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 | ||
| Kevin Spacey Is a Cat | 2016-05-24 | ||
| If the Dog Turns Left, Think Novel | 2016-05-20 | ||
| The Whigs Were Right | 2016-05-19 | ||
| When a Joke Almost Works Too Well | 2016-05-19 | ||
| Enlightened Titans of Industry | 2016-05-17 | ||
| Saving Paul Ryan | 2016-05-16 | ||
| Vote Jabba | 2016-05-13 | ||
| Did the Media Create Trump? | 2016-05-12 | ||
| I'll Know Porn Addiction When I See It | 2016-05-11 | ||
| Neither Frightened Nor Rabbit | 2016-05-10 | ||
| He’s Not Pivoting | 2016-05-10 | ||
| A Rob Reiner-mentary if You Will | 2016-05-06 | ||
| Trump as Napalm | 2016-05-05 | ||
| Welcome to the Abyss | 2016-05-05 | ||
| Trumpeting Mike Tyson’s Endorsement | 2016-05-04 | ||
| The End of Conventional Wisdom in Politics | 2016-05-03 | ||
| Buzz Aldrin! He Walked on the Moon! | 2016-04-29 | ||
| Behind the Scenes at Wait Wait | 2016-04-28 | ||
| The National Emergency We Call Donald Trump | 2016-04-27 | ||
| The So-Called “So-Called Acela” Primary | 2016-04-26 |