Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchA Marathon Of Charitable Frivolity
We're joined by the writer and director of the new film Office Race—starring Beck Bennett and Joel McHale—Jared Lapidus and James Kilmoon. We talk ni…
2 years, 7 months ago
How The Privileged Roll The Proles
Freddie DeBoer drops by to discuss his new book, How Elites Ate The Social Justice Movement. In Texas, a judge spikes buoys. And, in Alabama, someho…
2 years, 7 months ago
Korean Teachers Abused By Parents
Massive demonstrations in Seoul mark the anguish of Korean teachers pushed to the brink by pushy parents. Plus, the miracle of air safety is presente…
2 years, 7 months ago
Joe Biden's Superpower
Franklin Foer, author of The Last Politician: Inside Joe Biden's White House, argues that being a politician is not an insult. In the Joe Biden view…
2 years, 7 months ago
A Pesca Plus For The Rest Of Us!
Today on The Gist, a gift. We are giving all of our listeners a taste of what Pesca Plus subscribers get each week, namely a regular episode but with…
2 years, 7 months ago
BEST OF THE GIST: Labor Day Weekend Edition
The globe may be warming, but that doesn’t stop summer from coming to an end. So, in honor of the long weekend which symbolizes the transition from s…
2 years, 8 months ago
I WAS WRONG: The Nunes Memo
Yesterday, Mike unpacked how and why he was wrong about the Central Park Karen story, and today he has a couple more points to make about his wrongne…
2 years, 8 months ago
I 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, 8 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, 8 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, 8 months ago