On The Gist, Trump’s lies and steel mills.The Arab Spring caused a major shift in Egypt in 2011, and the politics only got murkier during the military coup in 2013. But are autocrats really the best allies for the United States, or just for our current president? David Kirkpatrick explores what happened to Egypt during the Arab Spring and the military coup in his new book, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Into-Hands-Soldiers-Freedom-Middle/dp/073522062X/?tag=slatmaga-20">Into the Hands of the Soldiers: Freedom and Chaos in Egypt and the Middle East</a>. In the Spiel, who Trump calls stupid. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices">podcastchoices.com/adchoices</a>

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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.