Eli Lake joins the podcast to discuss the resignation of the interim U.S. attorney in New York and her argument that she could not in good conscience carry out the order to ask a court to drop charges against Mayor Eric Adams. Give a listen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…

Donald Trump's moves to end the war between Russia and Ukraine suggests he is pursuing a kind of foreign policy we haven't seen in the United States since the 1920s and 1930s. What are the consequences of that? And what of Hamas announcing it will free three hostages this weekend after "suspending" the release earlier this week? Give a listen. Lear…

As liberals continue to criticize and make fun of Donald Trump's Gaza clearance plan, it still stands as the only proposal on the table—so it's more likely to constitute a roadmap for the future than anything else is right now. The inability of Trump's enemies even to answer his ideas is the overarching theme of today's podcast. Give a listen. Lear…

Today Ruthie Blum joins the podcast to discuss Donald Trump's demand for Hamas to release all hostages by Saturday at noon. What happens next and what choices does Benjamin Netanyahu face? Give a listen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesAf Commentary Magazine

How does the president's appearance at the Super Bowl connect to his aggressive moves against the federal government's overspending? It does in ways you wouldn't expect, and we try to explain. Give a listen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesAf Commentary Magazine

Mark Halperin joins the podcast today to provide an overview on what he believes is an unprecedented and overwhelming beginning to Trump 2—and why Trump's opposition continually misunderstands his appeal and his own political savvy. Give a listen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…

What happened to the liberal ideal of speaking for and about common sense? How did America's liberals become advocates for wildly radical ideas? Is there a path back to sanity for them? Give a listen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesAf Commentary Magazine

Donald Trump says America will take "an ownership position" in a Gaza that is emptied, cleared, and rebuilt. This epochal proposal, with no precedent and no antecedent, makes this a new Day One in the Middle East. Give a listen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesAf Commentary Magazine

In the morning, a tariff war; in the evening, a declaration of a truce in the tariff war. If there's no tariff war, was there ever going to be a tariff war? Were we silly for taking it seriously? And what does this portend for the talks with Israel on its war with Hamas, now currently quiescent? Give a listen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visi…

As Donald Trump attempts to impose a foreign and economic policy regime that has been in the doghouse for eight decades now, he is staking his presidency on ideas that seem to have been discredited by history and elementary logic. But who knows? Maybe he'll succeed. Give a listen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…

James B. Meigs joins the podcast to talk about the DC plane-helicopter collision and what it tells us about disasters, after which we examine the RFK-Gabbard-Patel confirmation hearings and what they tell us about the state of conspiracy theorizing in the United States. Give a listen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…

Will RFK Jr. make it through after his contentious confirmation hearing? How will Tulsi Gabbard fare, and what is behind the MAGA intellectual passion for her nomination. Could it be hatred of...us? Give a listen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesAf Commentary Magazine

The executive orders and proposals over the past couple of days on buying out federal workers, transsexual surgery, and anti-Semitism are stunning alterations in the course of recent American history. Give a listen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesAf Commentary Magazine

Eliana Johnson joins us today to discuss the president's firings of Justice Department prosecutors who worked on his case during the Biden years and the dismissal of inspectors general throughout the federal government. And what's this about the guy playing Captain America saying that Captain America doesn't represent America? Give a listen. Learn …

Donald Trump dispatched a challenge from Colombia in record time this weekend on his immigration policies, just after successful visits to North Carolina and Los Angeles to survey disaster damage. What does all this portend for his presidency? We break it down. Give a listen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…

Chris Stirewalt joins the podcast today to discuss Donald Trump's efforts to dominate the news and whether they are simply his way or a canny strategy to advance his interests. And we talk about the revelatory conversation between two reporters about how Politico killed stories that might have been injurious to Joe Biden's chances in 2020. Give a l…

The shocked impotence with which liberals and Democrats have greeted the aggressive Trump moves on immigration is the key subject of today's discussion, along with efforts in the Senate to delay, pointlessly, Trump's cabinet nominees. Give a listen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…

Day Three is the same as Days 1 and 2—actions that are revolutionary in a good way and actions that are disturbing or actively bad. Which ones? Why? We break it down. Give a listen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesAf Commentary Magazine

Eli Lake joins the podcast today to talk about the flurry of Trump activity on Day 1 of his administration and the two disgraceful sets of pardons, Trump's and Biden's. Give a listen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesAf Commentary Magazine

We lied! We said there would be no podcast today but we just couldn't stay away. Too much news. The inaugural, the pardons, and the hostage deal. So give a listen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesAf Commentary Magazine

The deal having been struck, the hostage question now goes to which hostages emerge first and in what condition and what this will do to the Israeli people. As Trump prepares for his second inaugural, what is his moral framework going to be, if there will be any? And what is this nonsense Chuck Schumer is telling the New York Times about how brave …

Dan Senor joins us today as we review the Biden farewell address and try to make sense out of the ceasefire-hostage deal. Give a listen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesAf Commentary Magazine

Noah Rothman joins us today to discuss his landmark piece in the February issue of COMMENTARY, "A Clockwork Blue." But first we talk about the hostage deal and the Democratic failure to "get" Defense Secretary nominee Pete Hegseth. Give a listen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…

The details of the ceasefire/hostage negotiations in Doha between Israel and Hamas are not viewed favorably on today's podcast, to put it mildly, and suggest there may be danger ahead when it comes to the Trump administration and what it's willing to do to claim successes. And we also view unfavorably Jack Smith's report on how, yeah, he woulda got…

The ongoing disaster in California has exposed the failures of the dominant ideology of the American left just as the moment that its transmission vector, the mainstream media, is going the way of the dodo. Give a listen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesAf Commentary Magazine

