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The Commentary Magazine Podcast
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Episodes
The Commentary Magazine PodcastIsrael, Iran, and NVIDIA
Two guests today, for the first time on the COMMENTARY podcast! Jonathan Schanzer joins to talk about the Middle East and David Bahnsen joins to talk about the…
The Commentary Magazine PodcastPrisoner Swaps—and a VP Swap?
Our old pal Noah Rothman comes back on the podcast today to discuss whether and how to celebrate the release of American prisoners from Russian jails and how…
The Commentary Magazine PodcastWhat Was Trump Trying to Say?
In his appearance before a group of black journalists, Donald Trump gave massive offense on the matter of Kamala Harris's racial and ethnic origins. Was this a…
The Commentary Magazine PodcastSee Ya, Haniyeh!
Today we dive into Israel's same-day operations to take out Hezbollah commander Fuad Shukr in Lebanon and Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh in Iran. What will Kamala…
The Commentary Magazine PodcastThe Dangerous Court Scheme
Today's podcast focuses on Joe Biden's shocking proposals for remaking the Supreme Court, why they're so awful, and what they suggest about whom the American…
The Commentary Magazine PodcastHarris's Lebanon Test
Dan Senor joins the podcast to reckon with the horrible attack on the Druze town in the Golan Heights and what it means for Israel and the region—and, more…
The Commentary Magazine PodcastKamala's Anti-Israel Debut
In her first major statement as the presumptive Democratic nominee, Kamala Harris announced she would not "be silent" about supposed Israeli depredations in…
The Commentary Magazine PodcastEMERGENCY: Biden's Semi-Farewell Address
Five minutes after Joe Biden finished speaking we began speaking together about his speech and how...not really good it was and why it wasn't. And then...how…
The Commentary Magazine PodcastThe Kamala Sugar High
The rhapsodic responses from Democrats, liberals, and the media to the first days of the Harris campaign—what do they mean? Are we on the verge of a new…
The Commentary Magazine PodcastBiden Is The Walrus, Koo-Koo Ca-Choo
The idea that Joe Biden is secretly dead seems to have taken hold among people on the Right, which doesn't make a lot of sense except when you consider just…
The Commentary Magazine PodcastEMERGENCY: Biden Done, Harris on Deck
In what is our longest podcast ever, we discuss: How sick is Joe Biden and will the potential cover-up of his condition become an issue for his apparent…
The Commentary Magazine PodcastRNC, Days 4...and 5?
We try to break down the Trump speech as we groggily convene to discuss the Endless Night that concluded the convention—with side exchanges very much like…
The Commentary Magazine PodcastRNC, Day Three
Joe Biden announced that he has Covid. And there's talk he's more receptive to ending his reelection bid. Is this finally happening? Is Kamala Harris his…
The Commentary Magazine PodcastRNC, Day Two
What's this? Happy, cheerful, confident Republicans? That's what was on display last night at the convention, an evening that highlighted what might be called…
The Commentary Magazine PodcastRNC, Day One
Before delving into events in Milwaukee, we discuss the dismissal of the Donald Trump documents case, Joe Biden's disturbing interview with Lester Holt, and…
The Commentary Magazine PodcastAfter the Shooting
As Donald Trump readies himself for the Republican National Convention, Joe Biden has spoken three times to the American people since the assassination…
The Commentary Magazine PodcastEMERGENCY: The Assassination Attempt
Is what happened to Donald Trump last night in Pennsylvania the beginning of a new period of American instability of the sort that gripped the country and the…
The Commentary Magazine PodcastBiden Isn't Going Anywhere
Tevi Troy joins us to discuss the Biden press conference, which revealed his determination to stay in the race and what that might mean for suffering Democrats…
The Commentary Magazine PodcastKornacki's Back!
The podcast welcomes back Steve Kornacki, political correspondent for NBC News and all-around wise man, for his take on the latest Biden polling, the question…
The Commentary Magazine PodcastIs Trump Headed for a Landslide?
