How do you attempt to document an event as complex and inexplicable as the Vietnam War? Filmmaker <a href="https://twitter.com/LynnNovick">Lynn Novick</a> says it helped to prioritize Vietnamese voices as well as people with a flair for speaking. “There’s a poetry in just how people express themselves that we look for,” said Novick. She and Ken Burns co-directed <a href="http://www.pbs.org/kenburns/the-vietnam-war/home/">The Vietnam War</a>, airing now on PBS. In the Spiel, Mike tsk-tsks Donna Brazile’s tell-all.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices">podcastchoices.com/adchoices</a>

The Paradox of Black Patriotism

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.