Commentary Magazine Podcast

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Protests in Israel Come to a Head 03/27/2023

Protests in Israel Come to a Head Dan Senor joins the podcast to talk about the protests in Israel, how we got here, the firing of Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, and the choices now facing Benjamin Netanyahu and the government. Give a listen. /episode/index/show/e674490d-df73-4968-b71c-d53b5f1ec036/id/26352579

Israel, TikTok, Fetterman, Banks 03/24/2023

Israel, TikTok, Fetterman, Banks Today we journey from the mess in Israel to the hearing on TikTok to the continuing crisis of John Fetterman to the banking story. Give a listen. /episode/index/show/e674490d-df73-4968-b71c-d53b5f1ec036/id/26328663

Is the Clock Ticking on TikTok? 03/23/2023

Is the Clock Ticking on TikTok? Today's podcast ends with a conversation about the growing consensus that the Chinese military should not be dominating American social media. But before we get to that, we got some Trump, we got some DeSantis....Give a listen. /episode/index/show/e674490d-df73-4968-b71c-d53b5f1ec036/id/26317242

Tanks for the Victories 03/22/2023

Tanks for the Victories Today's podcast discusses the change in tactics by the Biden administration when it comes to sending tanks to Ukraine. Then: DeSantis and Trump. Give a listen. /episode/index/show/e674490d-df73-4968-b71c-d53b5f1ec036/id/26305068

The Don and Ron Show 03/21/2023

The Don and Ron Show Today's podcast examines Ron DeSantis's first real salvo against Donald Trump for his personal conduct even as he criticizes the prosecutor who is apparently about to indict the ex-president—and Trump's return volley. And: China's Xi makes his move internationally. Give a listen. /episode/index/show/e674490d-df73-4968-b71c-d53b5f1ec036/id/26292927

Trump's Braggadocio 03/20/2023

Trump's Braggadocio Monday's podcast is all about the apparently weak case Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg intends to prosecute against Donald Trump and why—if the leaks are correct about the nature of the proceedings—all it will do is strengthen Trump and hurt the country. Also, Iraq 20 years later. Give a listen. /episode/index/show/e674490d-df73-4968-b71c-d53b5f1ec036/id/26280846

A Raccoon Dog Did It! 03/17/2023

A Raccoon Dog Did It! Today's podcast takes up the breathless claim that a new source of the COVID pandemic has been located—it comes from a raccoon dog! Hmmm. Meanwhile, China is making moves in the Middle East and with Russia as it continues to elude responsibility for its role in the deaths of 7 million people from the virus. And why is Janet Yellen saying she'll bail out some banks but not others? Give a listen. /episode/index/show/e674490d-df73-4968-b71c-d53b5f1ec036/id/26259666

Is This Really the Manhattan DA's Case? 03/16/2023

Is This Really the Manhattan DA's Case? Today's podcast wonders at the notion that Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg might be bringing a case against the former president whose star witnesses for the prosecution would be a convicted felon and a porn-star-sex-worker. Is that wise, or just one string in a Lilliputian trap for Donald Trump? Also, will there be extended fallout from the Silicon Valley Bank collapse? Give a listen. /episode/index/show/e674490d-df73-4968-b71c-d53b5f1ec036/id/26248998

Drones, DeSantis, and DEI 03/15/2023

Drones, DeSantis, and DEI Today's podcast discusses the geopolitical impact of Russia's harassment of an unmanned American drone, what this suggests about Ron DeSantis and his foreign-policy views, and the assault on free speech and simple good manners at Stanford Law School. Give a listen. /episode/index/show/e674490d-df73-4968-b71c-d53b5f1ec036/id/26237607

Did DeSantis Just Go Isolationist? 03/14/2023

Did DeSantis Just Go Isolationist? Today's podcast features our old friend Jonathan Schanzer of the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies, who joins us to discuss Ron DeSantis's characterization of the war in Ukraine as a "territorial dispute" in which we should not become entangled. And then we talk about the stunning news that China has brokered a deal between Iran and Saudi Arabia and what this says about American foreign policy, in line with Schanzer's 2021 COMMENTARY article, "." Give a listen. /episode/index/show/e674490d-df73-4968-b71c-d53b5f1ec036/id/26225175

