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 | ||
| Dan Savage on the Nashville Statement | 2017-08-31 | ||
| Shake It Off, Taylor | 2017-08-30 | ||
| The Flood Trap That Houston Built | 2017-08-29 | ||
| Al Letson Became A Human Shield | 2017-08-29 | ||
| Mismatch | 2017-08-26 | ||
| America Is Weird About Sex | 2017-08-25 | ||
| Sure, Punching Nazis Feels Good… | 2017-08-23 | ||
| Russia's Lab Rat | 2017-08-22 | ||
| The Many Theories of Malcolm Gladwell | 2017-08-21 | ||
| The Year MTV Took Over the Charts | 2017-08-18 | ||
| Is This the End of Steve Bannon? | 2017-08-17 | ||
| The Overreaction Doctrine | 2017-08-16 | ||
| Why Are Police Unions So Aggressive? | 2017-08-15 | ||
| There Is No Order in Congress | 2017-08-14 | ||
| Brandt Tobler Has a Problem With Authority | 2017-08-11 | ||
| About the Google Memo | 2017-08-11 | ||
| Muhammad Ali’s Biggest Fight | 2017-08-10 | ||
| Somewheres vs. Anywheres | 2017-08-08 | ||
| The Social Experiment on TV | 2017-08-07 | ||
| Maria Bamford Wants to See Emotion | 2017-08-04 |