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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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Transformative Trumpism
The executive orders and proposals over the past couple of days on buying out federal workers, transsexual surgery, and anti-Semitism are stunning alterations…
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The Trump Firings, and Captain Amerika
Eliana Johnson joins us today to discuss the president's firings of Justice Department prosecutors who worked on his case during the Biden years and the…
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100% Colombian Cofevfe!
Donald Trump dispatched a challenge from Colombia in record time this weekend on his immigration policies, just after successful visits to North Carolina and…
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Why Is Trump Still Holding Rallies?
Chris Stirewalt joins the podcast today to discuss Donald Trump's efforts to dominate the news and whether they are simply his way or a canny strategy to…
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The Trump Immigration Fire Hose
The shocked impotence with which liberals and Democrats have greeted the aggressive Trump moves on immigration is the key subject of today's discussion, along…
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The Good, the Bad, and the Trumpy
Day Three is the same as Days 1 and 2—actions that are revolutionary in a good way and actions that are disturbing or actively bad. Which ones? Why? We break…
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You Gotta Take the Good with the Bad
Eli Lake joins the podcast today to talk about the flurry of Trump activity on Day 1 of his administration and the two disgraceful sets of pardons, Trump's and…
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Re-President Trump
We lied! We said there would be no podcast today but we just couldn't stay away. Too much news. The inaugural, the pardons, and the hostage deal. So give a…
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Hostages, Trump's Vision, and Schumer
The deal having been struck, the hostage question now goes to which hostages emerge first and in what condition and what this will do to the Israeli people. As…
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BidenGPT and More on the Deal
Dan Senor joins us today as we review the Biden farewell address and try to make sense out of the ceasefire-hostage deal. Give a listen. Learn more about your…
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The Wrath of Rothman
Noah Rothman joins us today to discuss his landmark piece in the February issue of COMMENTARY, "A Clockwork Blue." But first we talk about the hostage deal and…
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Bad Deal
The details of the ceasefire/hostage negotiations in Doha between Israel and Hamas are not viewed favorably on today's podcast, to put it mildly, and suggest…
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Progressive Failures, Media Failures
The ongoing disaster in California has exposed the failures of the dominant ideology of the American left just as the moment that its transmission vector, the…
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Progressives and Fire
What is the connection between the policy failures in California, the fires that continue to rage, and progressive ideology dating back a century? We break it…
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Fire Fighting
The Los Angeles fires might prove a hinge moment in 21st century political history depending on how California's progressive leaders respond to the calamity…
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Trump Bestrides the Narrow World
The incoming president gave a press conference yesterday, and what a press conference it was, from Greenland to Panama to Canada to NATO to Ukraine, and the…
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Meta Analysis
Why did Justin Trudeau step down? Why is Facebook giving up on "content moderation"? Why do people no longer trust "experts" who may not really be experts? Why…
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Trump Coming In, Biden Going Out
Republicans are staying united as Donald Trump nears his swearing-in—with the shadow of Judge Merchan's determination to sentence him as a felon later this…
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We Can't Let Down Our Guard
The only way to combat the kind of Islamist mass murder that took place in New Orleans this week is to...combat Islamism, both abroad and at home. We talk…
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Terrorism, Islamism, and the Democrats
The first podcast of 2025 reckons with the horror in New Orleans and the attempted horror in Las Vegas before discussing the damage done to the Democratic…
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Worst Case Scenarios and
On this holiday podcast, we offer cheer and warning in equal measure and then talk about...sitcoms and Christmas movies! Give a listen. Learn more about your…
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Hey, What Gen Are You From?
Today's holiday podcast questions concern how we Commentaryites define ourselves in terms of the generations we come from, and what indelible encounters we've…
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What Do We Podcasters Read?
Today's special podcast offers a glimpse into how we prepare for each morning's conversation, and we offer some vacation spot tips as well. Give a listen…
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How Did We Podcasters Meet?
On today's holiday podcast, we answer a viewer's question about when and how we all met, and what is going on behind us (if you watch us on YouTube). Give a…
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Taylor Sheridan’s World
On today's special holiday podcast, John talks with COMMENTARY contributor Rick Marin about his article "The Anti-Woke King of Hollywood" and what's in Taylor…
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Best TV of 2024
Today's special holiday podcast provides you with our list of the shows we liked the best on streaming and broadcast in 2024. Give a listen! Learn more about…
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Did Biden’s Infirmities Ruin Liberalism?
