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.
| Title | Date published | ||
| Observing Obscura Day | 2017-05-04 | ||
| Sarah Manguso's Words to Live By | 2017-05-03 | ||
| Red Feed, Blue Feed With Cass Sunstein | 2017-05-03 | ||
| Facing Your Genetic Destiny | 2017-05-01 | ||
| The Incredible Lucas Brothers | 2017-04-28 | ||
| When Did Late Night Stop Being Fun? | 2017-04-27 | ||
| The Populists Cannot Win | 2017-04-26 | ||
| The Clinton Campaign Tell-All | 2017-04-25 | ||
| Moshe Kasher Is Not an Activist | 2017-04-24 | ||
| When the '80s Went Pro | 2017-04-21 | ||
| The Secrets of S-Town | 2017-04-20 | ||
| Up With Eggheads | 2017-04-19 | ||
| What Happened to the Crack Epidemic? | 2017-04-18 | ||
| Ariel Levy Was Here | 2017-04-17 | ||
| The Gist Presents the Grift | 2017-04-14 | ||
| The Handmaid's Fail | 2017-04-14 | ||
| Improv is Hard, Writing is Harder | 2017-04-13 | ||
| Why David Letterman Still Matters | 2017-04-11 | ||
| When Protesters Pull the Fire Alarm | 2017-04-10 | ||
| Shots Fired. What Now? | 2017-04-07 |