The Commentary Magazine Podcast
The Commentary Magazine Podcast
Commentary Magazine
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Platline
Matt Continetti is back to discuss Graham Platner suspending his campaign with an angry 11-minute video diatribe, and whether his cratering poll numbers played a part in democrats' willingness to cut him loose. Plus, Iran's overreach leads to a resumption of hostilities in the region, Rahm Emmanuel's hallucinatory speech in Israel and the upcoming Israeli elections, and Matt recommends Richard Brookhiser's The Hero Returns: Lafayette and the Legacy of Revolution. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jul 9
1 hr 15 min
Coming to America
John is joined by author Nicholas Lemann to discuss his new memoir Returning and the story of the American Jewish immigrant family. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jul 8
54 min
Head on a Platner
Today we discuss the latest explosive allegations against Graham Platner, leading to a string of endorsement withdrawals and a likely withdrawal from the Maine senate race, and how the New York Times tried to bury serious charges against Platner in their June story. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jul 7
46 min
Project Haley Mary
We are back to discuss the July 4th weekend and the Great America Fair, the upcoming democratic primary election in Michigan between Abdul El-Sayed and Haley Stevens, the new Free Beacon poll on republican primary voters, and The NYT editorial on standardized testing for college admissions. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jul 6
1 hr 7 min
How to Save the Jewish People
John is joined by Professor Ruth Wisse for a discussion on her book If I Am Not for Myself: The Liberal Betrayal of the Jews, the challenges Jews face in an era of converging hatreds, and the need for American Jews to leverage their position in society for their own self-defense. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jul 2
56 min
The Blues Go Red
Matt Continetti is back to discuss the wave of democratic incumbent losses to insurgent DSA candidates and the party establishment's lack of pushback, and what this could mean for the next democratic administration. Plus, the revelation that Trump has made $2 billion as president, Nina Totenberg's false announcement of Justice Alito's retirement, and Matt recommends Michael Connelly's Ironwood. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jul 1
1 hr 16 min
SCOTUS Bog
Today we are joined by AEI's Adam White to try and make sense of the Supreme Court decisions striking down President Trump's executive order on Birthright Citizenship, upholding state bans on transgender athletes, and overturning limits on political party-coordinated spending. Plus, we celebrate Mel Brooks on his 100th birthday. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jun 30
1 hr 3 min
Impurity Tests
Today we discuss the ongoing fallout from DSA candidate victories in NY primary elections and the shifting lines of acceptability in political discourse, the video of Scott Wiener being harassed at a pride event in San Francisco and the rise of the all-obliterating omnicause. Plus, putting to bed the leftist fantasy about the impending end of Israel, and John recommends Darcy O'Brien's A Way of Life, Like Any Other. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jun 29
1 hr 6 min
New York, Old Hatred
Jewish Insider Editor-in-Chief Josh Kraushaar joins us to discuss the radicalism and antisemitism festering in New York's DSA circles, and the piling up of scandals that would have doomed political careers in the past. How did we get to this point, and how will both parties approach this trend in the lead up to the midterm elections? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jun 26
1 hr 11 min
Peter Pan Socialism
Our friend Noah Rothman joins us today to discuss the demographics of New York's primary election results, and how voting for socialists is an expression of perpetual childhood. Plus, The ongoing breakdown of relations between President Trump and the republican senate caucus, and a check-in on the situation in the Middle East. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jun 25
1 hr 11 min
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