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.
300 episodes
Episodes
Not Even Mad: Ben Wizner & Ilya Shapiro
01:02:3410/2/2025
Yaakov Katz - While Israel Slept: Winning Tunnels, Losing Time
00:44:5810/1/2025
KJ Steinberg, on The Twisted Tale of Amanda Knox
00:37:309/30/2025
Amanda Knox — “You don’t have to be a psychopath to wrongly convict somebody.”
00:33:319/29/2025
Is Masculinity A Prison? - Mike on Open to Debate
00:41:519/27/2025
Andrew J. Taylor: “Blue-Collar Voters Don’t Want Blue-Collar Politicians”
00:31:589/26/2025
Justin Driver: “The Fall of Affirmative Action”
00:41:389/25/2025
Laura Spinney on the Language That Conquered the World
00:31:369/24/2025
Sadie Dingfelder on Mosquito Magnets and Who Tastes Best to Bugs
00:26:229/23/2025
Andrew Fox on “Slam Frank”: Make Something Dangerous
