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Not Even Mad: Anthony Weiner & Matt Welch

6/18/2026 • 53 min

Today on The Gist, we explore the aftermath of the Kansas City Super Bowl parade shooting, as NEw York celebrates a historic Knicks championship victory. Then, former congressman Anthony Weiner and Reason editor-at-large Matt Welch join the panel for another edition of "Not Even Mad." The trio debates the massive market valuation of Elon Musk's SpaceX, analyzing… Play episode

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Gary Slutkin: "Violence Meets Every Scientific Definition of a Contagious …
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Benoit Denizet-Lewis: The Case Against “I’ve Changed”
Tom Steyer’s Very Expensive Optimism
Christian Miller: Why We Say We Love Honesty, Then Reward Liars
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Simone Stolzoff: We’re Getting Worse At Not Knowing
Aaron Tang: "Re-instill This Idea That We Can Sit Around and Talk to Each …
Mike Pesca on The Reason Roundtable
Janet McNamara: Smart People Think I'm Smart, Stupid People Think I'm Dumb
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Holly Buck: A Pause on New Data Centers Isn't Really Going to Slow the Pro…
Beyond the Politics of Contempt
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David Oppenheimer: "Diversity Is Not About Being Comfortable"
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Mike Pesca on Fake the Nation
Matt Sterling: Finding the Strength to Survive
Franklin Foer: Did the Press Miss Biden's Decline?
Franklin Foer: Chronicling The Purged
David Epstein: Thinking Inside the Box
Kevin Williamson: The Psychotic State of Texas Politics
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Benjamin Saltzman: The Art of Turning Away
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Jonathan Vigliotti: The Olympic Rush to Rebuild LA
Joseph Moore: Negotiating With Drug Dealers for Real Estate Success
Joseph Moore: The Despair Industrial Complex
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