Today’s passionate podcast features praise for the American people when it comes to vaccination and serious querying why we are turning this amazing national mobilization success into a neurotic failure. And we celebrate Jeff Bezos’s trip into near-space and ask again why it is that we are being told by the liberal establishment that it is a pointless and vainglorious effort. Cheer up, people! Source Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...
Jul 20, 2021•1 hr 5 min
Michael Brendan Dougherty of National Review joins us today to discuss his controversial NR piece, “Convincing the Skeptics,” which caused a firestorm on Twitter for supposedly showing undue sympathy for those who aren’t getting the vaccines. We also talk about bad polling and the very bad Kenneth Roth of Human Rights Watch. Give a listen. Source Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...
Jul 19, 2021•1 hr 16 min
Today’s podcast features COMMENTARY columnist Matthew Continetti joining us to ruminate upon the Biden administration’s response to the events in Cuba, the outrageous imposition of an indoor mask mandate in L.A. county, and why liberals seem to think the only way to be properly sexual these days is to be in a throuple. Give a listen. Source Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...
Jul 16, 2021•1 hr 21 min
The podcast crew expresses skepticism at the notion that Biden and the Democrats have a brilliant strategy to get their $3.5 trillion spending bill passed. And we express skepticism about Joint Chiefs chair Mark Milley’s self-portrait as the man Who Saved America from the New Nazis. And we praise Olivia Rodrigo, who’s great. Give a listen. Source Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...
Jul 15, 2021•1 hr 7 min
James B. Meigs joins today’s podcast to discuss the Delta variant surge and the continuing refusal of many on the Right to act to contravene it. We also talk about the weirdness of Democratic senators announcing they had agreed to a $3.5 trillion deal that, in fact, they hadn’t all agreed to—and why on earth the Biden administration is giving in to Iran. Give a listen. Source Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...
Jul 14, 2021•1 hr 15 min
Washington Free Beacon Editor-in-Chief Elianna Johnson joins the program today in Christine Rosen’s absence to talk about Texas Democrats’ tactical retreat from their jobs, Cuba’s ongoing protests, and troublingly high inflationary signals. Source Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jul 13, 2021•1 hr 2 min
Noah Rothman is back after a week away from the podcast to offer his two cents on the Delta variant surge and how it’s affecting conservative media and Republican politics. We also discuss the revolt in Cuba and why it’s important to support democratic rebellions abroad… and Black Widow. Give a listen. Source Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...
Jul 12, 2021•1 hr 13 min
Today’s hodgepodge of a podcast takes up our personal histories of summer camp, Joe Biden’s speech on Afghanistan, the conversion of COVID into a seasonal flu, and bad documentaries. Give a listen. Source Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jul 09, 2021•1 hr 9 min
We talk about the recent uptick in U.S. COVID cases, the ever-elusive end of the pandemic, and the skepticism around vaccines and lockdowns. We touch on Donald Trump’s move against Big Tech, and we close out with some old sitcom gems. Hint: Chuckles the Clown. Give a listen. Source Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jul 08, 2021•1 hr 6 min
Our friend Steve Kornacki joins the podcast today to talk about the results of the New York City primary in the Democratic party and what they say about the party’s ideological makeup—and about the future of ranked-choice voting. It’s great. Give a listen. Source Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jul 07, 2021•1 hr 13 min
The leftist attacks on America around July 4 may prove to be the unforced error of all unforced errors, or so we say on today’s (sadly Noah-free) podcast. We also talk about tenure for critical race theorists, who really knows about critical race theory, and who should be talking about the vaccination problem. Give a listen. Source Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...
Jul 06, 2021•1 hr 11 min
It’s the Fourth of July weekend and we spend the podcast defending America from the nonsense of NPR, the liberal notion that America is a bad actor on the world stage, and the idea that COVID is some form of rough justice for America’s sins. Have a glorious weekend as you give a listen. Source Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...
Jul 02, 2021•1 hr 6 min
On today’s podcast: What happened in the Bill Cosby case? How best can we discuss the extraordinary life of Donald Rumsfeld, RIP? What is ballot harvesting? Will people believe elections are fair ever again? Give a listen. Source Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jul 01, 2021•53 min
Today’s podcast looks at the disaster of the New York Democratic mayoral primary and what it says about the way liberal cities and states work. And more repulsive blather from Ilhan Omar. Give a listen. Source Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jun 30, 2021•1 hr 9 min
Today’s podcast concludes with a commemoration of the life and career of 95-year-old Mel Brooks and what they have to teach us—and how we need to restore what he brought to American life and American comedy. Before that, we ask why Democrats and Republicans have such wildly divergent views about the end of the pandemic—and the thickets into which the Biden administration has wandered with Iran. Source Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...
