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MIKE PESCA
journalist & podcast host.
Mike Pesca is an award-winning journalist and podcast host whose work spans public radio, print, and television. He has guest-hosted NPR’s All Things Considered and Wait, Wait, Don’t Tell Me, and his reporting has been featured on This American Life, Radiolab, and Planet Money. Mike has appeared on MSNBC, CNN, Real Time with Bill Maher, and PBS NewsHour, and his writing has appeared in The Washington Post, The Atlantic, The Free Press, The Guardian, GQ, Slate, and Baseball Prospectus.
He is the creator and host of The Gist, the longest-running daily news podcast in history, moderator of Not Even Mad, a political debate podcast, and host of Funny You Should Mention, a co-production with the Comedy Cellar, where he conducts in-depth interviews with stand up comedians. Mike is also the author of Upon Further Review, which explores how pivotal sports moments might have changed the game—and the world.
featured on.
Political and social climate of NYC and of cities more broadly (homelessness, policing, infrastructure, etc.)
Who should inherit the Fresh Air crown from Terry Gross after she retires?
Go deeper with the
Upon Further Review podcast
The official companion to Mike’s book, featuring extended riffs, new angles, and episodes inspired by the book’s most surprising chapters.
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