Frederick Kagan of the Critical Threats Project is one of the leading American authorities on the war in Ukraine. He joins us today to discuss the astonishing Ukrainian triumphs against the Russian military and where things might go from here. He also tells us about the ongoing and unprecedented protests in Iran and why we need to pay closer attention to them. Give a listen. Source Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...
Nov 16, 2022•1 hr 6 min
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Nov 15, 2022•59 min
Today’s podcast continues to examine the details of the midterm disaster for Republicans and what Donald Trump’s putative announcement of his 2024 campaign portends. Give a listen. Source Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Nov 14, 2022•1 hr 6 min
Political analyst and all-around great guy Chris Stirewalt joins the podcast today to discuss the bet he made with me on Election Day he won—because I swallowed the conventional wisdom about the midterms and he didn’t. We try to figure out what Donald Trump is doing by saying the white governor of Virginia has a Chinese-sounding name, among other kinds of crazy stuff. Give a listen. Source Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...
Nov 11, 2022•1 hr 24 min
Meghan McCain joins the podcast today to talk midterms, Arizona and anti-McCainiac Keri Lake, about whom Meghan has some harsh, dare I say even unprintable, words. Give a listen. Source Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Nov 10, 2022•1 hr 21 min
The podcast today looks at the astounding results of the midterms and asks Republicans whether they are going to continue to remain in an intimate relationship with a pathological loser narcissist who has now been humiliated by the American electorate in three separate national contests. Give a listen. Source Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...
Nov 09, 2022•1 hr 30 min
Eli Lake joins the podcast on the eve of the midterm elections to discuss, you know, the midterm elections—and we conclude with a pretty heated discussion of Eli’s new COMMENTARY piece, “Can the FBI Be Saved From Itself—And Can We Be Saved From The FBI?” Give a listen. Source Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Nov 08, 2022•1 hr 25 min
Steve Kornacki joins us a day before he will instruct all of America on the midterm elections from his Big Board to express final thoughts on these tumultuous midterm elections, why the polls are so hard to understand, and what we might expect. He uses Virginia as the test case for Republican gains—you’ll find out why if you give a listen. Source Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...
Nov 07, 2022•1 hr 19 min
Author, columnist, and co-host of the “Not Even Mad” podcast, James Kirchick, drops in to talk about Democratic pollster Stanley Greenberg’s searing indictment of his party’s record on crime. Also, stronger than expected jobs numbers, and what they say about inflation. Source Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Nov 04, 2022•1 hr 9 min
Joe Biden delivered another speech last night about the threat Republicans pose to the health of American democracy, this time drawing a straight line from the January 6 riots to the attack on Paul Pelosi. Is he right? Or are Democrats as conditional as Republicans when it comes to their affection for the mechanisms of self-government? Source Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...
Nov 03, 2022•1 hr 12 min
AEI scholar and George Mason University assistant professor of law, Adam White, rejoins the program today to discuss the Supreme Court’s deliberative process ahead of what looks to be a momentous decision on the legality of Affirmative Action. Also, the left finally allows itself to notice Joe Biden’s gaffes. Source Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...
