Should Ruth Bader Ginsburg Just Quit Already?

Today on The Gist, guest host Scott introduces a 2022 conversation between Mike Pesca and former US Senator Al Franken, who discusses his return to stand-up comedy and looks back at his tenure in the Senate. Franken examines how his background as a comedy writer and performer inf ...  Show more

Today on The Gist, guest host Adaam Levin introduces Mike Pesca's conversation with comedian and actor TJ Miller, who reflects on life, stand-up, and the traumatic brain injury that altered his cognitive wiring. Miller walks through his experience surviving a 2010 brain surgery t ...  Show more

PODCAST SUMMARY HOUR 1:

Judge Amy Coney Grin-and-Bear-It is unflappable on the surface, but like a duck that's gliding along, she's paddling furiously under the surface. The leftists haven't given up on stopping ACB. Senator Mazie Hirono tries to set up ACB for a Kavanau ...

The right dials up the heat on Donald Trump as he continues to make potentially incriminating statements. Republicans inch closer to a government shutdown. Mitt Romney takes his Senate exit stage left. Then, Michigan Congresswoman Elissa Slotkin joins the show to discuss the Unit ...  Show more

Donald Trump's once-daunting legal challenges continue to melt away, as Special Counsel Jack Smith plans his resignation and Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg lays out options for putting the hush money case on indefinite pause. Dan and Melissa Murray, cohost of Strict Scrutiny, discuss a ...  Show more