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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
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Trump's Not Fetishizing 'Peacemaking'
Donald Trump is telling Hamas to fulfill its end of the deal or he will tell Israel to go back in and go get the bodies of the hostages Hamas is still holding…
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Trump Warns Hamas
Eliana Johnson joins the podcast to discuss Donald Trump's telling Hamas to disarm or be disarmed. We also talk about the Democrats' fanciful claim that Trump…
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The Victory
Settle in; This is a long one. We discuss the release of the hostages, Donald Trump's extraordinary speech to the Knesset, the meaning of deterrence, the…
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Why Israel Had No Choice But to Win
The end of the war in Gaza follows the unprecedented two-year psychological war against Zionism, supporters of Israel, and the very idea that Jews need and…
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Our Theme Song Is Wrong Today
We must not hope for the best while expecting the worst today; today is a day to celebrate while cautiously looking forward. Jonathan Schanzer joins us to talk…
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Bondi Goes Electric
Eliana Johnson joins the podcast today to talk about the unprecedented attack-dog performance on Tuesday in a Senate hearing by Attorney General Pam Bondi, who…
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Israel on the Cusp
Jonathan Schanzer joins the podcast to discuss the ways in which the maligned Israeli approach to the war in Gaza may have, in fact, made its victory this week…
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Terrorism on Yom Kippur
We return to daily podcasting in the wake of a horrible car-ramming-stabbing spree at a synagogue in Manchester, followed by a massive pro-terrorism…
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The Shutdown Comedy
So the federal government has "shut down," which it really hasn't, actually, and here we go again. Or will this really be a huge showdown, given that three…
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Trump's Gaza Plan
There is much to discuss about Donald Trump's historic proposal for ending the war in Gaza: how the media has reacted, what it says about the Trump…
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Do Trump's Vendettas Harm Trump's Agenda?
Does Donald Trump help or hurt himself by using the weapons of the presidency as personal tools for revenge? This is apart from the question of whether his…
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Kingdom Comey
The indictment of James Comey causes us to go down memory lane remembering how destructive Comey was of the good working order of law and politics in matters…
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Trump Gives It to the United Nations
We're back from Rosh Hashanah to sing the glories of Donald Trump's controversial United Nations speech, which is only controversial because he isn't saying…
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Are We Seeing a Religious Revival?
The massive memorial for Charlie Kirk in Arizona was more of a Christian revivalist meeting than the funeral of a political figure. What does it herald for the…
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Late Night With Jimmy Who?
The fallout from the suspension of Jimmy Kimmel continues, with the revelation that, basically, no one watches his show—so why should Disney and ABC keep it on…
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Canning Kimmel and Elevating Jew-Hatred
Eliana Johnson joins today's the podcast to talk about the reasons behind Jimmy Kimmel's suspension and the role of government in it before we move on to the…
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The Assassins and Their Cases
Andrew C. McCarthy joins us to discuss the developments in the Charlie Kirk assassination case and the murder of health-care executive Brian Thompson, both of…
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The Final Battle in Gaza
Israel has gone all in to finish the war Hamas started on October 7. Batten down the hatches and watch for the anti-Semitic content. Speaking of which, watch…
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Gaslighting and the Kirk Assassination
The gyrations of people who do not want to deal with the political and ideological implications of the Charlie Kirk assassination are the chief focus of…
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Anti-Semitism: Canary in the Coalmine
The changes in American society that will result from the assassination of Charlie Kirk have already been experienced by America's Jews and the ways we've had…
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Charlie Kirk and the Turning Point
Noah Rothman joins us to talk about political violence and the cultural atmosphere that helped lead to the assassination of a 31 year-old man in the open air…
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Israel's Righteous Qatar Attack
Another remarkable historical turn as Israel makes it clear to Hamas leaders outside Gaza that they are not safe from the war they decided to wage against the…
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Epstein and the Conspiracies
So now conspiracy thinking is OK, so long as it involves Donald Trump and Jeffrey Epstein—that seems to be the mainstream media takeaway from the continuing…
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Crime Matters
The horrifying murder of a young woman on the light rail in Charlotte has cast a new light on the cultural and political divide relating to crime. And Russia…
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The RFK Craziness
We discuss the confrontation between RFK Jr. and senators who tried to call him out on his behavior and views before wondering at the idea of changing the…
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A COMMENTARY Win!
We celebrate a triumph for COMMENTARY and for today's guest Naomi Schaefer Riley, whose article "College Board Games" exposed and brought down a program that…
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The Insane Trump-Is-Dead News Cycle
More and more, progressives are not only wishing their enemies dead, but making movies lionizing those who commit violence against authority figures and…
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State Capitalism and the Tariffs
Now that an appeals court has ruled against most of Trump's emergency tariffs, we may get some sense of how the economic future is going to be managed—once the…
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Stop With the Emergencies
Both the American right and the American left are addicted to the idea that we are living in a perpetual series of emergencies that require extraordinary…
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The Trans Shooter Cover-Up
For the second time in two years, a trans person has committed a mass shooting at a Christian school he or she attended. The mainstream media and liberal…
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Taylor Kelce: Dawn of a New America?
