343 w/ Mike Pesca (ex-Slate, The Gist podcast) "Inexplicable Offense, Boring Exile, Triumphant Return"

<p>Almost a year after being run out of <em>Slate</em> for possession of an unpopular opinion, journalist and podcaster Mike Pesca joins the Fifth for his first post-controversy conversation about why how it all went down, when banal opinions became "harassment," and what we can expect from the <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-gist/id873667927" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>The Gist</em></a> 2.0. </p><p><br></p><ul><li>Is Kmele being prioritized for Covid treatment? Because, ya know...</li><li>Mike Pesca gets pushed out of Slate (for referencing, <em>but not saying</em>, a magic word)</li><li>Bull Connor's boss, Steve</li><li>A "harassment-worthy" opinion</li><li>Was anyone brave and did they call bullshit? Ummm...</li><li>N-words and Mohammad cartoons</li><li>Insert $5 for more podcast</li><li>Kmele's Kovid fog</li><li>The roughest period of Mike's life, ever</li><li>The new, new journalism</li><li>Hating Joe Rogan</li><li>You don't have the truth, journalists. But you can get there</li><li>The Gist's <em>approchal </em></li><li>Moynihan likes The Gist. Except that one episode...</li><li>The media is atomized. Or maybe balkanized </li><li>Coleman is a good rapper</li><li>Don't catastrophize the normal </li></ul><p><br></p><br /><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for privacy and opt-out information.</p>