Nov 02, 2022•1 hr 15 min
Dan Senor joins the podcast today to map out five scenarios for the Israeli election results—Israel is voting today. And then we discuss why professional Republicans seem a little more anxious than thrilled about the clear pattern in the polling about what's going to happen next Tuesday here in the American elections. Give a listen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Nov 01, 2022•1 hr 18 min
The horrific attack on Paul Pelosi, and the abhorrent response to it from those who think it might convey political advantage and want to maximize or neutralize it. Also, what to make of polling discrepancies with eight days left before the midterms. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Oct 31, 2022•1 hr 4 min
Did Elon Musk just conclude the most ill-considered financial transaction in human history when he purchased Twitter? We’ll soon see. Also, the frenetic effort on the left to claim that crime is a manufactured election-year issue. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Oct 28, 2022•1 hr 1 min
Democrats struggle to reconcile the data, which doesn’t suggest a massive Republican wave is inbound, and the general sense of the political landscape. And it’s driving them crazy. Also, how a New York judge’s ruling against a vaccine mandate for municipal workers scuttles the Democratic Party’s confused Covid narrative and the amazing life of the late Lucianne Goldberg. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Oct 27, 2022•1 hr 8 min
Tuesday night’s senatorial debate in Pennsylvania treated voters to a voyeuristic spectacle that was painful to watch. Can voters look beyond John Fetterman’s infirmities on November 8? Also, Lee Zeldin shines in the New York state gubernatorial debate. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Oct 26, 2022•1 hr 5 min
Eliana Johnson of the Washington Free Beacon joins the podcast today to talk about the jaw-dropping letter from House progressives to Joe Biden on Ukraine and how this sudden attack from his left suggests nothing good about Democratic prospects two weeks hence. And a lot of other stuff. Give a listen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Oct 25, 2022•1 hr 23 min
Today's podcast examines the devastatingly bad findings of the latest educational assessment of American schoolchildren—and how they show the need for a true reckoning on the costs of the COVID regimes put in place in March 2020 and then kept in place even as the scientific facts made it clear they were unnecessary and injurious. Give a listen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Oct 24, 2022•1 hr 11 min
The podcast takes up an article in The Federalist arguing that the New Right should stop calling itself conservative because conservatives reject using state power to punish your enemies. Also, the Democratic Party’s “precriminations” have begun, but the most potent excuse for the party’s loss in November is to blame voters for putting their economic situation above American democracy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...
Oct 21, 2022•56 min
Today's podcast begins with talk about the potential Red tsunami before taking up a genuinely shocking and disgusting New York Times article that accuses Israel of stealing Palestinian recipes as a form of cultural genocide. Give a listen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Oct 20, 2022•52 min
As Democrats stare into the abyss they avoided staring into for many months, Barack Obama has emerged to scold them for being "buzzkills." He's right. But on today's podcast, we explain why he was the author of the Democratic Party's current woes. Oh, and we extend a surprise invitation to our roast to one James Bennet. Why? Give a listen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Oct 19, 2022•1 hr 11 min
Today's podcast features a conversation about Kanye West and Donald Trump and their incendiary comments about Jews. And, again, the midterm elections. And, again, COVID. Give a listen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Oct 18, 2022•1 hr 4 min
In John’s absence today, New York Sun columnist and host of “The Reeducation” podcast, Eli Lake, joins the show to talk about how nuclear deterrence works and why. Also, an update on the Durham probe, the state of play ahead of the midterm elections, and a nascent revolution in the streets of Iran. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Oct 17, 2022•1 hr 9 min
The podcast debates Trump’s role on January 6 and whether, to borrow 9/11 conspiracy theory lingo, he LIHOP (let it happen on purpose) or MIHOP (made it happen on purpose). And what was the January 6 commission’s goal? To establish Trump's culpability or to create the conditions for accountability down the road. Also, John Fetterman is one of a handful of Democrats in America who wants to be seen with Joe Biden, which tells you something. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adch...
Oct 14, 2022•1 hr 10 min
Today's podcast takes up the latest hit on Donald Trump—someone's moving boxes around? Really? And the latest on the FBI's behavior toward Trump. And the latest on the January 6th hearings. And the latest on inflation. Give a listen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Oct 13, 2022•1 hr 3 min
The podcast breaks down Joe Biden’s interview with CNN host Jake Tapper and Democrats circling the wagons around John Fetterman. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Oct 12, 2022•59 min
The possible indictment of Hunter Biden. Hints of polling momentum for Republicans. Democrats bringing up ancillary issues in hopes they can distract. It's four weeks until the midterms. Give a listen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Oct 11, 2022•1 hr 13 min
Today's podcast examines the news from the Ukraine War—the bridge attack followed by terrorist strikes on cities—and weird things politicians and intellectuals are saying about it. And the crime issue really comes home, literally, in the case of New York gubernatorial candidate Lee Zeldin. Give a listen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Oct 10, 2022•1 hr 15 min
Today's podcast begins with a recitation of 18—count 'em, 18—different news stories all from yesterday and all deserving of attention, beginning with Joe Biden musing about "armageddon," which is maybe not what you want a president to be doing? Give a listen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Oct 07, 2022•1 hr 6 min
With the news that OPEC+ plans to pare back oil production, the Biden administration has to worry about gas prices again at the worst possible moment. Also, the Georgia GOP’s process of rationalizing themselves into voting for Herschel Walker. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Oct 06, 2022•1 hr 9 min
