So the federal government has "shut down," which it really hasn't, actually, and here we go again. Or will this really be a huge showdown, given that three Democrats have already voted against it and show they don't want to play this game (another six and the shutdown ends). Also: what is this ludicrous "scoop" from human dreidel Barak Ravid about how Trump had to yell at Netanyahu to get Bibi to agree to a deal that gives Bibi everything he wants? Give a listen. Learn more about your ad choices...
Oct 01, 2025•1 hr 23 min
There is much to discuss about Donald Trump's historic proposal for ending the war in Gaza: how the media has reacted, what it says about the Trump administration's support for Israel, and how each of us think Hamas will respond. Give a listen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Sep 30, 2025•1 hr 9 min
Does Donald Trump help or hurt himself by using the weapons of the presidency as personal tools for revenge? This is apart from the question of whether his doing so is simply turnabout-as-fair-play or simply an outrageous misuse of his power. Give a listen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Sep 29, 2025•1 hr 13 min
The indictment of James Comey causes us to go down memory lane remembering how destructive Comey was of the good working order of law and politics in matters involving both parties. Give a listen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Sep 26, 2025•1 hr 3 min
We're back from Rosh Hashanah to sing the glories of Donald Trump's controversial United Nations speech, which is only controversial because he isn't saying what the elites want him to say. And we try to make sense out of what seems like a huge shift on Trump's part in the direction of supporting Ukraine. Give a listen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Sep 25, 2025•1 hr 11 min
The massive memorial for Charlie Kirk in Arizona was more of a Christian revivalist meeting than the funeral of a political figure. What does it herald for the United States? And why does the "recognition" of a non-existent Palestinian state not worry us as much as you might expect? Give a listen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Sep 22, 2025•1 hr 7 min
The fallout from the suspension of Jimmy Kimmel continues, with the revelation that, basically, no one watches his show—so why should Disney and ABC keep it on the air if he's more trouble than he's worth? That goes to the question of what to do when a heavy-handed government starts interfering in private business and going after someone who was exercising his free speech. The issue is more complicated than both left and right are willing to acknowledge. Give a listen. Learn more about your ad c...
Sep 19, 2025•1 hr 14 min
Eliana Johnson joins today's the podcast to talk about the reasons behind Jimmy Kimmel's suspension and the role of government in it before we move on to the frightening and open advocacy of anti-Semitic opinions by the woke right in the wake of Charlie Kirk's assassination. Give a listen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Sep 18, 2025•1 hr 13 min
Andrew C. McCarthy joins us to discuss the developments in the Charlie Kirk assassination case and the murder of health-care executive Brian Thompson, both of which took major steps forward yesterday in surprising and chilling ways. Give a listen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Sep 17, 2025•1 hr 10 min
Israel has gone all in to finish the war Hamas started on October 7. Batten down the hatches and watch for the anti-Semitic content. Speaking of which, watch as the anti-Semites try to claim Charlie Kirk, a prominent Christian Zionist, as one of their own. Give a listen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Sep 16, 2025•1 hr 13 min
The gyrations of people who do not want to deal with the political and ideological implications of the Charlie Kirk assassination are the chief focus of today's podcast. We also take up the question of why, if America is so "mad" at Israel for the Qatar strike, our secretary of state is in Israel praying at the Western Wall. Give a listen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Sep 15, 2025•1 hr 5 min
The changes in American society that will result from the assassination of Charlie Kirk have already been experienced by America's Jews and the ways we've had to change our lives in the wake of the explosion of anti-Semitic violence over the past decade. Give a listen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Sep 12, 2025•1 hr 17 min
Noah Rothman joins us to talk about political violence and the cultural atmosphere that helped lead to the assassination of a 31 year-old man in the open air of a Utah college campus. Give a listen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Sep 11, 2025•1 hr 41 min
Another remarkable historical turn as Israel makes it clear to Hamas leaders outside Gaza that they are not safe from the war they decided to wage against the Jewish state—an example of how Israel is changing the rules of the game in the Middle East and, as Abe says, is " redrawing the map ." Give a listen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...
