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 Trump prepares for his second inaugural, what is his moral framework going to be, if there will be any? And what is this nonsense Chuck Schumer is telling the New York Times about how brave he was to tell Joe Biden not to run? Give a listen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...
Jan 17, 2025•1 hr 8 min
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 ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jan 16, 2025•59 min
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 the Democratic failure to "get" Defense Secretary nominee Pete Hegseth. Give a listen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jan 15, 2025•1 hr 17 min
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 there may be danger ahead when it comes to the Trump administration and what it's willing to do to claim successes. And we also view unfavorably Jack Smith's report on how, yeah, he woulda gotten Trump convicted if it weren't for you meddling voters! Give a listen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...
Jan 14, 2025•1 hr 14 min
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 mainstream media, is going the way of the dodo. Give a listen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jan 13, 2025•1 hr 5 min
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 down. Give a listen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jan 10, 2025•1 hr 5 min
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 and how to rebuild after the crisis is over. We discuss this and Trump's response. Give a listen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jan 09, 2025•1 hr 5 min
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 threat of unleashed hell in the Middle East should the hostages remain in Hamas captivity upon his inauguration. We break it down. Give a listen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jan 08, 2025•1 hr 3 min
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 did Biden give a Medal of Freedom to George Soros...and George Romney? Give a listen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jan 07, 2025•1 hr 3 min
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 week. Meanwhile, the Biden foreign-policy team makes its case for its success as we try not to laugh. Give a listen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jan 06, 2025•1 hr 19 min
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 about how before we talk about Republicans in the House and last-minute Biden moves to control and contain the new administration. Give a listen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jan 03, 2025•1 hr 11 min
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 Party by its own ideological blinders and its decision to gaslight America about the president's condition and his family's financial shenanigans. Give a listen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jan 02, 2025•1 hr 37 min
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 ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Dec 31, 2024•46 min
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 had in our lives with meaningful people. Give a listen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Dec 30, 2024•31 min
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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Dec 27, 2024•42 min
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 listen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Dec 26, 2024•32 min
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 Sheridan's special sauce. Give a listen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Dec 24, 2024•44 min
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 your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Dec 23, 2024•26 min
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, dates back as far as 2020. Aside from the governing crisis the refusal of his cabinet and vice president created by failing to intervene as the Constitution requires, the Biden story also highlights the collapse of liberals and liberal institutions and the loss of legitimacy their behavior over the past four years has engendered. How? Give a...
Dec 20, 2024•1 hr 12 min
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 the fight for Western civilization while others scoff and belittle. Give a listen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Dec 19, 2024•56 min
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 the Des Moines Register poll? On the other hand, what if one of the witnesses who testified before the January 6 committee was encouraged to change a story she had already told under oath? Also, how on earth does Mike Johnson get out of his "we gotta pay for the government somehow" pickle? Give a listen. Learn more about your ad choices. Vis...
Dec 18, 2024•56 min
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 tell us about the kind of presidency we might be seeing. And what on earth was going on at the White House Hanukkah party? Give a listen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Dec 17, 2024•58 min
Today's podcast examines the ramifications and emanations and penumbra arising from ABC's stunning decision to settle with Donald Trump after George Stephanopoulos wrongly said he had been found guilty of rape. What does this say about the mainstream media, and how does it connect to the drone story? Give a listen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Dec 16, 2024•48 min
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 what on earth is happening with the pardons and clemencies now numbering well over 1,000 from the exiting Biden administration? Give a listen. Also, if you have questions you want us to answer on an upcoming podcast, email us at podcast@commentary.org. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...
Dec 13, 2024•1 hr 1 min
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 rocky nomination on track (and how much help did he get from his critics in the press)? Also, the hostage deal currently in the works seems to refute the entire Biden approach to Israel's war with Hamas. Give a listen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...
Dec 12, 2024•1 hr 1 min
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 lionize him and take on his cause—one of the most potentially dangerous moments in recent history. Give a listen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Dec 11, 2024•1 hr 12 min
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 is, does Israel (and maybe even the U.S.) finish off the regime? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Dec 10, 2024•57 min
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, entirely forgot who Austin Tice was. There are 42 days until the election; isn't there a single responsible person in the Cabinet of the United States willing to organize a 25th Amendment letter temporarily removing him from the chain of command at this epochal moment in world affairs, with Syria having fallen? And a surprising Trump interview....
Dec 09, 2024•1 hr 1 min
Today we marvel at the liberal habit of protecting democracy with...banana republicanism. Fearing Donald Trump's revenge, the Biden administration is mulling preemptive pardons, and legacy media is normalizing the idea. Plus, we get into the blurring of mainstream and alternative media and why the left can never have a Joe Rogan. Give a listen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Dec 06, 2024•1 hr 12 min
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 Biden-should-preemptively-pardon-everybody argument that's racing around Washington like the bubonic plague. Give a listen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Dec 05, 2024•1 hr 12 min