Every Bank, Everywhere, All at Once? 03/13/2023

Every Bank, Everywhere, All at Once? Today's podcast discusses the political impact of the sudden bank crisis in the United States before turning to the Oscars. Give a listen. /episode/index/show/e674490d-df73-4968-b71c-d53b5f1ec036/id/26210406

They Don't Like Their Own Study! 03/10/2023

They Don't Like Their Own Study! Today's podcast takes up the astonishing effort by the research organization that found COVID masking to be ineffectual to deny that its own study said what its lead investigator says it said. (To follow the logic, listen to the podcast.) Also, jobs numbers and Chinese balloons. Eliana Johnson is in for Christine. Give a listen. /episode/index/show/e674490d-df73-4968-b71c-d53b5f1ec036/id/26188932

Cover-Ups: Fetterman and COVID 03/09/2023

Cover-Ups: Fetterman and COVID Today's podcast is about a shameful story that offers a cheerful and positive look at a stroke victim in a profound depressive state and wonders why the paper did it. And why it is that Democrats on the committee investigating the origins of COVID took out after a journalist rather than deal with his reporting. Give a listen. /episode/index/show/e674490d-df73-4968-b71c-d53b5f1ec036/id/26177022

Biden's Medicare Demagoguery 03/08/2023

Biden's Medicare Demagoguery Today's podcast takes apart Joe Biden's op-ed in the New York Times that proposes to "save" Medicare. And then we talk about Fox News and Dominion Voting Systems. Give a listen. /episode/index/show/e674490d-df73-4968-b71c-d53b5f1ec036/id/26165247

Dems Have a Crime Problem, GOP Has a January 6 Problem 03/07/2023

Dems Have a Crime Problem, GOP Has a January 6 Problem Today's podcast looks at how extremists of the Left are going to make it hard for Joe Biden to get himself in a good position when it comes to crime—and how Tucker Carlson and others are going to make it hard for the GOP to get independent voters when it comes to soft-pedaling what happened on January 6. Give a listen. /episode/index/show/e674490d-df73-4968-b71c-d53b5f1ec036/id/26152833

Trump, Fauci, and the War in Iraq 03/06/2023

Trump, Fauci, and the War in Iraq Eli Lake joins the podcast to talk about his article, '." But first we discuss Donald Trump's stemwinder at CPAC over the weekend and whether on Anthony Fauci's conduct in February 2020 is a smoking gun. Give a listen. /episode/index/show/e674490d-df73-4968-b71c-d53b5f1ec036/id/26139999

Biden the Triangulator 03/03/2023

Biden the Triangulator Today's podcast takes up Joe Biden's decision to violate his own party's principles and refuse to veto a Congressional move against bad crime rules in the District of Columbia. Does this herald a new era of pragmatic politics inside the Biden White House? Give a listen. /episode/index/show/e674490d-df73-4968-b71c-d53b5f1ec036/id/26117889

Beating Back Woke Corporatism 03/02/2023

Beating Back Woke Corporatism Today we talk about Congress's move against the left's ideological repurposing of retirement funds and what it means for the future of ESG investing. We also discuss Ron DeSantis's Disney slap down, the wild success of his new book, and what he may or may not do to check Donald Trump's gains. Give a listen. /episode/index/show/e674490d-df73-4968-b71c-d53b5f1ec036/id/26104698

Chicago Firing 03/01/2023

Chicago Firing The podcast today examines the stunning rejection of incumbent Chicago mayor Lori Lightfoot in a Democratic primary that ended with her getting 15 percent of the vote after a landslide four years earlier. Why did it happen? And what does it say about municipal governance and crime? Also, student loans and the feeling that you're a sucker if you work hard and play by the rules. Give a listen. /episode/index/show/e674490d-df73-4968-b71c-d53b5f1ec036/id/26092218

How Biden Intends to Misuse the CHIPS Act 02/28/2023

How Biden Intends to Misuse the CHIPS Act Today's podcast takes up the New York Times story about how the Biden administration is going to layer on regulations and rules directing companies it supposedly wants to strengthen the semiconductor industry to do nice progressive things. Is this constitutional? More to the point, is it stupid? Give a listen. /episode/index/show/e674490d-df73-4968-b71c-d53b5f1ec036/id/26077149

