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34: Mike Pesca
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English - June 27, 2016 12:19 - 54 minutes - 51.1 MB - ★★★★★ - 70 ratingsEducation Society & Culture Personal Journals radio public reporting journalism audio interview interviews longform writer intelligent Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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Mike Pesca is the host of Slate's The Gist.
"There was a time when the most intelligent guy in your town was just the guy who knew the most — he knew the family genealogy, he knew facts. We've gotten away from that. The facts are there on a computer. So I think the definition of intelligence has a lot to do with synoptical connections — the ability to make connections, the ability to make analogies. So I have these conceptual scopes — I find a way to tie seemingly disparate things together. This is how my mind naturally thinks, but this is also — since I have this show I know that I have to turn out content for it — this is how I've conditioned my mind to think."