Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchBill to Ban Book Bans
Representative Doug Mann of Missouri is here to talk about his bill, one of several introduced by democrats across the country to push back against t…
3 years ago
Buttigieg On The Scene in East Palestine
That headline rhymes, but reporters from right-wing outlets don’t know, or care, as they tear into the Transportation Secretary. Plus, Rick Scott’s S…
3 years ago
Drawing Putin Into War
Andrew S. Weiss, former NSC Russia expert and current VP of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, takes on the person and psychology of Vla…
3 years ago
Tim Blake Nelson, Alec Baldwin, and GIST SUBSCRIPTIONS!
On this, the debut of Gist Premium Membership, we’re joined by actor and author Tim Blake Nelson, whose new novel City Of Blows is about the movie in…
3 years ago
BEST OF THE GIST: NBA All-Star Break Edition
In this installment of Best Of The Gist, with the NBA All-Star weekend upon us, we listen back to Mike’s 2018 interview with Felipe Lopez. Once consi…
3 years ago
Economic Growth Still Works
In the new book The Crisis of Democratic Capitalism, Martin Wolf, Chief Economics Commentator at the Financial Times, discusses the clearest ways ava…
3 years ago
Glacier Erasure
A Glacier’s uneven melting causes concern. Oscar nominee Andrea Riseborough’s surprise nod causes tumult. And a pasta shape’s surprise popularity cau…
3 years ago
From Mob Infiltrator To NBA Officiator
Bob Delaney worked undercover in law enforcement, under the backboards as an NBA ref, and under the tutelage of mental health experts. His latest boo…
3 years ago
Fentanyl Is An Earthquake
Keith Humphreys—a professor of psychiatry at Stanford University who served as a drug policy advisor in the Bush and Obama White Houses—says Fentanyl…
3 years ago
America Lost The Reading Wars
Emily Hanford, host of one of 2022's best podcasts, Sold A Story, is here to discuss her deep reporting and well-told (if disturbing) documentation a…
3 years ago