Peach Fish Productions|5662 - Al Franken: " I had a career in identifying absurdity. And I know it when I see it."
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.
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Published24 Aug 2026
Duration33:44
Episodes
5662-
Al Franken: " I had a career in identifying absurdity. And I know it when I see it."
Listened
24 Aug 2026
5661-
TJ Miller: "When the air hits your brain, it's never the same."
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21 Aug 2026
5660-
Chris Smalls: "Worker led means worker led."
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19 Aug 2026
5659-
Bob Saget: "I just, I wanna entertain people."
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17 Aug 2026
5658-
Andrew Fox: Make something that surprises people because everyone's bored.
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14 Aug 2026
5657-
Derrick Palmer: "The union was always the solution."
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12 Aug 2026
5656-
Larry Wilmore: "I have pushed for the ability to suck in anything, rather than just racial content."
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10 Aug 2026
5655-
Kelsey Snelling: "Anytime there is a scale, you can't do so ethically."
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Fri, 7 Aug 2026 22:00:00 +0000
5654-
Funny You Should Mention: Des Bishop
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Wed, 5 Aug 2026 22:00:00 +0000
5653-
Nathan Alebach: "Don't listen to me, I'm just a frozen piece of meat."
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Mon, 3 Aug 2026 22:00:00 +0000
5652-
Lara Bazelon: "What are the repercussions when you speak outside your tribe?"
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31 Jul 2026
5651-
Justin Garson: "If you turn dopamine on and off, you can turn schizophrenia on and off."
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29 Jul 2026
5650-
Maria Konnikova: "If you're looking for a healthy food, this ain't it."
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27 Jul 2026
5649-
Robby Hoffman: "For me, to complain is to enjoy."
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24 Jul 2026
5648-
Helen Lewis: "Vulnerable guys could use a friend, but they get a charlatan."
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22 Jul 2026
5647-
Ted Kaye: "You can love a flag and have it co-opted."
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20 Jul 2026
5646-
Vincent Schiraldi: Mass Supervision and Criminal Justice Reform
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17 Jul 2026
5645-
Michael Murphy: "The Spaces Around Us Are Shaping Us and Changing Us"
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15 Jul 2026
5644-
Steven Johnson: "We Have Three Levels of Probability. It's Gonna Happen, It's Not Gonna Happen, and Maybe"
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13 Jul 2026
5643-
Funny You Should Mention: Jeff Arcuri
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10 Jul 2026
5642-
Pesca La Vista
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Thu, 9 Jul 2026 22:23:27 +0000
5641-
David Wain & Ken Marino: "We're Always Modulating The Madcap"
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Wed, 8 Jul 2026 22:19:18 +0000
5640-
Batya Ungar-Sargon: "Anti-Zionism Now Is A Central Plank Of Leftist Politics"
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Tue, 7 Jul 2026 22:24:13 +0000
5639-
Ray Madoff: "The Tax System No Longer Taxes Investments And Inheritances"
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Mon, 6 Jul 2026 22:30:14 +0000
5638-
Chris Cillizza: "Most Of Those People Don't Pay"
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Sat, 4 Jul 2026 16:00:00 +0000
5637-
Not Even Mad: Elizabeth Bruening & Ben Kawaller
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Thu, 2 Jul 2026 22:26:10 +0000
5636-
Isaac Butler: "Part Of Living In A Society Means Giving Over A Certain Amount Of Agency"
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Thu, 2 Jul 2026 01:48:44 +0000
5634-
Eric Lichtblau: "Hate Speech Leads Directly To Hate Crimes"
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Wed, 1 Jul 2026 01:40:13 +0000
5632-
Ben Fountain: "We're Real Good At The Blur"
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30 Jun 2026
5630-
Ro Khanna & Mike Pesca: The Middle
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27 Jun 2026
5629-
Funny You Should Mention: Graham Kay
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26 Jun 2026
5628-
Anna Varfolomeeva: "Eighty Percent Of Russian Troops Are Getting Wiped Out Before They Reach The Front Line"
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25 Jun 2026
5627-
Ben Rhodes: "The Thing They Do As The Next Step Is The Most Consequential Part Of The Deal"
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24 Jun 2026
5626-
Ben Rhodes: "If We Had To Pay With All This Blood, It Was Worth It"
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23 Jun 2026
5625-
Michael A. Cohen: "There Is an Inherent Bias Toward Exaggerating the Benefits of Using Military Force"
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22 Jun 2026
5624-
Michael Schur: "The Afterlife Score Is Mathematical and Omniscient, But It Might Be Wrong"
Listened
20 Jun 2026
5623-
Not Even Mad: Anthony Weiner & Matt Welch
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18 Jun 2026
5622-
Sadie Dingfelder: "You Cannot Be Burned by Wind Alone"
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17 Jun 2026
5621-
Michael Schur: "It Is Funny to Watch Fans Turn Themselves Inside Out to Try to Hold on to Something That No Longer Exists"
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16 Jun 2026
5620-
Joe Posnanski: "Life Is Lonely, and Sports Provides a Community"
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15 Jun 2026
5619-
Chris Cillizza: "Most of the People I Know in Media Can Barely Pay Their Bills"
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13 Jun 2026
5618-
Gary Slutkin: "Violence Meets Every Scientific Definition of a Contagious Disease"
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12 Jun 2026
5617-
Not Even Mad: Bradley Tusk & Charles Fain Lehman
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11 Jun 2026
5616-
Sadie Dingfelder: "Raccoons Have Never Been a Rabies Vector in America"
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10 Jun 2026
5615-
Benoit Denizet-Lewis: The Case Against “I’ve Changed”
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Mon, 8 Jun 2026 21:57:09 +0000
5614-
Tom Steyer’s Very Expensive Optimism
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Sat, 6 Jun 2026 16:00:00 +0000
5613-
Christian Miller: Why We Say We Love Honesty, Then Reward Liars
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Fri, 5 Jun 2026 22:05:10 +0000
5612-
Claude Steele Has a Better Way to Talk About Race
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Thu, 4 Jun 2026 22:04:23 +0000
5611-
Ian Coss: How One Man Controlled A Quarter Of New England’s Groundfish
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Wed, 3 Jun 2026 22:00:00 +0000
5610-
Simone Stolzoff: We’re Getting Worse At Not Knowing