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The Gist - Clips
by Slate Podcasts
Slate's The Gist with Mike Pesca. A daily afternoon podcast about news, culture, and whatever else you'll be discussing with friends and family tonight.
Episodes
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George Will on the "Origins" of the Seventh Inning Stretch
George Will takes a swing at a curveball from Mike: What does the seventh inning stretch have to do with Handel's Messiah?
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Devin Nunes Doesn't Know Squat
Paul Ryan and other Republicans want the "Nunes memo" released to the public. The thing about that is: It's probably worthless.
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Spiel: Let's Talk Turtle
Global warming is causing a gender imbalance in the sea turtle population, with females vastly outnumbering males. Mike talks to two turtles straight from the Great Barrier Reef.
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Spiel: Robot Takeover
Mike Pesca is wracked by mouth pain this week, so robots are helping him deliver his thoughts on bizarre cereal trends.
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Can Seth Moulton Save the Democrats?
Slate contributor Seth Stevenson sizes up a Democratic rising star.
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Spiel: A Smarter Way to Think About Gun Control
Mike imagines an ice-bucket challenge among gun owners.
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Masha Gessen
What we get wrong when we talk about mass shooters, with author Masha Gessen.
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Spiel: Donate Blood
Mike found the perfect metaphor for our familiar reaction to a mass shooting.
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Tautology!
Why do people explain Trump's behavior as "playing to his base?"
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Spiel: Is Terrorism Coverage Racist?
Based on the information available, what can we conclude about the media coverage of terrorism?
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Against Impeachment
Mike weighs to pros and cons of evicting Trump from office.
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Russia? What Russia?
How many times do we have to explain it?
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What Word Describes The Country Right Now?
A CBS Face the Nation voter panel gives Mike something to ponder.
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The Civil War According to Trump
Wednesday's Spiel: A retelling of the Civil War. What if President Donald Trump were there?
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Spiel: Pump the Brakes, CNN
Watching CNN go haywire for a pretty banal accident on Capitol Hill. (March 29, 2017)
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Spiel: Body Language
You're nobody to President Trump until you're somebody. And then, you're not just anybody -- you're everybody. (Spiel from March 1, 2017)
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Slate's The Gist with Mike Pesca. A daily afternoon podcast about news, culture, and whatever else you'll be discussing with friends and family tonight.
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