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The Commentary Magazine Podcast
Commentary is America's premier monthly magazine of opinion: General, yet Jewish. Highly variegated, with a unifying perspective.Listen to The Commentary Magazine Podcast, along with more than 40 other original podcasts, at Ricochet.com. No paid subscription required.
Episodes
The Commentary Magazine PodcastRepublican Chaos: Who Benefits
Well, that was quite a day for House Republicans, losing two votes in 15 minutes the chamber's leaders didn't seem to know they were going to lose. What does…
The Commentary Magazine PodcastThis Is Not a Cheerful Podcast Today
The collapse of the border deal that Republicans negotiated and then killed themselves; the trouble now with aid to Ukraine and Israel; and a general sense…
The Commentary Magazine PodcastBiden's Horrible, Horrible Poll
Today's podcast takes up the NBC News poll that shows Biden not only losing to Trump, but with only 23 percent of Americans saying he has the mental and/or…
The Commentary Magazine PodcastIs Biden Getting the Economy He Wants?
Today's podcast looks at some very good economic statistics on job and wage growth and wonders whether fortune is favoring the president and his chances in…
The Commentary Magazine PodcastTaylor, Travis, and the Totalitarians
Today's podcast looks at the relationship between superstars Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce and expresses both annoyance at their omnipresence and disgust at…
The Commentary Magazine PodcastThey're Still Coming After Us
Today's podcast discusses the beating of a Chabad rabbi by a ride-share driver in DC and what it suggests about the spate of violent acts against Jews after…
The Commentary Magazine PodcastUNRWA Uncovered
Today we get into the growing UNRWA scandal and how it exposes the deep, structural absurdities of the agency's very existence. We also talk about the American…
The Commentary Magazine PodcastBiden's Choices on Iran
Today's podcast worries over Joe Biden's next steps relating to Iran and its proxies attacking Americans in the Middle East and the temptation to do just a…
The Commentary Magazine PodcastTrying to Stop the Game
Today's podcast discusses all the efforts to end things in DC—negotiations over border legislation, the Nikki Haley campaign, the process by which the…
The Commentary Magazine PodcastThe Deals Aren't Happening
Today's podcast looks at the peril to Ukraine and Israel aid now that the Republicans in the Senate are turning away from any kind of deal with Joe Biden on…
The Commentary Magazine PodcastWhat's Nikki's Plan?
Eliana Johnson joins the podcast to discuss the strange triumphalism of Nikki Haley's loser speech last night in New Hampshire and the strange negativity of…
The Commentary Magazine PodcastMost Interesting Political Year Ever?
With the Republican contest all but over and almost ten months to go to the election, there are so many variable possibilities for 2024 it's impossible to game…
The Commentary Magazine PodcastRon Runs Away
Chris Stirewalt joins the podcast to talk about the DeSantis departure from the race, whether Ron is angling for veep, and the composition of the two parties…
The Commentary Magazine PodcastThe Terrible Views of the Elites
Today's podcast looks at a stunning new poll of the attitudes of Americans who earn more than $150,000 a year, have a graduate degree, and live in in densely…
The Commentary Magazine PodcastWhat Happened to Haley?
Today we take up the news that Nikki Haley's most prominent endorser has announced that he expects her to come in second in New Hampshire. Is it over? It kinda…
The Commentary Magazine PodcastNH Next, With Steve Kornacki
Political savant nonpareil Steve Kornacki joins the podcast today to break down the Iowa results, look ahead to New Hampshire, and make recommendations about…
The Commentary Magazine PodcastOK, On to New Hampshire
Today's podcast wrestles with questions relating to Donald Trump's smashing victory in Iowa last night. Does the tiny number of caucusgoers represent anything?…
The Commentary Magazine PodcastWriting Israel Out of Judaism?
Today's podcast takes up a jaw-dropping New York Times article that asks how important, really, is Israel to the religion of Judaism. Yes, you read that right…
The Commentary Magazine PodcastThe U.S. Strikes Back!
Today we discuss the American strikes against Houthi targets in Yemen. Was it enough to deter terrorism in the Red Sea? What does it accomplish so long as the…
The Commentary Magazine PodcastWhy Didn't They Just Not Run?
