Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchGoodbye, Boomers
Mike speaks with Philip Bump, author of The Aftermath: The Last Days of the Baby Boom and the Future of Power in America. Plus, Alec Baldwin faces ma…
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The Pleasure Of The Measure
James Vincent, author of Beyond Measure: The Hidden History of Measurement from Cubits to Quantum Constants is back for more. Give that guy a barleyc…
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Bad Romance ... Novelist
The Gist presents a literary appraisal of romance novelist Susan Meachen, whose greatest achievement in life wasn’t even the successful leaving of it…
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BEST OF THE GIST: Speaker Of The House Edition
In this installment of Best Of The Gist, we take a look at the job of Speaker of the House. On Monday, Mike opened the show, after being on vacay for…
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Iran’s Targeting Of Women
Holy Spider, a film short-listed for an Oscar, is a drama based on the true story of a serial killer who operated in Iran between 2000 and 2001. The …
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Biden Does Dumb Doc Depository
The President also commits acts of carelessness, if not obstruction, when it comes to classified material. Plus, what considerations may be occurring…
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New Dominion For Former Fox
Former Fox News Politics Editor Chris Stirewalt was fired by his network for being accurate in the days following the 2020 election. He talks with Mi…
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Unleash The Kraken!
Chris Stirewalt is the politics editor at NewsNation, a former Fox news analyst and host, and the author of Broken News: Why The Media Rage Machine D…
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Bolsonaro’s Brazilian Boobs
As deluded protesters in Brasilia ransack government offices, the U.S. can take great pride in it’s inspirational status. Also, though House Republic…
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BEST OF THE GIST: Alec and Bob Edition
In this installment of Best Of The Gist, we are featuring two questions asked of Alec Baldwin (the movie star) by our guest host Bob Garfield (non-mo…
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