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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 PodcastDid Someone Say 'Debt'?
Today's podcast rolls its eyes at Joe Biden's sudden conversion to the idea that he, as president, can invoke the 14th amendment to solve the debt-ceiling…
The Commentary Magazine PodcastDo Clothes Make the Man?
Eliana Johnson joins the podcast today to discuss the media campaign against Dianne Feinstein, the refusal of the media to examine the condition of John…
The Commentary Magazine PodcastSussex Family Values
The podcast crew drops its collective jaw at the clearly questionable "near catastrophic" car chase through New York starring Harry and Meghan that clearly…
The Commentary Magazine PodcastAre They Really Going to Stay in the Senate?
Today's podcast points out yesterday's daily double in the Senate, with John Fetterman delivering a garbled round of questioning for bankers hastily and…
The Commentary Magazine PodcastBulldog Durham
Eli Lake joins the podcast today to discuss the findings and fallout of the Durham report on the FBI's conduct during its investigation of the Trump campaign…
The Commentary Magazine PodcastRockets Over Israel
Jonathan Schanzer joins us today to discuss the firing of 1,400-plus rockets at Israel from Gaza and why this time is different from, say, 2021 in the nature…
The Commentary Magazine PodcastYou Can't Win If You Don't Try
Today's podcast takes up, again, the baffling refusal of Republicans running against Donald Trump to...run against Donald Trump. How do they think they can…
The Commentary Magazine PodcastTrump 1, CNN 0
Today's podcast reviews Donald Trump's performance at the CNN Republican Town Hall in New Hampshire—and not only his, but the hysterical Twitter reaction to it…
The Commentary Magazine PodcastLiabilities
Today's podcast discusses the jury verdict in the civil case against Donald Trump and how it might affect his chance—and the mien of his chief rival, Joe…
The Commentary Magazine PodcastThe Not-So-Glittering Prizes
Today's podcast delves into the list of the Pulitzer-prize-winning journalism of 2022, announced yesterday, and notes that the list comes at a time when…
The Commentary Magazine PodcastThe Old Men Who Run the World
The podcast descends into disagreement on the pomp and circumstance of King Charles's coronation before rising in agreement in a group analysis of the…
The Commentary Magazine PodcastWas Life Better 50 Years Ago?
Today's podcast takes up a Pew Research poll showing a majority of Americans believe things were better 50 years ago than they are now. Why would people say…
The Commentary Magazine PodcastPutin on the Blitz
TV showrunner and our Hollywood Commentary columnist Rob Long joins today's podcast to give his view of the Hollywood writers' strike in which he is now a…
The Commentary Magazine PodcastBiden's Border Bungle: A History
Today's podcast looks at the Biden administration's effort to do something—anything—to address the crisis at the southern border and examines how the problems…
The Commentary Magazine PodcastMcCarthy's Moment
The podcast today discusses Joe Biden's change of tactics in inviting Republican leaders to the White House next week to talk about the debt ceiling and how…
The Commentary Magazine PodcastA Matter of Trust
Today's podcast tries to find the link between bank failures, tech failures, moral failures on the part of politicians and tech giants, and the growing lack of…
The Commentary Magazine PodcastTrump's Character, Biden's Age
Today we talk about the battery and defamation lawsuit against Donald Trump and what it could mean if he loses. Then we take up the matter of Joe Biden's age…
The Commentary Magazine PodcastGive Biden the Questions!
