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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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61:39

EMERGENCY POD: Venezuela!

The Commentary Magazine Podcast ·

2026/01/03

Donald Trump's decision to arrest Venezuelan dictator Nicolas Maduro and his wife in a massive and brilliant kinetic military action may prove to have long-lasting political, ideological, and strategic ramifications of an almost unprecedented scale. That's what we talk about on this rare emergency edition. Happy New Year and give a listen!Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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65:13

John Talks About His Father

The Commentary Magazine Podcast ·

2025/12/18

Today, John returns to discuss the life of his father, Norman Podhoretz. Give a listen.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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44:48

The Meaning of Norman Podhoretz

The Commentary Magazine Podcast ·

2025/12/17

Today, we discuss the life, work, and ideas of longtime COMMENTARY editor and intellectual giant Norman Podhoretz, who died yesterday at age 95. From there, we move on to the strange developments in the Brown University shooting investigation, White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles's unusual interview with Vanity Fair, and the Trump administration generally. Give a listen.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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61:59

Who Are the 'Palestine Firsters'?

The Commentary Magazine Podcast ·

2025/12/16

Eli Lake joins the podcast to discuss "The Palestine Firsters," his lead article in the January issue of COMMENTARY. Why do Ben Rhodes and a cast of others on the left and right want America to work against its core interests by breaking the U.S.-Israel alliance? Give a listen.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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75:49

The Intifada Really Goes Global

The Commentary Magazine Podcast ·

2025/12/15

The attack on Bondi Beach is not an isolated incident; it's the export of the Islamist war against the Jews to areas far from Gaza. Give a listen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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56:03

The Fabrications of Oliver Sacks

The Commentary Magazine Podcast ·

2025/12/12

Is Trump losing the thread as we head into 2026? And what's this—secular saint Oliver Sacks, the man who brought empathy to discussions of human weakness, made a lot of stuff up? Give a listen.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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67:51

The Hate Boat

The Commentary Magazine Podcast ·

2025/12/11

With the boarding and seizure of a Venezuelan oil tanker, the United States's confrontation with Venezuela ascends to a higher level. What's going on? And why are Democrats making crazy commercials and going with crazy candidates for 2026? And why am I recommending a movie from 1946–It's a Wonderful Life—that everyone has already seen? Give a listen.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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75:06

The Next Great Awakening?

The Commentary Magazine Podcast ·

2025/12/10

Eli Lake joins us for a conversation that begins with Christmas music and ends with man's search for meaning. Today's COMMENTARY RECOMMENDS: The Bible. Give a listen.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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61:17

Breaking the China

The Commentary Magazine Podcast ·

2025/12/09

Today's podcast tries to make sense out of the incoherent Trump administration posture toward China, AI chips, tariffs, farmers, and the economy. Also, Christine Rosen recommends Chip War by Chris Miller and Philip A. Wallach's Why Congress? Give a listen.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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63:15

A Bridge Colby Too Far?

The Commentary Magazine Podcast ·

2025/12/08

A full house today takes up Pete Hegseth's speech on American defense and the national security strategy document released by the administration—Good? Bad? Ugly? And how about that New York Times story revealing the way the Biden administration self-destructed on immigration? Plus, I recommend (with the provisos that it's very very very long and very very very violent) Quentin Tarantino's Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair—a merger of his two Kill Bill films from 20 years ago. Give a listen. Learn

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66:17

JD Vance's Christmassy Hanukkah Party

The Commentary Magazine Podcast ·

2025/12/05

Enough with the pomposity about gerrymandering—each party does it and the other one has a cow and then they switch positions and do it all over again. Latest example: Texas. Also, Tom Cotton defends the boat strike, JD Vance puts a "Golden Noel" label on an event celebrating a Jewish holiday, and we answer listener mail. Plus I recommend the hilarious performances of Walter Matthau in The Sunshine Boys and Edith Evans in The Importance of Being Earnest. Give a listen.Learn more about your ad

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68:16

Podcasting Vs. Broadcasting

The Commentary Magazine Podcast ·

2025/12/04

Is Pete Hegseth really in more trouble than he was last week? You'd think that from the network news, but it's probably wrong. Is anyone even watching network news? How about cable news? Or is everybody just listening to podcasts? We discuss these matters, and Trump's pardons, today, and Christine Rosen recommends a work of Japanese crime fiction called Out. Give a listen.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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80:23

A Not-Good Election for the GOP

The Commentary Magazine Podcast ·

2025/12/03

Jesse Arm of the Manhattan Institute joins us as we examine the results of the special election in Tennessee that had a Republican candidate winning with a greatly reduced margin from Trump's showing in the district in 2024. Arm then shares with us some pathbreaking research into attitudes and ideas inside the Trump electoral coalition. And Abe Greenwald recommends a new HBOMax documentary called Paul Anka: His Way. Give a listen.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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66:48

Boats Off Venezuela, Negotiators in Moscow

The Commentary Magazine Podcast ·

2025/12/02

Today we take up the New York Times and its implicit takedown of the Washington Post story claiming Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth ordered a second strike in an attack on a drug-smuggling boat in September. Then we wonder what possible incentive the U.S. can offer Russia to take its "peace deal." And for today's COMMENTARY RECOMMENDS, I choose the actor Tim Blake Nelson's novel Superhero. Give a listen.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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71:04

An American War Crime?

The Commentary Magazine Podcast ·

2025/12/01

Did the U.S. military commit a war crime with a strike on a suspected drug boat in the Caribbean, or is the story made up? What exactly is President Trump up to regarding Venezuela? How do we fix immigration and asylum policy so that Muslim immigrants are better assimilated? And what's the mood in Israel regarding Netanyahu's pardon request? We raise these and other issues on today's podcast. Give a listen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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64:33

Abe Interviews John

The Commentary Magazine Podcast ·

2025/11/28

In this special post-Thanksgiving episode, I ask COMMENTARY's editor about everything from endless ideological fights to Israel's supposed information-war failure to his favorite TV show. Give a listen.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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51:47

Witkoff's Call, Mamdani's Transition

The Commentary Magazine Podcast ·

2025/11/26

Today we try to parse the game behind Trump negotiator Steve Witkoff coaching his Russian counterpart on how to win Trump's favor before moving on to Zohran Mamdani's repulsive transition team. Give a listen.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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72:42

Vance Whines, the Comey Case Collapses

The Commentary Magazine Podcast ·

2025/11/25

Adam White joins the podcast today to discuss the latest developments in the legal controversies surrounding Donald Trump and his administration, from the Comey case to the tariffs at the Supreme Court. Also: Why is JD Vance complaining about the "Beltway GOP" when he is the crown prince of the Beltway GOP? Give a listen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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70:35

Oy, There's Too Much News

The Commentary Magazine Podcast ·

2025/11/24

Jonathan Schanzer joins today to discuss the torrent of developments from Gaza to Ukraine, from Trump-Mamdani to Rubio vs. his former Senate colleagues, from Twitterbot foreign agents to Muslim Brotherhood terrorist designations. Wow! Give a listen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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66:52

Mamdani's Evil

The Commentary Magazine Podcast ·

2025/11/21

Today's podcast takes up Zohran Mamdani's spokesman's appalling declaration that a meeting inside a synagogue about how to move to Israel was a violation of international law—in effect justifying an anti-Semitic demonstration outside it. Give a listen.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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