The Gist

The NFL Mafia

On The Gist, ’tis the season (elections!) for baseless political analysis, courtesy of big network news.
Americans spend countless hours watching football, but what do they know about the owners of their favorite teams? In Big Game: The NFL in Dangerous Times, Mark Leibovich covers the exclusive billionaire boys’ club and the “very unimpressive group of inherited misfits” that fills its ranks.
In the Spiel, CNN’s Van Jones was way too chummy with interview guest Jared Kushner on Monday morning.
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For thirty minutes each day, Pesca challenges himself and his audience, in a responsibly provocative style, and gets beyond the rigidity and dogma. The Gist is surprising, reasonable, and willing to critique the left, the right, either party, or any idea.