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The Gist - Mike Pesca on The Good Fight Club

Today on The Gist, we air some of Mikes appearence on The Good Fight Club Podcast. Please note that this was recorded on September 10th, before the shooting of Charlie Kirk. You can listen to the rest of the podcast using the link below. The Good Fight Club: Russian Drones in Poland, Low Literacy in Schools, and Can Anyone Rein in Trump? Produced by Corey Wara

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The Daily - ‘The Interview’: What Happened to Cameron Crowe? He Has Answers.

The writer-director made hit after hit movie, until he didn’t. But he doesn’t let it get him down.

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The Gist - Bill McKibben: “Energy From Heaven, Not From Hell”

Bill McKibben discusses his new book Here Comes the Sun: A Last Chance for the Climate and a Fresh Chance for Civilization, making the case for renewables as civilization’s best hope. He has long argued that we can’t save the planet without a massive overhaul of how we live, but here he answers a challenge to whether that was ever right. McKibben dismisses geoengineering as “junkie’s logic,” yet warns it may be forced if clean energy isn’t embraced quickly. Plus, a reflection on cycles of American political violence—reminders that past eras were bloodier, and that public appetite for violence often diminishes rather than escalates.

Produced by Corey Wara

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1A - The News Roundup For September 12, 2025

Republican provocateur and online personality Charlie Kirk was shot and killed while hosting an event at Utah Valley University this week. Despite authorities searching for the person responsible, no suspects are in custody.

Donald Trump’s takeover of the Washington D.C. police department expired Thursday evening. Trump signaled that he would seek an extension, but that desire has reportedly cooled.

Meanwhile, in an attempt to harm Hamas, Israel bombed the Qatari capital of Doha this week. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu signaled that he and his forces are prepared to do so again despite a rare condemnation of Israeli military strategy by the U.S.

Poland invoked NATO’s Article 4 this week after Russian drones entered its airspace, leading to consultations between representatives of the alliances member nations.

France’s government has collapsed again. Now, President Emmanuel Macron has appointed outgoing defense minister Sébastien Lecornu as the country’s next prime minister.

We get into all this and more during this week’s News Roundup.

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The Bulwark Podcast - David Frum: Leveraging Violence as a Tool of Power

Trump and the people around him want to use the Kirk assassination to suppress their political opposition. And Trump is clearly laying the groundwork for cracking down on people he doesn't like—peaceful protesters, Dem fundraisers—while also offering rhetorical comfort to potential vigilantes on the right. Meanwhile, we are witnessing the danger of having an incompetent person atop the FBI, who alternates his time between posting for clicks and purging the bureau of highly qualified personnel for political cred. Plus, Vance is running for the 2028 nomination every day, the raid on the Georgia Hyundai plant shows the incoherence and stupidity of Trump's economic vision, and as Putin tests the resilience of NATO, the White House is playing politics in Poland.

David Frum joins Tim Miller for the weekend pod.

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The Daily - Special Episode: A Suspect Is Caught in Charlie Kirk’s Assassination

On Friday morning, the police in Utah said they had arrested a suspect in Charlie Kirk’s assassination, ending a manhunt that had stretched over 33 hours.

In this special episode of The Daily, we break down what we know about the suspect, and how the assassination of Mr. Kirk may be a turning point for the conservative movement.

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Federalist Radio Hour - ‘The Reckoning:’ Sorting Covid Facts From Authoritarian Fiction

Will Americans ever get the Covid reckoning we deserve? On this episode of The Federalist Radio Hour, historian Thomas Beckett Kane joins Federalist Senior Elections Correspondent Matt Kittle to reflect on how bureaucrats seized panic over Covid-19 to enact an authoritarian agenda that affected Americans for years. 

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The Daily - The Aftermath of Charlie Kirk’s Death

We look at the hunt for the killer of the right-wing activist Charlie Kirk and at the political fallout of his assassination.

Nicholas Bogel-Borroughs, an investigative reporter at The New York Times, discusses why the police are struggling to answer basic questions about the shooter. And Alan Feuer, who covers extremism and political violence, discusses how the assassination might become a turning point for the conservative movement.

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Photo: Kim Raff for The New York Times

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