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Reconsidering Comey
Sept. 26, 2020
35:50
Democracy’s Nightmare Scenario
Sept. 25, 2020
35:56
Justice or Retribution?
Sept. 23, 2020
33:42
The Consequence of Elections
Sept. 22, 2020
36:04
Wishing for Democracy
Sept. 21, 2020
40:11
Special: SCOTUS After Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Sept. 19, 2020
26:43
Condemn Nation
36:29
Fuel for a Cold War
Sept. 17, 2020
32:56
Stop Fracking Out
Sept. 16, 2020
30:49
Third Party Thieves
36:13
Biden Wouldn’t Have Saved Us All
Sept. 14, 2020
33:18
Is It So Bad?
Sept. 12, 2020
33:30
The QAnon Questions
Sept. 11, 2020
37:34
Trump’s Taxpayer-Funded Defense
Sept. 10, 2020
26:30
No Cause Bigger Than Himself
Sept. 8, 2020
37:23
Brainworms or Biden
Sept. 4, 2020
33:13
Racism In The Simulation
30:30
Villain Not Vigilante
Sept. 3, 2020
31:36
Is Anybody Paying Attention?
Sept. 1, 2020
35:38
Trumpian Chaos Theory
Aug. 31, 2020
36:17
One Stat to Rule Them All
Aug. 28, 2020
32:03
The Curse of American Traffic
Aug. 27, 2020
The High Court of Facebook
Aug. 26, 2020
29:33
In Lieu of Happy Hour
Aug. 25, 2020
26:38
Mistrust Your Memory
Aug. 24, 2020
38:06
Our National Intelligence Is Broken
Aug. 21, 2020
34:29
Pursuing Progress
Aug. 20, 2020
33:33
Prosecuting the Past?
Aug. 19, 2020
34:28
Moving to the Middle
Aug. 18, 2020
34:21
The Law’s Favorite Outlaw
Aug. 17, 2020
36:46
Conspiracist for Congress
Aug. 14, 2020
33:00
The Folly of Predicting the Presidency
36:14
A Spectrum of Love
Aug. 12, 2020
32:06
Kamala Joins the Ticket
32:48
Wise to the Lies?
Aug. 10, 2020
35:33
One Third of Americans Are Always Wrong
Aug. 7, 2020
33:14
The Evils of Election Incompetence
Aug. 6, 2020
28:09
Trump’s Foundation Is Crumbling
Aug. 5, 2020
29:37
Teachers Are Not Essential
Aug. 4, 2020
37:58
America Has Failed
Aug. 3, 2020
31:10
Stuck in the Suburbs
Aug. 1, 2020
28:45
The Legacy of John Lewis
July 30, 2020
32:40
Unmasked and Unhinged
July 29, 2020
30:13
Bill Barr’s Tactical Boredom
July 28, 2020
31:29
Ignoring the Need Economy
July 27, 2020
31:07
Lone Star Lunacy
July 24, 2020
42:19
The Mask Monologues
July 23, 2020
34:05
Congress Can’t Contain Its Crazy
July 22, 2020
34:47
Portland Is in Peril
33:02
One-Trick POTUS
July 20, 2020
34:23
Losing the Liberty of Public Debate
July 17, 2020
49:42
White Fragility Kills the Argument
38:36
Softball Stupidity
July 16, 2020
31:34
Biden His Time
July 14, 2020
31:43
Uneducated Posturing
July 13, 2020
30:07
Usain Bolt’s Greatness Code
July 11, 2020
38:42
Guns Make Everything Worse
July 10, 2020
Policing’s Big Picture
July 9, 2020
33:27
Canceling Cancel Culture
July 8, 2020
36:05
The Washington Football Team Should Move
July 6, 2020
35:21
Define the Police
July 3, 2020
33:51
Redefining Racism
July 2, 2020
31:03
See No Evil, Hear No Evil
June 30, 2020
29:02
The Never-Ending Trump
June 29, 2020
33:56
Splashing Down on a Mountain of Racism
June 27, 2020
33:04
Playing With a Viral Yo-Yo
June 26, 2020
35:47
The Mechanisms in Place
June 24, 2020
29:40
Unbiased News
33:34
Crowd Size and Political Viability
June 22, 2020
29:47
Confronting a White Supremacist
June 19, 2020
38:52
Give Up That Racist Tradition
June 18, 2020
35:14
Get Out Already
June 16, 2020
Campaigning Under Quarantine
June 15, 2020
28:59
An Imperfect Union
June 12, 2020
32:42
Crossing Out Columbus
June 11, 2020
33:55
Film the Police
36:02
Summer at Covid Camp
June 9, 2020
30:51
The Defund Debate Cycle
35:51
Defund the Police?
June 5, 2020
40:18
How Ferguson Prepared the Protesters
31:23
Trump Doesn’t Speak for Catholics
June 3, 2020
36:43
Night and Day
38:26
Trump Can’t Heal America
June 2, 2020
37:28
The Leaders We Need
May 29, 2020
27:41
Looking Past the Looting
May 28, 2020
37:49
It’s Tough to Like the Post Office
May 27, 2020
36:34
Putting Courageous Idiocy to Use
May 26, 2020
32:57
Coaching Through Life
May 23, 2020
36:09
No Regrets
May 22, 2020
Too Many Pills
May 21, 2020
32:01
Lights Out on Covid-19
May 20, 2020
24:29
Solving for the Future
May 19, 2020
30:26
The Most Powerful Woman in America
May 16, 2020
34:30
Shining a Light on the Mask Market
May 15, 2020
28:32
Crying Wolf on Kushner
May 14, 2020
34:48
Divide Creep Is Ruining America
May 13, 2020
35:42
America’s Testing Circus
May 12, 2020
28:34
Are Any Covid-19 Podcasts Worth It?
May 8, 2020
34:17
Sweden’s Global Failure
34:45
Forecasting Federal Inaction
May 7, 2020
31:42
Tara Reade and the Difficulty of Belief
May 6, 2020
37:56
Do Morals Matter?
May 5, 2020
32:36
Georgia Is a Laboratory
May 1, 2020
35:40
Useful Interviews from Gist’s Past
April 30, 2020
26:10
Passing Class Under Quarantine
34:53
The Pandemic That Never Happened
April 29, 2020
Embrace the Outdoors
April 28, 2020
27:06
A Top Chef on Restaurant Relief
April 25, 2020
31:48
The Homeless Can’t Stay Home
April 24, 2020
30:02
Good News, Bad News
April 23, 2020
24:40
Social Distance a Century Ago
April 22, 2020
35:52
Too Much Oil Anyway
April 21, 2020
32:53
Who’s Worth Protecting?
April 18, 2020
Listening to Quarantunes
April 17, 2020
37:25
The Real Safety of Shelter-in-Place
April 16, 2020
31:11
Don’t Believe Slogans
April 15, 2020
35:41
Preparing Weinstein for Prison
April 14, 2020
34:12
The Comfort of Knowledge
April 11, 2020
36:47
Coronavirus Conspiracy
April 10, 2020
Sanders Was Too Consistent
April 9, 2020
30:43
Stop Saying the Virus Doesn’t Care
April 8, 2020
32:18
Making Chemicals Partisan
April 6, 2020
33:29
Miami and Mayor Suarez’s Plasma
April 4, 2020
28:22
Republicans in Christian Clothing
April 3, 2020
33:17
You Can’t Just Cancel Rent
April 2, 2020
33:26
Are the Extroverts OK?
April 1, 2020
Improvising the Presidency
March 30, 2020
33:19
Corona Stimulus Dissenters
March 28, 2020
31:56
Isolation in the Nation
March 27, 2020
30:06
Assessing the Risk of COVID-19
March 26, 2020
40:29
Trump’s Dangerous Optimism
March 25, 2020
29:39
Making Outbreak Models
March 23, 2020
32:51
Coronavirus Contrarianism Is a Health Risk
March 21, 2020
34:41
Convincing in Crisis
March 20, 2020
34:20
We Need a Government Bail-Out
March 19, 2020
30:21
Halt the Vote?
