The Gist is the longest-running daily news and analysis podcast in existence, hosted by NPR veteran journalist Mike Pesca, who pushes back against dogma, challenging his guests and audience alike to think outside their silo and interact with the news as it is, and not as they would like it to be. His unique pragmatic point of view gives listeners an alternative to the polarizing commentary found almost everywhere else. He is known for holding journalists and politicians accountable for the words they say and the resulting actions, as well as providing sharp analysis of the arts, focused on film, comedy and books.
Mike Pesca has established an eleven-year connection to his audience as host of The Gist. For 30 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
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Adiel Kaplan works for InvestigateWest covering the 2017 Washington Legislature. She has reported locally and internationally on a range of topics, from campus sexual assault to technology.
Editor at Large, Reason Magazine / Debate Moderator, Open to Debate
Co-Host, Radiolab (WNYC)
Host, What a Day (Crooked Media)