Today's podcast asks why Chris Christie ran in the first place, and come to think of it, why did DeSantis run when he clearly had people telling him he…
The Commentary Magazine PodcastTrump: Deal with the Devil?
Today's podcast goes through some of Trump's legal shenanigans—and the apparent shenanigans of his Atlanta prosecutor, Fani Willis—and offers a new…
The Commentary Magazine PodcastThe Protesting-Crime Connection
Today's podcast finds a connection between the pro-Palestinian protests closing bridges and tunnels and inconveniencing hundreds of thousands of people and the…
The Commentary Magazine PodcastBiden Fizzles and Austin Vanishes
Today's podcast points out the wet, limp noodle that was Joe Biden's supposedly "fiery" speech about democracy at Valley Forge before joining the world in…
The Commentary Magazine PodcastBiden Begins Goading Trump
Today's podcast looks at the current state of the race on the day Joe Biden will deliver a speech on Donald Trump's threat to democracy, and we ask: Is Biden…
The Commentary Magazine PodcastThe Graves of Academe
Today's podcast takes up the appalling self-defense of the ousted Harvard president Claudine Gay in the New York Times before a discussion of the 2024 matchup…
The Commentary Magazine PodcastIsrael's Choices, Harvard's Corruptions
Dan Senor joins today's podcast to talk about the major developments in Israel over the past few weeks—the assassination of a top Hamas terrorist in Lebanon…
The Commentary Magazine PodcastWe're Baaack!
On the first podcast of 2024, we discuss what is already the dumbest opinion piece of the year. And we catch up on the presidential race. How damaging was…
The Commentary Magazine PodcastPeople of the Year, 2023
On our final holiday week podcast, we choose the people we think represented 2023, in good ways and in very bad ways as well. From a heroic fighting man to a…
The Commentary Magazine PodcastThe Best TV of 2023
Today's holiday week podcast offers our picks for the most interesting television offerings of the year, which include vampires, cannibals, pizza, comedians…
The Commentary Magazine PodcastOur Picks in Books, 2023
On today's holiday-week short podcast we offer you our selection for the best or most meaningful books we've read in 2023, from a 1978 discourse on lying to an…
The Commentary Magazine PodcastOur End-of-Year Movie Picks
The first in a series of special shows this holiday week features the movies we thought the most about in 2023, some from 2023, some from earlier, and one from…
The Commentary Magazine PodcastRevisionist Journalism
Today we discuss how the Washington Post, New York Times, and other outlets are revising their coverage of established facts from the war in Gaza to be even…
The Commentary Magazine PodcastShould Harvard Be Burned Down?
Today's podcast takes up the meaning of Harvard's president being a plagiarist and nonetheless holding on to her job—what does this mean, what are the…
The Commentary Magazine PodcastRocky Mountain Low
Today's podcast takes up the headshaking decision of the Colorado Supreme Court to try and keep Donald Trump off the presidential ballot, basically asking the…
The Commentary Magazine PodcastPoll Vault
Today's podcast examines polling on Joe Biden, polling on American youth and Gaza, polling on Nikki Haley, polling on Donald Trump, polling on abortion, and…
The Commentary Magazine PodcastYoung, Indoctrinated, and Dangerous
Today we talk about a new poll that found a majority of Americans under 25 view Israel as an oppressor and believe that the October 7 massacre could be…
The Commentary Magazine PodcastWhite House Confusion on Israel
Today we talk about the twists and turns at the Biden White House as it articulates its position on Israel. What does it mean that Israel has until the end of…
The Commentary Magazine PodcastThe Biden-Bibi Babble
Today's podcast asks whether Joe Biden has turned on Benjamin Netanyahu and what role Bibi's own electoral hopes and fears are playing in this seeming new…
The Commentary Magazine PodcastImpeachment Time Again?
