The Gist

On The Gist, who cares that Tim Kaine speaks Spanish? Nelson Flores says white liberals might be more excited about it than Latino voters are. Flores is an assistant professor in educational linguistics at the University of Pennsylvania. Plus, Foreign Policy's Michela Wrong describes some of the more curious memorials popping up in Rwanda. Wrong recently published her first novel, Borderlines. For the Spiel, why the news should be fair, but not balanced. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

On The Gist, Brad Meltzer from Lost History explains why he thinks of himself as one part of a "literary peanut butter cup." Meltzer teamed up with Tod Goldberg to write The House of Secrets, a spy novel that imagines the final moments between Benedict Arnold and George Washington. For the Spiel, the kiddie press corps takes over. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

On The Gist, Facebook has become one of the world's biggest disseminators of journalism, but it doesn't care about journalism. Is that a problem? Farhad Manjoo ticks off a few reasons to be wary. Manjoo writes the State of the Art technology column in the New York Times. His podcast is called the Jay & Farhad Show. For the Spiel, the RINOs among us. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

On The Gist, should you swear off summer cookouts? Our regular guest Maria Konnikova joins us for a round of "Is That Bulls---?" Konnikova writes for the New Yorker and is the author of The Confidence Game. For the Spiel, the parade of worries ahead of the Olympic Games. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

On The Gist, Jessi Klein explains her theory that women can be sorted into two categories: poodles and wolves. It's an idea she explores in her new book, You'll Grow Out of It. Klein is the head writer on the Comedy Central show Inside Amy Schumer. For the Spiel, Trump is giving voice to an element we've known about—but he's still losing. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

On The Gist, we bring you this never-before-aired interview with writer and human rights advocate Larry Siems, who edited the writings of Guantánamo Bay detainee Mohamedou Slahi for the 2015 book Guantánamo Diary. Slahi has been approved for release. For the Spiel, a quick game of "Have You Even Read the Constitution?" Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

100 years ago, a man named Michael Kristoff strolled onto an island in the New York harbor armed with explosives cooked by German chemists. He was there to blow up a stockpile of munitions pledged to the Allied Powers. On The Gist, Chad Millman tells the story of the first major act of foreign terrorism on the United States. His 2006 book, The Detonators: The Secret Plot to Destroy America and an Epic Hunt for Justice, has just been released in e-book form to coincide with the 100th anniversary of the attack. The regular Spiel will be back next week -- get your fix by checking out out the past two weeks of a.m. Spiels on the Republican and Democratic conventions. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Hillary Clinton's remarks to the Democratic National Convention didn't match those of the exceptional orators who preceded her, but she'll have significant advantages in the presidential debates this fall. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

On The Gist, Mike confesses his nerdy fascinations to Tricia Bobeda and Greta Johnsen, hosts of WBEZ's Nerdette podcast. Check back Friday for another a.m. Spiel, complete with a Quick and Dirty Dissection of the fourth and final day of the Democratic National Convention. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A Quick & Dirty Dissection of Day 3 of the Democratic National Convention, where heavy hitters lined up to vaunt the nominee President Obama called "the woman in the arena." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices