Slate's The Gist

BEST OF THE GIST: March Madness

In this installment of Best Of The Gist, the rise of women’s college basketball knows no...

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Can We Wait To Take The Economic Loss On Weight Loss

The Miracle Weight-Loss Drugs would radically transform the lives of hundreds of millions of...

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Our Politicians Far More Extreme Than Our People

We're joined by Anthony Fowler Professor of political science in the Harris School of Public...

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• 26 días

Genocide, Famine. Nursery Rhymes

We're joined by David Simon Assistant Dean for Graduate Education, Senior Lecturer in Global...

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• 27 días

Atomic Habits

Annie Jacobsen. author of Nuclear War: A Scenario takes us through what would really happen if an...

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• 28 días

Running Out Ronna

A staff revolt at NBC protests the network’s move to hire former RNC head Ronna McDaniel. Plus,...

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BEST OF THE GIST: Tradition! Vacation! Edition!

In this installment of Best Of The Gist, Mike goes on vacation and comes nose to nose with...

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A Cancer On Royal Rumors

Kate Middleton's sad announcement about her health should prompt self examination, not only from...

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The Gang That Couldn't Kidnap Straight

Ken Bensinger is co-host of Chameleon: The Michigan Plot, which details the trials of militia...

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CRIME WEEK: Shoplifting And Murder, In That Order

If you believe the news, shoplifting is many things: “on the rise,” “a scourge,” and “way up.”...

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CRIME WEEK: Charging Countries With "Genocide"

On day two of Crime Week on The Gist, we change our focus from individual crimes in the U.S. to...

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CRIME WEEK: Using Data To Predict Crime

Crime is a major factor in how our society acts, votes, and perceives the world. So you would...

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BEST OF THE GIST: “Photographic” Memory Edition

In this installment of Best Of The Gist, this past Wednesday, Mike used The Spiel to rebut a Joy...

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Jake Tapper On Political Scandal

Host of CNN's State Of The Union, Jake Tapper joins us to discuss his new CNN series United...

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Gerald Ford Sees His Reflection In The Snow-Covered Hills

Landslide, a new podcast from producer and host Ben Bradford tells the story of the 1976...

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Biden's Remembers Photographs, Doesn't Have Photographic Memory

Rebutting a Joy Reid segment mischaracterizing Robert Hur's testimony before the House Judiciary...

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Terrible Leaders And Horrible Followers

We talk to Barbara Kellerman, author of Leadership from Bad to Worse: What Happens When Bad...

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Matt Gaetz Temps Fate

Matt Gaetz is both a force of nature and a force for chaos. Dexter FIlkins of The New Yorker...

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BEST OF THE GIST: Unusual Protest Methods Edition

In this installment of Best Of The Gist, a podcast extra from our Thursday conversation with Sir...

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Anatomy Of A Barbenmaestro Of The Flower Moon

Its Oscar talk with Decoding Everything and Filmcast's David Chen. Why Mike thought Maestro hit...

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