Is there a larger cultural meaning to the engagement of Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce? Does it connect somehow to Cracker Barrel ditching its redesign? And…
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Trump's Constitutional Outrages
We can't overlook the wild swings at American norms being taken by the Trump administration over the past week, from firing someone the president cannot fire…
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Cracker Barrel Crack-Up
We dive right into the Cracker Barrel rebranding kerfuffle. Is the new logo woke or just pointless? And what's really at stake? And is the FBI's raid of John…
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Books for First-Years, Games
In one of our chill summer episodes, the COMMENTARY crew offers individual recommendations for the best single book your inbound college freshman should read…
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Here's Some Stuff We Don't Like
On another special summer podcast, the crew delves into great works of art that leave us cold or angry or depressed or that we just don't enjoy. Give a listen…
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Touring Through History
On a special news-less show, the COMMENTARY crew shares with you some of our favorite and surprising historical sites around the world. Give a listen. Learn…
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Visiting Days
On this special Summer Recommendations podcast, the crew suggests places to go in America you might not have thought of or even heard of, including a road, a…
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The Best Broadway Musicals
On a special news-free podcast, we offer you our list of our favorite Broadway musicals—not necessarily the best, but our faves. Give a listen. Learn more…
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Sandwich Man and the Liberal Crack-Up
The DC crime crackdown is driving Trump critics into fits of insanity and weird criminality; why can't they find a way to oppose and confront him soberly?…
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Cultural Honors and the Culture War
What do the Kennedy Center Honors and the Smithsonian Institution have in common? They are both expressions of the surprising determination of the Trump…
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Trump's Improvisational Summit
How to make sense of the goings-on in Anchorage on Friday between the president and Vladimir Putin? We try. Who knows if we succeed. One thing that does seem…
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Trump's DC Takeover
New evidence that New York City's Jews are refusing to conform with liberal propaganda and still disfavor Zohran Mamdani's candidacy by a margin of 4-1 is…
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Mailbag: Why Do We Think You Listen?
On today's mailbag episode, we discuss whether the word "Zionism" should still be in use, what books are good primers for conservatism, and what we think…
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The Big Gaza Gamble
Israel's decision to adopt a new strategy to win the war in Gaza is wildly controversial—but maybe not as controversial as the people who oppose it (as they…
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Putin, Tariffs, and Dem Disaffection
The semi-announcement of a Trump-Putin meeting coming as the deadline for punishing sanctions against Russia approaches raises the question of whether the…
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It's Howard Stern's World
News of the possible retirement/firing of Howard Stern, the most important voice in radio of the past 50 years and one of the most transformative figures in…
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Relitigating the 20th Century
Today we talk about the radicalism of Zohran Mamdani, his standing among New York Jews in a new poll, and how it is that bad ideas and failed concepts keep…
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Broken Job Numbers, Friends Now Enemies
Today's podcast notes the deep problems with Donald Trump firing the head of the agency that issues the jobs report every month while also noting that these…
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August 1 Mailbag!
On today's podcast, we discuss letters from listeners about Central America and Communism, just and unjust wars, and how Neville Chamberlain was a very…
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Dems Who Hate Israel—and Sydney Sweeney
Twenty-seven Democratic senators voted against aid to Israel on Wednesday, a mark of the Jewish state's abandonment by one of the two major parties in America…
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Tariffs & Taxes & Growth—Oh My
David Bahnsen joins us today to talk about the new GDP numbers, the tariff deals, and the Trump growth agenda—are they balancing out, canceling each other out…
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A Fresh Approach to Gaza
COMMENTARY contributing editor Jonathan Schanzer joins the podcast to discuss his innovative plan for Israel to stop playing Hamas's game and bring the war in…
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The Starvation Blood Libel
We have to restrain our rage on today's podcast at the now-blanket assertions of a blood libel against Israel—that it is deliberately causing death by hunger…
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We're Opening the Mailbag
Are the COMMENTARY podcasters afraid of me? Did Henry II eat a turkey leg? Why won't Trump solve the entitlement crisis? Why don't liberals love America for…
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Conspiracies Left and Right
As the Trump administration presses a case against the Obamans for pursuing Trump maliciously in 2016 and 2017, liberals and populists are pressing for more…
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We're Teeming with a Lot of News
Today we bounce from saying goodbye to Ozzy Osbourne to celebrating Billy Joel to talking about Columbia suspending students to the shameful public display of…
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The Colbert Protest, the Hunter Tantrum
Protesters are walking around New York City chanting, "Colbert stays! Trump must go!" How did we get here? What in the world happened to comedy? And speaking…
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The Information War Against Israel
More false stories about how Israel is killing the very Gazans it's trying to feed are suggestive of a new turn in the information war on the Jewish state—and…
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Epstein's Book and Colbert's Cancellation
What are we to make of a supposed 2003 birthday greeting/drawing for Jeffrey Epstein by Donald Trump? And how many different ways can we luxuriate in the…
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PBS, NPR, the Fed, Wuhan, and 'Jaws'
Ah, what a grab-bag episode, with one throughline: When Republicans stop paying any heed to the Washington consensus, they can really get things done. And the…