Presenting: The C-Word

April 20th, 2004. A quiet suburban development outside Seattle. Brand-new homes. Fresh lawns not yet grown in. Then, in the middle of the night—sirens. Flames ripping through two houses. Investigators quickly find the cause: homemade incendiary devices. And a message, left behind ...  عرض المزيد

April 18, 1806. In his study, President Thomas Jefferson signs a law that doesn’t look like an act of war. It bans imports. Leather. Silk. Glass. Playing cards. A strange list. A quiet move. But Jefferson is trying to confront one of the most powerful empires in the world, withou ...  عرض المزيد

In the latest episode of ‘Call Her Daddy’ Charlize Theron revels in being a single mom and brags about having sex with a 26-year-old. The episode has been viewed by nearly a million people so far, with reaction divided between those who celebrate Charlize as a strong woman fighti ...  عرض المزيد

In this classic episode, Cristen and Caroline discuss the legacy of Barbara Walters as a pioneering female broadcast journalist and soft-news aficionado, and why TIME magazine called her the "Most Appalling Argument for Feminism."See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy informatio ...  عرض المزيد

In this installment of Best Of The Gist, an extra from our two-part interview with Heather Cox Richardson, which aired this past week. She read every copy of the New York Times from the end of the Civil War to the turn of the century. Listen to find out why. Then, to keep the his ...  عرض المزيد

Kim Kardashian has been accused of a lot of things, but why do so many of her offences relate to altering images...badly? Why is her salad bowl so big? Today in the Cancelled Courtroom, we continue the cross-examination of Ms Kimberley Noel Kardashian. In Part One, we heard how t ...  عرض المزيد