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The Gist

What Could Go Right, And Why We Rarely Hear About It

The Gist

Mike Pesca

News, Politics, Arts, Daily News

4.43.6K Ratings

🗓️ 16 June 2025

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

Zachary Karabell of The Progress Network and the What Could Go Right podcast lays out a case for “edgy optimism,” highlighting under-covered wins in medicine, education, and public policy. From New Mexico’s universal childcare to gene therapies for sickle cell disease, he argues the problem isn’t a lack of progress—it’s our inability to notice. Plus, a new U.S. ad from Benjamin Netanyahu adapts the famous Talmudic credo “Rise and Kill First” into something just a little more TV-friendly. And in the spiel: Trump’s gray, soggy military parade gets upstaged by a vibrant “No Kings” protest. Produced by Corey WaraProduction Coordinator Ashley KhanEmail us at ⁠⁠⁠⁠[email protected]⁠⁠⁠⁠To advertise on the show, contact ⁠⁠⁠⁠[email protected]⁠⁠⁠⁠ or visit ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://advertising.libsyn.com/TheGist⁠⁠⁠⁠Subscribe to The Gist: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://subscribe.mikepesca.com/⁠⁠⁠⁠Subscribe to The Gist Youtube Page: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4_bh0wHgk2YfpKf4rg40_g⁠⁠⁠⁠Subscribe to The Gist Instagram Page: ⁠⁠⁠⁠GIST INSTAGRAM⁠⁠⁠⁠Follow The Gist List at: ⁠⁠⁠⁠Pesca⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠Profundities | Mike Pesca | Substack⁠⁠⁠⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Hi, it's Mike. I'm doing Substack lives this week, in fact, Tuesday and Wednesday, which, you know,

0:07.6

depending on where you hear this or when you hear this, might be like today and tomorrow,

0:11.7

might be yesterday and today. Let me just tell you what's going on. We got John McWater at 6 p.m.

0:17.3

on Tuesday to talk about words and all the Ds, the E's and the eyes, but also playing

0:24.1

your music out loud in the subway. He says he's for it. I don't think he is. And then the next

0:28.6

day in an afternoon Substack Live, we've got Nate Silver to talk about everything electoral,

0:35.5

Democrats, that's one of the parties, the New York mayoral election.

0:39.1

I want to know where Trump's popularity is, hearing different things. No one chronicles it like

0:43.5

Nate Silver. So, Tuesday, June 17th, 6 p.m. Eastern John McWater, Wednesday, June 18th, 1230 p.m.

0:53.4

Eastern, Nate Silver. Join us, Mikepesca.com.

1:02.2

It's Monday, June 16th, 2025 from Peachfish Productions. It's the gist. I'm Mike Peska.

1:08.1

My son was watching Survivor on TV last night. I say on TV, because you need

1:12.4

to say that these days. It was surprising that it was on TV, the regular point of remote, click on

1:18.3

the channel or the streaming service TV. When this ad came on, Rising Line, targeted military

1:25.2

operation to roll back the Iranian threat to Israel's very survival.

1:30.2

That voice is Benjamine Netanyahu doing a voiceover with the Hans Zimmer-esque score,

1:35.8

and the imagery is of Mullah's shouting things and nuclear weapons.

1:40.3

And when Netanyahu hits a good phrase, the words are starkly on the screen.

1:44.9

I want to assure the civilized world.

1:47.5

We will not let the world's most dangerous regime get the world's most dangerous weapon.

1:52.4

Boom!

1:53.2

To quote the top floor of Hossein Salamani's apartment building.

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