1. Mike Pesca was born on December 29,1971 and is an American radio journalist and podcaster based in New York City.
19 Facts About Mike Pesca
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Mike Pesca is the host of the daily podcast, The Gist, and the editor of Upon Further Review: The Greatest What-Ifs in Sports History.
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Mike Pesca first appeared on radio as a ten-year-old caller to a local New York City sports program, offering his opinion on the New York Jets.
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Mike Pesca went on to work as Producer-At-Large for the WNYC and NPR program On the Media.
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Mike Pesca had a recurring segment on OTM called "Mike's Shoes", in which he would "disgorge little bits of media fluff" he encountered.
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Mike Pesca served as a reporter for NPR and Slate's mid-day show Day to Day, on which he occasionally filled in as host.
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Since 2014, Mike Pesca has served as host of Slate's daily podcast The Gist.
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Mike Pesca's reports have been featured on Morning Edition, All Things Considered and Weekend Edition.
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Mike Pesca covered mainly sports and pop culture for the network, and previously he has covered a wide range of topics including politics, economics, and the arts.
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Mike Pesca is a regular contributor to the NPR program Weekend Edition Sunday.
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Mike Pesca has written for Slate and the Washington Post.
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In February 2014, Mike Pesca announced that he was leaving NPR to join Slate magazine.
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In May 2018, Mike Pesca edited and published Upon Further Review: The Greatest What-Ifs in Sports History, a collection of essays in which authors explore alternative histories in the world of sports.
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Mike Pesca was born in Oceanside, Long Island, New York.
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Mike Pesca has two sons with his ex-wife, Robin Dolch, a public relations executive.
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Mike Pesca is a fan of the New York Jets, New York Mets, New York Knicks and St Johns Red Storm.
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In 2020, Mike Pesca became engaged to Michelle Hunter with the assistance of Buddy the Rat.
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Mike Pesca received the award for the season-long weekly series, Friday Night Lives, on "the phenomenon of high school football" which Pesca created with NPR sports correspondent Tom Goldman.
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Mike Pesca won the 2001 Murrow Award for Best Radio Feature Reporting for his report "Cracker Jack" that aired on On the Media on August 4,2001.