The Trends of 2022
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Dec 30, 2022•32 min
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.
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The Bright Side of 2022
It turns out 2022 wasn’t entirely irredeemable. We reflect on some of the year’s silver linings and positive developments. Noah: The revitalization of NATO. Abe: A bad year for autocrats. Christine: Candidates who deserve to lose lost. John: Nuclear fusion. Source Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Dec 29, 2022•32 min
The Movies We Loved in 2022
The gang discusses the movies they enjoyed (or really didn’t enjoy) in 2022. Abe: “The Banshees of Inisherin” and “Moonage Daydream” Christine: “Top Gun: Maverick” Noah: “Chip ‘n Dale: Rescue Rangers” (yes, seriously). John: “Singin’ in the Rain”... Source Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Dec 28, 2022•32 min
The Television We Loved in 2022
Today, we dive into the television shows we watched and loved—or, at least, liked—in 2022. John: “1883” and “She-Hulk: Attorney at Law” Abe: “Mr. Inbetween” Christine: “Severance” and “Slow Horses” Noah: “The Dropout” and “Inventing Anna”... Source Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Dec 28, 2022•35 min
The Books We Loved in 2022
To open up a week of special Christmas week podcasts, we talk about the books we read and loved in 2022. Source Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Dec 26, 2022•36 min
The January 6th Report
The podcast today asks whether the January 6 report is an example of overreach or whether its findings may be morally merited if not a proper legal blueprint for action against Donald Trump. Give a listen. Source Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Dec 23, 2022•51 min
A Tale of Two Flags
Volodymyr Zelensky came to the nation’s capital, and, in our nation’s Capitol, he crushed it with a speech that was both substantive and heartening. We break it down and break down the resistance to it among elements of the Right. Give a listen. Source Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Dec 22, 2022•52 min
Zelensky Comes to Town
Today’s podcast looks at the rank politics being played around the visit of Ukrainian President Wolodymyr Zelensky’s stunning one-day trip to Washington to meet with Joe Biden and speak to Congress. Also, seriously? We’re supposed to mask up again? Give a listen. Source Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Dec 21, 2022•51 min
The Last January 6th Hearing
Was it just grandstanding, or did the committee make its case for the criminal referrals it made to the Justice Department relating to Donald Trump? And does the final grab-bag spending bill actually have some good stuff in it? Give a listen. Source Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Dec 20, 2022•51 min
Even Corporate Media Can't Ignore the Border Any Longer
Today’s podcast looks at the accelerating crisis at the southern border of the United States, and the fact that the Biden administration is putting its head in the sand and trying to ignore it—which other Democratic politicians dealing with the fallout will not allow. And, we wonder, how will the January 6th committee recommendations coming out on Monday affect Donald Trump’s standing in the GOP? Source Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...
Dec 19, 2022•45 min
Is Musk Sucking Up All the Trump Oxygen?
Today’s podcast points out that Donald Trump’s bizarre announcement that he’s selling NFT images of himself was completely overshadowed later in the day by Elon Musk banning some journalists on Twitter. Does this mean Trump is now, literally, yesterday morning’s news and will remain so? Give a listen. Source Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...
Dec 16, 2022•1 hr 14 min
The GOP’s State of Nature
From Rep. Ralph Norman’s calls for “marshall law” to prevent Republican officials from certifying 2020’s election results, to House Republicans’ attacks against Kevin McCarthy, to Kevin McCarthy’s attacks against Mitch McConnell, the GOP is at war with itself. And maybe that’s all they want to do. Source Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...
Dec 15, 2022•49 min
Should the Vaccines Be Investigated?
With Ron DeSantis pretty firmly taking the lead in 2024 matchups against Donald Trump, there also comes news of DeSantis seeking to convene a grand jury to investigate possible false claims about the efficacy of the COVID vaccines. Is this just pandering to anti-vax lunatics, or is something more interesting going on here? Give a listen. Source Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...
Dec 14, 2022•1 hr 8 min
The Arrest of Sam Bankman-Fried
James B. Meigs joins the podcast today to talk about his January COMMENTARY column, “Twilight of the Tech Gods,” and how the collapse of the cryptocurrency exchange FTX represents another example of the way in which the Silicon Valley techno-optimist culture has done injury to capitalism. And how about them Twitter files? Give a listen. Source Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...
Dec 13, 2022•1 hr 12 min
Techno-Ambivalence
There has been a breakthrough in the development of sustainable fusion-generated power. Will this be a welcome development, or will there be a backlash? Also, Twitter’s weekend information dump confirms the persecutory nature of content moderation in the Trump years. Source Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Dec 12, 2022•1 hr
Never a Dull Day
Just when you thought it was safe to stop thinking about politics, Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona shows up and throws a wrench into Joe Biden’s Democratic machine by announcing she is becoming an independent. Does it matter? Noah says no. I say it might matter a huge amount. For this debate, and talk about the Twitter transparency project, give a listen. Source Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...
