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 | ||
| Subtlety Sucks! | 2015-11-13 | ||
| Is 35 the Ovum/under? | 2015-11-12 | ||
| The Great Compromiser | 2015-11-11 | ||
| Why Trump Wasn’t Funny on SNL | 2015-11-10 | ||
| Chaka Khan vs. Deep Purple vs. The Smiths | 2015-11-07 | ||
| Ben Carson: The Doctor Is In Tune | 2015-11-06 | ||
| Bacon Makes Everything Better, Except Your Colon | 2015-11-05 | ||
| Prisoner Rehabilitation Is Not That Easy | 2015-11-03 | ||
| Ending Mass Incarceration Is Not That Easy | 2015-11-02 | ||
| Played by Michael Keaton, Rachel McAdams, and Mark Ruffalo | 2015-10-30 | ||
| An Unforgettable Technique for Telling Riveting Stories | 2015-10-29 | ||
| Is Salt Still Bad for You? | 2015-10-29 | ||
| Unnatural … Pauses in “NPR Voice” | 2015-10-27 | ||
| Why Jeff Bezos Went From No. 1 to No. 87 | 2015-10-26 | ||
| Sarah Vowell on Marquis de Lafayette | 2015-10-23 | ||
| Less of a Hearing, More of a Talking | 2015-10-23 | ||
| Padding Your Résumé for President | 2015-10-21 | ||
| They Finally Won | 2015-10-20 | ||
| Giving the Freedom Caucus Its Due | 2015-10-19 | ||
| 1971: When the ’70s Started Sounding Like the ’70s | 2015-10-16 |