Mike Pesca
Award-winning journalist and long-running host of The Gist and creator/host of the How To podcast; appears here as the featured guest discussing cultural nihilism, artists, and contemporary protest aesthetics.
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Mar 15, 2025 • 1h 38min
Mike Pesca on the Smoke 'Em If You Got 'Em Podcast
Mike Pesca, podcast host and journalist known for sharp cultural commentary, joins a freewheeling conversation. They trade stories about gym culture, male visuality, and single-sex spaces. The talk pivots to politics with Gavin Newsom’s interview tactics and the culture-war politics around transgender athletes. They also debate podcasting norms, platforming, and the ethics of true crime.
Apr 4, 2026 • 41min
Uncertain Things: "Joy as an Act of Resistance is the Dumbest Slogan of the Woke Era"
Mike Pesca, award-winning journalist and How To podcast creator, joins to unpack cultural nihilism, artists who romanticize violence, and contemporary protest aesthetics. They roam from Mesopotamian ghosts to the politics of celebrity gestures. Conversations hit labor activism, the Starbucks union’s militant signaling, and whether “joy as resistance” is effective or performative.
