The Commentary Magazine Podcast

Latest Episodes:

Deferential No More Jul 01, 2022

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The Supreme Court’s final day of a consequential term ended no less consequentially. Legal scholar Adam White joins the podcast once again to break down the Court’s ruling in West Virginia v. Environmental Protection Agency and its sweeping implications for the administrative state. Source

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‘Stranger Things' in Ukraine and America Jun 30, 2022

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Today’s podcast ranges unusually from the coming release of the last hours of the hit Netflix series Stranger Things—and its welcome embrace of anti-Communism—to the expansion of NATO in the wake of the war in Ukraine and why Joe Biden can’t figure out how to take political advantage of the one thing he’s actually done well. Give a listen. Source

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Allegations Left Unanswered Jun 29, 2022

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Cassidy Hutchinson’s bombshell testimony before the January 6 committee contained many new details about Donald Trump’s conduct during the riots. Some of her claims have been disputed. Many others have not yet been even contested. But if the president’s allies don’t want her testimony to stand, someone close to him is going to have to testify. Source

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What Clarence Thomas Is Up To Jun 28, 2022

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Adam White, legal scholar extraordinaire, joins us to discuss the impact of the Dobbs abortion decision and why we should credit and take seriously the concurrences by Justices Roberts and Thomas—and what Clarence Thomas’s program as the longest-serving member of the Supreme Court actually is. Give a listen. Source

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Christine Is Back! Jun 27, 2022

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Today’s podcast features the return of Christine Rosen, who was set to be gone all summer but who has returned early due to popular demand—and helps the rest of us continue to come to grips with the Dobbs decision and how it might affect American society and our elections. Give a listen. Source

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Into the Post-Roe Unknown Jun 24, 2022

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The Supreme Court has overturned the precedents in Roe and Casey and sent the issue of abortion back to the states to decide. What comes next? We haven’t the slightest idea. Source

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The Second Amendment Is Not a Second-Class Amendment Jun 23, 2022

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Today’s podcast takes up the historic Supreme Court decision on guns today and asks what it might portend for the American political system in its wake. And we discuss Biden’s latest stupidity. Give a listen. Source

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Will the Gun Deal Go Through? Will the Jan. 6 Hearings Break Through? Jun 22, 2022

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Today’s podcast explores the political ramifications of the gun legislation that seems to have had a bipartisan breakthrough in the Senate, and also considers the horrifying details laid out in yesterday’s hearing on the January 6 riot. Give a listen. Source

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Bibi's Audacious Gambit—and Food, Inglorious Food! Jun 21, 2022

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We welcome Dan Senor to today’s podcast to explain the collapse of Israel’s government and how it represents a brilliant new political play by Bibi Netanyahu. Then we talk about our own Noah Rothman’s lead essay in the July-August COMMENTARY, “You Are What You Don’t Eat.” Give a listen. Source

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What Do Republicans Really Want? Jun 20, 2022

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What the 2024 Republican presidential primary with Donald Trump in the race could look like, and what the Texas GOP tells us about the mood among party activists. Source

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