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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.

#3094

Dr. Abdul El-Sayed on Viral Misinformation and Public Health Failures

Today on The Gist, guest host Bryan Green introduces Mike Pesca's two-part conversation wi... more

28 Sep 2026

34 MINS

34:38

28 Sep 2026

#3093

Django Gold: "Don't Be Funny"

Today on The Gist, guest host Adaam James Levin-Aredi introduces an installment of Funny Y... more

25 Sep 2026

54 MINS

54:55

25 Sep 2026

#3092

KJ Steinberg: "The echoes of trauma are loud and they are long."

Today on The Gist, guest host Adaam Levin introduces two conversations exploring truth, pe... more

23 Sep 2026

48 MINS

48:19

23 Sep 2026

#3091

Ken Bensinger: "To catch the devil, sometimes you have to go to hell."

Today on The Gist, guest host Adaam James Levin introduces the first installment of Mike P... more

21 Sep 2026

38 MINS

38:39

21 Sep 2026

#3090

Sam Jay - Funny You Should Mention

Today on The Gist, guest host Rachel Win introduces the third installment ofFunny You Shou... more

18 Sep 2026

49 MINS

49:51

18 Sep 2026

#3089

Gilbert Gottfried: "My feeling is, can I get the hell out of here?"

Today on The Gist, guest host Rachel Win introduces Mike Pesca's conversation with Wall St... more

16 Sep 2026

35 MINS

35:59

16 Sep 2026

#3088

Jennifer Esposito: "Finding a voice in a world that tells you not to have one."

Today on The Gist, guest host Rachel Win introduces Mike Pesca's conversation with veteran... more

14 Sep 2026

37 MINS

37:35

14 Sep 2026

#3087

Philip Mudd: "Take out the stops, make sure it doesn't happen again."

Today on The Gist, guest host Jason Mojica marks the 25th anniversary of September 11th wi... more

11 Sep 2026

23 MINS

23:19

11 Sep 2026

#3086

Gina Gershon: "You have to learn how to be tough."

Today on The Gist, guest host Jason Mojica introduces two conversations on personal resili... more

09 Sep 2026

42 MINS

42:37

09 Sep 2026

#3085

Chuck D: "Art is your signature, it's your pulse."

Today on The Gist, guest host Jason Mojica introduces a conversation between Mike Pesca an... more

07 Sep 2026

35 MINS

35:39

07 Sep 2026

#3084

Nimesh Patel: "I am always pro joke before I am pro anything."

Today on The Gist, guest host Charlie introduces Mike Pesca's conversation with comedian a... more

04 Sep 2026

55 MINS

55:14

04 Sep 2026

#3083

Diane Foley and Elizabeth Tsurkov on Hostages, Wrongful Detentions, and State Terror

Today on The Gist, guest host Charlie introduces two conversations centered on hostage rec... more

02 Sep 2026

1 HR 01 MINS

1:01:34

02 Sep 2026

#3082

Vic Michaelis: "Improv is not just existing live in front of an audience on stage."

Today on The Gist, guest host Charlie introduces Mike Pesca's conversation with comedian V... more

31 Aug 2026

25 MINS

25:56

31 Aug 2026

#3081

Virginia Sole-Smith: "Weight loss is not the solution."

Today on The Gist, guest host Scott introduces a debate between Mike Pesca and Virginia So... more

28 Aug 2026

39 MINS

39:12