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 | ||
| Bedbugs: Disgusting Nuisance, Great Musical | 2014-10-08 | ||
| Math vs. Ebola | 2014-10-07 | ||
| Qatar: Friend or Frenemy? | 2014-10-06 | ||
| Stop Freaking Out About Your Kids | 2014-10-03 | ||
| The Cosby Showdown | 2014-10-02 | ||
| Can Peeps Be Sticky Year-Round? | 2014-10-01 | ||
| True Tales of Andy Warhol’s Sex Couch | 2014-09-30 | ||
| Louisiana Isn’t Boot-Shaped Anymore | 2014-09-29 | ||
| His Friends Know He Cheated. Does She? | 2014-09-26 | ||
| Where Did the Fade-Out Go? | 2014-09-25 | ||
| Why Economists Don’t Have Many Friends | 2014-09-24 | ||
| The Analogy That Helped Sell Viagra | 2014-09-23 | ||
| Is “Tomato Ketchup” Redundant? | 2014-09-23 | ||
| Xavier Dphrepaulezz, Musician Reborn | 2014-09-19 | ||
| The Police’s Stewart Copeland Scores a Silent Film | 2014-09-18 | ||
| Comedian Jen Kirkman Doesn’t Want Kids. Cue Outrage. | 2014-09-17 | ||
| Ken Follett’s Case for Long Novels | 2014-09-16 | ||
| Chanteuse Storm Large Subtly Accuses Miley Cyrus of Mass Murder | 2014-09-15 | ||
| Why Do I Keep Accidentally Dating Swingers? | 2014-09-12 | ||
| Did You See Obama Pull a John Wayne? | 2014-09-11 |