Jun 29, 2021•1 hr 11 min
Matthew Continetti joins today’s podcast, which features a conversation about aliens and God so deep that you may think we were high or drunk while recording it. We weren’t. Give a listen. Source Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jun 28, 2021•1 hr 29 min
On the final podcast of the week, we try to make sense out of Joe Biden praising bipartisan dealmaking before promising to pass everything left out of the bipartisan infrastructure deal—which will likely destroy that deal. What’s the game here? Is there one? And did Mike Pence just end his Republican political career? Give a listen. Source Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...
Jun 25, 2021•1 hr 8 min
Today’s podcast takes up the conundrum of the politics within the Democratic Party that led to fantasies of a new New Deal, which have been subjected to various reality tests this week injurious to Joe Biden and his agenda going forward. Also, more reader mail about vaccinations and whether we’re mean about them. Give a listen. Source Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...
Jun 24, 2021•1 hr 6 min
Today’s podcast tries to make sense out of the apocalyptic rhetoric emanating from Democrats about the failure of their largely unconstitutional voting bill before pointing out that progressives had a setback in the New York City primary on Tuesday and what that might mean. Give a listen. Source Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...
Jun 23, 2021•1 hr 10 min
James. B. Meigs joins us again to discuss the important question of just why it was the idea of COVID originating from a lab leak was deemed undiscussable. We also point out that the press has a historical habit of believing that corporations will do all sorts of evil scientific things… but not Communist regimes. Give a listen. Source Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...
Jun 22, 2021•1 hr 13 min
The evidence is everywhere: An extraordinary number of people seem to prefer living under masks rather than accepting the data that say the pandemic is over. Why? We go into that, and the extraordinary story of the lab leak in the Soviet Union that American “experts” agreed was a naturally occurring phenomenon… because saying so was taking a side in the political-cultural-ideological war of the... Source Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...
Jun 21, 2021•1 hr 11 min
Today’s podcast discusses the amazing fact that conservative justices on the Supreme Court often go against what people say their political allies demand of them—but this happens far more rarely among liberal justices. Now, why would that be? Also… Donald Trump is running. Give a listen. Source Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...
Jun 18, 2021•1 hr 11 min
Today we begin the podcast with talk about Joe Biden and Vladimir Putin before getting to the hot topic of the day—an apology proffered by a showbiz legend for saying something entirely commonsensical and true. Why did Rita Moreno feel it necessary to abase herself before the gods of wokeness? Give a listen. Source Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...
Jun 17, 2021•1 hr 8 min
Today’s podcast features a response from all of us to a great letter from a listener who believes John is far too harsh about the question of who gets vaccinated. See whom you agree with! And, again, when will they say the pandemic is over when the pandemic… is… over… NOW. Give a listen. Source Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jun 16, 2021•1 hr 6 min
What did Biden say about the GOP and Vladimir Putin on foreign shores? Attacked one and praised the other? We talk about that on today’s podcast, as well as shameful public pronouncements by columnist Michael Gerson and former Biden COVID guy Andy Slavitt. Give a listen. Source Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...
Jun 15, 2021•1 hr 2 min
Bret Stephens joins the podcast crew today to discuss the change in Israel’s government—and the complex legacy of Benjamin Netanyahu. Then we talk NATO, Biden, and the end of the pandemic. Give a listen. Source Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jun 14, 2021•1 hr 13 min
Does Jeffrey Toobin deserve to be treated with compassion and forgiveness when woke culture is busy showing the opposite of both to anyone that crosses it? And how will the media atone for their false coverage of what happened in Lafayette Park in 2020? Give a listen. Source Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jun 11, 2021•1 hr 2 min
The progressive left is having a fit over its more moderate members, who have failed to support their transformative designs. But aren’t they saving Joe Biden’s presidency from the unforeseen consequences of pursuing a sweeping agenda on which he didn’t even run? Also, the journalistic backlash against reporting on Israel objectively. Source Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...
Jun 10, 2021•53 min
Chris Stirewalt joins us today to discuss his brilliant COMMENTARY article, “Republicans, Stop Believing Your Own Election Myth,” before we get to the question of what’s worse, wokeness or the new American aristocracy that is enshrining it? Give a listen. Source Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jun 09, 2021•1 hr 20 min
Vice President Kamala Harris delivered a hilariously bad response to NBC’s Lester Holt when she was asked why she hadn’t visited the border yet amid her efforts to oversee the ongoing border crisis. The episode adds to the mounting evidence suggesting that Harris is not great at politics. Source Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...
Jun 08, 2021•44 min
