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Mike Pesca

Slate's The Gist with Mike Pesca. A daily afternoon show about news, culture, and whatever else you'll be discussing with friends and family tonight.

Episodes

20 of 3,109 episodes

Caitlin Doughty: "Death Can Almost Seem Like It's a Hypothetical"

Slate's The Gist with Mike Pesca. A daily afternoon show about news, culture, and whatever else you'll be discussing with friends and family...

00:22:29Oct 30, 2026

Presenting Great Question with Tony Dokoupil: Does America Need More Police?

Slate's The Gist with Mike Pesca. A daily afternoon show about news, culture, and whatever else you'll be discussing with friends and family...

00:44:49Oct 28, 2026

Jocelyn Benson: "I Chose Courage"

Slate's The Gist with Mike Pesca. A daily afternoon show about news, culture, and whatever else you'll be discussing with friends and family...

00:35:50Oct 26, 2026

Chris Turner: "I Am a Musical Comedian"

Slate's The Gist with Mike Pesca. A daily afternoon show about news, culture, and whatever else you'll be discussing with friends and family...

01:02:12Oct 23, 2026

Wes Moore: "I Am Data Driven and Heart Led"

Slate's The Gist with Mike Pesca. A daily afternoon show about news, culture, and whatever else you'll be discussing with friends and family...

00:26:21Oct 21, 2026

Gianna Toboni on Death Row: "I Don't Hear the Remorse of a Killer"

Slate's The Gist with Mike Pesca. A daily afternoon show about news, culture, and whatever else you'll be discussing with friends and family...

00:18:18Oct 19, 2026

Michelle Buteau: "Words Have Power"

Slate's The Gist with Mike Pesca. A daily afternoon show about news, culture, and whatever else you'll be discussing with friends and family...

00:48:54Oct 16, 2026

Michele Tafoya: "I'm a Big Freedom of Speech Person"

Slate's The Gist with Mike Pesca. A daily afternoon show about news, culture, and whatever else you'll be discussing with friends and family...

00:41:23Oct 14, 2026

John Fetterman: "It's Been a Long, Strange Trip"

Slate's The Gist with Mike Pesca. A daily afternoon show about news, culture, and whatever else you'll be discussing with friends and family...

00:39:10Oct 12, 2026

Alex Edelman: "There's not a lot of comedy in being right."

Slate's The Gist with Mike Pesca. A daily afternoon show about news, culture, and whatever else you'll be discussing with friends and family...

00:51:49Oct 9, 2026

Yaakov Katz: "An idea cannot be defeated."

Slate's The Gist with Mike Pesca. A daily afternoon show about news, culture, and whatever else you'll be discussing with friends and family...

00:39:38Oct 7, 2026

David Pakman: "The stage was really set."

Slate's The Gist with Mike Pesca. A daily afternoon show about news, culture, and whatever else you'll be discussing with friends and family...

00:45:59Oct 5, 2026

Roy Wood Jr.: "People just want to feel good."

Slate's The Gist with Mike Pesca. A daily afternoon show about news, culture, and whatever else you'll be discussing with friends and family...

01:01:01Oct 2, 2026

Axes and Sodium with Rachel McCarthy James and Maria Konnikova

Slate's The Gist with Mike Pesca. A daily afternoon show about news, culture, and whatever else you'll be discussing with friends and family...

00:30:48Sep 30, 2026

Dr. Abdul El-Sayed on Viral Misinformation and Public Health Failures

Slate's The Gist with Mike Pesca. A daily afternoon show about news, culture, and whatever else you'll be discussing with friends and family...

00:34:38Sep 28, 2026

Django Gold: "Don't Be Funny"

Slate's The Gist with Mike Pesca. A daily afternoon show about news, culture, and whatever else you'll be discussing with friends and family...

00:54:55Sep 25, 2026

KJ Steinberg: "The echoes of trauma are loud and they are long."

Slate's The Gist with Mike Pesca. A daily afternoon show about news, culture, and whatever else you'll be discussing with friends and family...

00:48:19Sep 23, 2026

Ken Bensinger: "To catch the devil, sometimes you have to go to hell."

Slate's The Gist with Mike Pesca. A daily afternoon show about news, culture, and whatever else you'll be discussing with friends and family...

00:38:39Sep 21, 2026

Sam Jay - Funny You Should Mention

Slate's The Gist with Mike Pesca. A daily afternoon show about news, culture, and whatever else you'll be discussing with friends and family...

00:49:51Sep 18, 2026

Gilbert Gottfried: "My feeling is, can I get the hell out of here?"

Slate's The Gist with Mike Pesca. A daily afternoon show about news, culture, and whatever else you'll be discussing with friends and family...

00:35:59Sep 16, 2026