Almost a year after being run out of Slate for possession of an unpopular opinion, journalist and podcaster Mike Pesca joins the Fifth for his first post-controversy conversation on how it all went down, when banal opinions became "harassment," and what we can expect from the The Gist 2.0.
- Is Kmele being prioritized for Covid treatment? Because, ya know...
- Mike Pesca gets pushed out of Slate (for referencing, but not saying, a magic word)
- Bull Connor's boss, Steve
- A "harassment-worthy" opinion
- Was anyone brave and did they call bullshit? Ummm...
- N-words and Mohammad cartoons
- Insert $5 for more podcast
- Kmele's Kovid fog
- The roughest period of Mike's life, ever
- The new, new journalism
- Hating Joe Rogan
- You don't have the truth, journalists. But you can get there
- The Gist's approchal
- Moynihan likes The Gist. Except that one episode...
- The media is atomized. Or maybe balkanized
- Coleman is a good rapper
- Don't catastrophize the normal
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