The Gist with Mike Pesca

The Gist with Mike Pesca An daily evening news podcast covering politics, culture, history, sociology, science & animal husbandry.

11/27/2025

Mike Vuolo complets his 6-7 meme deep dive.

Listen to the full conversation on the Gist podcast. Links in bio.

11/26/2025

breaks down the overlooked overlap between Jesse Jackson’s 1980s populism and Trump’s early trade rhetoric. A surprising comparison that reshapes how we think about modern coalitions and political language.
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11/26/2025

Birth of a Meme, Part 2. A high-school phenom says “6-7” over a Starbucks drink.
A Maryland kid imitates it at a youth game.
And suddenly everyone’s convinced it’s about basketball height, police codes, or grave dimensions. But what are the TRUE origins of 6-7?

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11/26/2025

.muirhead pitches a 5x property tax on non-residents when things get a little spicy on today's Not Even Mad.
says the real problem is NYC’s regulatory barnacles… then snaps back at Dartmouth students crying over home prices. Full conversation on The Gist Podcast.

Today at 6pm ET


11/24/2025

If you thought you understood the 6 7 meme… strap in. Mike Vuolo of the Lexicon Valley podcast does a deep dive into rapper Skrilla, the “6-7 meme,” and how culture just… happens.
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11/23/2025

Pixar anticipates our greatest anxieties. Coming soon to a theater and 6th grade class near you

11/21/2025

What even is "genre"? And who decides what's funny? and Mike Pesca go down the most delicious rabbit hile of language, identity, monogamy, meditation, magic, and the strange rules that make jokes work.

Full conversation on The Gist Youtube /pescagist

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11/20/2025

Fareed Zakaria breaks down the scale of change we’ve lived through: 3 billion people entering the global economy, women’s roles transformed, and a worldwide political backlash that was almost inevitable.

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11/20/2025

Mike challenges James Patterson on the book’s profile of Gadens Boern, a Kolkata charity later scrutinized in Denmark for troubling practices. Patterson responds in real time, weighing what he knew, what he didn’t, and how fast-paced projects can miss the warning signs.

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11/19/2025

"It's a disgrace." James Patterson explains how we can fix the atrocious reading level of US kids.

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11/18/2025

John Amaechi reflects on pursuing the NBA while his mother was fighting breast cancer — and why every class, every game, felt “consequential.”

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🎧Episode out Nov.18 6pm ET

11/17/2025

Nicole Gelinas explains why NYC’s crime surge hit harder.

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