The Gist - Clips: Recent Episodes

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George Will takes a swing at a curveball from Mike: What does the seventh inning stretch have to do with Handel's Messiah?

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Paul Ryan and other Republicans want the "Nunes memo" released to the public. The thing about that is: It's probably worthless.

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Global warming is causing a gender imbalance in the sea turtle population, with females vastly outnumbering males. Mike talks to two turtles straight from the Great Barrier Reef.

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Mike Pesca is wracked by mouth pain this week, so robots are helping him deliver his thoughts on bizarre cereal trends.

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Slate contributor Seth Stevenson sizes up a Democratic rising star.

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Mike imagines an ice-bucket challenge among gun owners.

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What we get wrong when we talk about mass shooters, with author Masha Gessen.

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Mike found the perfect metaphor for our familiar reaction to a mass shooting.

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Why do people explain Trump's behavior as "playing to his base?"

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Based on the information available, what can we conclude about the media coverage of terrorism?

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Mike weighs to pros and cons of evicting Trump from office.

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How many times do we have to explain it?

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A CBS Face the Nation voter panel gives Mike something to ponder.

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Wednesday's Spiel: A retelling of the Civil War. What if President Donald Trump were there?

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Watching CNN go haywire for a pretty banal accident on Capitol Hill. (March 29, 2017)

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You're nobody to President Trump until you're somebody. And then, you're not just anybody -- you're everybody. (Spiel from March 1, 2017)