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Mike interviews Neil Gross, a former cop turned Colby College Sociology professor and now author of Walk the Walk: How Three Police Chiefs Defied The…
3 years, 1 month ago
Vaccines, Masks, And The Lessons Of Covid
Following yesterday’s conversation with David Zweig about the known and unknown risks associated with how we dealt with the Covid-19 pandemic as a so…
3 years, 1 month ago
The Harms We Cause While Doing Good
During the Covid-19 pandemic, we limited contact with other people, we wore masks, and we closed public schools. These actions saved lives. Sort of, …
3 years, 1 month ago
BEST 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…
3 years, 1 month 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)…
3 years, 1 month 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…
3 years, 1 month 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…
3 years, 1 month 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 …
3 years, 1 month 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…
3 years, 1 month 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…
3 years, 1 month ago