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BEST OF THE GIST: Very Serious Edition Feb 01, 2025

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Each weekend on Best Of The Gist, we listen back to an archival Gist segment from the past, then we replay something from the past week. This weekend, though, we're throwing that formula out the proverbial window and playing an episode of Very Serious with Josh Barro, on which Mike was a guest. He joined Josh, Ben Dreyfuss, and Megan McArdle to talk about Trump's first week in office.

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Miriam Lewin: Surviving Torture, Exposing the "Disappeared" Feb 01, 2025

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Miriam Lewin, subject of the podcast The Burden: Avenger, spent a year in an Argentine torture center and has chronicled the stories of the "disappeared"—dissidents who were drugged and thrown into the Atlantic Ocean. Plus, Trump's new tariffs: bold move or economic blunder? Also, an Antwentig, where stolen baby formula fuels underground economies.

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Presidential Plane Blame Jan 30, 2025

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Michael Moynihan of The Fifth Column podcast returns to break down Europe's immigration crisis and how right-wing parties are addressing concerns that classic moderates will not. Plus, Senate hearings heat up over the nominations of RFK Jr., Kash Patel, and Tulsi Gabbard. And Donald Trump reacts to a midair collision with a critique of diversity initiatives—all of which were in place during his first administration.

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From Model to Mayhem With Michael Moynihan Jan 29, 2025

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Sweden—once the left's shining example of social democracy—is now grappling with far-right politics, immigrant buyouts, and a surge in gang violence. How did it get here? Journalist, raconteur, and Sweden expert Michael Moynihan breaks it all down. Plus, a deep dive into new data on affirmative action in college admissions, and a look at the latest conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

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The Mayor: Murder and Momentum Jan 28, 2025

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Randall Woodfin, mayor of Birmingham, Alabama, is leading a city experiencing promising growth in wealth and education while also grappling with a troubling surge in homicides that defies national trends. Woodfin discusses his new book, Son of Birmingham, and the challenges of governing a city at a crossroads. Plus, a CNN stalwart has asked his last confrontational question to a combative president, and the current administration makes some highly questionable claims about condoms and Gaza.

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Carbon Capture—It's Not Just for North Dakota Anymore Jan 27, 2025

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Most North Dakotans may be skeptical about global warming, but they're fully committed to making their state a leader in the carbon capture industry. Journalist Adam Willis, who covered the heated debate over carbon capture in North Dakota for Bloomberg, joins us to discuss. Also on the show: the renaming of Forts Benning and Bragg, the surprising presence of anti-vaxxers in the Pentagon, the exclusion of transgender service members, and a look back at the Great Colombian Tariff Tiff of 2025.

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BEST OF THE GIST: ERA Edition Jan 25, 2025

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Each weekend on Best Of The Gist, we listen back to an archival Gist segment from the past, then we replay something from the past week. This weekend, we listen back to Mike's 2022 interview with Kate Shaw, ABC Legal Analyst and co-host of the Strict Scrutiny podcast. It's an extended interview about the Equal Rights Amendment, which, many of its backers claim, actually passed and should be the law of the land. Then we listen back to Mike's Tuesday Spiel about the pardoned January 6th attackers.

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Meghan Daum: Women Control Cancel Culture Jan 24, 2025

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Meghan Daum, writer and host of The Unspeakable podcast on Substack, joins us for an extended interview about the #MeToo movement, female agency, the efficacy of social movements, and evolving gender dynamics in society. She and Mike discuss women's progress, exploring the intersection of cancel culture and empowerment within media and publishing. Also on the show, Harvard redefines "antisemitism" to include discrimination against Zionists.

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Not Even Mad: Trump's First Four Days Jan 23, 2025

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Today on The Gist, Mike is joined by Michael A. Cohen of the Truth and Consequences Substack and MSNBC, along with Matt Welch, Editor-at-Large of Reason magazine, for another installment of Not Even Mad. The trio discusses Trump's inauguration, executive actions, refugee policy, DEI, and the eventful first few days of his second term as POTUS.

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Executive Order Overload Jan 22, 2025

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Donald Trump has issued over 50 executive orders—not including a single order that repealed more than 50 of Biden's executive orders. We delve into the posturing and the potent. Plus, Nate DiMeo, host of the long-running The Memory Palace podcast, drops by to discuss what makes a good podcast episode, what translates well to the page, and why a massive 18th-century painting was chopped up to fit inside a specific room at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

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