In this installment of Best Of The Gist, to compliment our Friday show, which featured an interview with sisters Nora and Lilla Zuckerman—show runners (and writers of Episode 109) of the hit Poker Face on Peacock—we are listening back to Mike’s 2015 interview with Leslye Headland, the producer of Russian Doll. What’s the connection? Both shows star Natasha Lyonne, of course. And then we listen back to our Wednesday Spiel about the real damaged caused by the East Palestine train wreck.The Gist is produced by Joel Patterson and Corey Wara Email us at <a href="http://thegist@mikepesca.com">thegist@mikepesca.com</a> To advertise on the show, visit: <a href="https://advertisecast.com/TheGist">https://advertisecast.com/TheGist</a> Subscribe to an ad-free version of The Gist: <a href="https://subscribe.mikepesca.com/">https://subscribe.mikepesca.com/ </a>Follow Mike’s Substack at: <a href="https://mikepesca.substack.com/">Pesca Profundities | Mike Pesca | Substack</a>  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices">podcastchoices.com/adchoices</a>

The Unremarkable Antics Of Congressman DeSantis

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.