On today’s Gist, we’re tearing up the playbook. We’re playing the first episode of our new limited-run podcast, <a href="http://www.slate.com/articles/podcasts/upon_further_review.html">Upon Further Review</a>, based on the <a href="http://www.amazon.com/dp/1455540366/?tag=slatmaga-20">book</a> of the same name. In this episode, <a href="http://www.slate.com/ar">Slow Burn</a> host <a href="http://www.slate.com/authors.leon_neyfakh.html">Leon Neyfakh</a> imagines how American history might have been different if Richard Nixon had been any good at playing football. For more fascinating sports what ifs, subscribe to <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/upon-further-review/id1381512737?mt=2">Upon Further Review</a> now. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices">podcastchoices.com/adchoices</a>

Disconnecting the Dots in Israel

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.