Day 3 of the Republican National Convention brought a Ted Cruz crescendo, a little Cruz-splaining.
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The Gist - Cutting Class
On The Gist, crackers, rednecks, hillbillies—Nancy Isenberg explains the persistence of these terms and why they can’t be called ethnic identities. Her book is called White Trash: The 400-Year Untold History of Class in America.
Where’s the Spiel? Check back Thursday morning for another a.m. Spiel on the Republican National Convention.
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The Gist - AM Spiel: RNC Rapid Response
A special morning Spiel on Day 2 of the Republican National Convention.
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The Gist - To Catch a Cartel
On The Gist, how not to blow your cover while laundering money for drug cartels. Robert Mazur was an undercover government agent who got an inside look at the Medellín Cartel. Bryan Cranston plays him in the film The Infiltrator, based on Mazur’s book.
For the Spiel, the disaster otherwise known as Day 1 of the Republican National Convention.
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The Gist - O Captain Fantastic!
On The Gist, actor and director Matt Ross (who plays Gavin in HBO’s Silicon Valley) talks about parenting and a man’s place in the world. Ross directed the film Captain Fantastic, a story about an extreme father who is compelled to bring his kids out of their cocoon-like home in the woods and into mainstream society.
For the Spiel, what Ghostbusters can tell us about Hillary Clinton’s electoral chances.
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The Gist - And We Never Looked at Music the Same Way Again
On The Gist, disco is out, MTV is in, and we’re getting buns of steel with Olivia Newton-John. We harken back to the Billboard hits of 1981 with our regular guest Chris Molanphy. He writes Slate’s “Why Is This Song No. 1?” column.
For the Spiel, how does a Sharia test work?
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The Gist - The Ungeheuerlich Mr. Johnson
On The Gist, U.S. Ambassador-at-Large Deborah Birx describes the challenges in fighting the AIDS/HIV epidemic. She oversees the nation’s plan for AIDS relief. For the Spiel, a brief meditation on renowned charmer Boris Johnson, now the United Kingdom’s top diplomat.
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The Gist - Type A Anonymous
On The Gist, we take a closer look at Type A. Is it real? How is it measured? Can it get you out of a ticket for aggressive driving? We get answers from Maria Konnikova, writer for the New Yorker and author of The Confidence Game. For the Spiel, Rudy Giuliani’s lies matter.
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The Gist - Art That Makes You Angry
On The Gist, what political ad men might have picked up from Caravaggio. Adam Levine, associate director of the Toledo Museum of Art in Ohio, explains the thinking behind the upcoming exhibition, “I Approve This Message: Decoding Political Ads.” For the Spiel, screwing around with Zika funding.
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The Gist - A Kamikaze Mission to Jupiter
On The Gist, why it’s better to crash our spacecrafts than to litter the solar system with our earthly microbes. Summer Ash explains everything you didn’t know you wanted to know about the Juno space probe orbiting Jupiter. Ash is the Director of Outreach for Columbia University’s Department of Astronomy.
For the Spiel, discord will always be with us.
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