The Gist with Mike Pesca

12/04/2024

The GIST | Is That Bulls**t is back!

09/23/2024

My latest Substack is about an anti-disinformation researcher who was inaccurately smeared as a covert agent of the CIA. In the name of accurate information.

08/06/2024

Two of the most influential journalism professors keep advising the media to supress the news, and keep getting it wrong.

Journalism Professors Jay Rosen and Margret Sullivan are trying to redefine basic tenets of journalism, to horrible effect

12/30/2023

Did you see Maestro? I did. But also did some other things at the same time. Here's my review which includes Groot, Snopy, Grape Ape and an Amy Schumer dis of Aaron Sorkin.

As Watched On My Couch Via Netflix Last Night

12/21/2023

Check out Mike’s recent live show Israel Debrief at the Comedy Cellar

11/30/2023

If you're in the New York area, please join us next week for:

Israel: A Post October 7 Debrief
Wednesday, December 6
Begins promptly at 6PM
Village Underground
130 W 3rd Street, New York

In this special live Gist event, Mike Pesca, who recently returned from Israel, will report on his meetings with high-ranking members of the Knesset, interviews with current and former military officers, and discussions with former heads of Shin Bet and Mossad. He will also share his impression of what he saw at Kibbutz Be'eri, the largest kibbutz in the Gaza envelope, in the aftermath of the massacre where nearly 100 residents were killed and 30 taken hostage.

Featuring audio / visual elements and Q&A's with Former IDF Military Captain Eli Elefant, Mike will examine the military, political, and humanitarian state of affairs.

Proceeds from the event will benefit the rebuilding of Kibbutz Be'eri.

There is an $18 cover plus two item minimum at this event. Larger donations are encouraged and can be made directly to Kibbutz Be'eri at the link below.

07/03/2023

Today's Spiel Takes on the recent CBS headline "Florida bill allowing radioactive roads made of potentially cancer-causing mining waste signed by DeSantis". And MAN do we get into the current state of research about phosphogypsum.