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The brand new official Just The Gist podcast is right here (and we've had a glow up)! Rosie Waterland tells amazing stories about anything and everything, but with just enough detail to make you sound impressive at a dinner party. Let's get Gistening.... Subscribe now so we pop straight back into your feed the moment a new episode drops. Got a question, suggistion, or burning hot take? Get in touch: [email protected] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

106 episodes

Just The Gist of… The Murder of Selena Quintanilla 1 Oct 2026 · 1 hr 3 min In 1995, Selena Quintanilla was about to become one of the biggest pop stars in the world. Just 23 years old, she was already considered the Queen of Tejano music and was easily t…

JTG MINI: Last Ditch - the covid conscious lesbian bar 30 Sept 2026 · 1 hr 1 min "I hope your venue gets firebombed." That was a real comment on a real Instagram post from a small lesbian bar in Greenfield, Massachusetts, announcing that one night a week, mask…

Just The Gist of… The Falling Man - 9/11's most haunting photo 15 Sept 2026 · 1 hr 2 min This month marks 25 years since 9/11, and of all the images to come out of that day, possibly the most haunting is one that was published the next morning and then quietly disappe…

UNLOCKED BREAKIN' NOOZ: Lindsay Clancy Case Update 14 Sept 2026 · 31 min We published our 'Just The Gist of The Lindsay Clancy Case' episode (you can listen to it here) a few weeks ago, and it very quickly became one of our most listened to eps ever. N…

Just The Gist of… Dolly Parton 3 Sept 2026 · 1 hr 26 min Dolly Parton died last week at 80, and she may literally be the last universally loved person we’ll ever see. This is the whole story: the girl born in a one-room shack in the Smo…

JTG MINI: Why is Selena Gomez being sued over her company 'Wondermind'? 1 Sept 2026 · 1 hr 22 min Selena Gomez is being sued for fraud. Investors say the mental health startup she founded with her mum, Mandy Teefey, took their millions based on promises that never came true. B…

Just The Gist of... The Billionaire Boys Club 26 Aug 2026 · 1 hr 10 min "Tape mouth. Handcuff. Explain situation." When police finally searched missing conman Ron Levin's Beverly Hills mansion in 1984, they found a seven-page murder to-do list, left b…

JTG MINI: There’s a new ‘luxury’ bag on the market - made of T-Rex leather. 25 Aug 2026 · 28 min “Move over Birkin. Watch out Chanel. There’s a new apex predator.” OF LUXURY GOODS. A luxury bag made of T-rex leather was unveiled earlier this year at Amsterdam Art Zoo Museum.…

JTG MINI: The weird process of buying a Birkin Bag (AKA 'The Hermès Game') 19 Aug 2026 · 53 min You can walk into an Hermès store with 20 grand in cash, ask for a Birkin bag, and they will say no. Because Hermès doesn't sell you the world's most coveted handbag, Hermès decid…

Just The Gist of... The Lindsay Clancy Case 18 Aug 2026 · 1 hr 39 min The Lindsay Clancy case is the story everyone seems to be talking about right now. But if you haven’t been following Lindsay Clancy’s story from the start, it’s a hard one to catc…

BONUS BREAKIN' NOOZ: Logies and AI Gae Guys and psychotic Harry Potter fans oh my! 17 Aug 2026 · 1 hr 26 min Surprise! Free for everyone this week! It's not news, it's NOOZ! In these JTG BONUS eps, Rosie Waterland gives just the gist of the week's most important nonsense. Episodes drop e…

ENCORE: The Woman Who Fell in Love with a Dolphin 5 Aug 2026 · 32 min In the 1960s, Margaret Howe Lovatt became part of a NASA-funded experiment to teach a dolphin named Peter to speak English. What started as groundbreaking interspecies communicati…

JTG MINI: The eBay Stalking Scandal story just had a major update. 4 Aug 2026 · 49 min (ENCORE!) We spoke on JTG’s bonus Breakin’ Nooz this week about eBay agreeing to pay $56 million to Ina and David Steiner - the unassuming, nerdy married couple that eBay executiv…

Just The Gist of… The Murder of Maurizio Gucci - the man who lost the Gucci family their fashion company 29 Jul 2026 · 57 min "My eyesight is not so good darling, I didn't want to miss." The line that finally convinced her own daughters she'd done it, after 17 years of prison visits. In 1995, Maurizio Gu…

