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Heather Knight is a San Francisco Chronicle columnist whose subject areas of expertise include dysfunctional city government, murals, crime and toilets. Also, The Gist establishes itself as your sour…
Published on 3 years ago
BEST OF THE GIST: Uncle Slander Edition
In this installment of Best Of The Gist, we are replaying a chunk of this past week’s episode of Not Even Mad, the new podcast from the makers of The Gist. Today we listen to Cancel Court where Mike,…
Published on 3 years, 1 month ago
The Number 1's of '92
Chris Molanphy, chart analyst, pop critic and host of the Hit Parade podcast is back to recount the number one hits of 1992. Plus, not feeling bad about not feeling bad about Qatar and Saudi Arabia, …
Published on 3 years, 1 month ago
Catching Up With Chris Hansen
For the past 18 years, Chris Hansen has built a career on confronting child predators. We discuss methods, ethics, and the citizen predator-catchers who take inspiration from his work. Plus, the advi…
Published on 3 years, 1 month ago
Why Bolsonaro Admitted Defeat
When Lula da Silva edged out Jair Bolsonaro to retake the Presidency of Brazil by less than two percent of the popular vote back in October, it was an amazing comeback story for Lula. But maybe more …
Published on 3 years, 1 month ago
BEST OF THE GIST: Pelosi Edition
In this installment of Best Of The Gist, we are replaying a chunk of this past week’s episode of Not Even Mad, the new podcast from the makers of The Gist. We listen in as Mike, Virginia Heffernan, a…
Published on 3 years, 1 month ago
No Way To Pick A President
In Picking Presidents: How to Make the Most Consequential Decision in the World, Gautam Mukunda says that experience is somewhat important, but real inexperience is a huge gamble. So our choice comes…
Published on 3 years, 1 month ago
$1,000,000 Ticket
We are joined once again for the remainder of our interview with former Ambassador to the European Union, Gordon Sondland to discuss Donald Trump’s skill as a negotiator, his stinginess with TicTacs,…
Published on 3 years, 1 month ago
Implicating Trump Under Oath
Gordon Sondland was Ambassador to the EU, which eventually led to his testimony during the first impeachment proceedings against Donald Trump. Sondland confirmed some elements of the quid-pro-quo, ba…
Published on 3 years, 1 month ago
The Democratization Of The Book Deal
Today we test the thesis that a Universal Basic Book Deal (UBBD) could possibly solve society’s ills. We also speak with David Sikorjak and Ben Valenta about their new book Fans Have More Friends, wh…
Published on 3 years, 1 month ago