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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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There's a Viking on the Delta Aug 24, 2016

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Why so many music phenoms from Iceland? On The Gist, Kaleo frontman JJ Julius Son says he comes from a "fearless" people. About that: Kaleo recently recorded in a volcano. Their latest album is called A/B.

Plus, Slate's very own Mallory Ortberg, writer of the Dear Prudence column, tells us how to be an entertaining advice-giver. Ortberg is the author of Texts From Jane Eyre: And Other Conversations With Your Favorite Literary Characters.In the Spiel, Russia's Paralympics propaganda.

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The '80s Really Were the Best Aug 22, 2016

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What made the movies of the 1980s so special, especially as compared to movies being made now? On The Gist, the Guardian's Hadley Freeman explains. She's the author of Life Moves Pretty Fast: The Lessons We Learned From Eighties Movies (and Why We Don't Learn Them From Movies Anymore).

For the Spiel, Mike revisits the items that have escaped his searching, skeptical gaze.

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W. Kamau Bell and Hari Kondabolu Want Equal Time Aug 19, 2016

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On The Gist, the hosts of the podcast that has made the best use yet of the jazz drummer's brush technique: Politically Re-Active with W. Kamau Bell and Hari Kondabolu. The show picks up where the comedians left off when they stopped working in the same TV writers room. Bell hosts CNN's United Shades of America, and returning guest Kondabolu is on tour with a new comedy album, Mainstream American Comic.

For the Spiel, grilling Jill Stein.

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Why We've Never Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb Aug 18, 2016

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Are the nation's most dangerous warheads secure if a rag-tag troika of peaceniks can break through the storage facility's back door? On The Gist, Washington Post reporter Dan Zak considers the good and not-so-good arguments for nuclear weapons. His book is Almighty: Courage, Resistance, and Existential Peril in the Nuclear Age.

For the Spiel, Jill Stein's unforgivable comments on debt forgiveness.

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Women's Gymnastics Gets the Hard-Boiled Treatment Aug 17, 2016

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On The Gist, Megan Abbott discusses her latest book, You Will Know Me, a psychological thriller set in the high-pressure world of elite women's gymnastics.

In the Spiel, a send-off for John McLaughlin.

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Brazil's Redeemer Has Subpoena Power Aug 16, 2016

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Things are bleak in Brazil. Prices are high, governments are broke, and gangs are tightening their control over the country's slums. But on The Gist, Slate contributing editor Franklin Foer has hope for a national renewal. The reason? A prominent federal judge is dead set on rooting out political corruption, though it may rival soccer as the national pastime.

For the Spiel, hands across the ages.

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The Résumé Says "Loafer," but the Loafers Scream "Executive" Aug 15, 2016

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The Gist has been bedeviled by one question: Do the clothes really make the man? On today's show, regular guest Maria Konnikova joins us to investigate the link between clothing and performance. Konnikova writes for the New Yorker and is the author of The Confidence Game.

For the Spiel, Trump, truth, and fact-checking.

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Mike Birbiglia and Ira Glass Followed the Fear Here Aug 12, 2016

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On every great improv team there's an undertow of angst. Who will get snatched up by a TV show? Who will toil in relative obscurity? Who will quit after the big break doesn't come? On Ep. 560, comedian Mike Birbiglia and This American Life creator Ira Glass talk about their film Don't Think Twice, an ode to improvisational comedy and recalibrating what it means to be a success. Find it in a theater near you.

For the Spiel, our Lobstar of the Antentwig.

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Should You Have Your Silver Medal Bronzed? Aug 11, 2016

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On The Gist, Republican "merchant of mud" Mike Murphy ponders Donald Trump's effect on down-ballot GOP candidates. Murphy is known for putting the "!" in "Jeb!" as an adviser to Jeb Bush's presidential campaign. His podcast is called Radio Free GOP.

For the Spiel, Mike tries to get to the bottom of an Olympian canard about the happiness of bronze medalists.

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John Dickerson Has a Follow-Up. He's Willing to Ask It Seven Times. Aug 10, 2016

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Are voters in 2016 better compared to an angry customer at a drive-thru window? Or are the two major parties on completely different planets, unable to agree on a shared reality? On The Gist, Slate columnist and Face the Nation moderator John Dickerson discusses elections past and present. He is the author of Whistlestop: My Favorite Stories From Presidential Campaign History.

For the Spiel, when it comes to Donald Trump's Second Amendment comment, it's hard for the media to acknowledge what everyone knows they heard.

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