All Episodes — The Gist

Alex Edelman: "There's not a lot of comedy in being right."

Oct 9, 202651 min

Yaakov Katz: "An idea cannot be defeated."

Oct 7, 202639 min

David Pakman: "The stage was really set."

Oct 5, 202645 min

Roy Wood Jr.: "People just want to feel good."

Oct 2, 20261h 1m

Axes and Sodium with Rachel McCarthy James and Maria Konnikova

Sep 30, 202630 min

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

Sep 28, 202634 min

Django Gold: "Don't Be Funny"

Sep 25, 202654 min

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

Sep 23, 202648 min

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

Sep 21, 202638 min

Sam Jay - Funny You Should Mention

Sep 18, 202649 min

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

Sep 16, 202635 min

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

Sep 14, 202637 min

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

Sep 11, 202623 min

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

Sep 9, 202642 min

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

Sep 7, 202635 min

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

Sep 4, 202655 min

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

Sep 2, 20261h 1m

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

Aug 31, 202625 min

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

Aug 28, 202639 min

Adam Kinzinger on Cults, Country, and Trump

Aug 26, 202637 min

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

Pesca La Vista

Jul 9, 202634 min

David Wain & Ken Marino: "We're Always Modulating The Madcap"

Jul 8, 202638 min

Batya Ungar-Sargon: "Anti-Zionism Now Is A Central Plank Of Leftist Politics"

Jul 7, 202649 min

Ray Madoff: "The Tax System No Longer Taxes Investments And Inheritances"

Jul 6, 202651 min

Chris Cillizza: "Most Of Those People Don't Pay"

Jul 4, 20261h 3m

Not Even Mad: Elizabeth Bruening & Ben Kawaller

Jul 2, 20261h 2m

Isaac Butler: "Part Of Living In A Society Means Giving Over A Certain Amount Of Agency"

Jul 2, 202646 min

Eric Lichtblau: "Hate Speech Leads Directly To Hate Crimes"

Jul 1, 202636 min

Ben Fountain: "We're Real Good At The Blur"

Jun 30, 202646 min

Ro Khanna & Mike Pesca: The Middle

Jun 27, 202653 min

The Gist

Alex Edelman: &quot;There&apos;s not a lot of comedy in being right.&quot;

Yaakov Katz: &quot;An idea cannot be defeated.&quot;

David Pakman: &quot;The stage was really set.&quot;

Roy Wood Jr.: &quot;People just want to feel good.&quot;

Axes and Sodium with Rachel McCarthy James and Maria Konnikova

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

Django Gold: &quot;Don&apos;t Be Funny&quot;

KJ Steinberg: &quot;The echoes of trauma are loud and they are long.&quot;

Ken Bensinger: &quot;To catch the devil, sometimes you have to go to hell.&quot;

Sam Jay - Funny You Should Mention

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

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

Philip Mudd: &quot;Take out the stops, make sure it doesn&apos;t happen again.&quot;

Gina Gershon: &quot;You have to learn how to be tough.&quot;

Chuck D: &quot;Art is your signature, it&apos;s your pulse.&quot;

Nimesh Patel: &quot;I am always pro joke before I am pro anything.&quot;

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

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

Virginia Sole-Smith: &quot;Weight loss is not the solution.&quot;

Adam Kinzinger on Cults, Country, and Trump

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

TJ Miller: &quot;When the air hits your brain, it&apos;s never the same.&quot;

Chris Smalls: &quot;Worker led means worker led.&quot;

Bob Saget: &quot;I just, I wanna entertain people.&quot;

Andrew Fox: Make something that surprises people because everyone&apos;s bored.

Derrick Palmer: &quot;The union was always the solution.&quot;

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

Kelsey Snelling: &quot;Anytime there is a scale, you can&apos;t do so ethically.&quot;