March 17, 2020
31:13
We Don’t Need a Revolution
March 16, 2020
35:06
Trump’s Gaffes Are a Virus
March 13, 2020
35:45
You Can’t Win a Pandemic
March 12, 2020
27:56
Bernie’s Losses Aren’t Surprising
March 11, 2020
32:19
Fighting the Trump Campaign
30:58
We’re Fumbling the Coronavirus Crisis
March 10, 2020
31:08
Biden Has the Obama Coalition
March 7, 2020
35:08
Trump Is Clueless About Coronavirus
March 6, 2020
31:20
Stop Talking About Women’s Looks
March 5, 2020
34:22
Chris Matthews Knew How to Hit Hard
March 4, 2020
32:24
The DNC’s Primary Process is Flawed
March 3, 2020
35:13
Busting Bernie’s Policy Myth
Feb. 29, 2020
32:12
Combatting Coronavirus With Clowns
Feb. 28, 2020
29:05
Electing the Muppet in Chief
Feb. 27, 2020
34:03
The New York Times is Ready to Rumble
Feb. 26, 2020
26:39
Battling Against Bernie
Feb. 25, 2020
Leave George Washington’s Thighs Alone
Feb. 22, 2020
31:06
Bloomberg’s Defenseless Debate
Feb. 21, 2020
31:15
Ye Olde Bloomberg Soundbite Shoppe
Feb. 20, 2020
31:58
Pardon the Crime
Feb. 19, 2020
32:22
Why Iran-Contra Hardly Rings a Bell
Feb. 15, 2020
29:52
Unpacking the Buttigieg CIA Conspiracy
Feb. 14, 2020
38:31
Bloomberg’s Bad Racial Math
Feb. 13, 2020
33:44
What Hurt Warren
Feb. 12, 2020
Are Essential Oils Essentially Bunk?
Feb. 11, 2020
Moshe Kasher Surfs the Crowd
Feb. 8, 2020
33:36
Iowa Was Lost in Translation
Feb. 7, 2020
29:10
The Unsurprising Acquittal of Donald Trump
Feb. 5, 2020
31:12
The Lesson of Iowa’s Chaos
29:16
Oregon, Lab for Democracy
Feb. 4, 2020
29:21
Jon Favreau’s The Wilderness
Feb. 1, 2020
32:38
The Deep Doo-Doo of Dershowitz
Jan. 31, 2020
27:13
Could Bernie Take Iowa?
Jan. 30, 2020
The Nuclear Power of the Presidency
Jan. 29, 2020
Kobe Bryant, Transcendent Athlete
Jan. 28, 2020
The Hits of 1983
Jan. 25, 2020
34:31
The Monstrous Monotony of Mitch McConnell
Jan. 24, 2020
A Bunch of Dopes and Babies
Jan. 23, 2020
32:32
Was Killing Soleimani Worth It?
Jan. 22, 2020
30:33
Journalists Aren’t Activists
Jan. 18, 2020
30:39
Dave Eggers and the Struggle of Satire
Jan. 17, 2020
28:04
The Wasted Debate
Jan. 16, 2020
Forgiveness by Fiat
Jan. 15, 2020
The Issue With Oscar Noms
Jan. 14, 2020
35:12
Marianne Williamson Teleports Away
Jan. 11, 2020
32:08
The Final Great Jeopardy! Game
Jan. 10, 2020
30:05
What’s John Bolton’s Game?
Jan. 9, 2020
29:20
The World’s Worst Extortion Racket
Jan. 8, 2020
Trump’s Iranian Connection
Jan. 7, 2020
38:57
Starting a War
Jan. 4, 2020
29:32
Julián Is Through-lian
Jan. 3, 2020
26:20
The Stories the Gist Skipped in 2019
Dec. 30, 2019
31:21
Approving War Crimes?
Dec. 23, 2019
Ignoring Iowa
Dec. 21, 2019
The Democrats Hardly Knew Jeff Van Drew
Dec. 20, 2019
Pontius Pilate, Democrat
Dec. 19, 2019
37:11
Capitalism Won. Now What?
Dec. 18, 2019
39:35
The Youthful Power of Greta Thunberg
Dec. 17, 2019
34:19
The Kakistocracy Depends on the Cacophony
Dec. 14, 2019
31:00
The Politics of Humor
Dec. 13, 2019
28:25
Discredited Nincompoop Nunes Is (Slightly) Vindicated
Dec. 12, 2019
32:16
Expecting History to Judge
Dec. 11, 2019
33:59
Not a Point of Order
Dec. 10, 2019
32:58
The Truth Behind the Steele Dossier
Dec. 7, 2019
25:50
Biden Wants a Fight
Dec. 6, 2019
32:04
Making the Worse Argument
Dec. 5, 2019
34:49
Kamala Is Out
Dec. 4, 2019
28:01
Alex Gibney's Citizen K
Dec. 3, 2019
39:59
The Great Denial
Nov. 28, 2019
The Business of Apples
Nov. 27, 2019
Paving the Way to Progressive America
Nov. 26, 2019
37:05
The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Game
Nov. 22, 2019
33:10
David Shulkin Knows Sacrifice
32:02
Gordon Sondland Has No Clue
Nov. 21, 2019
30:56
Another Day, Another Impeachment Hearing
Nov. 20, 2019
Crowdfunding Creativity
Nov. 19, 2019
35:11
Devin Nunes Is a Nincompoop
Nov. 16, 2019
29:15
The Business of Celebrity Tabloids
Nov. 15, 2019
27:27
The Threat of Democracy
Nov. 14, 2019
For the Love of Scandal
Nov. 13, 2019
34:50
The Imperfect Republican Defense
Nov. 12, 2019
26:42
Edward Norton’s Motherless Brooklyn
Nov. 9, 2019
33:40
Steve Bullock’s Blue-Collar Candidacy
Nov. 8, 2019
32:43
The Policy Popularity Game
Nov. 7, 2019
32:09
Another Plan for That?
