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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.

#3029

Mike Pesca on The Reason Roundtable

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Janet McNamara: Smart People Think I'm Smart, Stupid People Think I'm Dumb

Today on The Gist, its Funny You Should Mention with comedian Janet McNamara discusses her... more

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#3027

Astead Herndon: Polling Has Blind Spots That Regular People Explaining the "Why" Can Fill

Today on The Gist, an evaluation of America's legacy on its 250th anniversary, arguing tha... more

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#3026

Holly Buck: A Pause on New Data Centers Isn't Really Going to Slow the Progress of AI

Today on The Gist, examining how localized rescue stories capture public attention while m... more

27 May 2026

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27 May 2026

#3025

Beyond the Politics of Contempt

Today on The Gist, the race to stop a catastrophic chemical explosion next to Disneyland t... more

26 May 2026

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26 May 2026

#3024

David Oppenheimer: "The LSAT Is a Wonderful Predictive Tool for Determining An Applicant's Family We...

This Saturday edition features an unaired segment from the interview with UC Berkeley law ... more

23 May 2026

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23 May 2026

#3023

Alvin Roth: "A Repugnant Transaction Is a Morally Contested Transaction"

Today on The Gist, the upcoming Enhanced Games are analyzed not as an ethical crisis, but ... more

22 May 2026

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22 May 2026

#3022

Not Even Mad: Isaac Saul & Jamie Kirchick

Today is Not Even Mad. Tangle founder Isaac Saul and journalist Jamie Kirchick discuss the... more

21 May 2026

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21 May 2026

#3021

David Oppenheimer: "Diversity Is Not About Being Comfortable"

Today on The Gist, the profound failure of empathy within our immigration bureaucracy is p... more

20 May 2026

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20 May 2026

#3020

J Schuberth: "I'd Settle for Number Two"

Today on The Gist, Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche defends a massive compensation fun... more

19 May 2026

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#3019

David Sussillo: "I Had to Be Like a God"

Today on The Gist, the media coverage surrounding Eileen Wang, the former mayor of Arcadia... more

18 May 2026

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49:57

18 May 2026

#3018

Mike Pesca on Fake the Nation

It’s the Saturday show! Today, we’re sharing a recent appearance on the podcast Fake the N... more

16 May 2026

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24:31

16 May 2026

#3017

Matt Sterling: Finding the Strength to Survive

Today on The Gist, NCAA softball star Maya Johnson turns down massive NIL offers to stay a... more

15 May 2026

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34:14

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#3016

Franklin Foer: Did the Press Miss Biden's Decline?

Today on The Gist, a look at public health communication and the hantavirus. Then, The Atl... more

14 May 2026

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#3015

Franklin Foer: Chronicling The Purged

Today on The Gist, what do UFO disclosures and covert strikes on Iran have in common? They... more

13 May 2026

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13 May 2026

#3014

David Epstein: Thinking Inside the Box

Today on The Gist, breaking down how the UAE and Saudi Arabia have been secretly carrying ... more

12 May 2026

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#3013

Kevin Williamson: The Psychotic State of Texas Politics

Today on the Gist, breaking down Energy Secretary Chris Wright's masterclass in dodging ga... more

11 May 2026

45 MINS

45:55

11 May 2026

#3012

Finding Political Kryptonite with Paula Poundstone

On this Saturday crossover episode, Mikes recent guest spot on Nobody Listens to Paula Pou... more

09 May 2026

34 MINS

34:35

09 May 2026

#3011

Benjamin Saltzman: The Art of Turning Away

Today on the Gist, why cruise ships are essentially floating vessels of exclusively bad ne... more

08 May 2026

41 MINS

41:04

08 May 2026

#3010

Not Even Mad: Russ Muirhead & Ben Dreyfuss

Today on the Gist, the US intelligence assessment of the Iran blockade, and why the curren... more

07 May 2026

57 MINS

57:17

07 May 2026

#3009

Jonathan Vigliotti: The Olympic Rush to Rebuild LA

Today on the Gist, why ten-dollar words like "instantiation" might sound smart but ultimat... more