What is the connection between the policy failures in California, the fires that continue to rage, and progressive ideology dating back a century? We break it down. Give a listen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesAf Commentary Magazine

The Los Angeles fires might prove a hinge moment in 21st century political history depending on how California's progressive leaders respond to the calamity and how to rebuild after the crisis is over. We discuss this and Trump's response. Give a listen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…

The incoming president gave a press conference yesterday, and what a press conference it was, from Greenland to Panama to Canada to NATO to Ukraine, and the threat of unleashed hell in the Middle East should the hostages remain in Hamas captivity upon his inauguration. We break it down. Give a listen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megapho…

Why did Justin Trudeau step down? Why is Facebook giving up on "content moderation"? Why do people no longer trust "experts" who may not really be experts? Why did Biden give a Medal of Freedom to George Soros...and George Romney? Give a listen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…

Republicans are staying united as Donald Trump nears his swearing-in—with the shadow of Judge Merchan's determination to sentence him as a felon later this week. Meanwhile, the Biden foreign-policy team makes its case for its success as we try not to laugh. Give a listen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…

The only way to combat the kind of Islamist mass murder that took place in New Orleans this week is to...combat Islamism, both abroad and at home. We talk about how before we talk about Republicans in the House and last-minute Biden moves to control and contain the new administration. Give a listen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone…

The first podcast of 2025 reckons with the horror in New Orleans and the attempted horror in Las Vegas before discussing the damage done to the Democratic Party by its own ideological blinders and its decision to gaslight America about the president's condition and his family's financial shenanigans. Give a listen. Learn more about your ad choices.…

On this holiday podcast, we offer cheer and warning in equal measure and then talk about...sitcoms and Christmas movies! Give a listen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesAf Commentary Magazine

Today's holiday podcast questions concern how we Commentaryites define ourselves in terms of the generations we come from, and what indelible encounters we've had in our lives with meaningful people. Give a listen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesAf Commentary Magazine

Today's special podcast offers a glimpse into how we prepare for each morning's conversation, and we offer some vacation spot tips as well. Give a listen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesAf Commentary Magazine

On today's holiday podcast, we answer a viewer's question about when and how we all met, and what is going on behind us (if you watch us on YouTube). Give a listen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesAf Commentary Magazine

On today's special holiday podcast, John talks with COMMENTARY contributor Rick Marin about his article "The Anti-Woke King of Hollywood" and what's in Taylor Sheridan's special sauce. Give a listen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesAf Commentary Magazine

Today's special holiday podcast provides you with our list of the shows we liked the best on streaming and broadcast in 2024. Give a listen! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesAf Commentary Magazine

On our last news podcast of the year, we take up the Wall Street Journal story delineating the facts of the Biden cognitive cover-up, which now, it appears, dates back as far as 2020. Aside from the governing crisis the refusal of his cabinet and vice president created by failing to intervene as the Constitution requires, the Biden story also highl…

Today's podcast explores the existential pit in which House speaker Mike Johnson finds himself and whether there's any way out. Also, Israel continues to fight the fight for Western civilization while others scoff and belittle. Give a listen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…

Should Donald Trump be paying as much attention to dealing with the problems he actually resolved by winning the election, like his beef with Liz Cheney and the Des Moines Register poll? On the other hand, what if one of the witnesses who testified before the January 6 committee was encouraged to change a story she had already told under oath? Also…

Today's podcast notes the extraordinarily different tone and approach taken by Donald Trump in his first press conference as president-elect and what it might tell us about the kind of presidency we might be seeing. And what on earth was going on at the White House Hanukkah party? Give a listen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/…

Today's podcast examines the ramifications and emanations and penumbra arising from ABC's stunning decision to settle with Donald Trump after George Stephanopoulos wrongly said he had been found guilty of rape. What does this say about the mainstream media, and how does it connect to the drone story? Give a listen. Learn more about your ad choices.…

What on earth is going on in the skies over New Jersey and why is it so hard to trust the authorities when they tell us there's nothing to worry about? And what on earth is happening with the pardons and clemencies now numbering well over 1,000 from the exiting Biden administration? Give a listen. Also, if you have questions you want us to answer o…

Today we discuss Christopher Wray's announcement that he will step down as FBI director and what it means for Trump. How has Pete Hegseth managed to keep his rocky nomination on track (and how much help did he get from his critics in the press)? Also, the hostage deal currently in the works seems to refute the entire Biden approach to Israel's war …

Today's podcast examines the case of Luigi Mangione, the alleged shooter of the health-care executive, and the reasons why some people seem determined to lionize him and take on his cause—one of the most potentially dangerous moments in recent history. Give a listen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…

Jonathan Schanzer joins the podcast to talk about the fall of the Assad regime and why it's not purely good news. What happens next? Is Iran done? And, if it is, does Israel (and maybe even the U.S.) finish off the regime? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesAf Commentary Magazine

Today's podcast begins with the shocking moment yesterday when Joe Biden spoke of the American hostage in Syria, Austin Tice, and then, 30 seconds later, entirely forgot who Austin Tice was. There are 42 days until the election; isn't there a single responsible person in the Cabinet of the United States willing to organize a 25th Amendment letter t…

Today we marvel at the liberal habit of protecting democracy with...banana republicanism. Fearing Donald Trump's revenge, the Biden administration is mulling preemptive pardons, and legacy media is normalizing the idea. Plus, we get into the blurring of mainstream and alternative media and why the left can never have a Joe Rogan. Give a listen. Lea…

We discuss the astonishing oral arguments yesterday in the Supreme Court about trans medicine and laws to restrict it before turning to the equally astonishing Biden-should-preemptively-pardon-everybody argument that's racing around Washington like the bubonic plague. Give a listen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…