Slate's The Gist

George Will takes a swing at a curveball from Mike: What does the seventh inning stretch have to do with Handel's Messiah ?

Paul Ryan and other Republicans want the "Nunes memo" released to the public. The thing about that is: It's probably worthless.

Global warming is causing a gender imbalance in the sea turtle population, with females vastly outnumbering males. Mike talks to two turtles straight from the Great Barrier Reef. 

Mike Pesca is wracked by mouth pain this week, so robots are helping him deliver his thoughts on bizarre cereal trends. 

Slate contributor Seth Stevenson sizes up a Democratic rising star.