JTG MINI: John Jones and the Nutty Putty Cave. 28 Jul 2026 · 42 min "There’s a reason being hung upside down was once used as a form of torture." It’s the horror story cavers tell each other as a warning. In 2009, 26-year-old medical student John…

Just The Gist of... The Execution of The Romanovs (and the search for Anastasia) 21 Jul 2026 · 1 hr 0 min One day they were the most powerful and wealthy royal family in the world, their ancestors having been in charge of Russia for more than 300 years. NEK MINIT... Tsar Nicholas II,…

Just The Gist of... Tania Head, The Fake 9/11 Survivor 15 Jul 2026 · 1 hr 6 min Her story was one of triumph over trauma. When the planes flew into the World Trade Center twin towers on September 11, 2001, Tania Head was on the floor where the plane hit the s…

JTG MINI: Phia, Phoebe Gates and the 'cookie stuffing' scandal 14 Jul 2026 · 57 min Phoebe Gates, the 23-year-old daughter of billionaires Bill Gates and Melinda French Gates, has spent the last year insisting her shopping app Phia would succeed with, quote, 'no…

Just The Gist of... Bernie Madoff 8 Jul 2026 · 1 hr 17 min His $68 billion fraud literally came down to fake statements printed on a secret floor of the office - so how did he get away with it for long? Bernie Madoff ran the biggest Ponzi…

JTG MINI: How Pop Mart lost billions on the rise and fall of Labubus. 7 Jul 2026 · 54 min At the peak of the Labubu craze in 2025, Pop Mart, the company behind the viral blind box toys, was worth more than Mattel and Hasbro combined. That's Barbie AND Nerf, beaten by a…

JTG MINI: Why Michael J. Fox replaced Eric Stoltz in Back to the Future 1 Jul 2026 · 60 min EDIT: YES I ACCIDENTALLY SAY 'MATTHEW' INSTEAD OF 'MICHAEL' IN THE FIRST 30 SECONDS I CANNOT FREAKING BELIEVE I DID THAT 🫠😂🫠 (And yes we could go in and change it but I actuall…

JTG MINI: Guy Goma - the man BBC accidentally interviewed on LIVE TV 24 Jun 2026 · 51 min In 2006, a man named Guy Goma turned up at the BBC for a job interview in IT support. Ten minutes later, he found himself live on BBC News 24, being introduced to millions as a le…

Just The Gist of... De Beers and the Diamond Marketing Scam 23 Jun 2026 · 1 hr 4 min Why is a diamond supposed to cost you two months' salary? Why is it THE rock we’re supposed to propose with? Turns out none of it is real. Diamonds aren't rare and they're almost…

JTG MINI: The Glitter Conspiracy 17 Jun 2026 · 41 min Nobody knows who buys most of the world's glitter. And whoever it is REALLY doesn't want you to find out. Back in 2018, a New York Times journalist rang one of the biggest glitter…

Just The Gist of...The Kennedy Family (AKA Kennedys 101) 16 Jun 2026 · 1 hr 5 min It was highly requested so here it is: just the gist of the Kennedy family! A basic breakdown of how they came to the US from Ireland, how they became one the wealthiest and most…

Just The Gist of… The Death of Mary Jo Kopechne, otherwise known as 'The Chappaquiddick Incident' 3 Jun 2026 · 1 hr 11 min Once both Senator Ted Kennedy's older brothers had been assassinated, he was widely expected to finish what JFK and Bobby had started by running for President in the next US elect…

ENCORE: The Dave Matthews Band Bus Poop Incident 2 Jun 2026 · 33 min In what eventually became known as ‘THE CRAPPENING’, a Dave Matthews Band tour bus dumped 800 pounds of toilet waste while driving across the Kinzie Street Bridge in Chicago in 20…

Just The Gist of… The Tonight Show battle between Conan O'Brien and Jay Leno 27 May 2026 · 1 hr 22 min In 2010, NBC tried to hand The Tonight Show, the 60-year-old crown jewel of American late night, to two different comedians. The five-year succession plan they spent years buildin…

JTG MINI: A day in the life of a bee 26 May 2026 · 40 min Inside an average bee hive, 80,000 bees are running a 99% female matriarchy. The queen is the only one allowed to have sex, baby queens are made not born, and male drones get kick…

Just The Gist of… Extreme Makeover: Home Edition 20 May 2026 · 55 min Two decades on, Extreme Makeover: Home Edition is still remembered as the wholesome reality TV outlier of the early 2000s, the show even Michelle Obama showed up for. Each week, T…