As Nancy Pelosi hints at the need for Joe Biden to hang it up, the polling and news stories are just all good for Donald Trump, and his relaxed performance at…
The Commentary Magazine PodcastWhat's He Got?
A Parkinson's doctor visiting the White House multiple times and no explanation for it? A letter from Biden's White House doctor that's basically gobbledygook?…
The Commentary Magazine PodcastGet the Popcorn!
We're back from break to discuss one of the craziest weeks ever in American politics as we try to restrain ourselves from expressing the glee of watching the…
The Commentary Magazine PodcastChina's AI Colossus
Arthur Herman joins John and Abe to discuss his article "China and Artificial Intelligence: The Cold War We're Not Fighting," from the July/August issue of…
The Commentary Magazine PodcastOur Favorite Biographies
Today we discuss our favorite biographies or at least those that have meant a lot to us. Give a listen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit…
The Commentary Magazine PodcastWell, That Was Something
This podcast is about the debate. And what happened. And you know what happened. But we tell you what we think happened. And what may happen next. Bottom line…
The Commentary Magazine PodcastWill the Debate Matter?
Debates do move polls. But what effect does a presidential debate actually have on the final result in November? We discuss this in what will blessedly be our…
The Commentary Magazine PodcastThe Bowman Defeat
Should the remarkable loss of Squad member and anti-Semite Jamaal Bowman in a Democratic primary be treated as a restoration of sanity—or a guide to American…
The Commentary Magazine PodcastWhere Are the Arrests and Prosecutions?
Clear acts of violence were on display in Los Angeles on Sunday and yet we see no action by the city, the state, or the federal government to hold the violent…
The Commentary Magazine PodcastThey're Coming After Us in L.A. and N.Y.
A violent confrontation in West L.A. between Jews attempting to attend an event at a synagogue and Hamas supporters seemingly under the protection of the LAPD…
The Commentary Magazine PodcastWhy Is Biden Impeding Israel?
With Senators Cotton and Risch going aggressively at the Biden administration for seeming to slow down the delivery of American weaponry to Israel—all part of…
The Commentary Magazine PodcastIs Biden Sneaking Past Trump?
A new Fox poll and other bits of data may suggest that Joe Biden's strategy of leaning hard on the "Trump is a convicted felon" message is having some effect…
The Commentary Magazine PodcastWill Trump Stuff a Bean Up His Nose?
People who do not want Donald Trump to win the November election seem convinced he is going to do their work for him and get himself defeated, but that is not…
The Commentary Magazine PodcastBorder Bungles and Smashing Anti-Semitism
Danielle Pletka joins us today to discuss her landmark article, "The Anti-Semitism Money and Power Network—and How to Smash It," from the July-August issue of…
The Commentary Magazine PodcastIsrael's Deadly Weekend, Biden's Sad One
Israelis are getting killed in greater numbers as the Rafah mission continues, while Netanyahu ends the war cabinet and another Biden envoy travels to the…
The Commentary Magazine PodcastThe Hunter for Red November
Today's post-Jewish-holiday podcasts takes up many topics we missed—Hunter Biden's conviction, Joe Biden's wandering off during a ceremony with the Italian…
The Commentary Magazine PodcastThe COVID Lies, Four Years Later
James B. Meigs joins us to talk about Anthony Fauci's shockingly disingenuous, and possibly perjurious, testimony before the House on the origins of COVID—as…
The Commentary Magazine PodcastIsrael Triumphs as Hamastan Comes to D.C.
