Today's podcast examines Kamala Harris's day talking about the economy, first in a speech and then in an MSNBC interview, and comes away...unimpressed. But it wasn't the greatest day for Donald Trump either. Give a listen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jonathan Schanzer joins us today to evaluate the fast-evolving conflict between Israel and Hezbollah and what Israel's aims and goals are. Also, why can't the Biden-Harris administration support its ally's efforts to end terrorist attacks against it from the north? Too hard? Give a listen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
There's something happening here; what it is ain't exactly clear. Six weeks until the election and Kamala Harris remains the least-known and least-substantive presidential candidate in American history. Can it remain that way? Can she glide to November? Give a listen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Today's podcast does not look favorably on chin-scratching arguments about how the beeper and walkie-talkie attacks against Hezbollah somehow violate the "laws of war." Also, what's with attacking pollsters for reporting poll results you don't like? Give a listen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Aside from Oprah having a Kamala lovefest, the political story of the day involves attacks on Donald Trump's words about American Jews. These attacks seem peculiarly related to polling showing the Republican candidate making startling inroads into the Jewish vote, which could have a significant impact in the key state of Pennsylvania. Meanwhile, actual anti-Semitic garbage from the Republican gubernatorial candidate in North Carolina may imperil Trump's presidential bid even more. What's going o...
Today a full house discusses how Israel might be preparing for a war in its north, whether we've mistakenly bought into recent polling about Kamala Harris's progress, the potential political effect of the Fed rate cut, and more. Give a listen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jonah Goldberg joins the podcast to discuss the amazing Israeli attack on Hezbollah operatives yesterday before going into rank punditry about the relative standings of Harris and Trump. Give a listen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Today's podcast looks at the disgraceful media effort to equalize the Ohio migrant story with the Trump assassination story and what it says about the media and about us. Give a listen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The second Trump assassination attempt conjures up memories of the period in 1975 when Gerald Ford was targeted twice in 18 days. Are we entering a period of domestic political violence similar to the one during which Ford was nearly killed? Or is 2024 different? And what will the Jewish community do to protect its own with violent assaults now happening daily? Give a listen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Today's podcast features Eli Lake discussing with our crew the question of why America seems determined to prevent our allies in Ukraine and Israel from actually winning the wars we are actually supporting, preferring stalemate and ceasefire to victorious conclusion. Why? Give a listen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Noah Rothman makes another surprise guest appearance on the podcast he founded back in 2015! It's Day Two of a conversation about the fallout from the presidential debate, which garnered a colossal audience and therefore demands a discussion about whether Donald Trump can afford not to debate a second or even third time after his loss on Tuesday. Give a listen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Bad moderators. Bad candidates. Who won on points. Who won overall. Why will it matter. Will it matter? Will there be more? All questions we attempt to answer in one admittedly wild, lunatic podcast. Give a listen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
What's going to happen tonight, and how is it like Battlestar Galactica? The answer may surprise you! Give a listen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The political world was strangely rocked by a New York Times/Siena poll showing Trump with a one-point national lead, 48-47—leading Democrats and the media to worry openly that her momentum is gone. We explain why that might be the case, with a stop in Pittsburgh at the most politically divisive spice store in America as the dubious location for Harris making a plea to end our polarization. Give a listen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Donald Trump talks about the economy while Tim Walz says pro-Hamas protestors are right to protest and Israel is defending itself in the wrong way even though it supposedly has the right to defend itself. And we conclude our week-long discussion of our own Christine Rosen's very important new book, The Extinction of Experience. Give a listen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Today we're joined by former U.S. ambassador to Israel David Friedman to discuss his plan for Israel's future as articulated in in his new book One Jewish State. Then we get into the state of the race: Trump sounds pretty good, Kamala's policies sound incoherent, and both Walz and Vance are just plain bad. Give a listen Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Tucker Carlson and a guest of his blame Winston Churchill for World War II. Thomas Friedman blames Bibi Netanyahu for the murder of the hostages. These are just some of the outrages we discuss on today's podcast, along with a conversation around our own Christine Rosen's new book, The Extinction of Experience. Give a listen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
What exactly is it the protestors in Israel and the media in the United States and Joe Biden actually want out of Israel? It appears they want the country to give up the strategic high ground it holds near Gaza in pursuit of a "deal" no one really believes can be struck. We talk about that, and we talk also about our own Christine Rosen's new book, The Extinction of Experience. Pre-order it on Amazon, and give a listen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Dan Senor joins us to take the temperature of the Israeli body politic in the wake of the heartbreaking and disgusting news involving the slaughter of six hostages in Rafah, including the American Hersh Goldberg-Polin. What will Israelis demand of their government? What can Israel do? And will the compliant media allow Kamala Harris and Tim Walz to skate lightly over this nightmare while Donald Trump seeks to fan the flames? Give a listen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adc...
The interview, everybody! It was 27 whole minutes of Kamala Harris and Tim Walz! Was it joyous? Did she become president by acclamation? We gathered in its immediate wake to provide our perspective, our grades, our sense of the vibes, and the general question of whether this was the first or the last interview she will ever sit for. Give a listen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
National polling shows Kamala Harris in the lead but battleground-state polling shows pretty much a tie between her and Donald Trump in the places that will decide the election. How to explain this, and how to explain the controversy over Trump laying a wreath at Arlington Cemetery? Give a listen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Adam White joins us today to talk about the re-indictment of Donald Trump relating to January 6 and whether the new effort by the special prosecutor answers the Supreme Court's ruling earlier this summer. But first: She's being interviewed! But not alone! Why not alone? And what will interviewer Dana Bash do? Give a listen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
A full house on today's podcast shows how the press is attempting to cover for Kamala Harris's silence on issues through hilariously banal teen-fan-magazine coverage, and whether Donald Trump is now moving to take advantage of that silence. Give a listen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jonathan Schanzer joins us today to talk about Israel's action to prevent a massive barrage of Hezbollah missiles raining down on the Jewish state and the bizarre fact that so many are acting as though it has "escalated" a conflict that Hezbollah has been waging against Israel unilaterally since October 8—rather than staging an action that stopped or delayed a wider conflagration. Give a listen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The Democrats had themselves a convention, they're really happy, Kamala Harris spoke for a while and did fine, the media have gone absolutely bonkers for her entirely—shall we say—conventional speech, and can she keep up being this much of a cipher until Election Day? Give a listen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Mark Halperin joins us to discuss Tim Walz's speech, Bill Clinton's rasp, Oprah Winfrey as childless cat lady, and whether the vibes are just getting too vibey. Give a listen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
We dive deep into the visuals, music, and pageantry of the second day of the Democratic National Convention. Killer speeches by Doug Emhoff and Michelle Obama! Barack, condescending to Joe Biden and pretty much everybody else in America! And the best roll call of the states ever! Give a listen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
There was yelling, chanting, attacking, and speechifying. It was the first night of the Democratic National Convention. How do we think it went for Kamala Harris? And what do we make of Joe Biden's late-night farewell? We agree a little, disagree a little—and, yes, we complain. Give a listen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Today's podcast previews the Democratic convention, with a focus on media slavishness, whether the Democrats are now high on their own supply, and why history suggests they should not be so confident that Kamala Harris will hit it out of the park when she speaks on Thursday. Also: Some questions we'd like to see answered. Give a listen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
We're back with a normal podcast in which we discuss Donald Trump's "press conference," Kamala Harris's "economic proposals," and the negotiations over a "hostage deal," and Minouche Shafik's "resignation." Give a listen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
