bathrooms Edition
In this installment of Best Of The Gist, we listen back to Mike’s 2020 roundtable discussion with journalists Richard Kreitner and Matthew Yglesias a…
2 years, 6 months ago
Jumping The Gungan
Jar Jar Binks—meant to be a lovable, floppy-eared character in a Star Wars prequel—brought the heat of both of Tatooine’s suns unto the movie, the ac…
2 years, 6 months ago
Dead Drops, Cops, And Special Ops: The Novels Of Brad Thor
Dead Fall is the 23rd novel from the mind of Brad Thor. In it, an American performs an operation inside of Ukraine, and, for reasons of diplomatic s…
2 years, 7 months ago