Today we talk about House Republican plans to hold a vote on the impeachment inquiry into Joe Biden. How does the latest impeachment saga stack-up against the…
The Commentary Magazine PodcastKamala's Husband and Kamala's Future
Today's podcast goes into detail about an inadvertently hilarious tweet from the Second Gentleman, Doug Emhoff, about the Jewish holiday of Hanukkah and what…
The Commentary Magazine PodcastTrump Dominates
Eliana Johnson joins the podcast today to discuss the startling NBC News poll of Iowa that finds Trump with an absolute majority of Republican voters and Ron…
The Commentary Magazine PodcastHow Do You Solve a Problem Like Hunter?
Today we discuss the indictment of Hunter Biden. Does this, along with the inquiry into Joe Biden's connections to Hunter's business, effectively neutralize…
The Commentary Magazine PodcastThe Nihilism-Triggering Debate
On today's podcast, I am filled with nihilistic despair about the state of the Republican race after last night's probably final presidential primary debate…
The Commentary Magazine PodcastThe Ivy League Exposes Itself
Today we take up the prevarication and plain dishonesty of university presidents during the House committee hearing on campus anti-Semitism. One claims not to…
The Commentary Magazine PodcastWhere Biden Fears to Tread
Why can't Joe Biden face down the protestors on his left? Why is he hedging in his support of Israel? Why hasn't he responded to Iranian attacks on the U.S.?…
The Commentary Magazine PodcastThe Intifada in America
Today's podcast notes that the end of the fighting "pause" in Israel almost denotes the end of the idea of "ceasefire." And now the disingenuous efforts to…
The Commentary Magazine PodcastIsrael Goes In, Blinken Goes Wobbly
Today's podcast is a hybrid. The first part, about the appalling rhetoric used by Antony Blinken about Israel and its conduct of the war that has now…
The Commentary Magazine PodcastSchumer's Shining Moment
Today we talk about Chuck Schumer's bold Senate-floor speech warning about anti-Semitism from the left. He said the right words at the right time, but how will…
The Commentary Magazine PodcastWill the U.S. Wobble?
Today we dig into the stories about U.S. hopes for a grand deal leading to a ceasefire. What are negotiators up to? Does Biden think this is going to help him…
The Commentary Magazine PodcastThe Feeling Inside Israel
On today's podcast, I provide the first of my impressions on a weeklong trip to Israel and what it feels like to be in a country at war—even during this…
The Commentary Magazine PodcastAre We Losing the Plot?
Today we ask whether the daily release of Israeli hostages threatens to obscure the main point: Israel must defeat Hamas. And with fighting paused, how much…
The Commentary Magazine PodcastBring One-Fifth of Them Home
Dan Senor joins the pre-Thanksgiving podcast to discuss the contours of the deal to release hostages from Gaza, along with some of the horrifying details of…
The Commentary Magazine PodcastThe Hostage Anxiety
Today's podcast takes up the purported deal to free hostages from Gaza—why it's happening, what has impelled a deal that doesn't look rational on paper, and…
The Commentary Magazine PodcastBiden's Nightmare Poll
Today we get into new polling that shows Joe Biden losing to Donald Trump in about 50 different ways. What are Democrats to make of this? Is it too late? The…
The Commentary Magazine PodcastTunnels and Anti-Semites
The full podcast crew is back today to discuss the weird moment when people started to crow about how the Israelis weren't finding the Hamas tunnels at the…
The Commentary Magazine PodcastMark His Words: Trump Is Ahead
Mark Halperin joins the podcast today to examine polling data both national and state-level and concludes that Trump is winning the race against Joe Biden and…
The Commentary Magazine PodcastThe March Overwhelms, Media Fails
Caution: Today's podcast has a lot of cursing on it—cursing about the shockingly bad coverage of the extraordinary March for Israel yesterday and the effort by…
The Commentary Magazine PodcastThe March for Israel Today
William Daroff, the CEO of the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations, joins the podcast to give us genuinely helpful advice about how…
The Commentary Magazine PodcastGreat Scott
James B. Meigs joins today's podcast as we ask what the fallout from Tim Scott's decision to depart the Republican race for president will mean and sketch out…
The Commentary Magazine PodcastHaley's Comet?
Dan Senor joins today's podcast to discuss the various scenarios in which Nikki Haley really does have a shot at taking the Republican nomination from Donald…