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The Commentary Magazine Podcast

Commentary Magazine

Commentary is America"s premier monthly magazine of opinion: General, yet Jewish. Highly variegated, with a unifying perspective.Listen to The Commentary Magazine Podcast, along with more than 40 other original podcasts, at Ricochet.com. No paid subscription required.

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77:26

Anti-Semitism: Canary in the Coalmine

The Commentary Magazine Podcast ·

2025/09/12

The changes in American society that will result from the assassination of Charlie Kirk have already been experienced by America's Jews and the ways we've had to change our lives in the wake of the explosion of anti-Semitic violence over the past decade. Give a listen.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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101:18

Charlie Kirk and the Turning Point

The Commentary Magazine Podcast ·

2025/09/11

Noah Rothman joins us to talk about political violence and the cultural atmosphere that helped lead to the assassination of a 31 year-old man in the open air of a Utah college campus. Give a listen.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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68:23

Israel's Righteous Qatar Attack

The Commentary Magazine Podcast ·

2025/09/10

Another remarkable historical turn as Israel makes it clear to Hamas leaders outside Gaza that they are not safe from the war they decided to wage against the Jewish state—an example of how Israel is changing the rules of the game in the Middle East and, as Abe says, is "redrawing the map." Give a listen.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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60:48

Epstein and the Conspiracies

The Commentary Magazine Podcast ·

2025/09/09

So now conspiracy thinking is OK, so long as it involves Donald Trump and Jeffrey Epstein—that seems to be the mainstream media takeaway from the continuing focus on this admittedly compelling and disgusting story. Trump is a conspiracist, and he's made it to the top—so does that make conspiracies true? Give a listen.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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65:52

Crime Matters

The Commentary Magazine Podcast ·

2025/09/08

The horrifying murder of a young woman on the light rail in Charlotte has cast a new light on the cultural and political divide relating to crime. And Russia may finally have pushed Trump to the limit. Or has it? Give a listen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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75:32

The RFK Craziness

The Commentary Magazine Podcast ·

2025/09/05

We discuss the confrontation between RFK Jr. and senators who tried to call him out on his behavior and views before wondering at the idea of changing the Department of Defense into the Department of War—and what's going on with the real war in Gaza. Give a listen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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57:43

A COMMENTARY Win!

The Commentary Magazine Podcast ·

2025/09/04

We celebrate a triumph for COMMENTARY and for today's guest Naomi Schaefer Riley, whose article "College Board Games" exposed and brought down a program that could have continued to sneak racial preference into college admissions. Give a listen.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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69:49

The Insane Trump-Is-Dead News Cycle

The Commentary Magazine Podcast ·

2025/09/03

More and more, progressives are not only wishing their enemies dead, but making movies lionizing those who commit violence against authority figures and spreading stories about the virtues of assassination. What is this demonic impulse? Give a listen.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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67:44

State Capitalism and the Tariffs

The Commentary Magazine Podcast ·

2025/09/02

Now that an appeals court has ruled against most of Trump's emergency tariffs, we may get some sense of how the economic future is going to be managed—once the Supreme Court weighs in. But even so, the administration's hunger to take stock positions in U.S. companies poses a different kind of threat. We talk about this and about what's about to happen in Gaza. Give a listen.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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65:03

Stop With the Emergencies

The Commentary Magazine Podcast ·

2025/08/29

Both the American right and the American left are addicted to the idea that we are living in a perpetual series of emergencies that require extraordinary rather than ordinary measures to combat. This is not healthy. Give a listen.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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69:19

The Trans Shooter Cover-Up

The Commentary Magazine Podcast ·

2025/08/28

For the second time in two years, a trans person has committed a mass shooting at a Christian school he or she attended. The mainstream media and liberal politicians seem obsessed with protecting the "trans" part of the story, but the trans part of the story may be the whole story. Give a listen.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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73:00

Taylor Kelce: Dawn of a New America?

The Commentary Magazine Podcast ·

2025/08/27

Is there a larger cultural meaning to the engagement of Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce? Does it connect somehow to Cracker Barrel ditching its redesign? And what does it all say about American happiness and connection? Give a listen.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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62:29

Trump's Constitutional Outrages

The Commentary Magazine Podcast ·

2025/08/26

We can't overlook the wild swings at American norms being taken by the Trump administration over the past week, from firing someone the president cannot fire at the Federal Reserve Board to sending FBI agents to the home and office of a critic to announcing a new kind of federal police force. So we don't overlook them! Give a listen.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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53:13

Cracker Barrel Crack-Up

The Commentary Magazine Podcast ·

2025/08/25

We dive right into the Cracker Barrel rebranding kerfuffle. Is the new logo woke or just pointless? And what's really at stake? And is the FBI's raid of John Bolton's home legitimate or just a taste of Trumpian revenge? Give a listen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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38:59

Books for First-Years, Games

The Commentary Magazine Podcast ·

2025/08/22

In one of our chill summer episodes, the COMMENTARY crew offers individual recommendations for the best single book your inbound college freshman should read, and we make our picks of the best board games (and games). Give a listen.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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45:43

Here's Some Stuff We Don't Like

The Commentary Magazine Podcast ·

2025/08/21

On another special summer podcast, the crew delves into great works of art that leave us cold or angry or depressed or that we just don't enjoy. Give a listen.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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37:17

Touring Through History

The Commentary Magazine Podcast ·

2025/08/20

On a special news-less show, the COMMENTARY crew shares with you some of our favorite and surprising historical sites around the world. Give a listen.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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47:51

Visiting Days

The Commentary Magazine Podcast ·

2025/08/19

On this special Summer Recommendations podcast, the crew suggests places to go in America you might not have thought of or even heard of, including a road, a beach, a park, a museum...and some websites. Give a listen.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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40:54

The Best Broadway Musicals

The Commentary Magazine Podcast ·

2025/08/18

On a special news-free podcast, we offer you our list of our favorite Broadway musicals—not necessarily the best, but our faves. Give a listen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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66:52

Sandwich Man and the Liberal Crack-Up

The Commentary Magazine Podcast ·

2025/08/15

The DC crime crackdown is driving Trump critics into fits of insanity and weird criminality; why can't they find a way to oppose and confront him soberly? That's the question for today. And the podcast concludes with a disastrous song performance by yours truly. Stay for the horror. Give a listen.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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