The Gist
Peach Fish Productions
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.
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Jul 26, 2016 • 21min
Optimum Optics
On The Gist, should Sandra Bland's mother be part of the DNC's Day 2 lineup? Then, former political advance man Josh King shows us how to spot the subtle stage-managing of the nominating conventions. His book is Off Script: An Advance Man's Guide to White House Stagecraft, Campaign Spectacle, and Political Suicide. Check back for an a.m. Spiel Quick & Dirty Dissection of the DNC, Day 2. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Jul 26, 2016 • 5min
AM Spiel: DNC Quick & Dirty Dissection, Day 1
Day 1 of the Democratic National Convention brought dissension, a speech for the ages, and one good zinger. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Jul 25, 2016 • 29min
Pity the Peckish Politician
On The Gist, the problem with corn dogs. Dan Pashman from the Sporkful podcast explains why Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump don't eat in public. In the Spiel, it's the return of the Trump Anxiety Hotline. And check back for an a.m. Spiel about the Democratic National Convention's first day. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Jul 22, 2016 • 21min
P.C. Policing the Border
On The Gist, comedian Hari Kondabolu says he doesn't mind updating his jokes to heed the sensitivities of his fans. His new stand-up comedy album is Mainstream American Comic. He hosts the Politically Re-Active podcast with comedian W. Kamau Bell. For your Spiel fix, check out the three a.m. Spiels on the Republican National Convention. More of that to come for the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Jul 22, 2016 • 9min
AM Spiel: Points For Averting Disaster
Donald Trump's laundry-list speech on Day 4 of the Republican National Convention was full of falsehoods and gloom. Will it have any sway over voters who don't already support the official GOP presidential candidate? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Jul 21, 2016 • 17min
"Your Dog Smells My Dog"
On The Gist, regular guest Maria Konnikova returns to play "Is That Bulls--t?" The assertion: "Your dog is going crazy because he smells my dog on me." Konnikova writes for the New Yorker and is the author of The Confidence Game. Wherefore art the Spiel? Check back Friday morning for an a.m. Spiel on Day 4 of the Republican National Convention. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Jul 21, 2016 • 7min
AM Spiel: Cruz Control
Day 3 of the Republican National Convention brought a Ted Cruz crescendo, a little Cruz-splaining. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Jul 20, 2016 • 21min
Cutting Class
On The Gist, crackers, rednecks, hillbillies—Nancy Isenberg explains the persistence of these terms and why they can't be called ethnic identities. Her book is called White Trash: The 400-Year Untold History of Class in America. Where's the Spiel? Check back Thursday morning for another a.m. Spiel on the Republican National Convention. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Jul 20, 2016 • 8min
AM Spiel: RNC Rapid Response
A special morning Spiel on Day 2 of the Republican National Convention. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Jul 20, 2016 • 25min
To Catch a Cartel
On The Gist, how not to blow your cover while laundering money for drug cartels. Robert Mazur was an undercover government agent who got an inside look at the Medellín Cartel. Bryan Cranston plays him in the film The Infiltrator, based on Mazur's book. For the Spiel, the disaster otherwise known as Day 1 of the Republican National Convention. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
