Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchI WAS WRONG: Swedish Covid Deaths
This week, Mike is on a well-earned vacation, but before he left, he wanted to correct the record on a few topics he felt he had misled listeners abo…
2 years, 8 months ago
BEST OF THE GIST: Pop Music Edition
Each week on Best Of The Gist, we give you something from the past week and a deep cut from the archives, and this week we’re starting off with Mike’…
2 years, 8 months ago
Listen Now: Sports Explains the World
Sports Explains the World unveils some of the wildest and most surprising sports stories you’ve never heard - And they’re all true. From the teenager…
2 years, 8 months ago
Plastic Straw Critics Were Always A Straw Man
A new study shows that paper and bamboo straws are WORSE for the environment and the human body than plastic straws in important ways. Plus, the deat…
2 years, 8 months ago
Forgiving The Fumble-Fisted, Not The Underhanded
USC professor Peter Kim, author of How Trust Works: The Science of How Relationships Are Built, Broken, and Repaired, says that when the violation i…
2 years, 8 months ago
Candidates Going "Full Prigozhin" On The Leader
Tonight's Milwaukee debate presents a chance for the absent Donald Trump's fellow Republicans to offer a frontal assault, a sideward glance, or a kis…
2 years, 8 months ago
Hijacking A Memory ... And Also An Actual 12 Year Old
Martha Hodes is now a professor of history at NYU, where she teaches students techniques of interweaving their first-person accounts and the historic…
2 years, 8 months ago
Uber Uber Alles
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, 8 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, 8 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, 8 months ago