Nov. 6, 2019
34:13
Kellyanne Conway’s Fibs and Half-Truths
Nov. 5, 2019
35:37
The Future for Democrats
Nov. 1, 2019
44:32
The Truth About Impossible Burgers
28:56
Tupac and Biggie: What Really Happened?
Oct. 30, 2019
31:19
Samantha Power’s Atrocity Prevention
The Fall of Katie Hill
Oct. 29, 2019
38:03
Joel Stein Knows You’re Elitist
Oct. 25, 2019
32:20
What Is Zuckerberg’s Time Worth?
36:25
Facebook Should Fact-Check
Oct. 24, 2019
Thinking Outside the America Box
Oct. 23, 2019
31:25
Cracking Trump’s Code
Oct. 22, 2019
Meghan Daum’s Problem With Everything
Oct. 19, 2019
32:41
The Curdling Affair in Syria
Oct. 18, 2019
31:44
Unmasking the Watchmen
Oct. 17, 2019
Shea Serrano’s Great Movie Debates
Oct. 16, 2019
31:49
Giuliani Whisperer
Oct. 12, 2019
Who Deserves the Right to Vote?
Oct. 11, 2019
36:15
Uncomplicating the NBA and China
Oct. 10, 2019
32:31
Selling Out the Kurds
Oct. 9, 2019
37:52
The Cowardice of the NBA
Oct. 8, 2019
34:15
Norbert Leo Butz Is on the Long Haul
Oct. 5, 2019
Gary Gulman’s Great Depresh
Oct. 4, 2019
25:02
Presidential Temper Tantrums
Oct. 3, 2019
29:24
ZuckyLeaks
Oct. 2, 2019
The Self-Impeacher in Chief
Oct. 1, 2019
Whistleblower Woes
Sept. 28, 2019
32:27
The Power of Greta Thunberg
Sept. 26, 2019
27:10
The Beginning of Impeachment
32:21
Lauren Duca Wants a Revolution
Sept. 25, 2019
34:24
Hungry for Murder
Sept. 24, 2019
28:27
Comedy Week: Late-Night
Sept. 20, 2019
35:20
Comedy Week: Film
Sept. 19, 2019
Comedy Week: Podcasts
Comedy Week: Improv
Sept. 17, 2019
39:13
Comedy Week: Stand-Up Comedy
Sept. 16, 2019
38:28
Do the Hustle
Sept. 14, 2019
Leave It to Lovett
Sept. 13, 2019
The Ousting of Donald Sterling
Sept. 12, 2019
33:16
The Made-for-TV President
Sept. 10, 2019
Scientific Solutions to Absurdity
It’s an Economist’s World
Sept. 7, 2019
31:46
How We Speak Internet
Sept. 6, 2019
Lobbying for Good?
Sept. 5, 2019
40:28
The Big Power of Right-Wing Radio
Sept. 3, 2019
To Greta Goes the Glory?
Aug. 29, 2019
The Mystery of Ivanka Trump
Aug. 28, 2019
33:12
They Tried to Cancel You
Aug. 27, 2019
31:57
What’s in a Face, Anyway?
Aug. 26, 2019
David Koch Was Bad. But Evil? Eh.
Aug. 24, 2019
33:31
Visiting the Migrant Families in Crisis
Aug. 23, 2019
Trump Is America
Aug. 22, 2019
When the CIA’s “Dark Side” Works
Aug. 21, 2019
Tim Ryan’s Big Plans
Aug. 20, 2019
What Happened to Sha Na Na
Aug. 17, 2019
The Leftist Takeover Edition
Aug. 15, 2019
The Problem With “White Supremacy”
Aug. 14, 2019
Are Attention Spans Shrinking?
28:20
Who’s the Filibuster For?
Aug. 13, 2019
How to Rob a Bank, And Be Funny While You’re at It
Aug. 9, 2019
27:12
Politics Is a Circus
30:34
Turning Out the 2020 Voter
Aug. 7, 2019
32:54
Trade War Rumblings? We’re Already In One.
