The Commentary Magazine Podcast

Latest Episodes:

The Balloon Story Gets More Unnerving Feb 13, 2023

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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. Source

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Do We Even Have a China Policy? Feb 10, 2023

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Today’s podcast asks why the Biden administration declassified information regarding the Chinese surveillance flights via balloon and what they might suggest about the White House’s posture toward China—or whether we even have a posture toward China. Also, the Fetterman fears may have come home to roost. And what about Nikki Haley getting 11 percent in a three-way poll? Give a listen. Source

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Biden's Anti-Republican Election Play Feb 09, 2023

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Today’s podcast notes Joe Biden’s pleasure at having drawn Republicans out into yelling at him during the State of the Union and how Bidenites are telegraphing that this is how they intend to win in 2024. Good strategy or not? Give a listen. Source

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Biden's Speech and All the Yelling Feb 08, 2023

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We analyze Joe Biden’s State of the Union, the Republican heckling, and the interesting response from Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders on today’s episode featuring Matthew Continetti, who will join the podcast as a permanent daily co-host in a few weeks. Give a listen. Source

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What Will Biden Say About China? Feb 07, 2023

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Today’s podcast takes up the coming State of the Union speech and the fact that President Biden will have to make an accounting for himself on the bizarre week of balloon intelligence hijinks. Give a listen. Source

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Does Anyone Know What They’re Doing? Feb 06, 2023

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The director of social, cultural, and constitutional studies at AEI and National Affairs editor, Yuval Levin, joins the show today to talk about why experts didn’t see last Friday’s jobs numbers coming. Also, what the Chinese surveillance balloon says about American national security and the Biden administration’s handling of it. Source

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What's With the Balloon? Feb 03, 2023

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Today’s podcast discusses a Chinese balloon, removing House members from committees, and Russia’s gambit in Ukraine. Give a listen. Source

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Oh, So It Was Your Laptop, Hunter! Feb 02, 2023

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Hunter Biden’s legal team not only acknowledges that the “laptop from hell” was Hunter Biden’s but is now trying a newly “aggressive” strategy to go after the people who disseminated its contents—without ever stopping to acknowledge the two-plus years of lies about it. We take this up, as well as the assault on Ron DeSantis for his efforts to repair a flawed African American studies curriculum. Source

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COVID and Koch Feb 01, 2023

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Tevi Troy joins the podcast today to talk about his article in COMMENTARY, “Ed Koch, Ten Years Gone.” And Tevi puts on his health-care hat as a former high-ranking official at the Department of Health and Human Services to help us understand the baffling Biden White House announcement that the COVID emergency will be over…in three months. Give a listen. Source

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This Will Leave a Mark Jan 31, 2023

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Mark Halperin of Wide World of News joins us today to discuss his must-read newsletter, the probabilities of both Trump and Biden being the 2024 nominees, what the change in White House chiefs of staff might portend, Kamala Harris’s trials, and whether Ron DeSantis is overvalued. Give a listen. Source

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