06 May 2026

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43:26

06 May 2026

#3008

Joseph Moore: Negotiating With Drug Dealers for Real Estate Success

Today on the Gist, Robert F. Kennedy's initiative to get Americans off psychiatric medicat... more

05 May 2026

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#3007

Joseph Moore: The Despair Industrial Complex

Today on the Gist, parsing terrible geology analogies about gas prices dropping "like a ro... more

04 May 2026

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37:42

04 May 2026

#3006

Ethan Strauss: Great Writers, Bad Thinkers, and the Death of the Sports Gamer

Mike and Ethan Strauss joined to talk on Substack and they talked about Ethan's 4:00 a.m. ... more

02 May 2026

54 MINS

54:34

02 May 2026

#3005

Liz Hoffman: Why We Are So Pessimistic About a Resilient Economy

Today on the Gist, digging into the rhetoric around California's Proposition 36 and examin... more

01 May 2026

37 MINS

37:32

01 May 2026

#3004

Liz Hoffman: Will AI Trigger a Jobless Food Fight?

Today on the Gist, assessing the political fallout from the Supreme Court's Callais decisi... more

30 Apr 2026

36 MINS

36:27

30 Apr 2026

#3003

Suzy Hansen: How The Syrian War Radicalized Erdoğan

Today on the Gist, a look at the recent security incident at the White House Correspondent... more

29 Apr 2026

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#3002

Ted Dintersmith: The Life-Changing Math Schools Ignore

Today on the Gist, examining the confusing details and conspiracy theories surrounding the... more

28 Apr 2026

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43:43

28 Apr 2026

#3001

Richard Lapper: Why Lula Didn't Become a Chavista

Today on the Gist, reflecting on the president's black tie press conference remarks about ... more

27 Apr 2026

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27 Apr 2026

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Mike Pesca on The Reason Roundtable

#3028

Janet McNamara: Smart People Think I'm Smart, Stupid People Think I'm Dumb

#3027

Astead Herndon: Polling Has Blind Spots That Regular People Explaining the "Why" Can Fill

#3026

Holly Buck: A Pause on New Data Centers Isn't Really Going to Slow the Progress of AI

#3025

Beyond the Politics of Contempt

#3024

David Oppenheimer: "The LSAT Is a Wonderful Predictive Tool for Determining An Applicant's Family We...

#3023

Alvin Roth: "A Repugnant Transaction Is a Morally Contested Transaction"

#3022

Not Even Mad: Isaac Saul & Jamie Kirchick

#3021

David Oppenheimer: "Diversity Is Not About Being Comfortable"

#3020

J Schuberth: "I'd Settle for Number Two"

#3019

David Sussillo: "I Had to Be Like a God"

#3018

Mike Pesca on Fake the Nation

#3017

Matt Sterling: Finding the Strength to Survive

#3016

Franklin Foer: Did the Press Miss Biden's Decline?

#3015

Franklin Foer: Chronicling The Purged

#3014

David Epstein: Thinking Inside the Box

#3013

Kevin Williamson: The Psychotic State of Texas Politics

#3012

Finding Political Kryptonite with Paula Poundstone

#3011

Benjamin Saltzman: The Art of Turning Away

#3010

Not Even Mad: Russ Muirhead & Ben Dreyfuss

#3009

Jonathan Vigliotti: The Olympic Rush to Rebuild LA

#3008

Joseph Moore: Negotiating With Drug Dealers for Real Estate Success

#3007

Joseph Moore: The Despair Industrial Complex

#3006

Ethan Strauss: Great Writers, Bad Thinkers, and the Death of the Sports Gamer

#3005

Liz Hoffman: Why We Are So Pessimistic About a Resilient Economy

#3004

Liz Hoffman: Will AI Trigger a Jobless Food Fight?

#3003

Suzy Hansen: How The Syrian War Radicalized Erdoğan

#3002

Ted Dintersmith: The Life-Changing Math Schools Ignore

#3001

Richard Lapper: Why Lula Didn't Become a Chavista