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 | ||
| Ted Leo’s Hanged-Man Wisdom | 2017-09-15 | ||
| Which Type Are You? | 2017-09-15 | ||
| Chris Gethard Wrestles With Comedy | 2017-09-13 | ||
| The Hygiene Hypothesis | 2017-09-13 | ||
| Nnamdi Asomugha’s Drama School | 2017-09-11 | ||
| Patricia Williams Isn’t Joking | 2017-09-08 | ||
| Three Cheers for Houston | 2017-09-07 | ||
| Music Is Sex | 2017-09-06 | ||
| Choosing Who Gets Flooded | 2017-09-05 | ||
| Is Amazon a Monopoly? | 2017-09-01 | ||
| 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 |