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Larry Wilmore: "I have pushed for the ability to suck in anything, rather than just …

8/10/2026 • 24 min

Today on The Gist, guest host Bryan Green shares a classic 2019 interview with comedian, writer, and host Larry Wilmore. Wilmore reflects on his podcast Black on the Air, the reality of the medium, and the freedom of moving beyond narrowly defined racial content. He and Mike Pesca discuss mentorship, the limits of "woke" cultural criticism, and why using comedy … Play episode

Kelsey Snelling: "Anytime there is a scale, you can't do so ethically."
Funny You Should Mention: Des Bishop
Nathan Alebach: "Don't listen to me, I'm just a frozen piece of meat."
Lara Bazelon: "What are the repercussions when you speak outside your trib…
Justin Garson: "If you turn dopamine on and off, you can turn schizophreni…
Maria Konnikova: "If you're looking for a healthy food, this ain't it."
Robby Hoffman: "For me, to complain is to enjoy."
Helen Lewis: "Vulnerable guys could use a friend, but they get a charlatan…
Ted Kaye: "You can love a flag and have it co-opted."
Vincent Schiraldi: Mass Supervision and Criminal Justice Reform
Michael Murphy: "The Spaces Around Us Are Shaping Us and Changing Us"
Steven Johnson: "We Have Three Levels of Probability. It's Gonna Happen, I…
Funny You Should Mention: Jeff Arcuri
Pesca La Vista
David Wain & Ken Marino: "We're Always Modulating The Madcap"
Batya Ungar-Sargon: "Anti-Zionism Now Is A Central Plank Of Leftist Politi…
Ray Madoff: "The Tax System No Longer Taxes Investments And Inheritances"
Chris Cillizza: "Most Of Those People Don't Pay"
Not Even Mad: Elizabeth Bruening & Ben Kawaller
Isaac Butler: "Part Of Living In A Society Means Giving Over A Certain Amo…
Eric Lichtblau: "Hate Speech Leads Directly To Hate Crimes"
Ben Fountain: "We're Real Good At The Blur"
Ro Khanna & Mike Pesca: The Middle
Funny You Should Mention: Graham Kay
Anna Varfolomeeva: "Eighty Percent Of Russian Troops Are Getting Wiped Out…
Ben Rhodes: "The Thing They Do As The Next Step Is The Most Consequential …
Ben Rhodes: "If We Had To Pay With All This Blood, It Was Worth It"
Michael A. Cohen: "There Is an Inherent Bias Toward Exaggerating the Benef…
Michael Schur: "The Afterlife Score Is Mathematical and Omniscient, But It…
Not Even Mad: Anthony Weiner & Matt Welch
Sadie Dingfelder: "You Cannot Be Burned by Wind Alone"
Michael Schur: "It Is Funny to Watch Fans Turn Themselves Inside Out to Tr…
Joe Posnanski: "Life Is Lonely, and Sports Provides a Community"
Chris Cillizza: "Most of the People I Know in Media Can Barely Pay Their B…
Gary Slutkin: "Violence Meets Every Scientific Definition of a Contagious …
Not Even Mad: Bradley Tusk & Charles Fain Lehman
Sadie Dingfelder: "Raccoons Have Never Been a Rabies Vector in America"
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
Claude Steele Has a Better Way to Talk About Race
Ian Coss: How One Man Controlled A Quarter Of New England’s Groundfish
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
Astead Herndon: Polling Has Blind Spots That Regular People Explaining the…
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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