Today's podcast examines the larger political meaning of the Republican success in getting a debt-ceiling bill through the House of Representatives, the larger…
The Commentary Magazine PodcastIsrael's Miracle and Washington's Mess
On the occasion of Israel's 75th anniversary, the podcast takes a look at why Israel has become a financial powerhouse while India (which gained independence…
The Commentary Magazine PodcastDay 1 of the Biden Reelect
Eli Lake joins the podcast today to talk about what on earth is going on with the Georgia investigation into Donald Trump, the meaning of Joe Biden's…
The Commentary Magazine PodcastHunter Seekers
Today's podcast discusses the upcoming Biden reelection announcement and the fact that it is happening just as the hijinks surrounding the media and…
The Commentary Magazine PodcastWhy We're Not Liberals
On today's podcast we reflect on the kinds of coercive policies advocated by Americans on the Left that harden our resolve as conservatives, taking off from…
The Commentary Magazine PodcastShooting Strangers and Iranian Dangers
Jonathan Schanzer, Middle East expert, joins us to discuss a four-pronged threat to Israel led by Iran. But before we get to that we talk about the spate of…
The Commentary Magazine PodcastFox Hunt
Eliana Johnson joins the podcast today to assess the damage to Fox News Channel from its colossal settlement with Dominion, after which we look at the damage…
The Commentary Magazine PodcastIsrael and the New Paganism
Liel Leibovitz joins the podcast today to discuss his lead article in the May COMMENTARY, "The Return of Paganism." But before that, he gives us his…
The Commentary Magazine PodcastWho Benefits from the Leaks?
On today's podcast, the leak story gets more complicated, Chicago gets more lawless, and the New York Times gets more gaslighty. Give a listen. Learn more…
The Commentary Magazine PodcastJack the Leaker and Joe the Dodderer
Today's podcast expresses bewilderment at the developing facts surrounding the terrible military leaks and the arrest of Jack Teixeira, gamer and social-media…
The Commentary Magazine PodcastCheck Your Facts
Our tech columnist, James B. Meigs, joins the podcast today to talk about the kid who leaked the intelligence documents, the lab-leak hypothesis and those who…
The Commentary Magazine PodcastTests for Everybody!
Today's podcast asks what the big intelligence leaks actually tell us about the war in Ukraine, how Donald Trump is speaking about foreign policy, and what it…
The Commentary Magazine PodcastThe Wide World of Leaks
Mark Halperin joins the podcast today to talk about the cascade of leaked intelligence documents online, what they say about the Biden administration's…
The Commentary Magazine PodcastBullhorn Bulls---
Today's podcast discusses the political nonsense in Tennessee and how it's a way to move the conversation about the horrifying shooting in Nashville away from…
The Commentary Magazine PodcastWell, That Was Not a Good Day
Trump is indicted, arrested, arraigned, and gives a speech. Chicago votes for a progressive. Wisconsin elects a progressive to the State Supreme Court. Fun!…
The Commentary Magazine PodcastToday Is the Day
Today we discuss the elections in Chicago and Wisconsin and what they may reveal about the issues of abortion and crime. We also cover new and unsettling…
The Commentary Magazine PodcastIt's His Party and They'll Cry If They Want To
Donald Trump's looming indictment has united the Republican Party behind him, it seems, and that may be everything the Democrats could possibly have wanted. We…
The Commentary Magazine PodcastOK. So It Happened.
Trump has been indicted. We talk about it. Give a listen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The Commentary Magazine PodcastBibi, Biden, and Banks
Today's podcast points out the unprecedented nature of Joe Biden's attack on Benjamin Netanyahu, as it involves not international conflict but internal…
The Commentary Magazine PodcastEnough With the Ice Cream, Mr. President
Today's podcast wonders at Joe Biden making ice cream jokes and anti-Republican quips in response to the school shooting in Nashville and how it is he is not…
The Commentary Magazine Podcast“There’s a Lot of Ruin in a Nation”
Today’s podcast examines the horrible school shooting in Nashville and the steps that must be taken to protect institutions at risk of future assault. What is…
The Commentary Magazine PodcastProtests in Israel Come to a Head
Dan Senor joins the podcast to talk about the protests in Israel, how we got here, the firing of Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, and the choices now facing…
The Commentary Magazine PodcastIsrael, TikTok, Fetterman, Banks
Today we journey from the mess in Israel to the hearing on TikTok to the continuing crisis of John Fetterman to the banking story. Give a listen. Learn more…
The Commentary Magazine PodcastIs the Clock Ticking on TikTok?
