Mike Pesca

Mike Pesca is a journalist and the host of “The Gist,” the longest-running daily news podcast in history, which is consistently ranked in Apple’s Top 20 Daily News charts. He spent a decade as a correspondent for NPR, and in addition to guest-hosting the NPR programs “All Things Considered” and the news quiz “Wait, Wait, Don’t Tell Me,” his work has been featured on “This American Life,” “Radiolab,” and Planet Money. He has frequently appeared on MSNBC, CNN, and the PBS Newshour, and written for The Washington Post, The Guardian, GQ, Slate, and Baseball Prospectus. He is the winner of two Edward R. Murrow awards, one for his coverage of high school football, another for his analysis of the monetary value of Crackerjacks being mentioned in the lyrics to “Take Me Out to the Ball Game.”