The Commentary Magazine Podcast

Latest Episodes:

America the Distractable May 05, 2022

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Will voters become as consumed with the issue of abortion rights in the same way the political class has, even to the detriment of more urgent issues like inflation and crime? We discuss and debate. Also, the perpetual Covid mitigation regime in Democrat-dominated locales, the New York Times’ failed hit on Elon Musk, and why we know what we shouldn’t know about Russia’s war on Ukraine. Source

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Vance Advances: Earthquake, Day 2 May 04, 2022

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Adam White joins the podcast—a blockbuster of a podcast, by the way—to discuss JD Vance’s victory in the Ohio Republican Senate primary and the continuing fallout from the Supreme Court leak. Give a listen. Source

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The Abortion Earthquake May 03, 2022

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Matthew Continetti joins the podcast to talk about the unprecedented leak of the Supreme Court draft opinion overturning Roe v. Wade. We discuss the immediate politics, the constitutional logic, and the meaning of the leak itself. Give a listen. Source

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What’s the Market for Madness? May 02, 2022

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Kentucky State University Professor Wilfred Reilly joins the podcast today in Christine’s absence to discuss his new piece in COMMENTARY¸ “The New Definition of Racism,” and why Democrats have made neurosis into a political brand. Source

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The Left's Projection Crisis Apr 29, 2022

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Today’s podcast provides a litany of examples of liberals and the left giving themselves permission to do brazen and sometimes outright illegal things because, in their view, conservatives did them first and not to do them also would be a form of unilateral disarmament. Give a listen. Source

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Is the Biden Administration…Dumb? Hear Us Out. Apr 28, 2022

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Today’s podcast takes in the horrible news about America’s shrinking GDP and the Biden administration’s responses to things over the past couple of weeks and asks the question we’ve been circling around for months: What if the top dogs in the White House are… stupid? Give a listen. Source

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How Biden Blew the January 6th Opportunity Apr 27, 2022

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Today’s podcast takes up the new taped revelations about Republican leaders worrying over the role Republican elected officials may have played in the January 6 insurrection—and how they show the kind of chance Joe Biden had to revise the boundaries of American politics and failed to do it. Also on tap: J.D. Vance’s surge in Ohio and what it might portend. Give a listen. Source

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Musk's Big Play Apr 26, 2022

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Today’s podcast revels in the anti-Musk tantrums being thrown by establishmentarian liberals and leftists while pointing out that he didn’t just spend $20 billion of his own money on Twitter to promote free speech. What is he up to? And is the fact that Trump’s favored gubernatorial candidate in Georgia cratered in the latest poll a sign that the ex-president is refusing to engage with the issues... Source

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Commentary After Dark Apr 25, 2022

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When the sun goes down, the Commentary podcast gets loose. In today’s episode, the hosts convened after dark to talk about what Emmanuel Macron’s victory means for Western populist movements and debate the merits of Ron DeSantis’s shot across woke corporations’ bows. Source

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Biden's Confusion and McCarthy's Mendacity Apr 22, 2022

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Today’s podcast asks which is the bigger story: Biden unable to tell the difference between border problems and mask mandates or leading House Republican Kevin McCarthy proved to be a liar when it comes to January 6. Give a listen. Source

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