Dec 09, 2022•49 min
The Happy Biden Problem
AEI fellow and author Matthew Continetti joins the program today to talk about the deal that has freed WNBA player Brittney Griner from Russian captivity. Also, why the president’s recent string of successes creates the conditions for a happy Biden, and why that could be a disaster in the making. Source Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...
Dec 08, 2022•1 hr 14 min
Surveying Trump's Wreckage
Get ready for some harsh language as we discuss the final nail in the coffin of the Republican wave and the question of whether the GOP is on the verge of healing itself or spending 20 years in the relative wilderness politically. Give a listen. Source Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Dec 07, 2022•1 hr 9 min
Tasting Neon
The podcast welcomes Tablet Magazine‘s chief technology officer and co-host of the “Ambitious Crossover Attempt” podcast, Noam Blum, to the program. We discuss Tuesday’s runoff election for U.S. Senate in Georgia, the behavior of clout-chasers on Twitter, and the relative menace posed by vampires and werewolves. Source Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...
Dec 06, 2022•1 hr 12 min
The Constitution Shredder
Does it matter that Donald Trump explicitly called for extra-Constitutional means to reinstall him as president somehow? Does it matter that Republicans aren’t lining up to denounce him? And does it matter that the Iranian regime announced it would disband its “morality police”? Give a listen. Source Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...
Dec 05, 2022•1 hr 4 min
The Enabling of Jew-Hatred
Today we discuss the horrifying Kanye West interview with the horrifying Alex Jones and how nearly two decades of treating West with kid gloves has led us to this pass. Also, is there going to be a new political calendar in 2024? Give a listen. Source Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Dec 02, 2022•58 min
We Don't Know What the News Is Anymore
Today’s podcast points out that for the first time since 2015, every piece of American news doesn’t somehow revolve either directly or indirectly around a certain ex-president. Is this the sign of his new irrelevance? And will this make being a Republican less embarrassing? Give a listen. Source Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...
Dec 01, 2022•1 hr 5 min
Finally, An Effort to Deal With the Urban Nightmare
Today we discuss New York City Mayor Eric Adams’s decision to seek the involuntary commitment of mentally ill street and subway people. How did we get to this point, and why, and will this help? And is the Senate’s vote to enshrine gay marriage into federal law a landmark—and in what way? Give a listen. Source Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...
Nov 30, 2022•1 hr 14 min
Can Republicans Save Themselves From Insanity?
Today’s podcast takes up the bizarre behavior of Republican election supervisors in a small county in Arizona who do not want to certify their election results—and the fact that if they were to succeed, a House seat would flip to the Democrats. How crazy is that? Not as crazy, perhaps, as the anti-Semitism-enabling behavior of a former president of the United States. Give a listen. Source Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...
Nov 29, 2022•1 hr 4 min
Are the Authoritarians Losing It?
James B. Meigs, our Tech Commentary columnist, joins the podcast today to talk about the protests in China and how they relate to what we know about the Chinese government’s response to COVID—and our own government’s response. Plus, is Elon Musk just acting crazy or is he up to something interesting? Give a listen. Source Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...
Nov 28, 2022•1 hr 27 min
Talking Turkey About America Pre-Thanksgiving
Today’s podcast takes up Joe Biden’s extension of an “emergency” allowing him to suspend college loan payments, the revelation that the shooter in Colorado Springs is “non-binary,” and our true feelings about turkey. Happy Thanksgiving and give a listen. Source Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Nov 23, 2022•1 hr 4 min
Addicted to Blaming ‘the Right'
Today we take up the reaction to the horrible shooting in the Colorado Springs club, which has already been blamed on people concerned about the rise of transgenderism rather than on the fairly evident psychosis of the shooter, who sought to bomb his own mother. Give a listen. Source Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Nov 22, 2022•1 hr 11 min
Will Trump Be Indicted?
The podcast takes up the news of Donald Trump’s weekend—first the announcement of a special prosecutor and then the way other Republican politicians started firing at him at the Republican Jewish Coalition meeting in Las Vegas. What does it mean? Give a listen. Source Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Nov 21, 2022•1 hr 4 min
The Custodian of the House
What will Nancy Pelosi’s legacy be? Savvy political operator? Anti-progressive obstacle? Or will she have a legacy at all? Also, Elon Musk continues to drive everyone insane. Source Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Nov 18, 2022•54 min
The Trumpian Mystique
Trump’s backers in the world of professional politics appreciated the limited restraint the former president employed in his speech announcing his new presidential run. Trump’s fans liked everything else. Which Trump will win? Also, do Democrats have any reason to think crime is a problem? Source Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...
Nov 17, 2022•1 hr
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