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The Gist

The Gist

Peach Fish Productions · Mike Pesca

3,051 episodesEN

Show overview

The Gist has been publishing since 2014, and across the 12 years since has built a catalogue of 3,051 episodes. That works out to over 1500 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 2 days ago, with 148 episodes already out so far this year. Published by Mike Pesca.

Episodes
3,051
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.

Ro Khanna & Mike Pesca: The Middle

Jun 27, 202653 min

Funny You Should Mention: Graham Kay

Jun 26, 20261h 4m

Anna Varfolomeeva: "Eighty Percent Of Russian Troops Are Getting Wiped Out Before They Reach The Front Line"

Jun 25, 202634 min

Ben Rhodes: "The Thing They Do As The Next Step Is The Most Consequential Part Of The Deal"

Jun 24, 202631 min

Ben Rhodes: "If We Had To Pay With All This Blood, It Was Worth It"

Jun 23, 202642 min

Michael A. Cohen: "There Is an Inherent Bias Toward Exaggerating the Benefits of Using Military Force"

Jun 22, 202643 min

Michael Schur: "The Afterlife Score Is Mathematical and Omniscient, But It Might Be Wrong"

Jun 20, 202627 min

Not Even Mad: Anthony Weiner & Matt Welch

Jun 18, 202653 min

Sadie Dingfelder: "You Cannot Be Burned by Wind Alone"

Jun 17, 202630 min

Michael Schur: "It Is Funny to Watch Fans Turn Themselves Inside Out to Try to Hold on to Something That No Longer Exists"

Jun 16, 202629 min

Joe Posnanski: "Life Is Lonely, and Sports Provides a Community"

Jun 15, 202640 min

Chris Cillizza: "Most of the People I Know in Media Can Barely Pay Their Bills"

Jun 13, 202646 min

Gary Slutkin: "Violence Meets Every Scientific Definition of a Contagious Disease"

Jun 12, 202630 min

Not Even Mad: Bradley Tusk & Charles Fain Lehman

Jun 11, 202655 min

Sadie Dingfelder: "Raccoons Have Never Been a Rabies Vector in America"

Jun 10, 202634 min

Benoit Denizet-Lewis: The Case Against “I’ve Changed”

Jun 8, 202646 min

Tom Steyer’s Very Expensive Optimism

Jun 6, 202627 min

Christian Miller: Why We Say We Love Honesty, Then Reward Liars

Jun 5, 202635 min

Claude Steele Has a Better Way to Talk About Race

Jun 4, 202641 min

Ian Coss: How One Man Controlled A Quarter Of New England’s Groundfish

Jun 3, 202639 min
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