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 | ||
| Acclaimed Actor David Morse | 2016-02-13 | ||
| Mike and Frank Take the Stage | 2016-02-11 | ||
| Should We Fear Domestic Terrorism? | 2016-02-10 | ||
| Is Marijuana Making You Stupid? | 2016-02-10 | ||
| Why We Still Care About O.J. | 2016-02-08 | ||
| What Time Does the Super Bowl Start? | 2016-02-05 | ||
| What’s a Vote Worth? | 2016-02-05 | ||
| Are Lots of Little Babies Synesthetes? | 2016-02-03 | ||
| Toodle-oo Iowa | 2016-02-02 | ||
| Finally Forgetting Iowa | 2016-02-01 | ||
| Seeing Yourself in "Spotlight" | 2016-01-29 | ||
| Obama Did What? | 2016-01-28 | ||
| Jesse Eisenberg, Part 2 | 2016-01-26 | ||
| Jesse Eisenberg, Part 1 | 2016-01-25 | ||
| Did Track Palin Get Off Easy? | 2016-01-22 | ||
| The Creative Duo Behind "Billions" | 2016-01-21 | ||
| Paleo and Palin | 2016-01-20 | ||
| Changing More Than a Mayor | 2016-01-19 | ||
| The Former Poet Laureate to Kim Jong-il | 2016-01-15 | ||
| How to Spot a Con Artist | 2016-01-13 |