32:37
There Are the “Maybe” Factors, and Then There’s the Rifle Factor.
Aug. 6, 2019
27:33
The Case of “The Case of Al Franken”
Aug. 3, 2019
37:35
How Fantastic Negrito Started From Scratch
Aug. 2, 2019
36:40
Chuck Klosterman and the Ivory Tower
Aug. 1, 2019
33:22
The Consultants of Yore Weigh in on 2020
July 31, 2019
How the GOP Got Here
July 30, 2019
31:01
The Lie of Live PD
July 25, 2019
42:16
Mueller Is No Showman
27:54
How to Talk About Addiction
July 24, 2019
30:03
Robert Mueller’s Return
July 23, 2019
The Moon Landing’s Glory Has Faded
July 19, 2019
How Michael Bennet Wants to Fix America
July 18, 2019
32:05
The EPA Is Losing Its Mandate
Trump Will Lose in 2020
July 17, 2019
31:04
Bring Back Late-Night Cruelty
July 16, 2019
32:55
Acosta Is Out
July 13, 2019
38:11
The CIA’s Bad Ideas
July 12, 2019
30:15
Soccer’s Pay Parity Problem
July 11, 2019
38:10
The Legacy of Ross Perot
July 10, 2019
35:34
Life After Death Row
July 9, 2019
33:05
Let’s Rank the Presidents
July 3, 2019
33:28
Solving Urban Violence
Groaning Through Dad Jokes
July 2, 2019
33:21
Who Is the Real Kim Jong-un?
June 28, 2019
34:25
Pen, Sword, or Rock and Roll
35:30
Data in the Dugout
June 26, 2019
Economic Anxiety? Joy Disagrees.
Erdogan Loses Istanbul. Now What?
June 24, 2019
Trump’s Chaotic Approach to Iran
June 21, 2019
30:46
The Science of Song
Taffy Brodesser-Akner Doesn’t Care What You’re Wearing
June 20, 2019
29:54
Love, Rules, and Animal Puns
June 19, 2019
32:15
Where Christianity Meets Big Oil
June 18, 2019
25:36
Un-Biel-ievable
June 14, 2019
A Generalist and a Scholar
Just Take My Money
June 13, 2019
35:19
The Politics of Pith
June 11, 2019
26:35
Warren’s Wealth Tax Isn’t Enough
38:32
Intellectual Agoraphobia
June 7, 2019
The Melodies of Evil
June 6, 2019
What “Conservative” Means
Saving Civilians, and the Mission
June 5, 2019
Out Like a Champ
June 3, 2019
The Impeachment Tree of Possibilities
May 31, 2019
30:47
Enemies in Eurasia
The Mueller Dud
May 30, 2019
29:58
Impeach a President
May 29, 2019
38:20
The Impeachment Special
May 27, 2019
34:26
The Real Crimes of the TV Show Cops
May 24, 2019
Life After Parkland
May 23, 2019
31:09
Planned Parenthood Plans for Action
What Basketball Gave Felipe Lopez
May 22, 2019
32:07
The First “Welfare Queen”
May 21, 2019
A Very Grumpy Death
May 17, 2019
The Personal Is Geopolitical
May 16, 2019
Have a Job? Thank Yourself, Not Trump.
“No War” Is the Best Trump Can Do
May 15, 2019
35:29
Decoding the Bliss Gene
May 14, 2019
31:26
Comedy Is No Revolution
May 11, 2019
33:25
Bigger Than Titanic
May 10, 2019
41:29
Who Makes The Gist?
May 9, 2019
37:37
The Retro Hits and Repeats of 2014
May 7, 2019
37:59
The Gist of the Past Five Years
May 6, 2019
34:46
Bird City
May 3, 2019
28:51
“I’ll Take Second Place for $2,000”
31:54
Derby or Die?
May 2, 2019
It’s a Code World
May 1, 2019
28:06
Avengers: But For Real
April 30, 2019
Why Fools Fall in Love
April 27, 2019
36:58
It's Getting Hot in Here
April 26, 2019
Joe Biden’s Battle
April 25, 2019
The Never-ending CNN Town Hall
April 24, 2019
35:31
Elizabeth Stormborn, Mother of Democrats!
April 23, 2019
The International Hilarity of Loyiso Gola
April 20, 2019
34:16
It’s Mueller Overtime
April 18, 2019
31:30
The Better Angels of Big Business
April 17, 2019
28:43
Lock Up Your Mothers
The Farmers’ Candidate
April 16, 2019
33:03
