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Back to SearchBEST OF THE GIST: Three Pointer Edition
In this installment of Best Of The Gist, with 2023 March Madness underway, we listen back to Mike’s 2022 critique of the instinctive, and backward, a…
2 years, 9 months ago
What Makes A Flag Bad?
We’re joined this episode by Ted Kaye for another installment of Vexillology Corner, wherein we discuss the big survey of city flags (check them out)…
2 years, 9 months ago
How Benghazi Continues To Warp America
Former diplomat Ethan Chorin joins us to talk about his book Benghazi! A New History of the Fiasco that Pushed America and its World to the Brink. Pl…
2 years, 9 months ago
Poverty And Progress Is Narrative
Matthew Desmond's story in the New York Times Magazine, "Why Poverty Persists in America" contradicts Mike's understanding, past coverage, and narrat…
2 years, 9 months ago
Marching Into The Madness Of State-Sanctioned Gambling
Reporter Ken Vogel was a lead reporter on the NYT series "A Risky Wager: How online sports betting took America by storm." He's here to discuss what …
2 years, 9 months ago
Donald The Mafia Don
Whale Watch! Brendan Fraser's acceptance speech for his Best Actor Oscar in The Whale was larded with whale references, and today's Spiel is given ov…
2 years, 10 months ago
BEST OF THE GIST: Whale Watch Edition
In this installment of Best Of The Gist, whales abound. We start by listening back to a Gist “Whale Watch” segment from February 24, 2016, then we re…
2 years, 10 months ago
The High Priest Of The Church Of Audience Research
Kevin Goetz is the movie business' most influential market researcher. He joins us to discuss his new book Audience-Ology: How Moviegoers Shape The F…
2 years, 10 months ago
Walk This Way Into The History Of The World Pt. II
An Inquisition of Dave Stassen, Executive Producer of the new Hulu Series History Of The World Part II. What a show! Plus, why there are zero Black w…
2 years, 10 months ago
More Than 1% Chance Of Nukes
George Beebe is Director of Grand Strategy at the Quincy Institute, he was formerly the director of the CIA’s Russia analysis unit, and he worked as …
2 years, 10 months ago