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The Commentary Magazine Podcast
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SOTU Voce
Today we discuss all aspects of President Trump's State of the Union Address: The television spectacle, the outbursts, the guests of honor, and more....
Gavin Knew Some
Today we discuss Gavin Newsom's SAT scores on the backdrop of his 2028 presidential ambitions, and John recommends Splitsville.
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White Monday
AEI's Adam White joins us on this snowy Monday to discuss the Supreme Court's 6-3 decision striking down Trump's IEEPA tariffs, particularly Justice G...
Trump's Tariff Tartarus
Today we discuss the breaking news that SCOTUS has ruled Trump's tariffs unconstitutional, as well as the 2025 economic numbers and the ongoing creep...
Tarmac Tucker
Today we discuss Tucker Carlson's concocted controversy surrounding his airport interview with Ambassador Mike Huckabee, the growing anticipation of a...
Tough or Bluff?
The buildup of American forces in the Middle East as the Iran talks falter has us asking: is war coming, or is it all just negotiating bluster? Plus,...
Marco Solo
Today we discuss the legacies of the recently-deceased Robert Duvall and Jesse Jackson, AOC's blunders and Marco Rubio's triumph at the Munich Securit...
Noemland Security
Today we discuss a worrisome new Wall Street Journal piece on Kristi Noem and Corey Lewandowski's conduct at the Department of Homeland Security. Plus...
The Epstein Rabbit Hole
Today we continue to dig into the ongoing Epstein controversy. The unprecedented release of millions of documents has led to broad brush allegations a...
The Price of Chutzpah
Today we are joined by Commentary's new Washington commentary columnist Jamie Kirchick to discuss his new piece on Yoram Hazony. Plus the positive job...
Dems vs DHS
Democrats are pushing a hard line on DHS funding. Will the administration blink, and how will it influence ongoing immigration enforcement? Plus Gallo...
Kraft Blue It
Was Robert Kraft's antisemitism ad at Superbowl LX a waste of time and money? Plus Bad Bunny's halftime show, bizarre AI ads, and John recommends the...
Rise of the Machines
Recent reports on the advances of AI in computer coding could spell a major shift in the software sector and cause substantial shifts in society. Is t...
Oh, the Homanity!
A major shift, it seems, in the Trump administration's approach to illegal aliens is taking place; what does this mean for Stephen Miller's hyper-aggr...
Washington Post Mortem
The layoffs at the Washington Post are the source of bitter media tears today, but the Post's staff did it to themselves, and we explain why—and why i...
Iran-Amok
Eli Lake joins us today to discuss the question of what might come after the mullahs in Iran, and we ask: What is the president doing, calling for Rep...
Bad Republican Political Ploys
The shocking result of a special election in Texas marks yet another political bungle by the GOP and the Trump White House. Can they stop self-owning...
Praying in Jerusalem and Minneapolis
A quiet revolution is underway on the Temple Mount, where for six decades Jews have been forbidden to pray due to the rules established by a Muslim au...
Are We About to Attack Iran?
The least isolationist president of our time—despite the neo-isolationists who seem to think he's on their side—may be poised to hit the mullahs as ea...
The Self-Owners
The political fallout in Minnesota has had a boomerang effect on the Trump administration because of its predisposition to take the hardest-line posit...
Trump Is Poisoning His Own Well
The president's decision to try and get himself out of the Minneapolis mess offers us a chance to assess just how much trouble he's in, and who's resp...
No, No, Noem
The behavior of the administration's mouthpieces in the wake of the tragic shooting in Minneapolis this weekend cannot be overlooked or forgotten—unle...
Why Is Trump Fed Up?
Chris Stirewalt joins us to today to discuss how good economic numbers suggest the Fed's behavior over the past year has been pretty effective—so why...
Make Them Retire?
Today we ask whether a proposal by Rahm Emanuel for a mandatory retirement age for politicians and judges makes sense and whether it might be a populi...
Trump at Davos
Today we try to figure out why Donald Trump wants to start a fight with Europe over Greenland, to what extent his Justice Department is going after th...
A Week of Madness
The cascade of frenetic actions on the part of the Trump administration over the past week—even as Trump seemed to blink on acting when it came to Ira...
Is Immigration Policy Hurting Trump Now?
Bad polling for the president raises the question of whether his pursuit of aggressive anti-immigration aims in Minneapolis and elsewhere is hurting h...
Did Trump Blink?
After days of looking like America was going to intervene in the Iranian crisis, Donald Trump pulled way back yesterday. Was this tactical? Or was he...
Blind (Liberal Supreme Court) Justice
An interesting day at the Supreme Court as the justices discussed two cases involving the issue of transgenderism in girls' sports—with some of the ju...
Is This The End of the Iranian Regime?
Eli Lake joins us to go through the history of the resistance to the Iranian regime, what makes this moment so different, and what the United States h...
Has America Become a Cosplay Country?
So much of what's been going on in this country seems performative and almost cinematic that we might need to consider how much Hollywood and pop-cult...
A New Iranian Revolution?
Jonathan Schanzer joins the podcast to discuss the remarkable events unfolding in Iran, with the nation possibly in full-scale revolt against its barb...
The Minnesota Car Horror
The split-second confrontation between ICE officers and a woman driving a car that appeared to aim at one of them, leading to her death, threatens yet...
The Podcastosphere and the Legacy Media
Why is Mrs. Stephen Miller promoting the views of Jenny McCarthy—and what does it mean that the Trump administration is so intimate with the world of...
Not a Good Couple of Days for Democrats
We note that the airwaves yesterday were filled with desperate efforts to distract from the Venezuela story by focusing instead on Greenland or the Ep...
Minnesota Vice
We begin with Venezuela, of course, but move on to the startling announcement by Tim Walz that he is not running for reelection as governor of Minneso...
EMERGENCY POD: Venezuela!
Donald Trump's decision to arrest Venezuelan dictator Nicolas Maduro and his wife in a massive and brilliant kinetic military action may prove to have...
John Talks About His Father
Today, John returns to discuss the life of his father, Norman Podhoretz. Give a listen.
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The Meaning of Norman Podhoretz
Today, we discuss the life, work, and ideas of longtime COMMENTARY editor and intellectual giant Norman Podhoretz, who died yesterday at age 95. From...
Who Are the 'Palestine Firsters'?
Eli Lake joins the podcast to discuss "The Palestine Firsters," his lead article in the January issue of COMMENTARY. Why do Ben Rhodes and a cast of...