The Gist
Peach Fish Productions
EN5884 episodes
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For thirty minutes each day, Pesca challenges himself and his audience, in a responsibly provocative style, and gets beyond the rigidity and dogma. The Gist is surprising, reasonable, and willing to critique the left, the right, either party, or any idea.
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Episodes (5884)
David Ignatius on Space Wars, Skepticism, and His Father's Legacy
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Nov 15, 202530:30pending
Katie Herzog Is the Kind of Person Who Googles Recidivism Rates in an AA Meeting
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Nov 14, 202532:43pending
Not Even Mad: Charles Lehman & Brad Carson
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Nov 13, 202558:39pending
John J. Lennon — "I'm Owning My Sh*t on the Page"
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Nov 12, 202545:15pending
Jon Levy: "We Don't Really Want Authenticity"
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Nov 11, 202539:34pending
Sarah Goodyear and Doug Gordon on Life After Cars
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Nov 10, 202540:41pending
The Good Fight Club, or Good Fight Club?
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Nov 8, 202534:27pending
Funny You Should Mention: Dusty Slay
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Nov 7, 20251:08:56pending
Sadie Dingfelder on "Hair, Feathers, and the Theater of Disgust."
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Nov 6, 202527:07pending
Colin Woodard: The Federation Is the Fault Line
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Nov 5, 202542:46pending
The Wars Trump Says He Ended, and the One Cheney Began
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Nov 4, 202530:23pending
Matthew Hiltzik on the Craft of Crisis Communications
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Nov 3, 202533:00pending
Mike Pesca on "Smoke 'Em If You Got 'Em"
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Nov 1, 202548:30pending
Art Cullen on Iowa's Corn Gospel, Cancer, and Capture
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Oct 31, 202532:08pending
Beth Macy: "When the Local Paper Dies, the Community Follows"
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Oct 30, 202542:20pending
Karine Jean-Pierre: "Independent," Evasion, and the Party She Says Left Her
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Oct 29, 202543:07pending
Steve Hayes & Damon Linker: The Hole Truth
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Oct 28, 20251:04:41pending
Barista Michelle Eisen on Face Tattoos, Short Staffs, and Union Shots Fired
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Oct 27, 202534:23pending
Jeremy Workman — "Walking Every Block, Hiding in a Mall"
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Oct 25, 202538:10pending
Funny You Should Mention: Ariel Elias
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Oct 24, 20251:07:32pending
No Capes, Real Peace: U Thant's UN and What We Lost
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Oct 23, 202542:14pending
Alicia Wanless — "The Ecology of Information"
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Oct 22, 202533:14pending
Michael Kirk — "RFK Jr.'s Latest Addiction: Attention"
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Oct 21, 202543:45pending
Michael Townsend & Jeremy Workman: "Secret Mall Apartment"
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Oct 20, 202533:25pending
Chris Murphy: "Congress needs to take war powers back."
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Oct 18, 202523:25pending
Lisa Graves: On The Roberts Court's Power Play
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Oct 17, 202539:16pending
Not Even Mad: Jonah Goldberg & Zee Cohen-Sanchez
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Oct 16, 20251:06:05pending
Jonathan Mahler: The Tabloids That Made The City That Made the Country
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Oct 15, 202548:13pending
Cory Doctorow: Enshittification: Why Everything Suddenly Got Worse and What to D...
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Oct 14, 202535:51pending
SCOTUS's Shadow Docket, Calibrated + Steven Vladeck
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Oct 11, 202535:21pending
Funny You Should Mention: Steph Tolev
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Oct 10, 20251:07:33pending
Plestia Alaqad: "The Eyes of Gaza," Witness and Journalist
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Oct 9, 202551:47pending
Jake Tapper and the Race Against Terror
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Oct 8, 202535:54pending
Obama CDC Director Tom Frieden: "'Believe in Science' Is a Terrible Idea."
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Oct 7, 202537:34pending
Steven Pinker: "Common Knowledge Changes Everything"
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Oct 6, 202537:38pending
Diane Foley on America's Hostage Blind Spot
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Oct 4, 202529:11pending
Jonah Blank: "Very Quickly and Then Very Slowly" in Nepal
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Oct 3, 202534:50pending
Not Even Mad: Ben Wizner & Ilya Shapiro
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Oct 2, 20251:02:33pending
Yaakov Katz - While Israel Slept: Winning Tunnels, Losing Time
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Oct 1, 202544:57pending
KJ Steinberg, on The Twisted Tale of Amanda Knox
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Sep 30, 202537:29pending
Amanda Knox — "You don't have to be a psychopath to wrongly convict somebody."
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Sep 29, 202533:30pending
Is Masculinity A Prison? - Mike on Open to Debate
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Sep 27, 202541:50pending
Andrew J. Taylor: "Blue-Collar Voters Don't Want Blue-Collar Politicians"
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Sep 26, 202531:57pending
Justin Driver: "The Fall of Affirmative Action"
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Sep 25, 202541:37pending
Laura Spinney on the Language That Conquered the World
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Sep 24, 202531:35pending
Sadie Dingfelder on Mosquito Magnets and Who Tastes Best to Bugs
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Sep 23, 202526:21pending
Andrew Fox on "Slam Frank": Make Something Dangerous
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Sep 22, 202551:10pending
JD Vance, Jimmy Kimmel, and America's Radical Underground
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Sep 20, 202514:12pending
Brendan Nyhan: Measuring Political Violence Without Panic
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Sep 19, 202529:37pending
Not Even Mad: Michael A. Cohen and Jamie Kirchick
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Sep 18, 20251:01:20pending
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