On our last news podcast of the year, we take up the Wall Street Journal story delineating the facts of the Biden cognitive cover-up, which now, it appears…
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Poor Mike Johnson
Today's podcast explores the existential pit in which House speaker Mike Johnson finds himself and whether there's any way out. Also, Israel continues to fight…
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Trump's Vengeance Temptation
Should Donald Trump be paying as much attention to dealing with the problems he actually resolved by winning the election, like his beef with Liz Cheney and…
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The New Trump
Today's podcast notes the extraordinarily different tone and approach taken by Donald Trump in his first press conference as president-elect and what it might…
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ABC Gives Trump $15 Million
Today's podcast examines the ramifications and emanations and penumbra arising from ABC's stunning decision to settle with Donald Trump after George…
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Drones and Pardons
What on earth is going on in the skies over New Jersey and why is it so hard to trust the authorities when they tell us there's nothing to worry about? And…
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Ex-Wray
Today we discuss Christopher Wray's announcement that he will step down as FBI director and what it means for Trump. How has Pete Hegseth managed to keep his…
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The Demon Mangione
Today's podcast examines the case of Luigi Mangione, the alleged shooter of the health-care executive, and the reasons why some people seem determined to…
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Deep Dive on Syria
Jonathan Schanzer joins the podcast to talk about the fall of the Assad regime and why it's not purely good news. What happens next? Is Iran done? And, if it…
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Biden's Moment of Senile Amnesia
Today's podcast begins with the shocking moment yesterday when Joe Biden spoke of the American hostage in Syria, Austin Tice, and then, 30 seconds later…
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Whose Banana Republic Is This Anyway?
Today we marvel at the liberal habit of protecting democracy with...banana republicanism. Fearing Donald Trump's revenge, the Biden administration is mulling…
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Changing Sex Is Like Taking an Aspirin?
We discuss the astonishing oral arguments yesterday in the Supreme Court about trans medicine and laws to restrict it before turning to the equally astonishing…
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There Are Nations in Crisis—Just Not Ours
Today we examine the failed attempt to impose martial law in South Korea and the coming collapse of the French government and ask why it is so many American…
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Hunter Pardon, Day 2
It's not going well for Joe Biden in the wake of the sweeping pardon he granted his son. Democrats are discomfited, Karine Jean-Pierre is at a loss, and…
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Pardon Us
Today John is under the weather, so the rest of us take on Joe Biden's broad pardon of his son Hunter, what it says about the Biden presidency, and how it…
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Why Did Israel Agree?
We try to make sense out of Israel's participation in the ceasefire that began today—and which Hezbollah may already have violated. Did Israel actually want…
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The 'Ceasefire' Fetish
According to Israel, it is agreeing to a ceasefire with Hezbollah in large measure to stave off an American assault in the UN on Israel's efforts in Lebanon…
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Trump's 'Team of UFC Fighters'
Today's podcast begins with the horrible murder of a Hasidic emissary in the UAE and the growing institutional anti-Semitism in Canada before moving on to the…
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Serious Trump and Weird Democrats
Today we talk about AG pick Pam Bondi and why we should take the Trump transition seriously. Then we look back on the Kamala Harris campaign and wonder, What…
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Jews in the Crosshairs Anew
The news that the International Criminal Court has issued arrest warrants for Benjamin Netanyahu and Yoav Gallant came the same day that 19 Democrats voted to…
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The Transition and the Transgendered
Today we take up Donald Trump's newest picks, Linda McMahon for education secretary and Dr. Oz to oversee Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, and we…
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Is Trump Ditching Gaetz Already?
Today's podcast delves into a New York Times story suggesting Donald Trump thinks Matt Gaetz will not be confirmable, or confirmed, by the Senate. What's going…
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Keep Your Powder Dry
Noah Rothman joins us today to talk about presidential appointments and how to stay calm and rational as Donald Trump continues to make news at the same…
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Why He Picked RFK
How the RFK pick is both conventional (Trump rewarding an important endorser) and the result of radical changes in the way Americans view trusted institutions…
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Gaetz Tulsi RFK: An Infernal Golden Braid
The appointments of Matt Gaetz and Tulsi Gabbard to major jobs in the administration has set Washington's (and our) heads on fire. And with Robert Kennedy Jr…
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Hunting Jews and Restoring the Military
Today's podcast talks about the root causes of the Amsterdam pogrom in Europe and the root causes of the surge in random anti-Semitic attacks in America at the…
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Neocon Trump?
The selections of Marco Rubio, Mike Waltz, and Elise Stefanik to senior foreign-policy posts in the incoming administration offer significant signals that…
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Who's Whispering in Trump's Ear?
The first appointments of the Trump administration came over the weekend, even as the incoming president was signaling his determination not to bring back two…
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Amsterdammerung
Eliana Johnson of the Washington Free Beacon joins the podcast as we address the horrifying news out of Amsterdam—a present-day pogrom that is taking place…
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Did the Democrats Gaslight Themselves?
After Kamala Harris's concession speech, the recriminations are beginning inside the Democratic Party—and oh, are we here for it. Are they going to diagnose…
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The Trump Triumph
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No, This Won't Be the Last Election Ever
It's here, and Oprah and Joe Rogan and Elon Musk are all saying it'll be the last time we ever get to vote. While some of us might feel, after the past two…
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Vibes and Polls and Predictions, Oh My!
With a day to go, we discuss whether the vibes lean toward Harris or Trump, where the polls are leaning (if at all), and whom we think is going to win. Give a…
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Shameful Schumer and the Election
Another nail in the coffin of Sen. Chuck Schumer's reputation for being a voice for the Jewish community was hammered yesterday by the Free Beacon with an…