The contrast could not have been starker: Israel rescues hostages while demonstrators defile the park across from the White House and chant "death to…
The Commentary Magazine PodcastStopping the Presses
The Washington Post's new publisher tells the staff the truth—they stink, the product stinks, it's lost half its audience and $77 million in the past year, and…
The Commentary Magazine PodcastLiberal Projections and Veep Predictions
The polling is coming in and...sorry, but the Trump verdict isn't changing anything, it appears. Nonetheless, liberal journalists and politicians keep…
The Commentary Magazine PodcastYes, Indeed, Biden Is 'Slipping'
Today we discuss both the remarkably confusing interview Joe Biden gave to Time and the Wall Street Journal's not-so-deep dive into the state of the…
The Commentary Magazine PodcastIsrael and Bibi: Losing the Thread
Jonathan Schanzer joins us today to consider whether Benjamin Netanyahu has lost his capacity to affect events in the way he wants to, how the Biden…
The Commentary Magazine PodcastBiden Confuses Israel
What the heck happened on Friday with Joe Biden's speech apparently saying Israel had agreed to some plan to end the war in Gaza with Hamas still in power—or…
The Commentary Magazine PodcastThe Verdict Earthquake
Settle in for a rollercoaster ride as the entire COMMENTARY crew considers the legal questions of the Trump verdict, its political implications for 2024, and…
The Commentary Magazine PodcastTrump Expands the Map
Today Josh Kraushaar joins the podcast to discuss how Donald Trump is now gaining on or leading Joe Biden in states that Biden won in 2020. And what do…
The Commentary Magazine PodcastIs De Niro Biden's Idea of a Youngster?
Why on earth would the Biden campaign haul out 80 year-old Robert De Niro to tussle with protesters outside the New York courthouse? Could it be that, for…
The Commentary Magazine PodcastFreak-Out Time
Today we discuss the massive Democratic meltdown over Joe Biden's reelection chances, the left's bottomless desire for salacious but politically useless…
The Commentary Magazine PodcastWhat College Presidents Have Learned
The House grilled a new round of university presidents who seemed to have benefited from a kind of human machine learning. They avoided some previous mistakes…
The Commentary Magazine PodcastThe Psalm of Rafah
Today's podcast takes up the text of Psalm 94, which is a stunning evocation of the moment facing Israel right now and the threat to its enemies—not from…
The Commentary Magazine PodcastThe Defense Rests
Has Donald Trump's hush-money trial hurt him yet? While in court, he expanded his lead across the electoral map. But why aren't Trump's imitators enjoying the…
The Commentary Magazine PodcastCondolences for Evil
Why did American institutions express sorrow at the passing of Iran's monstrous president? Why does anyone pay attention to the International Criminal Court?…
The Commentary Magazine PodcastThe Iran Helicopter Crash
Has history been altered by the helicopter crash that has apparently killed the president and foreign minister of Iran? Will Israel be blamed? Did Israel do…
The Commentary Magazine PodcastWhen the Fixer Breaks
Today Eli Lake joins the podcast to discuss Michael Cohen's terrible day in court and the liberal panic over the direction of Donald Trump's criminal trial…
The Commentary Magazine PodcastDebate: Advantage Who?
We split on who has the upper hand in the coming debates, but all agree there are risks and rewards and that the race could use a little shaking up. Less shook…
The Commentary Magazine PodcastWow, Actual Trump-Biden Debates?
The offer this morning from Joe Biden to debate Donald Trump twice, in June and September, was semi-accepted by Trump a few minutes after it was proposed, so…
The Commentary Magazine PodcastTrump's Trial and the Woke Jihad
Is the Trump trial about crimes he supposedly committed or just simply a litany of ways in which the former and maybe future president just seems to be a…
The Commentary Magazine PodcastFor Joe, It's Worse Than That
A new New York Times poll not only has terrible news for Joe Biden, it reveals how wrong-headed his electoral concerns are when it comes to Israel and…
The Commentary Magazine PodcastHas Biden Become Israel's Worst Enemy?
We begin with a clip of an interview with Joe Biden in 2019 saying the idea of withholding military aid from Israel would be unthinkable to him. And we're off…
The Commentary Magazine PodcastWe Have to Talk About Biden
Taking the measure of Biden's decision to impose a kind of arms embargo on Israel when he sought the arms in the first place is our task today. Our answers are…
The Commentary Magazine PodcastBiden Withholds
The news that the Biden administration has deliberately chosen to withhold certain armaments from Israel despite the passage of the aid bill last month is a…
The Commentary Magazine PodcastIsrael Moves on Rafah
Today we sort through conflicting accounts of the Hamas ceasefire agreement that wasn't and discuss the leverage that Israel will now gain by going into Rafah…