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The Gist

Peach Fish Productions

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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28:07

If You Build It, Alonzo and Alie Will Come

The Gist ·

2016/06/22

Why don’t we all have jetpacks? Who’s the weirdest docent at your local natural history museum? On The Gist, comedian (and former airplane mechanic) Alonzo Bodden and science communicator Alie Ward explain. Their new show, How to Build … Everything, airs Wednesdays at 10 p.m. Eastern on the Science Channel. For the Spiel, trying to summon up some concern for the Donald Trump of North Korea. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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30:17

Can Boris Fool Britannia?

The Gist ·

2016/06/21

Would Donald Trump by any other name be Boris Johnson? On The Gist, Financial Timescolumnist Ed Luce, author of Time to Start Thinking: America and the Spectre of Decline, traces the parallels between Brexit supporters and Trump fans. For the Spiel, how gun laws are like insulin. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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29:57

Brexit Stage Right

The Gist ·

2016/06/21

On The Gist, teetering on the brink of a Brexit, a scrutiny of Team Leave’s propaganda. And a futile attempt to find out if Big Freedia goes through with her wedding. The answer lies in Season 5 of her Fuse TV show, Big Freedia: Queen of Bounce. For the Spiel, editing the transcript of the Orlando shooter’s 911 calls. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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29:01

Charmed and Disgusted With Dave Hill

The Gist ·

2016/06/17

On The Gist, performer, musician, and comedian Dave Hill reflects on his contribution to the Donald Trump empire: ringtones. His new book is Dave Hill Doesn’t Live Here Anymore. For the Spiel, all dogs go to heaven—copycats, however, take the “Stairway to Heaven.” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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31:45

We Are Never Ever Joining Quail Forever

The Gist ·

2016/06/16

On The Gist, Black Flag vocalist Henry Rollins talks about being more than the guy from the band. His latest movie is The Last Heist. Jesse Armstrong explains satirical string-pulling in his book, Love, Sex, and Other Foreign Policy Goals. For the Spiel, lovers of quail, unite! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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25:49

Against All Owls

The Gist ·

2016/06/15

On The Gist, New Yorker writer Maria Konnikova takes a gimlet eye to explanations for sleepy eyes: Are owls and larks bulls--t? Konnikova is the author of The Confidence Game. For the Spiel, Donald Trump’s sanest line is crazier than Mitt Romney’s biggest gaffe. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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27:51

You’re Not the Real Trump

The Gist ·

2016/06/14

On The Gist, impressionist John Di Domenico discusses embodying The Donald. Plus, another installment of our “postcard” series: Devin Leonard talks about the U.S. postal service and how early visionaries thought it might topple slavery. Leonard is the author of Neither Snow Nor Rain: A History of the United States Postal Service. For the Spiel, have you noticed something different at Mets games? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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28:35

Shut Your Lie Hole

The Gist ·

2016/06/13

On The Gist, former military interrogator Lena Sisco on deception detection. Her book is called You’re Lying: Secrets From an Expert Military Interrogator to Spot the Lies and Get to the Truth.For the Spiel, a few thoughts on the shooting in Orlando. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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31:59

The Good, the Bad, and the Ali

The Gist ·

2016/06/10

On The Gist, Dave Zirin calls in from Muhammad Ali’s funeral procession in Louisville. Zirin is sports editor at The Nation, host of the Edge of Sports podcast, and author of the Muhammad Ali Handbook. For the Spiel, questioning the assumptions in the Stanford rape case. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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27:36

Hoping Tevye Gets a Cold

The Gist ·

2016/06/09

On The Gist, actor Michael C. Bernardi is Mordcha the Innkeeper in Fiddler On The Roof, now on Broadway. His father, Herschel Bernardi, was the third man to play Tevye in the musical. For the Spiel, who will be remembered with as much veneration as Muhammad Ali? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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30:46

The Gangbanger Who Switched Sides

The Gist ·

2016/06/08

On The Gist, former Corey Pegues wanted to stop being a drug runner in his Queens neighborhood. So he enlisted in the military and joined the top brass of the NYPD. His new book is Once a Cop: The Street, the Law, Two Worlds, One Man. For the Spiel, pretty much a direct appeal for angry emails from Bernie Sanders supporters. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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33:07

How the Post Office Cured “Going Postal”

The Gist ·

2016/06/07

On The Gist, a postcard with Devin Leonard on the origins of the phrase “going postal.” Leonard’s new book is Neither Snow Nor Rain: A History of the United States Postal Service. Plus, Stephen Teret on smart guns. For the Spiel, Hillary Clinton’s cinch of a clinched nomination. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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31:08

Chuck Klosterman Is Wrong! (He Says.)

The Gist ·

2016/06/07

On The Gist, Chuck Klosterman imagines how time erodes common ideas, like what counts as a great American novel and how we decide who’s smart. His new book is But What If We’re Wrong? For the Spiel, tyrants and their cats. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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29:20

Tim Heidecker Is Tired of Being Meta

The Gist ·

2016/06/03

On The Gist, comedian and musician Tim Heidecker. He attracted a cult following with Adult Swim television hits such as Decker and Tim & Eric Awesome Show, Great Job! Some of the same deadpan observations can be heard in his music. Heidecker’s first solo album is In Glendale. For the Spiel, elections make us all relativists. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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29:45

The Myth of Kitty Genovese’s Murder

The Gist ·

2016/06/02

On The Gist, filmmaker James Solomon discusses his documentary The Witness, which reinvestigates the death of Kitty Genovese—whose reported murder became emblematic of New York City indifference. In the film, Kitty’s brother Bill goes on a quest to figure out what really happened and finds little truth in the earliest newspaper accounts. For the Spiel, Siri runs away with your radio. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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32:22

Ghost Bluster

The Gist ·

2016/06/01

On The Gist, 2015 MacArthur fellow Matthew Desmond talks about moving into a trailer park to document life in poverty and what he calls an eviction epidemic. Desmond is the author of Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City. For the Spiel, revisiting Ghostbusters—that is, revisiting the movie that’s revisiting Ghostbusters. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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29:57

Are Skim Drinkers Milking It?

The Gist ·

2016/05/31

On The Gist, for our game “Is That Bulls—t?” we ask Maria Konnikova of the New Yorker if we’re any better off drinking skim milk. Konnikova is the author of The Confidence Game. For the Spiel, do we really have to talk about the gorilla? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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30:36

You Can’t Handle the Spoof

The Gist ·

2016/05/27

On The Gist, comedy writer Paul Scheer explains the thinking behind his new series, Filthy Preppy Teen$, available on Fullscreen. For the Spiel, the lobstar of the antentwig. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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31:45

Suing the Saudis

The Gist ·

2016/05/26

On The Gist, New Yorker writer James Surowiecki on breaking up the banks, and New York Sen. Chuck Schumer discusses his bill to open up the Saudi Arabian government to lawsuits from victims of the 9/11 terrorist attacks. For the Spiel, taking the romance out of bygone factory jobs. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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32:02

Trump Anxiety Hotline Reconvenes

The Gist ·

2016/05/25

On The Gist, Moby talks about growing up poor in Connecticut and his family ties to Herman Melville. He has just published Porcelain: A Memoir. For the Spiel, we return to the Trump Anxiety Hotline. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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