Today’s podcast ends with a conversation about the growing consensus that the Chinese military should not be dominating American social media. But before we…
The Commentary Magazine PodcastTanks for the Victories
Today’s podcast discusses the change in tactics by the Biden administration when it comes to sending tanks to Ukraine. Then: DeSantis and Trump. Give a listen…
The Commentary Magazine PodcastThe Don and Ron Show
Today’s podcast examines Ron DeSantis’s first real salvo against Donald Trump for his personal conduct even as he criticizes the prosecutor who is apparently…
The Commentary Magazine PodcastTrump's Braggadocio
Monday’s podcast is all about the apparently weak case Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg intends to prosecute against Donald Trump and why—if the leaks are correct…
The Commentary Magazine PodcastA Raccoon Dog Did It!
Today’s podcast takes up the breathless claim that a new source of the COVID pandemic has been located—it comes from a raccoon dog! Hmmm. Meanwhile, China is…
The Commentary Magazine PodcastIs This Really the Manhattan DA's Case?
Today’s podcast wonders at the notion that Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg might be bringing a case against the former president whose star witnesses for the…
The Commentary Magazine PodcastDrones, DeSantis, and DEI
Today’s podcast discusses the geopolitical impact of Russia’s harassment of an unmanned American drone, what this suggests about Ron DeSantis and his…
The Commentary Magazine PodcastDid DeSantis Just Go Isolationist?
Today’s podcast features our old friend Jonathan Schanzer of the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies, who joins us to discuss Ron DeSantis’s…
The Commentary Magazine PodcastEvery Bank, Everywhere, All at Once?
Today's podcast discusses the political impact of the sudden bank crisis in the United States before turning to the Oscars. Give a listen. Learn more about…
The Commentary Magazine PodcastThey Don't Like Their Own Study!
Today’s podcast takes up the astonishing effort by the research organization that found COVID masking to be ineffectual to deny that its own study said what…
The Commentary Magazine PodcastCover-Ups: Fetterman and COVID
Today’s podcast is about a shameful New York Times story that offers a cheerful and positive look at a stroke victim in a profound depressive state and wonders…
The Commentary Magazine PodcastBiden's Medicare Demagoguery
Today’s podcast takes apart Joe Biden’s op-ed in the New York Times that proposes to “save” Medicare. And then we talk about Fox News and Dominion Voting…
The Commentary Magazine PodcastDems Have a Crime Problem, GOP Has a January 6 Problem
Today’s podcast looks at how extremists of the Left are going to make it hard for Joe Biden to get himself in a good position when it comes to crime—and how…
The Commentary Magazine PodcastTrump, Fauci, and the War in Iraq
Eli Lake joins the podcast to talk about his article, ‘ The Iraq War, 20 Years Later.” But first we discuss Donald Trump’s stemwinder at CPAC over the weekend…
The Commentary Magazine PodcastBiden the Triangulator
Today’s podcast takes up Joe Biden’s decision to violate his own party’s principles and refuse to veto a Congressional move against bad crime rules in the…
The Commentary Magazine PodcastBeating Back Woke Corporatism
Today we talk about Congress’s move against the left’s ideological repurposing of retirement funds and what it means for the future of ESG investing. We also…
The Commentary Magazine PodcastChicago Firing
The podcast today examines the stunning rejection of incumbent Chicago mayor Lori Lightfoot in a Democratic primary that ended with her getting 15 percent of…
The Commentary Magazine PodcastHow Biden Intends to Misuse the CHIPS Act
Today’s podcast takes up the New York Times story about how the Biden administration is going to layer on regulations and rules directing companies it…
The Commentary Magazine PodcastThe COVID Revelations
The podcast today examines how three pillars of the American COVID response—masking, vaccination rather than natural immunity, and the denial of Chinese…
The Commentary Magazine PodcastWhere Do Americans Stand on Ukraine?
Today’s podcast marks the year since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and the order of battle—and the order of the ideological and partisan battles inside the…