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 | ||
| The Moist Birdie Debate | 2014-11-25 | ||
| The Buck Starts Here | 2014-11-22 | ||
| The Kitsch of Death | 2014-11-21 | ||
| Afghanistan: 13 Years and Counting | 2014-11-19 | ||
| Don’t Call It a Comeback | 2014-11-18 | ||
| Pumpkin Spice in July? That’s Too Soon | 2014-11-18 | ||
| To Catch a Professor | 2014-11-14 | ||
| The Sweet Smell of Survival | 2014-11-14 | ||
| Did Smarf Have to Die? | 2014-11-13 | ||
| Heroes Need Not Apply | 2014-11-12 | ||
| Why WKRP Was Called WKRP | 2014-11-11 | ||
| We Know Less Than We Think | 2014-11-06 | ||
| Friends With (Slate Plus) Benefits | 2014-11-06 | ||
| Veteran SNL Writer Asks “Who Tooted?” | 2014-11-05 | ||
| JFK’s Brain Is Missing | 2014-11-04 | ||
| Does When We Eat Matter? | 2014-11-03 | ||
| Two Families, One Mortgage | 2014-10-31 | ||
| Starving Jake Gyllenhaal | 2014-10-30 | ||
| If Washington Hips to Indie Rock | 2014-10-29 | ||
| Why Political Consultants Prescribe Bumpkin | 2014-10-28 |