Hey, Mike, forgive me for sending this voice note. I never send voice notes, but I felt compelled to send you this idea. Feel free to use it if you want. Okay, you could put this to the top of the show. It'd go like this. Hey, hello, listeners. This is Max Kerman from the band Arkells. We're a Canadian band, and I'm coming to you today because I'm a listener of the gist. I listen every day. And every day, if I

accidentally click on the normal feed, I listen to Mike promoting the GIST list and Pesca Plus.

And to be honest, I'm both sick of it and inspired to make a pitch because, frankly, I'm

embarrassed for your listeners. If you're listening to this show, you know that you're getting

world-class journalism. And more importantly, I also know how you spend your money. You spend your

money on all kinds of stupid stuff. It's almost a crime that you're getting this show for free.

So the least you can do is pay Mike for what he provides every single day. It's really the least

you can do. The show is not only nourishing

for our minds, but it's also wildly entertaining. I hosted the Just Once. It's impossibly hard.

To do that and the Just List in Peska Plus five days a week, I'm both in awe, but I'm also annoyed.

The least you can do is sign up for Peska Plus, because if you listen to Peska Plus, you stop getting ads for Peska Plus.

Put it into your yearly budget and you won't even notice it.

And you also do this thing where text 777 or you give them the website, you don't need to baby your crowd by giving them instructions.

They can Google Peska Plus and be a part of the program in 30 seconds.

Music They can Google Peska Plus and be a part of the program in 30 seconds. It's Friday, December 26th, 2025 from Peachfish Productions. It's the Gist. I'm Mike Peska.

Some wonderful guests this week. And today I bring you Alex Edelman, who won a special Tony, which doesn't have to

join the other Tonys in a shorter bus than the regular Tonys. It's a full, I asked him, it's a full

height Tony for past performances. He's also, since we did this interview, he's been on the show

The Paper, which was the office,

or a version of the office, the team from the office, but bringing their faux documentary

magic to the setting of a newspaper in, was it in Akron? Was it in Toledo? I'm going to say

Toledo. I'm looking this up as we talk. And by we, I mean, I talk you. Listen, I have to say, and this is not a critique of Alex Edelman or his acting skills,

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