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The Gist

The Gist

Peach Fish Productions · Mike Pesca

3,080 episodesEN

Show overview

The Gist has been publishing since 2014, and across the 12 years since has built a catalogue of 3,080 episodes. That works out to over 1600 hours of audio in total. Releases follow a near-daily cadence.

Episodes typically run twenty to thirty-five minutes — most land between 27 min and 34 min — and the run-time is fairly consistent across the catalogue. None of the episodes are flagged explicit by the publisher. It is catalogued as a EN-language News show.

The show is actively publishing — the most recent episode landed yesterday, with 177 episodes already out so far this year. Published by Mike Pesca.

Episodes
3,080
Running
2014–2026 · 12y
Median length
30 min
Cadence
Near-daily

From the publisher

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.

Al Franken: " I had a career in identifying absurdity. And I know it when I see it."

Aug 24, 202633 min

TJ Miller: "When the air hits your brain, it's never the same."

Aug 21, 202649 min

Chris Smalls: "Worker led means worker led."

Aug 19, 202644 min

Bob Saget: "I just, I wanna entertain people."

Aug 17, 202621 min

Andrew Fox: Make something that surprises people because everyone's bored.

Aug 14, 202647 min

Derrick Palmer: "The union was always the solution."

Aug 12, 202622 min

Larry Wilmore: "I have pushed for the ability to suck in anything, rather than just racial content."

Aug 10, 202624 min

Kelsey Snelling: "Anytime there is a scale, you can't do so ethically."

Aug 7, 202645 min

Funny You Should Mention: Des Bishop

Aug 5, 20261h 8m

Nathan Alebach: "Don't listen to me, I'm just a frozen piece of meat."

Aug 3, 202623 min

Lara Bazelon: "What are the repercussions when you speak outside your tribe?"

Jul 31, 202629 min

Justin Garson: "If you turn dopamine on and off, you can turn schizophrenia on and off."

Jul 29, 202634 min

Maria Konnikova: "If you're looking for a healthy food, this ain't it."

Jul 27, 202621 min

Robby Hoffman: "For me, to complain is to enjoy."

Jul 24, 20261h 5m

Helen Lewis: "Vulnerable guys could use a friend, but they get a charlatan."

Jul 22, 202636 min

Ted Kaye: "You can love a flag and have it co-opted."

Jul 20, 202628 min

Vincent Schiraldi: Mass Supervision and Criminal Justice Reform

Jul 17, 202635 min

Michael Murphy: "The Spaces Around Us Are Shaping Us and Changing Us"

Jul 15, 202642 min

Steven Johnson: "We Have Three Levels of Probability. It's Gonna Happen, It's Not Gonna Happen, and Maybe"

Jul 13, 202634 min

Funny You Should Mention: Jeff Arcuri

Jul 10, 202658 min
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