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Back to SearchThank God It's The Good Friday Accords
Treaties are on the wane. But it's not a lack of war to blame. Plus, Donald G. McNeil Jr., former lead Covid reporter for The New York Times, is back…
2 years, 9 months ago
Donald McNeil On What We Actually Got Right With Covid
Former lead Covid reporter for The New York Times, Donald G. McNeil is still on the plague beat, and brings his expertise to The Gist. Plus, the expe…
2 years, 9 months ago
BEST OF THE GIST: Jets Talk Edition
In this installment of Best Of The Gist, Mike and ESPN’s Mike Greenberg talk about a shared passion: the New York Jets. Yes, we’re calling it “Jets T…
2 years, 9 months ago
Tennessee Expulsions Explained
Mike watched all three hours of the expulsion hearings of members of the Tennessee State House, he'll bring you more context (and conflict) than you'…
2 years, 9 months ago
ESPN's Mike Greenberg Got Their Number
A fun round of sports trivia and sports narratives ensue when ESPN's Mike Greenberg comes by to discuss the new book Got Your Number: The Greatest Sp…
2 years, 9 months ago
Oblivion By-The-Sea
Susan Crawford, author of Charleston: Race, Water, and the Coming Storm, sees no way around massive resettlement, at great cost and great opposition…
2 years, 9 months ago
Myq Kaplan On Beiond Burgers, Everithing Bagels, And Jokes About Spelling
Comic Myq Kaplan stops by again to talk about thematic comedy albums and when kids heckle kids. Plus, the indictment and arraignment of Donald Trump …
2 years, 9 months ago
Denouncing Deplatforming
Whenever an odious speaker is heard, in the background you also hear the cries to "deplatform" the speaker. Mike thinks that in this, the "attention …
2 years, 9 months ago
BEST OF THE GIST: PescaPlus Sample Edition
In this installment of Best Of The Gist, with the recent news of Annan Syed’s conviction fresh in the news yet again, we listen back to Mike’s 2015 i…
2 years, 9 months ago
The Imbleachment Between Impeachments
The Trump indictment is a lot to process, but let's try ... in the form of a proposed sitcom, The Prison President. Also, Manhattan District Attorney…
2 years, 9 months ago