The Gist Podcast

In another edition of Is That BS? Sadie Dingfelder joins to ask: is chatting with your ficus legit, or just verbal compost? The science of sound and strawberries might surprise you. Then inThe Spiel, Mike breaks down Israels sweeping strike on Irantargeting nuclear sites, scientists, and generalsin what may be a turning point for the regionandfor Ukraine. Also, New York Democrats choose between a grocery-store socialist and a mispronouncing Cuomo in just 11 days.

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Economist Allison Schraeger andSlow Borings Matt Yglesias join Mike to discuss the unrest in Los Angeles and how to protest without giving Donald Trump a win. Then, the trio surveys the NYC mayoral mess or, if not a mess, whatever government-run grocery stores are. Plus, the Big Beautiful Bill is only one of those things, and its the worse one. Goat Grinders: summer smells, promiscuous earbuds, and that final month of school when they stop even pretending to educate the children.

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New York Times reporter Jonah Bromwich joins to discussDragon on Centre Street: New Yorkv.DonaldJ.Trump, his journalist account of the only Trump trial that resulted in a verdict. They explore how Alvin Bragg revived a politically fraught case using a little-known state election statute, and how, despite prosecutors storytelling edge in court, Trumps narrative skills ultimately resonated more strongly with voters. Bromwich delves into the balancing act between legal ethics and electoral pressure that defined the prosecutions strategy. Plus, a new Weinstein verdict, part familiar, part new, and part still undecided.

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Author Matt Hongoltz-Hetling returns withThe Ghost Lab, a rollicking deep dive into New Hampshires paranormal subculture, where Bigfoot lurks behind every maple tree and alien abductees fill out grant forms. He profiles a ghost-hunting crew that includes a psychic medium, a paranormal paralegal, and a Bigfoot believer who swears the aliens took him more than once. What starts as a tour of fringe science becomes a sharp look at Americas low-trust spiralwhere more people believe in demons than in their own democracy. Plus, up top: LA erupts in protest, and Gavin Newsom practically begs Donald Trump to arrest him.

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Former Washington Governor Jay Inslee argues Democrats can win on climate—if they frame it as jobs, savings, and health, not just apocalypse. He points to his state’s 62–38 vote preserving ambitious emissions policy, even in red counties, as proof voters can be persuaded. But national polls rank climate near the bottom of priorities, and skeptics like Matt Yglesias say the green agenda may be driving voters away. Plus: it has become ordinary to label events extraordinary—plus the Spiel sorts hype from heat in L.A.'s latest explosion of ICE raids, flash-bangs and freeway fires.

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