The COVID Revelations 02/27/2023

The COVID Revelations The podcast today examines how three pillars of the American COVID response—masking, vaccination rather than natural immunity, and the denial of Chinese responsibility for the outbreak—are all collapsing at once under the harsh light of actual scientific reality. Give a listen. /episode/index/show/e674490d-df73-4968-b71c-d53b5f1ec036/id/26058336

Where Do Americans Stand on Ukraine? 02/24/2023

Where Do Americans Stand on Ukraine? Today's podcast marks the year since Russia's invasion of Ukraine and the order of battle—and the order of the ideological and partisan battles inside the United States—right now. Give a listen. /episode/index/show/e674490d-df73-4968-b71c-d53b5f1ec036/id/26034225

Trump Has a Good Day 02/23/2023

Trump Has a Good Day Today's podcast discusses Trump's trip to the site of the train derailment in Ohio—which came at the same time it began to dawn on those hopeful he would be taken down by a Georgia prosecutor that the grand-jury foreperson in that case might have been destroying the possibility of a successful proceeding against him. Also, will a Supreme Court decision ending affirmative action have the same, or the opposite, effect on the public discourse as the overturning of Roe v. Wade? Give a listen. /episode/index/show/e674490d-df73-4968-b71c-d53b5f1ec036/id/26021784

Pete, Vivek, and Tim 02/22/2023

Pete, Vivek, and Tim Today's podcast discusses the political impact of the train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, especially as regards Democratic darling Pete Buttigieg; considers the presidential candidacy of Vivek Ramaswamy (who?); and assesses the presidential chances of Republican Sen. Tim Scott. Give a listen. /episode/index/show/e674490d-df73-4968-b71c-d53b5f1ec036/id/26010138

Biden's Trip and the GOP's Reaction 02/21/2023

Biden's Trip and the GOP's Reaction Matthew Continetti joins the podcast as permanent co-host today as we discuss the president's trip to Kyiv and just what it was Ron DeSantis was saying about it exactly—and how the early 20th century's politics in America might be an eerie parallel to what's happening right now. Give a listen. /episode/index/show/e674490d-df73-4968-b71c-d53b5f1ec036/id/25997580

It's Noah's Last Podcast 02/17/2023

It's Noah's Last Podcast Today we say a fond farewell to our colleague Noah Rothman, who is off to National Review. We do so by discussing his favorite recent story, the continuing balloon madness. Then we move onto debilitated senators and what to do about them, and the astounding filing by Dominion Voting Systems in its case against Fox News. Give a listen. /episode/index/show/e674490d-df73-4968-b71c-d53b5f1ec036/id/25962855

The Phileas Fogg of War 02/16/2023

The Phileas Fogg of War Today's podcast: More balloons, why is the Right growing pessimistic about Ukraine when the Russians are experiencing catastrophes anew, and the <em>New York Times</em> gets attacked for not being...sufficiently pro-trans? Really? Give a listen. /episode/index/show/e674490d-df73-4968-b71c-d53b5f1ec036/id/25951947

They Keep Changing the Story 02/15/2023

They Keep Changing the Story Today's podcast finds us all feeling gaslighted by the blizzard of weird and contradictory details coming out about the UFO incursions. We also discuss whether it's now inevitable that Donald Trump will be indicted by the federal special prosecutor. And why aren't soft-on-crime politicians facing consequences? Give a listen. /episode/index/show/e674490d-df73-4968-b71c-d53b5f1ec036/id/25938732

Nikki Haley Enters the Arena 02/14/2023

Nikki Haley Enters the Arena Today's podcast examines former South Carolina governor/UN ambassador Nikki Haley's announcement video for her presidential candidacy. Are the themes good ones? How directly does she take on Trump? And what about inflation and the balloons? Give a listen. /episode/index/show/e674490d-df73-4968-b71c-d53b5f1ec036/id/25925310

The Balloon Story Gets More Unnerving 02/13/2023

The Balloon Story Gets More Unnerving Today's podcast notes three more incidents in which American missiles downed unidentified flying objects and wonders what is worse: That we knew about all this and are lying about it now or that we knew nothing and are scrambling in the darkness to figure it all out. Also: McConnell takes care of business and a really fun Super Bowl. Give a listen. /episode/index/show/e674490d-df73-4968-b71c-d53b5f1ec036/id/25911099

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