Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchFlorida Man Tweets, Tangles With NAACP
The nation's leading civil rights group issues a proclamation to avoid a large and oft-visited state; we ponder if the advisory is warranted. And the…
2 years, 7 months ago
A Roosevelt Redefines America
Law Professor Kermit Roosevelt, author of The Nation That Never Was: Reconstructing America's Story, is worried about the declining stature of the U…
2 years, 7 months ago
The Best Advice If You Find Yourself In War
The Arab League has welcomed back Bashar Al-Assad to the organization right as Volodymyr Zelensky pays that organization a visit. Is there a lesson t…
2 years, 7 months ago
BEST OF THE GIST: Baby Bonds Edition
In this installment of Best Of The Gist, we listen back to Mike’s interview with Ohio State University professor Darrick Hamilton, creator of the “Ba…
2 years, 7 months ago
Respectfully Rebutting The Reverend
Mike speaks with former Obama State Department official Jeremy Shapiro, now the director of research at the European Council on Foreign Relations and…
2 years, 7 months ago
Historic New Hampshire Communist Tried To Live Free, Then Died
A historic marker for Elizabeth Gurley Flynn has been removed because she was a little too communist for everyone in New Hampshire's liking. Plus, th…
2 years, 7 months ago
Criminal Evidence
Economics Professor Jennifer Doleac is the Co-Director of the Criminal Justice Expert Panel and host of the Probable Causation podcast. She joins Mik…
2 years, 7 months ago
All Hail
King James is a new play about male bonding, race, and the Cleveland Cavaliers, and Mike talks to playwright Rajiv Joseph about making art about spor…
2 years, 7 months ago
A Chokehold On Reason
With criminal charges against the former Marine who choked a homeless man to death on the NYC subway, we're being forced to choose between narratives…
2 years, 7 months ago
BEST OF THE GIST: Michael Jackson Edition
This week on the Best Of The Gist, we listen back to Mike’s Monday Spiel, in which he elaborates on all the recent news items he’s chosen not to disc…
2 years, 7 months ago