The Gist is an American daily news podcast hosted by Mike Pesca.

[3] The show typically starts with a short solo discussion by Pesca of an issue in the news, continues with an interview with an expert or author, and concludes with a "spiel", which is a short op-ed by Pesca on some topic that may or may not have already been discussed in the podcast.

Beyond issues of current events and politics, a notable focus of the Gist is on the quality of arguments and use of wordplay.

McNeil said the n-word “in the context of a conversation about racist language" during a New York Times's sponsored trip with students.

[5][6] In early September 2021, the Washington Post reported that Pesca and Slate had “mutually agreed to part ways … As part of the arrangement, Pesca will take his podcast, 'The Gist,' to an independent platform.”[7] This article about podcasting is a stub.