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The Gist

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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Sen. Cory Booker Has a Message for Pot Smokers Oct 27, 2017

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Democratic New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker has rolled out the kind of marijuana legalization bill progressives love to fawn over and libertarians love to ridicule. The plan would pressure states to legalize marijuana by withholding federal money. Booker cedes that the bill's passage doesn't seem imminent, but he likens marijuana legalization to gay marriage, another proposal that saw a rapid surge in popular support: "I'm believing in—I'm claiming a sea change coming in the future."

In the Spiel, what is justice for Bowe Bergdahl?

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Fellas We Frolicked With Oct 26, 2017

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Talking about sex makes some people squirm. For everyone else there's Guys We Fucked, a podcast hosted by Corinne Fisher and Krystyna Hutchinson that started off as a series of interviews with their old partners. Now it's more of a coffee klatsch between two raunchy feminists.Their new book is F*cked: Being Sexually Explorative and Self-Confident in a World That's Screwed.

And in the Spiel, Bannon, Bulgarian mutiny, and beluga whales.

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Jacob Weisberg on the Steele Dossier Oct 25, 2017

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Jacob Weisberg says the Clinton campaign's links to the Steele dossier matters, but not as much as the veracity of the oppo research itself. Weisberg is host of Trumpcast and editor in chief of the Slate Group.

In the Spiel, the death of Fats Domino.

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Jeff Bezos Isn't King Oct 24, 2017

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Shareholder returns aren't the only barometer of CEO success anymore, or else Jeff Bezos would be on top. In recent years, sustainability and diversity have gained importance—and in those areas, European CEOs are lapping their American competitors. Adi Ignatius, editor in chief of the Harvard Business Review, joins us to discuss the metrics for CEO success and how businesses struggle to diversify. The Harvard Business Review just published its rankings of the best-performing CEOs in the world of 2017.

And a discursive Spiel about President Trump's chances of passing tax reform.

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A Show for Mere Mortals Oct 24, 2017

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Kathleen Horan writes obituaries for the living. Her Audible original series, Mortal City, is an anthology of lesser-known New York characters: Douglas the sanitation worker, Serge the barman, Rocky the ambulance commandant. "I just kept feeling like there were people that I was missing," says Horan. She prefers to talk to people who live and work on the city's margins: "They just can't help but show you higher up on the thigh of their story."

In the Spiel, the latest page in the very long scrapbook on President Trump's communication catastrophes.

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Marc Maron and Brendan McDonald Oct 20, 2017

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Marc Maron says he "didn't know anything about anything" when he began working in radio. But producer Brendan McDonald can tell you the moment he knew Maron could be a radio star. It was during a morning show on the ill-fated Air America network, and then-host Maron was ranting about overcooked lentils. "The phones lit up," said McDonald. The two went on to create WTF With Marc Maron, the podcast now known for intense interviews with comedians, many of whom Maron quarreled with in the past. Maron's latest book, Waiting for the Punch, is a collection of interview excerpts.

In the Spiel, a few things Mike doesn't understand about other people.

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Flags Tell Fibs Oct 19, 2017

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Some national flags are created to unify nations, but others are simply based on myths. The Danes believe God threw theirs from heaven, and the Catalonians tell the story of a severed arm dragged across a shield. Vexilloligist and author Tim Marshall joins us to explain these myths and the complex politics of national flags. Marshall's new book is A Flag Worth Dying For.

In the Spiel, a right-wing provocateur provokes often, but not well.

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Falling for the Gambler's Fallacy Oct 18, 2017

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If the roulette wheel keeps stopping on green, it's bound to stop on red soon, right? It must be time for another round of "Is That Bullshit?" Maria Konnikova returns to debunk our ideas about probability and gambling. Konnikova writes for the New Yorker and is the author of The Confidence Game.

In the Spiel, the Russian connection.

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The Stupid Genius of Dexter Guff Oct 18, 2017

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Thought-leaders build careers out of TED talks, inspirational quotes, and branded products. Dexter Guff is a big player in that space, teaching his listeners how to crush it every day. But Dexter Guff is not a real guy. His podcast, Dexter Guff Is Smarter Than You, is a satirical show starring actor Peter Oldring. Oldring explains the origins of the Dexter Guff character and the difficulties of executing dry humor.

In the Spiel, Slate contributor Seth Stevenson sizes up Democratic Rep. Seth Moulton.

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Sarah Kliff on the Big Questions Oct 17, 2017

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You can't get away from Obamacare news, and with each repeal effort there are familiar, wild-eyed claims from the law's supporters and detractors. Will chipping away at the Affordable Care Act cause people to die? Did the health care law "bend" the cost curve? Did your taxes go up to pay for healthcare for the poor and the sick? Mike interrogates some of these pronouncements with Vox's Sarah Kliff. Listen to her new weekly podcast, Impact.

Pitchforks down, please: a Spiel about why New York Times op-ed columnist Mayim Bialik isn't a monster.

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