The Gist
Peach Fish ProductionsFor 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.
| Publishes | Daily | Episodes | 2877 | Founded | 12 years ago |
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| Number of Listeners | Categories | Daily NewsNews | |||
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Michael D. Fuller joins to talk about Hulu's Murdaugh: Death in the Family. The conversation digs into what scripted drama can do that true-crime podcasts and prosecutors can't, especially around messy motives and family dynamics that don't fit a nea... more
On this Saturday edition, Mike Pesca reaches into the archives for a 2016 classic with actor and author Jesse Eisenberg. They discuss Eisenberg's short story collection Bream Gives Me Hiccups and the "creek vs. crick" linguistic controversy it sparke... more
Today on The Gist, the late Bob Saget, who reconciles his Full House image with his "Dirty Daddy" persona while admitting he was a "nerd burglar" in his youth. They dissect the difference between misogyny and locker room talk, deconstruct the logic o... more
On this Thanksgiving edition Mike Pesca serves up two revitalized classics, starting with Henry Winkler (The Fonz), who joins to discuss his Hank Zipser books, the unique Dutch font designed for dyslexic readers, and his tenure-granting plan to desig... more
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- Plestia Alaqad
Way to punch down Mike. I see this version of you pop up now and again; the one who says he doesn’t mean to be pedantic and then continues with the pedanticism ad nauseam. And always with a female guest, so it feels misogynistic. I don’t know what makes you climb up on that high horse, but I wish you would hang up that particular set of spurs.
Apple Podcasts3honest abr
United States2 months ago - Pesca has lost the plot
I had a lingering fondness for Pesca from his earlier days on NPR, but his apparent pursuit of finding a middle ground between both sides has reached a point where he’s (for example) overlooking genocide to talk about ethics in journalism. Don’t give this guy more of your time; there are better “middle ground “ podcasts out there.
Apple Podcasts1October Rain 25United States2 months ago - Charlie Kirk the Martyr
Aye, I’m not a Charlie Kirk guy, he wasn’t talking a 31 year old Evangelical, and I’m a 55 year old Atheist . He wasn’t talking to me. He was talking to all the males 25 and under who have been demonized and smeared as “Toxic” for being a man, and rejecting the Feminization pushed on them via the delusional Progressives.
I don’t think the Progressives understand what they’re dealing with……
Charle was their “Golden Boy” He was their olive branch. All he wanted to do was debate and he was taken ... more
Apple Podcasts5frankwhitenykingUnited States2 months ago - No introspection on israel Gaza war support
Israel is waging what increasingly resembles a genocidal campaign in Gaza. Even if it doesn’t meet the strict legal definition, it is undeniably a campaign of mass killing, and it’s being done in our name.
Meanwhile, settlers in the West Bank continue to act violently with impunity, again in our name. Where is your usual centrist skepticism in the face of the regime’s obviously purposeful brutality? It’s conspicuously absent.
As a Jewish centrist myself, I don’t want my children or our religio... more
Apple Podcasts3jquincymazzUnited States4 months ago - Centrist
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Apple Podcasts | #52 | United States/News/Daily News |
Apple Podcasts | #81 |  Canada/News/Daily News |
Apple Podcasts | #139 |  United Kingdom/News/Daily News |
Apple Podcasts | #92 |  Australia/News/Daily News |
Apple Podcasts | #183 |  France/News/Daily News |
Apple Podcasts | #224 |  Germany/News/Daily News |
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4. The Ezra Klein Show
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The Gist launched 12 years ago and published 2877 episodes to date. You can find more information about this podcast including rankings, audience demographics and engagement in our podcast database.
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Recent guests on The Gist include:
1. Russ Muirhead
2. Mike Vuolo
3. Bob Garfield
4. Myq Kaplan
5. Fareed Zakaria
6. John Amaechi
7. Nicole Gelinas
8. Charles Fain Lehman
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