Sep 10, 2025•1 hr 8 min
So now conspiracy thinking is OK, so long as it involves Donald Trump and Jeffrey Epstein—that seems to be the mainstream media takeaway from the continuing focus on this admittedly compelling and disgusting story. Trump is a conspiracist, and he's made it to the top—so does that make conspiracies true? Give a listen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Sep 09, 2025•1 hr
The horrifying murder of a young woman on the light rail in Charlotte has cast a new light on the cultural and political divide relating to crime. And Russia may finally have pushed Trump to the limit. Or has it? Give a listen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Sep 08, 2025•1 hr 5 min
We discuss the confrontation between RFK Jr. and senators who tried to call him out on his behavior and views before wondering at the idea of changing the Department of Defense into the Department of War—and what's going on with the real war in Gaza. Give a listen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Sep 05, 2025•1 hr 15 min
We celebrate a triumph for COMMENTARY and for today's guest Naomi Schaefer Riley, whose article " College Board Games " exposed and brought down a program that could have continued to sneak racial preference into college admissions. Give a listen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Sep 04, 2025•57 min
More and more, progressives are not only wishing their enemies dead, but making movies lionizing those who commit violence against authority figures and spreading stories about the virtues of assassination. What is this demonic impulse? Give a listen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Sep 03, 2025•1 hr 9 min
Now that an appeals court has ruled against most of Trump's emergency tariffs, we may get some sense of how the economic future is going to be managed—once the Supreme Court weighs in. But even so, the administration's hunger to take stock positions in U.S. companies poses a different kind of threat. We talk about this and about what's about to happen in Gaza. Give a listen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...
Sep 02, 2025•1 hr 7 min
Both the American right and the American left are addicted to the idea that we are living in a perpetual series of emergencies that require extraordinary rather than ordinary measures to combat. This is not healthy. Give a listen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Aug 29, 2025•1 hr 5 min
For the second time in two years, a trans person has committed a mass shooting at a Christian school he or she attended. The mainstream media and liberal politicians seem obsessed with protecting the "trans" part of the story, but the trans part of the story may be the whole story. Give a listen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Aug 28, 2025•1 hr 9 min
Is there a larger cultural meaning to the engagement of Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce? Does it connect somehow to Cracker Barrel ditching its redesign? And what does it all say about American happiness and connection? Give a listen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Aug 27, 2025•1 hr 13 min
We can't overlook the wild swings at American norms being taken by the Trump administration over the past week, from firing someone the president cannot fire at the Federal Reserve Board to sending FBI agents to the home and office of a critic to announcing a new kind of federal police force. So we don't overlook them! Give a listen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Aug 26, 2025•1 hr 2 min
We dive right into the Cracker Barrel rebranding kerfuffle. Is the new logo woke or just pointless? And what's really at stake? And is the FBI's raid of John Bolton's home legitimate or just a taste of Trumpian revenge? Give a listen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Aug 25, 2025•53 min
In one of our chill summer episodes, the COMMENTARY crew offers individual recommendations for the best single book your inbound college freshman should read, and we make our picks of the best board games (and games). Give a listen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Aug 22, 2025•38 min
On another special summer podcast, the crew delves into great works of art that leave us cold or angry or depressed or that we just don't enjoy. Give a listen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Aug 21, 2025•45 min
On a special news-less show, the COMMENTARY crew shares with you some of our favorite and surprising historical sites around the world. Give a listen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Aug 20, 2025•37 min
On this special Summer Recommendations podcast, the crew suggests places to go in America you might not have thought of or even heard of, including a road, a beach, a park, a museum...and some websites. Give a listen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Aug 19, 2025•47 min
On a special news-free podcast, we offer you our list of our favorite Broadway musicals—not necessarily the best, but our faves. Give a listen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Aug 18, 2025•40 min
